a) Environmental Effects of Arid Land Irrigation in Developing Countries, ed. Gilbert White
b) Improving the Management of India’s Deep Black Soils - Proceedings of the Seminar on Management of Deep Black Soils for Increased Production of Cereals, Pulses, & Oilseeds, New Delhi, 21 May 1981
c) Material related to Indian Plant Variety Legislation. Includes draft of a paper by Vandana Shiva titled ‘The Indian Plant Variety Legislation: Will it Protect Farmers?’ Also, includes a letter to Chaturanan Mishra regarding a proposal for undertaking a legislation for sui-generis system of protection of plant varieties and for India’s accession to the UPOV Convention and an article by Suman Sahai titled ‘Government Legislation on Plant Breeders’ Rights’
d) Text of a legislation introduced in the Parliament of Philippines for the ‘Establishment of a System of Community Intellectual Property Rights Protection’. Includes cover letter from Naresh Kumar to Praful Bidwai
e) Material related to Biological Diversity Act. The file contains ‘Draft act providing for the establishment of sovereign rights over biological resources’ proposed by Gene Campaign, a brief outline of the proposed Biological Diversity Act, petition by MPs regarding an urgent need to establish ownership over Biological Wealth, etc.
Environmental Effects; Arid Land Irrigation; Developing Countries; India’s Deep Black Soils; Indian Plant Variety Legislation; Biological Diversity Act; Gene Campaign; Biological Wealth
a) Writings by Deepak Pental on Transgenic Crops: Includes papers published in Current Science titled ‘Transgenics for productive and sustainable agriculture: Some considerations for the development of a policy framework’ and ‘Breeding objectives and requirements for producing transgenics for major field crops of India’ (co-authored with Anil Grover). Also, includes a discussion paper on agriculture biotechnology and draft of a chapter titled ‘Transgenic crops for Indian agriculture: An assessment of their relevance and effective use’
b) Documents and studies on the negative impact of Genetically Modified Crops
c) The Biopiracy Factsheets, S. No. 1-22. Includes three posters
d) ‘Project proposal for establishment of Gene Banks for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Herbs in Developing Countries’
e) Material on Microbes and Microbiology: Includes draft of articles titled ‘Shifting Paradigms of Industrial Microbiology’ by Naresh Kumar, ‘Using India’s wealth of Soil Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture and impact of Intellectual Property Rights’ by C. Shekhar Nautiyal, ‘Application of Micro-organisms in Pharmaceutical Industry’ by S.V. Gupte, ‘Definition of Microorganisms and India’s Position on IPR for Microorganisms’ by J. Gowrishankar, & ‘The role of Microorganisms in various sectors’ & ‘GATT and Patenting of Micro Organisms’ by Suman Sahai, etc.
f) A note on ‘Joint Ventures and Indian Fisheries’ by Thomas Kocherry and an infographic on industrial fishing at the global level.
a) Agricultural Tenancy in Semi-Arid Tropical Villages of India by N.S. Jodha
b) ‘The North Bihar Flood Plain’ by Dunu Roy
c) ‘The Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana’ (IGNP) by Dunu Roy
d) Who Speaks for the Hungry? How FAO Elects its Leader by Charles H. Weitz. Includes a cover note about the study
e) Farmer Suicides in India: A Symptom of Agrarian Distress and the State Retreat
f) ‘A re-look at Fertilizers’ - final report submitted to Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India by Vasant Gowariker
g) The Convention on Biodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights and Policy Options by Usha Menon
Agricultural tenancy; Semi-Arid Tropical Villages; India; The North Bihar Flood Plain; The Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana; Farmer Suicides; Fertilizers; Biodiversity; Intellectual Property Rights
a) The Myth and Reality of High Yielding Varieties in Indian Agriculture by B. Bowonder
b) An article in Marathi
c) Illusions about the Peasantry: Karl Kautsky and the Agrarian Question by Jarius Banaji
d) Food? Health? Hope? Genetic Engineering and World Hunger
e) Preview: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/ GM Crops: 2004 by Clive James. Includes a CD on National workshop on GM crops/ Food & Health Impacts, 8-9 July 2009
Indian Agriculture; Peasantry; Genetic Engineering; World Hunger; GM Crops
a) Aquaculture and Biodiversity by Malcolm C.M. Beveridge, Lindsay G. Ross, & Liam A. Kelly
b) ‘Ecological Limitations and Appropriation of Ecosystem Support by Shrimp Farming in Colombia’ by Jonas Larsson, Carl Folke, & Nils Kautsky
c) Protecting Our Biological and Intellectual Heritage in the Age of Biopiracy by Vandana Shiva
d) Industrial Fisheries and Aquaculture by John Kurien
e) Displacing the Conflict: Environmental Destruction in Bangladesh and Ethnic Conflict in India by Ashok Swain
f) Improving Efficiency of Groundwater Pumping for Agriculture: Thinking Through Together by Rama Mohan R.V. & Sreekumar N.
g) ‘Ecosystem Productivity and Sustainability’
