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
India
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Slumping research
A lot of debate over Indian science & technology (s&t) is focused around funding. Currently, India spends about 0.8 per cent of its gross national product on s&t, down from almost one per cent
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Pathogen paradigms
Foresight and planning are necessary to counter the new outbreaks of infectious diseases
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A no to yes
The Netherlands has weakened its decision to cut carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000<br>
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Happy high flying
On board oxygen generation systems could help in flying at higher altitudes <br>
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Deadly generosity
Eighty four nations may have agreed to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the agreement even before it takes shape
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Encounter of the third kind
A third dam in their vicinity threatens the livelihoods of the Ibaloi tribals of northern Philippines
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Offshore encounters
The future of the Galapagos islands is at stake as fisherfolk and conservationists fight for its resources
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Oh, captain!
Retired captain Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, 66, minister of state for environment and forests, still looks every inch a soldier, wearing his 20 years in both the Army and the Navy with pride. And
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Running dry
Wetlands across Nigeria face threats from developmental activities<br>
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Metal miracles
Two and a half-year-old Avsar Khan was diagnosed for acute megakayo blastic leukemia (a rare form of blood cancer) at the Aga Khan hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, in 1987. He was then referred