A review of biodiversity issues in the Mewar district of Rajasthan.

1. ETHICAL FEAST
I AM WHAT I EAT ... I AM THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE….
AYURVEDA MEETS MEWARI CUISINE
by
Satya Prakash Mehra
Rajputana Society of Natural History

2. Ghehoon chor
makka khani,
MEWAR Mewar chhod
kathe na jani.

6. INDIAN FOOD PYRAMID

7. Relationship

9. In no country is life valued so much as in India,
and many people would even hesitate to destroy
the meanest or the most harmful animals
E. P. Gee

11. PRAKRUTI AND PURUSH
(Nature and Man)

17. TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY FEAST
IS
ECO-FRIENDLY

20. Agro-Ecosystem
are used for
Biodiversity
Studies

24. Insects are integral part of Agro-Ecosystem

25. Insects are integral part of Agro-Ecosystem

26. Spiders are the part of Agro-Ecosystem

27. Agriculture Fields & Avifauna

29. Grass Grasshopper Toad Snake Hawk Bacteria of
→ → → → → decay
In general,
Autotrophs Herbivores Carnivores
(Producers) (Primary Consumers) (Secondary, tertiary, etc. consumers) Decomposers
→ → →
Let’s think ……

30. Acknowledgement
I am grateful to WII , Dehradun for providing the maps publicly for academic use. I heartily
acknowledge Mr . M. V. Nair whose compiled illustration of insects (Slide 25) and spiders (Slide 26)
used here for presentation to highlight their importance in Agro-Ecosystem. Further, I feel pleasure in
acknowledging www.indianfoodsco.com for information given slide 6 . Thanks are due to Directorate
of Horticulture , Jaipur for the nice information on the fruit plants in Rajasthan provided publicly.
Last but not least
I thank RSNH for permitting me to use the photographs of their Photo Library for such non-
commercial events.
Thanks to all the known and unknown persons who are directly and indirectly rendered their help and
comments for the key information on the focused issue.