Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

Revival of desi (indigenous) a ‘sine qua non’ for sustainable agriculture in India

Breeders have achieved great success in improving the staple length of desi cotton

Shudh Hindi, Queen’s English or Mundari: Have we Forfeited the Debate?

Many works about the ethno-botany of the Santhals, Maya or other indigenous peoples may be of value to future generations

VSCG statement on CCFI advertorial, 3 Aug 2020

Re: Atrociously malicious and untruthful Advertorial published in the Business Standard on 29/7/2020

“MY REBUTTAL TO PESTICIDE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CCFI’S ADVERTORIAL IN BUSINESS STANDARD ON JULY 29TH 2020”

Crop Care Federation of India, an NGO of the pesticides industry, is essentially scared of democratic citizen action and post-modern science

Shifting lives in the mangroves

Is concrete the way forward in rebuilding the Sunderbans?

Study calls for review of nutritional benefits of food subsidy programmes

... children in households receiving sugar subsidies snack on sugary treats; and boys receive more rice and sugar than girls

“The Plant that is not One”

Plants in adivasi spaces may have been looked at as soulful living and growing organisms that had intelligence ...

‘साधारण’ लोगों के असाधारण कार्य : महामारी एवं लॉकडाउन से परे (in Hindi)

Re. capacity building to govern and manage food, health, water, energy, shelter, education, and other basic needs and aspirations

‘சாதாரண’ மக்களின அசாதாரணமான பணிகள் (in Tamil)

Re. capacity building to govern and manage food, health, water, energy, shelter, education, and other basic needs and aspirations, to be selfreliant