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Technologies, institutions, and incentives for conservation of biodiversity in non-OECD countries: assessing needs for technical cooperation
(1996-10-07)
Building technical competence and providing institutional incentives for conservation of diversity have to
go hand-in-hand. Communities and individuals can conserve diversity without being aware of the value of
the ...
Why is media so Apathetic?
(2003-10-22)
Media - both public and private - tracks
social consciousness. It often shapes
public opinion but sometimes also
blunts public sensitivity to various
issues that may appear out of sync with
popular mood and perceptions. ...
Agricultural biotechnology in India: ethics, business and politics
(2005-10-25)
This paper deals with the case of Bt cotton in Gujarat, India, as an
illustration of how public policy chickens out when large-scale violation of
ethical and scientific norms takes place with positive business ...
Pastoral adaptation to risks in dry regions: a framework for analysis
(1991-09-29)
Pastoralism, for many, is a profession destined to die. To them the purpose of social enquiry should be make the process of annihilation less painful and perhaps even slower. Improvement in the conditions of a pastoral way ...
Survival under stress in India: a socio-ecological perspective on farmer risk adjustment and innovations
(1990-09-29)
It has been suggested that it did not matter if the natural scientists did not interact with the farmers as long as they were developing technologies relevant for ecologically uniform and well-endowed conditions such as ...
Mobilizing grassroots' technological innovations and traditional knowledge, values and institutions: articulating social and ethical capital
(2003-10-22)
The Honey Bee Network has helped provide a sort of loose platform to converge creative,
but uncoordinated individuals across not only Indian states having varying cultural, linguistic
and social ethos, but also in 75 ...
From sink to source: the honey bee network documents indigenous knowledge and innovations in India
(2006-10-29)
India has a natural wealth of biodiversity, thanks to variations in its climates
and soil conditions and its geographical features, including rain forests, arid lands,
and mountains. Yet many of India’s most biologically ...
Knowledge based empowerment of local bodies: generating entrepreneurial approach to development
(2007-11-02)
The entire developmental paradigm in the post independence history has been based on
the premise that the role of state is to give, what people don’t have. The infrastructure,
the skills, the resources and the framework ...
Landscapes of love, sharing, and creative collaboration
(Sustainable Living Urban Model Lab, 2013)
Without being vulnerable, we are seldom able to access feelings in our own inner
recess. The authenticity, so fundamental to make a breakthrough, requires a close
sync between the inner and the outer of our being. The ...
Barriers to Innovations in lower bureaucracy
(1982-09-17)
In this feature a caselet with rich policy implications is
presented to a panel of academics and practitioners. The
panelists diagnose the problem or problems, analyse
their causes and make policy-level recommendations ...