Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

Organic Food Is a Topic of Much Debate, but What Does “Eating Organic” Really Mean?

A bottom-up movement is essential therefore to apply pressure on the powers-that-be at least over a period of a few decades.

Weaving success through organic cotton

We need to institutionalise the technology and the knowledge to deal with pests and crop diseases without chemicals.

Toilets for all? May be a crappy idea

With only half our population having toilets, our rivers have turned into large sewers

Why are women neglected as conservers of biodiversity?

A keen and nuanced understanding of the role of women is needed for integration of women into the planning and decision making processes.

Seeds of Sustainability

Use of water and electricity is reduced, health of farmers improves, local ecosystems and biodiversity flourishes and toxics are eliminated.

Self-rule by Adivasis could end Maoism

Adivasis make 99% of the Maoist movement, and most of them are fighting to save their forest, land and dignity

पर्यायी जीवन (in Marathi)

शिक्षण सम्यक् दृष्टीवर आधारलेले हवे; व्यवसाय, नोकऱ्या, संशोधन हे मुख्यतः जैवविविधतेचे, निसर्गाचे संरक्षण, संवर्धन यांतून प्राप्त झाल्या पाहिजेत...

Can Baiga millet be part of mainstream?

Sikiya is an extra produce the Baigas get without even cultivating it. It has about 12 to 12.5 per cent protein.

Is this Artisans’ ‘Transformation’?

Artisans of Kachchh have entrepreneurial skills, too, which retailers like Amazon need to recognize