Author: SRISTI ORG
Fifteen Global Inclusive Innovation Challanges
Global Innovation challenges-1: a call for creative connections with children, youth and women When any society learns to live with solvable problems by reinforcing inertia, indifference and also internalizing helplessness, then imagination gets stifled first. Once imagination gets constrained, innovations are unlikely to follow. UNICEF and SRISTI have joined hands to announce a global challenge [...] Read moreIndigenous knowledge from Tanzania : Cypress for storing grains
‘Cypress’ (Cupressus lusitanica) tree grows in the colder regions of Africa such as Iringa, Kilimanjaro. The tree is generally used by many people for decoration during Christmas. The granary where grains are to be stored is first swept with green cypress branches. These are then spread in the granary. Grains are filled up to depth […]
Read moreIndigenous knowledge from Tanzania:Bulrush-millet brans keep away Scania
The stored grains need to be protected against the attack of insect pest like the large grain borer.The farmers group in Mbozi (Africa) line the floors of the granary with a layer of bulrush millet bran. They fill grains to about half a foot in the granary, then add a layer of bulrush millet bran. […]
Read moreIndigenous knowledge from Tanzania : Rice hull ash for scaring pests of maize and sorghum
The rice hulls are burnt and the ash is allowed to cool. This ash is then mixed with sorghum or maize before storage. For 90 kg bag of maize 20 litre tin of ashes is used. If the rice hulls are not burnt then ratio is usually kept as 1:1 for one tin of grains […]
Read moreFrom grassroots to global: International competition for scouting innovation
Auta Deogratias The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced the First International Competition for scouting grassroots innovations in survival technologies in association with SRISTI and the Honey Bee Network. The response was spectacular with as many as twelve countries participating in it. The countries from which we received responses (figures in the bracket gives […]
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