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
-
Freewheeling down Dutch country
The bicycle is going places in the Netherlands as the Dutch pedal hard towards a clean option
-
How the rot sets in
The first documented report on red rot (Colletotrichum falcaturn) dates back to 1901. However, some researchers daim that it was prevalent in the Indian subcontinent centuries ago and was referred
-
Shifting dimensions
BJP's policies on science and technology (1991 manifesto) have come a long way from those envisioned in the 1984 elections. With a clear pro-urban bias, the 1984 manifesto had promised to evolve
-
TAXING SOLUTIONS
Implementing bans needs commitment
-
Conservation blues
Conservation of fruits may be difficult, but that is no excuse. Preservation of national assets should be given top priority
-
Uncivil servants
In the land of Gandhi, nobody knows how to resolve conflicts peacefully
-
Solution: good science
There are no political boundaries for animals, but officials concerned fail to see the point
-
A fine balance
The business of ecotourism is set to boom worldwide. Who will gain and who will lose?
-
'Serious study has not yet begun'
R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth
-
JFM in jeopardy
A proposal to regularise encroachments in forests creates a flutter