P S Ramakrishnan , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, spoke to

a group of developing countries, headed by India, is compiling the world's first digital library on traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and systems. It will become operational within a

Why is India pushing for the enactment of a bill that does not protect agriculture?

Gujarat s minister for major irrigation projects needs to understand that big dams alone do not add up to water management

India emerges victorious from a legal wrangle with the US over the patenting of neem

A new venture makes a foray into the world herbal market

Who is really behind our water problems?

Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. And the media is going out of its way to spread the word. In the process, the rural poor s traditional knowledge may just be hijacked

The failure of India s rural planning policies is due to the lack of understanding of human land relationship

It was a unique ceremony for a unique award given to a unique rural community of India. In what is perhaps the first ceremony of its kind, President K R Narayanan flew to Hamirpura, a village in Alwar district, to felicitate the village of Bhaonta Kolyala

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