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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Banking on thrift and credit
Cooperative banks initiated with assistance from an NGO in the Capital have plucked slumdwellers out of the red
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Kalpavriksh C-17/A Munirka New Delhi -110 067 Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment (IIEE) Paryavaran Complex, Saidulajab Saket-Maidan Garhi Road New Delhi - 110 030 Centre for
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Blind ballot
WHATEVER the outcome of the byelection in Rajasthan's Rajakheda assembly constituency on May 26, it will be remembered for one thing: GATT as a campaign issue. Previously, elections in Rajakheda were
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The writ of the community
The following are some of the bitlahas recorded in the 1965 District Gazetteer of the Santhal Parganas, authored by PC Roy Chaudhury:
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Paper forests
In a crusade to weed out corrupt officials, noted social activist Anna Hazare, widely acclaimed for his innovative conservation efforts that transformed the Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar
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Loose cannons
When the army and the government team up to form an assault team against villagers protesting against a firing range, all hell can break loose
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Competing with wheat
Human made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region
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"Agriculture in India will never suffer"
Union Commerce Minister Pranab Mukherjee spoke to Down To Earth onGATT and related issues. Excerpts:
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The export graph
ALTHOUGH commerce minister Pranab Mukherjee maintains that India has good chances of cornering a sizeable chunk of the projected increase in world agricultural trade (up to 7 per cent, according to
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TRIPS and farmers' rights
Gatt on TRIPS • Provides for protection of plant varieties. • Microorganism and microbiological processes are patentable. • Countries can either provide for patenting of plant