First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
A TEAM of researchers from Mumbai's University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT) have discovered a potential 'magic bullet' to be used in the war against AIDS. The group of students led
Genetic engineers at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, have developed a new variety of cotton which is capable of destroying its insect pests. A gene from
A change in agronomic practices is what researchers at the Regional Research Station, Vriddhachalam and the Sugarcane Research Station, Cuddalore, both at Tamil Nadu, recommend to improve the
A new hybrid variety of seedless mango has been recently developed by scientists at the Regional Fruit Research Station of the Konkan Vidyapeeth at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. This high-yielding
IT COULD lead to a nuclear disaster in the area. High-level radioactive waste from the spent fuel reprocessing plant of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Trombay has been piling up
Over thirty years of continuous research later, scientists report the outcome of a hybrid wheat, which is billed to substitute the available species of grain
To start with, the environmental community should develop a shared green manifesto and jointly put it forward to the people as its own vision of green tinged prosperity and development
A mining company in Marinduque, 160 kin South of Manila in Philippines, has invited criminal charges from the government for leaking toxic waste into a 25-kni river. The Marcopper Mining
AS THE party in power at the Centre for 45 out of 49 years, the Congress(i), with all its factions, can be held mainly responsible for India's achievements and failures. In the politically
With the 1996 general elections just around the corner, the nation's premier political parties are back to making elaborate 'green' promises. But behind the tall claims and pledges of their manifestoes, are they really serious about the problems that pl