Economic Studies of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge Book

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Appendices     9
Foreword     13
Contributors to the Volume     15
Acknowledgements     19
Introduction   Nirmal Sengupta     21
Tribal Man in the Humid Tropics   P.S. Ramakrishnan     31
Introduction
Humid Tropics-A Unique Ecosystem Type
Forest Farming
Animal Husbandry
Distortions in the Relationship between Man and Nature
Man and Nature: Building The Bridge
Marine Fisheries: Knowledge, Production and Distribution   K.T. Thomson     57
Introduction
The Study Area
Location of Fish
Seasonal Distribution of Fish in Colachel
Major Instruments of Production
Cooperation and the Labour Processes
Seasons and the Natural Selection of Labour Processes
Communal Property and the Community
Cooperation, Hierarchy and Economic Organisation of Work in Colachel
Distribution of the Social Product
Other Economic Relations
Conclusion
Housing-Public Policy Priorities   Aromar Revi     97
Introduction
Current Situation
An Action Plan for Rural Housing
Neglected Sources of Irrigation   Nirmal Sengupta     121
Introduction
Extent of User-friendly Irrigation
Data Sources
Current Trends and Decay
Scope of Extension
Arsenic Catastrophe and a Safer Tradition   Meera M. Hira Smith     147
Introduction
Objective
Method
Maintenance
Conclusion
Additional Note
The Economy of Homestead Garden   Mouchumi K. Borgohain     161
Introduction
Methodology
The Findings
The Role of Homestead Garden
Conclusion
Intellectual Property Rights: Options Assessment   Aparna Bhagirathy     175
Intellectual Property Protection in Knowledge Goods
Economics of Intellectual Property Rights
Cumulative Innovation Theories
A Cumulative Innovation Model for Traditional Knowledge
The Model
Conclusions
Economics of Bioprospecting   Pushpam Kumar   Nori Tarui     203
Introduction
Value of the Benefits from Bioprospecting: Review of Literature
A Critical Evaluation
Conclusion
Marketing of Ayurvedic Medicine   Madhulika Banerjee     221
Dabur: "A 100 Years of Caring"
Product Profiling: From Drug to Concept
Positioning and the Politics of Images
Packaging the Social Character of a Commodity
Conclusion: Power, Culture, Medicine
Pollution Control by Natural Dyes   G. Badri Narayanan     255
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Results
Conclusions
Possible Extensions
From Carcass Disposal to Social Empowerment   T. Ramasami     287
Background of the Project
Carcass Recovery and Utilisation
The Kolhapuri Footwear
Costs and Benefits
Patenting and Commercialisation
Summary
Crafts in a Globalising World   Aparna Bhagirathy   Nirmal Sengupta     297
References     309
Index     319