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An invitation to join a global movement to conserve biodiversity through documentation, experimentation and value addition and dissemination of local innovations by farmers, pastrolists, artisans, horticulturalists et al. you may also participate in the campaign for protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Grassroots level innovators.
The name Honey Bee signifies a philosophy of discourse which is authentic, accountable and fair. Honey Bee does two things which many of us don't. Honey Bee collects pollen without impoverishing the flowers,and it connects flower to flower through pollination. The idea is that when we collect knowledge of people we should ensure that people don't become poorer after sharing their insights with us. Further, we should also connect one innovator with another through feed back, communication and networking in the local language. We have to share twith the providers of the knowledge what we did with the knowledge. If we generate consultancies or other sources of income by writing on people's knowledge, a fair share of this income must accrue to the providers in as explicit a manner as possible.
We write in the English language which connects us globally but alienates us locally. We cannot reach the people from whom we have learnt. Thus while we grow in our careers and achieve wider recognition and professional rewards, the people often suffer silently. The ethics of knowledgee extraction, its documentation, dissemination and abstraction into theories, institutions or technologies is thus our central concern. Honey Bee is brought out in six languages through collaborators. Write to us at our editorial address or at honeybee@iimahd.ernet.in if you would like to contribute to this network.You can be a part of the Honey Bee network by paying your annual / life membership fee as suggested below :
| Category | For the South Asia * | For the Rest of the World | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developed | Developing | |||
| Annual Membership | ||||
| Patron | Rs 2000 or above | $200 or above | $100 or above | |
| Supporter | Rs 500 | $50 | $30 | |
| Scientist/Professional | Rs 120 | $30 | $10 | |
| Foreign aided NGOs | Rs 500 | $50 | $25 | |
| Farmers/NGOs (without foreign aid) | ||||
| - Large | Rs 100 | $50 | $10 | |
| - Small | Rs 50 | $25 | $5 | |
| Students | Rs 50 | $20 | $5 | |
| Unemployed Worker | Rs 5 | Free | Free | |
| Institutions/Libraries | Rs 2500 | $100 | $50 | |
| Life Membership | ||||
| Individual | Rs 1500 | $250 | $40 | |
| Institutions/Libraries | Rs 10,000 | $1000 | $150 | |
The membership entitles you to receive the newsletter and other information about the network. Please send your contributions through bank draft / postal order / money order in favour of A/c SRISTI Innovations at the editorial address :
C/o Prof Anil K Gupta,
Editor, Honey Bee,
Indian Institute of Managament,
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad,
India.
380015.
