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Fishing in the `troubled' waters: recognizing, respecting, and rewarding local ecological knowledge, innovations and practices concerning aquatic biological diversity
(2009-12-12)
The study of indigenous ecological knowledge has become an important building block of any participatory approach to natural resources management. It is not the outsiders alone who benefit from the study of indigenous ...
Cost of conservation of agrobiodiversity
(2010-01-16)
The cost of conservation of germplasm stored in gene banks i.e., ex-situ collections has been studied in other parts of the world to estimate direct and indirect contributions by various actors involved in conservation. ...
Empowering conservators of biodiversity and associated knowledge systems: an intellectual property based framework
(2010-01-16)
Biotechnological and other value adding options provide an opportunity for valorising the biodiversity and associated knowledge systems. In the absence of this value addition, the erosion of biodiversity as well as traditional ...
Development and Diffusion of Technology for Dry Regions: Unlearning the Lessons of Green Revolution
(2010-07-31)
The note describes the process of technology development and diffusion in the agriculture sector. How farmers can be involved in this process is discussed along with examples for institutional design. Specific implication ...
Recent Initiatives in Agricultural Policy 1987-89
(2010-07-31)
Various policy initiatives have been summarized to give an overview of the policy environment.
Dynamics of Food Policy in India: Issues for Nineties
(2010-07-31)
The reviews of procurement stocking and distribution of foodgrains in a historical perspective. Implications for future direction/challenges/opportunities are also drawn.
Sustainable Development of Indian Agriculture: Green Revolution Revisited
(2010-07-31)
The green revolution in India has been analysed extensively in the literature. However, the political forces which forced the choices, current economic challenges, and future problems which make the green revolution ...
Emerging Challenges in the Agricultural Sector: Review of Recent Trends
(2010-08-03)
The note reviews recent trends in the agricultural sector. Implications of the agricultural growth for changes in income distribution, employment, and economic growth are discussed. The note focuses on the problems of ...
Monitoring Generates Design (I & II)
(2010-08-04)
The two notes develop the idea that, in an organization, changes can be brought about through changing the monitoring system, indicators, and heuristics. The note gives examples from public sector rural developmental ...
Spider's Web Trapeze or Tent Pegs: Networking for Developmental Alternatives
(2010-08-04)
This note describes what networks do and how we can think about these metaphorically.