In Short

Shark in a soup

The fish, high in demand for its fin, is dwindling in the Indian waters. Will a mere ban on finning protect it?

A home-grown drought

Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Ravleen Kaur reports how our food …

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

'Permaculture can feed the world'

A permaculturist who believes that hunger is more about distribution and quality of food than quantity and production, Malvikaa Solanki says …

Meet the Kerala farmer who preserves genetic diversity of rice

He received the National Plant Genome Saviour Award for his efforts towards conserving 45 varieties of rice seeds

Agricultural biotechnolgies a boon for family farmers, say experts

A range of biotechnologies can help bring about high yields, improve nutrition quality and add value to the productivity of crops, livestock,…

Conference on ‘slow food’ kicks off in Meghalaya

Speakers insist on the importance of reflecting on evolving food and agro ecological issues of indigenous people

Field day

India's soils are in a bad shape. T V Jayan investigates

The myth of green building

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them

Much of traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change is scientifically plausible

Lock & hold

The jallikattu bull row in Tamil Nadu provokes the law v culture debate

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

The scientist as a babu

Rising power of the knowledge commons

By ending ownership of ideas we can banish ignorance and change human history

Traditional seeds need to be conserved for organic farming

At the 19th Organic World Congress, more than 55 groups have come together to call for the conservation of indigenous seeds and shunning GM crops

YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

Tryst with rain

Following the monsoon failure of 1999-2000, two states - Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh - launched crash programmes to encourage water harvesting. An …

The Avon lady lifts our biodiversity

Loopholes in the Biological Diversity Act being used to export India’s genetic material

ICAR chases patents for pickle

The National Research Centre on Meat has odd ideas on what can be patented

A journey called change

Their struggle for survival and progress has shaped the understanding of environmentalism both at the national and global levels and influenced …

Rice at risk

Growing paddy is not viable for small farmers of Kerala. Will the state be able to preserve the crop which delivers a number of ecological …

Resort to heritage

Bangladesh is betting big on its traditional form of farming: floating gardens. Can it help climate-proof the country?

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

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