Bija is published by the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, a participatory research initiative established to provide direction and support to seed, food, water rights and environmental activism AND Navdanya, the biodiversity, seed conservation and organic farming programme founded by RFSTE in 1987.
Contents
Biodiversity, traditional Knoledge and Intellectual Property Rights
1
Conventions and Dialogues on Biodiversity, TRIPS/WTO and Alternatives to Corporate Agriculture
15
Forgotten Foods Rediscovered
17
Meet the Producers: Portraits of Navdanay's Organic Farmers
22
The Good Food programme
27
Navdanya Events
Women and globalisation: The Impact on Women's Rights to Seed, Food and Water
World Bank, MNCs and Water Privatisation
Sixth Albert Howard Memorial Lecture
28
Navdanya at the Fairs
Navdanya at Trafalgar Square
Origins at Dilli Haat
29
New Publications and Programmes at Bija Vidyapeeth
30
Navdanya Organic Slow Food Cafe
Slow Food Convivium, Cafe with a difference
31
Annual Contribution Rates
India
Individuals
Rs 150
Institutions
Rs 200
Neighbouring countries (Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)