Browsing Working Papers by Author "Gupta, Anil K."
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Farmers innovations for sustainable resources management and conservation of biological diversity
Gupta, Anil K.; Suthar, Jitendra; Muralikrishnan; Srinivas; Patel, Kirit; Koradia, Dileep; Rawal, Alka; Pastakia, Astad; Shukla, Shailesh; Sherry Chand, Vijaya (2010-03-28)The agricultural transformation during green revolution is no more green in most developing countries. The declining productivity of inputs clearly points to the non-sustainable nature of current growth processes. While ... -
Fishing in the `troubled' waters: recognizing, respecting, and rewarding local ecological knowledge, innovations and practices concerning aquatic biological diversity
Gupta, Anil K. (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 ... -
Grassroots to Global: Online Incubation of Grassroots Innovations based enterprises
Gupta, Anil K. (2009-07-25)The dominant model of globalisation creates considerable anxiety and stress in the minds of small-scale entrepreneurs and civil society organisations. In this model, choices for small entrepreneurs are very limited. The ... -
Harnessing wisdom for managing watersheds: honey bee perspective on innovations, institutions and policies for marginal environments
Gupta, Anil K.; Koradia, Dilip; Sinha, Riya; Patel, Kirit K.; Muralikrishna, S.; Chokkakula, Srinivas (2010-07-22)Participatory approaches for watershed management are now considered essential for sustainable natural resources management and yet there is very little opportunity for intellectual participation by the people. This ... -
Household survival through commons: performance in an uncertain world
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-07-15)The search for ethically responsible and scientifically precise alternatives for socially disadvantaged groups in high risk environments requires a multi disciplinary, multi market/multi institutional approach. Various ... -
If Technology is like Word, Institutions are like Grammar: Institutional Context of Technological Innovations and Knowledge Systems at Grassroots
Gupta, Anil K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)Many developing countries have taken interest in learning from the Honey Bee Network experience for replicating the model. In a UNESCO conference, the author was asked to identify the key steps that national governments ... -
Implications of WTO for Indian agriculture: the case of intellectual property rights and emerging biosafety protocol
Gupta, Anil K. (2009-12-12)Globalisation in trade and investment through harmonisation of national laws, particularly dealing with intellectual property rights is one of the major impacts of GATT/WTO. The contribution of knowledge as a factor of ... -
Indicators as indigenous ecological knowledge: 'Lamp Posts', 'Crossroads' and 'Turning Points'
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-03-28)Boundaries of most natural systems are fuzzy and thus amenable to contraction and expansion over time and space due to interaction of various natural and human variables. Fuzzy boundaries often require homeostatic indicators ... -
Indigenous Knowledge and Innovations for Managing Resources, Institutions and Technologies Sustainably: A Case of Agriculture, Medicinal Plants and Biotechnology
Gupta, Anil K. (2009-07-25)Communities living close to nature invariably evolve a language to understand and interpret the variations and discontinuities in nature. A flower of new colour, an unusually tall plant, an unseasonal germination or an ... -
Initiative, innovation and institutions: The study of emerging trends in voluntarism in rural development in India
Gupta, Anil K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-03-01)The individual urge to extend one's responsibility for social change beyond mandated or formal duties is far more pervasive than is generally assumed. However, not each individual with such an urge takes voluntary initiatives. ... -
Innovation insurgency: A new Paradigm for Engaging the Angry, Rebellious Youth of the Country
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-07-20)In the current euphoric mood of economic growth, many times we forget that there has been another extraordinary growth which should cause us concern. This is the growth in the number of districts affected by naxalite ... -
Innovation, Investment, Enterprise: Generating Sustainable Livelihood at Grassroots through Honey Bee Philosophy
Gupta, Anil K. (2013-11-26)In memory of Dr. C.V. Seshadri, a maverick scientist and a social change agent, it is suggested that a new model for sustainable livelihoods is followed. The ex-ante and ex-post transaction costs of innovators, investors ... -
Innovations for Reviving Small-Scale Industries
Gupta, Anil K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)Given the economic distress worldwide, small and medium scale enterprises (MSME) have been hit hard. Large numbers of workers have been laid off because of depressed demand, piled up inventory, pending retrievables, and ... -
Is longer, faster, stronger, smarter life also the happier? Reflections on slower, sustainable and more inclusive life experience
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-07-20)Worldwide concern with advances in life extension and enhancement technologies has brought together scientists, corporate managers and ethicists together in the world Forum on Tomorrow’s People, Oxford University to debate ... -
Is the just systems also fairer? traversing the domain of knowledge, institutions, culture and ethics
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-07-20)In this case he deals with the issue of Prior Informed Consent and the ethics underlying the knowledge exchange between formal and informal system. The criteria for assessing the adverse consequence from knowledge providers ... -
Issues for research on rural development in south asia
Gupta, Anil K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1984-12-01)There has been tremendous upsurge in writings on rural development during last decade. Incidently the economic policies followed during this period in various countries of south asia have intensified the contradictions in ... -
Lessons from learners
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Linkages for lateral learning among farmers scientists and extension workers: story of match makers and lessons for link breakers
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-03-20)The linkages between farmers, scientists and extension workers have been studied through several angles. The barriers to learning at individual and organizational level have been listed. The relation between the type of ... -
Linking Vertical and Horizontal Markets for Innovations at Grassroots: Sustainability Imperative
Gupta, Anil K. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)The supply chain management is at the core of globalising world. Today the large corporations are able to source materials from all around the world and sell it in the most interior parts of the developing and developed ... -
Managing access assurance and ability: what should rural development managers learn and unlearn
Gupta, Anil K. (2010-03-20)Training of rural development managers has attracted considerable attentionin the recent pest in light of the drive in the Central Government for upgrading the professional skills of development managers. However, the ...