3. Background
Three phases since 1992 .
Total internal funding (core) to date:
CAD$651,141
Initiated by Professor Gupta
Initial objective was to stem the erosion of
traditional knowledge and to document local
innovation.
4. Over time the objectives have expanded
to include: adding value, providing
incentives and income, protecting and
developing approaches for targeting
women.
To support the activities of the Honey
Bee Network to recognize, respect and
reward creativity at the grassroots.
5. Inputs
SRISTI created the Honey Bee database of
innovations, publication of the Network’s.
It is associated knowledge system.
Linking formal and informal science.
SRISTI had organised several consultative
sessions with the private sector, scientists,
activists and development workers for
discussing various issues related to the access
to bio-diversity and associated knowledge
rights.
6. ShodhYatra (Journey of Exploration)
twice a year, Traditional food festival,
Recipe competition, Biodiversity
competition
and maintains the database of
Innovations and Traditional Knowledge
7. SRISTI works on the principle that a
synthesis of seven Es, i.e., Excellence,
Equity, Environment, Efficiency, Ethics,
Empathy and Education. These provide the
right chemistry for societies and move
towards a compassionate, creative,
competitive as well as collaborative society.
8. HONEY BEE NETWORK
Honey Bee signifies a philosophy
of discourses, which is fair,
authentic and accountable
It advocates people to people
learning,
The ethics of knowledge
extraction, its documentation,
dissemination.
and their abstraction into theories
or technologies is the central
concern of the Honey Bee
Network.
9. VISION
• A framework for creating an inventive ethic at
grassroots level .
• forging links between excellence in formal and
informal Science through Honey Bee Network.
10. GOALS
To expand space in society for building upon
sustainable technological, institutional and
educational initiatives and innovations at the
grassroots with special focus on women's
knowledge.
To document, analyse and disseminate
innovations developed by people themselves.
laboratory research for generating nature-
friendly sustainable technologies.
11. To conserve local biodiversity
through in-situ and ex-situ gene
banks managed by local people.
To protect the intellectual property
rightsTo validate local innovations
through experiments.