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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Digital medical library
a group of developing countries, headed by India, is compiling the world's first digital library on traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and systems. It will become operational within a
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Bill Or Bull?
Why is India pushing for the enactment of a bill that does not protect agriculture?
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Blind to rain
Gujarat s minister for major irrigation projects needs to understand that big dams alone do not add up to water management
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Back where it belongs
India emerges victorious from a legal wrangle with the US over the patenting of neem
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Herbal remedies
A new venture makes a foray into the world herbal market
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This DROUGHT is sponsored by Govt. of India
Who is really behind our water problems?
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When calamity strikes
Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. And the media is going out of its way to spread the word. In the process, the rural poor s traditional knowledge may just be hijacked
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Divide and rule
The failure of India s rural planning policies is due to the lack of understanding of human land relationship
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A belief in tradition
It was a unique ceremony for a unique award given to a unique rural community of India. In what is perhaps the first ceremony of its kind, President K R Narayanan flew to Hamirpura, a village in Alwar district, to felicitate the village of Bhaonta Kolyala
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Awarded : Bhaonta Kolyala...
... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth