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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SANCHA VIDYA Himachal Pradesh
This technique of making and preserving manuscripts has survived over a thousand years in several districts of Himachal Pradesh.
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Recipes
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Patently bad drafting
The amended patents act is replete with inconsistencies and vague terms
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Ayurveda has no lobby
David Frawley , director, American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico, USA spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Vibha Varshney</font> about ayurveda in the US
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Indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants used by Vaidyas in Uttaranchal, India
The indigenous knowledge of Vaidyas (the traditional healers) on the making the herbal drugs was studied in the Uttaranchal state of India. Interview and semi-structured questionnaire surveys were conducted among 60 traditional Vaidyas on the preparation of various herbal drugs. The survey has resulted in compilation of 135 herbal drugs, which are used by them for curing 55 types of ailments.
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Utilization of termite, Odontotermes formosanus by tribes of South India in medicine and food
Termites form an important part of the diet of human beings around the world including India. Many South Indian tribes including 'Kannikaran', 'Paniyan', 'Palliyan', 'Sholaga', 'Irular' and 'Kota' have been using the termite Odontermes formosanus Shiraki for the treatment of ashtma.
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The inside story
Bad health is good business. The pharmaceutical industry knows that. But now bad health is turning out to be good business for the food industry as well. Food was always medicinal in traditional diets. But then diets changed. The food medicine connection
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Patent injustice
Commercial interests profit from unprotected artisanal knowledges
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Keeping up the tradition
Two hundred thousand traditional medicine practitioners of South Africa will be officially recognised as health-care professionals. So says a new legislation passed on September 9. According to
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Ad hoc move?
Orissa s new prawn culture plan might harm fisherfolk