The objective of this study was to see if any of the selected 50 plants of traditional medicine in India are also used, and if so, how, among the indigenous societies of Africa, China, West Indies and Latin America. The analysis was done for seven diseases namely malaria, leprosy, jaundice, diabetes, fertility, cardiac and skin diseases.

This paper summaries the findings arrived at in various research studies with regard to the use of plant products in cont rolling rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae.

Ethno-veterinary medicine preparations from different plants used by the tribals/local communities of Bankura and Medinipur districts, West Bengal, against sixteen common ailments of cattle, have been reported.

Traditional knowledge is valid and necessary, and awaits its currently relevant wider application for human benefit. National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (erstwhile NISCAIR), CSIR felt a need to document the recent developments and the information bygone in this area in the form of an interdisciplinary periodical.

This volume provides a multi-sited and multivocalic investigation of the dynamic social, political and economic processes in the creation and implementation of an agricultural development project. The raised field rehabilitation project attempted to introduce a pre-Columbian agricultural method into the contemporary Lake Titicaca Basin.

The study examined the effective protection of folklore so as to derive directions for future work in the field and to assess the relevance of the Model Provisions already drawn up for framing legislation.

As traditional communities evolve under increasing external pressures and influences, and the customary frameworks for preserving and transmitting their TK come under strain, there is a potential role for alternative, often more formal, methods of recording and preserving TK. Documentation of TK and associated biological or genetic resources is potentially useful for a range of reasons, in the interests of both TK holders, and the broader public interest.

The study is based on the colour component in the roots of the plant Morinda angustifolia which has been isolated and its chemical structure established on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic studies.

From the study it has been observed that, when farmers purchase the milching animals, they evaluate some important parts of body such as head, jaw, teeth, eyes, horn, tail, legs, hooves, neck, thighs, teats, udder, hump, dewlap, skin and spots on body parts and mammary glands of animals.

The paper discusses the challenges for agricultural growth and evaluates the development assistance that was made by donors to the agricultural sector in Africa in comparison to the sector’s performance and its growth during the last two decades.