"We give each farmer (signing a pledge to use organic methods) two kilos of seed; they bring double the quantity back the next year, ”

ZNBF has shown increase in yields for cotton by 11%, paddy by 12%, groundnut 23% and chilli by 34% - at less than half the cost of cultivation.

“We know the farmers well enough to have faith in their produce and other allied processed products,”

Order daal makhani, chicken tikkas and aloo paranthas, or bakarkhani rotis, chapli kebabs and miyanji ki dal made from Lahori recipes.

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

... a storehouse of ecological thinking and an ethical anchor that is rarely found in South Asia’s environmental landscape.

“We count the number of millionaires, but not the millions of pickers who are active in our nation’s backyards.”

The kitchen garden provides a steady stream of different vegetables and fruits, providing nutrition as well as a little extra income for the family.

The forest foods movement is about both ancient knowledge and the underlying wisdom of the forest people...