BIJA
the seed
Vol: 37  ; Date: Autumn 2005   


CoverBija 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)

Indidivuals

Rs 200

Institutions

Rs 300

Other Asian countries and Africa

Individuals

US$ 10

Institutions

US$ 15

All other countries (Europe, America, etc)

Individuals

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Institutions

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