First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Traditional Knowledge
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Predicting the future
A severe shortage of medicinal plants and herbs threatens ISM. Cultivation may be the only way out. But currently medicinal plants that are cultivated in the forests cannot be traded and cultivation in private lands is difficult. Research on medicinal
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Grow more
There is no land to cultivate medicinal plants, neither are there any legal provisions, nor market access. At present, the risks involved are too high for small scale farmers to opt for cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs
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Highs and lows
The government s vanaspati van scheme is good news, but for it to succeed small scale farmers and local communities have to be brought in its fold
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YAWN!
The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India
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Heard at the conference
"Children in India remain malnourished while foodgrains rot in our granaries. The key to this is proper management of our granaries.' V Ramalingaswami National Research Professor "There's a
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Deja vu
The discussions at the conference were like old wine in old bottles
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Trading in contraband
At a time when traditional Indian systems of medicine are critically affected by the non availability of herbs, the country is losing its medicinal wealth to well organised smuggling networks. Government policies with a blind eye for domestic trade have m
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Growing killer
As the menace of AIDS spreads in India, there is an interest in traditional cures<br>
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Popularising a science
the government and manufacturers of ayurvedic drugs have decided to work together to increase the demand for Indian ayurvedic cures in the international market. This decision was taken during a