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The story behind Ecoindian’s zero-waste grocery store in Chennai
Redesigning lifestyles so that all products are reused.
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Hyderabad gets its first zero waste grocery store
No to Plastic! So where to have your rice, pulses, oils, cleaners, etc. packed only in paper covers, cloth bags and containers?
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In the age of seed companies, free distribution aims to preserve native paddy
If a farmer collects 2 kg of Seeraga samba variety of paddy, he must repay with 4 kg of seeds after harvest.
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Millets in the Indian Plate: A Policy Perspective
Millets have a potential role in resolving nutrition-related problems of the country though there are challenges from the demand side.
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Budget & Zero Budget Farming
Natural/ Organic Farming is about the relation of the human race with nature and about empowering the farming community comprehensively...
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A New ethics for a sustainable planet
"Seeing our place as part of the web of life, instead of at its centre, requires a Copernican shift in world views"
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Insect-eating bird population drops in heavily extracted Himalayan oak forests
Encourage local communities to capitalise on the increased bird tourism in Uttarakhand by setting up homestays ...
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Exploring uncultivated greens
Grown among different varieties of millet crops, the uncultivated greens have high nutritional value.
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The Makeshift Huts – Indigenous Agro-pastoral Communities
Simple structure, used for shelter from weather and protection from wild animals, and also to store food. The hearth is under the elevated floor.