TY  - GEN
AU  - Gupta, Anil K. 
TI  -  Grass roots innovation : : minds on the margin are not marginal minds 
SN  - 9780143448327
U1  - 338.04 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - USA
PB  - Penguin Random House India
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Ethnoscience
KW  - India
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Creative ability in business
KW  - Innovations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - A moral dilemma gripped Professor Gupta when he was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricultural sector in 1985. He noticed how the marginalized farmers were being paid poorly for their otherwise unmatched knowledge. The gross injustice of this constant imbalance led Professor Gupta to found what would turn into a resounding social and ethical movement the Honey Bee Network bringing together and elevating thousands of grassroots innovators. For over two decades, Professor Gupta has traveled through rural lands unearthing innovations by the ranks from the famed Miticool refrigerator to the footbridge of Meghalaya. He insists that to fight the largest and most persistent problems of the world we must eschew expensive research labs and instead, look towards ordinary folk
ER  -