A shift in tradition
THE HOE AND THE AXE: AN ETHNOHISTORY OF SHIFTING CULTIVATION IN EASTERN INDIA· A Pratap·Oxford· New Delhi·2000·…
Nobody's children
A plantation economy, land grabbing and migrations from neighbouring states have forced Gudalur's tribals into destitution
Baiga agriculture can solve problems that plague modern systems
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Farmers can only teach traditional knowledge
P S Ramakrishnan , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental …
Crossroad
nitin sethi visits Arunachal Pradesh and finds the Apatani grappling with stereotypes and change
Mautak will flower
In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…
Truth is more Slppery
Hydropower is northeast India's biggest resource. But the manner in which the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) is being implemented forces nitin …
Chipping away
Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region …
Shifting blame
Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests
Mutual interest
Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood -- a simple lesson that has been forgotten
Old as the hills
Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture …
Baigas in exile
Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief
In defence of shifting agriculture
IT HAS taken almost two decades of consistent research into the northeastern tribal practice of shifting agriculture for P S Ramakrishna, …
"Developmental aid is part of neocolonialism"
Although RAY WIJEWARDENE, 71, holds degrees in engineering and aeronautics from Cambridge, is a Doctor of Science (Honorls causa) from Sri Lanka'…
Rights without benefits
Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …