Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Western Ghats Task Force will submit a preliminary report to the state government by the end of February and seek financial support in the coming budget to introduce measures to save rivers from getting polluted as part of its campaign to save river sources in the Western Ghats, said …
A two-day long industrial training workshop organised jointly by the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) was inaugurated in the Indian Institute of Petroleum on Thursday. The chief guest was Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology (UCOST) director Dr Rajendra …
This handbook combines all the existing and the newly added manual at one place as a handy tool for identification and familiarization of species. It comprises of mammals included in Schedule I, II,III, IV, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Butterfly, Fishes, Coral Fishes, Molluscs, Microscopic hair signature pattern. The flora section includes …
India is a veritable emporium of herbs. The inhabitants of India knew of the medicinal use of plants from time immemorial. Under the impact of state-sponsored economic development programmes and processes of modernization, the traditional cultures of tribal communities have begun to change. Deforestation and the replacement of natural forests …
This paper attempts an ethnobiological investigation, performed during 2003 to 2006, to collect, identify and document information on wild food traditionally used by the indigenous people of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
An inquiry has been started into the axing of about 140 mature green trees in the reserve forest area of Lacchiwala for establishment of an herbal garden. The axing of another 100 plus trees has been suspended at this site with the State Government stating that action would be taken …
Kohima, Dec 26: Five herbal gardens have been established this year in Nagaland to conserve medicinal plants, popularizing use of local medicinal and aromatic plants among others. The objectives of developing herbal gardens is also aimed at developing a gene pool of medicinal plants for conservation and propagation, establishment of …
Horticulture & Food Processing Minister Kailash Vijayavargiya said that the new Bio Policy of the state will be announced within a month. While inaugurating the workshop on Medicinal Plants and Natural Products and Buyer-Seller Meet here today he assured that the recommendations of the Meet will be implemented. Organised by …
In Madina village, outside Accra, Ghana, children tease each other about whose urine has a redder color. Apart from being strikingly thin, they look healthy. Yet they could be affected by Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic disease common in Africa, where local prevalence rates can exceed 50%. Early diagnosis ensures inexpensive …
Baobabs (Adansonia spp.) are iconic trees, known for their immense size, strange forms, sources of food and as the subjects of myths and mysteries. It is thus surprising that little is known regarding the fungi that infect these trees. During a survey to determine which wound infecting fungi occur on …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A medicinal plant nursery with more than 10,000 saplings and plants are coming up at Sai Gramam, Thonnakkal. The Sai Medicinal Plant Nursery, a joint venture of Sri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust, Kerala Horticulture Mission and National Mission on Medicinal Plant-Kerala, will be inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran …
Due to frequent newspaper reports about violence in Bastar region due to conflicts between leftist extremists and state agencies, there was a palpable fear in the air. Some of the older shodhyatris were deterred by the incidents which happened only a few days before the commencement of the yatra. But …
KOHIMA, Nov 28: With the government of Nagaland giving more thrust on preservation and promotion of herbal medicines in the State, the Department of Forest and Wildlife has come out with a well documented book titled Medicinal and aromatic flora of Nagaland. The book prepared under the floristic diversity of …
The State Government had planned to facilitate the farming of industrial hemp on about 30,000 hectares of barren land in Uttarakhand which has failed to take off this year. The execution of the plan has been deferred till next year because the executing agency has been unable to procure seeds …
Tirupur: To improve rural credit flow in the district, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is all set to open a farmer's club exclusively for medicinal plant growers out of the total 20 farmers' clubs planned for the current fiscal.
The project is being implemented in three Indian States, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. This brochure contains project profile of Uttarakhand. The project aims to mainstream the long-term conservation, sustainable and equitable use of medicinal plant diversity into forest management policy and practice at the national, state and local level. …
IT IS an aphrodisiac. Treats fatigue and bone weakness. Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) occupies a prominent position in traditional health systems like Ayurveda. In India the medicinal plant is cultivated on 4,000 hectares, mainly in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. But when it comes to being the most effective, a group of …
