Grassroots Innovation (PB)

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 whatwould turn into a resounding social and ethical movementthe Honey Bee Networkbringing together and elevating thousands of grassroots innovators.For over two decades Professor Gupta has travelled through rural lands unearthing innovations by the ranksfrom the famed Mitti Cool 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. Innovationthat oft-flung around wordis stripped to its core in this book.Poignant and personal Grassroots Innovation is an important treatise from a social crusader of our time.