Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

Tough trial

Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?

Medicinal tree survives tissue culture process

Tissue culture technique for medicinal tree succeeds

Government's agri-research set-up is undemocratic

Living with lions

Biocharcoal helps check global warming

Cost of inaccuracy

Water in a sieve

Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries

Rice from dry river

Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought

So long, Suvin

The finest and longest staple cotton in the world, and part of India's cotton heritage, is on the verge of disappearing

Pitfalls of a uniform food regime

In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity

A treasure too good to lose

Mexicans are fighting hard to save their traditional maize from the onslaught of GM hybrids and US exports

Growing fences

Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …

Fixing old houses on Himalaya

German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …

Barriers under pestle

There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use

Goa's disappearing khazan farms dying a slow death

History and our notions of ideal and modern

Springing back to life

Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict

Japanese biopiracy of our Ballia barley

Japan’s Sapporo brewery patents Indian barley gene without giving benefit to farmers

Out of favour

Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction

The wisdom of indigenous healers

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URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE

Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …

Holding water

The EK Panch Ek Talaab movement has ushered in a new era for the people of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Mandsaur districts

RURAL WATER HARVESTING MADHYA PRADESH

1 + 1 = 11 People have responded overwhelmingly with money and voluntary labour to a government call to renovate water harvesting structures. …