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
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How green was the revolution
THIS is a collecton of papers originating from a study of the North Arcot district in the early '80s, undertaken under the auspices of the Washington-based International Food Policy Research
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Powered by waste
...or how to use garbage to generate power
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Market trade off
Following stricter trade sanctions by the US on medical supplies, the Cuban health system is going into a coma
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Fishing fetters
The ban on granting fresh licenses to deep sea fishing projects has encouraged poaching by foreign vessels in the Indian economic zone, reveals Tarun Gogoi, Union minister for food processing. The
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Journos access sci tech
A new science and technology info system bails out mediapeople
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A boost for genetic research
The department of biotechnology (dbt) is planning to promote research in correcting genetic disorders. Scientists will now be encouraged to produce proteins, vaccines and genes for treating
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COLOMBIA
Leftist guerrillas are playing havoc with Colombia's oil pipelines. A recent announcement made by government authorities says that during the last 9 years, guerrilla forces have blown up Colombia's
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UNITED NATIONS
Economic liberalisation is forcing East Asians to drugs, says the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNCDP). In Vienna on March 15, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNCDP's executive, revealed
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Toxic salt o' the earth
The first-ever comprehensive study on the agarias, salt workers in Gujarat's Rann of Kutch, reveals their serious occupational health problems. They show symptoms of slowly turning numb from the feet
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Budget buzz
The new buzzword around the us House of Representatives now appears to be "research-spending". The recently announced budget indicates that heads of all the major science agencies who were