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This paper uses environmental ethics to identify the role of indigenous ethical values for the protection of the environment in Ethiopia. Currently attempts are made to find sustainable ways of relating to the environment. The paper as such demonstrates the vitality of such ethical values in comparison with modern ethical systems that are narrowly focused on the instrumental control over the environment.

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Impact of Farmer Producer Organization on Organic Chilli Production in Telangana, India

2019

Author(s): Manaswi BH, Kumar P, Prakash P , Anbukkani P , Kar A , Jha GK , Rao D , Lenin V

Primary data was collected from 120 farmers comprising 60 members and 60 non-members of FPO from two districts of Telangana through semi-structured interviews. The study found that the shift to organic chilli cultivation led to decrease in input use by 9.06% and yield by 23.4%.

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Indigenous Knowledge System and Traditional Medicinal Practitioner

2019

Author(s): Jaiswal A

This study was carried out among the Tagin tribe of Arunachal Pradesh based on the secondary literature collected from different libraries, tribal research centers of India. The result documented 10 medicinal plants used by the Traditional Medicinal Practitioner (TMS) of Tagin tribe for use in traditional medicine.

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Problems of Handloom Weavers: A Case Study of Mangalagiri, Guntur District

2019

Author(s): Maddela S, Pradeep M

This article discusses about the hardships and problems faced by handloom weavers n carrying out their livelihood on handloom. The challenges are due to fierce competition with power loom sector, marketing problem, infrastructural constraints, and rising yarn prices.

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This study focus on the handloom industry at Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal that are facing numbers of problems like- crisis of raw-materials, low wage, sharp decline of number of weaver, lethargy of new generation in adopting weaving as their livelihood, competition with power loom sector, small domestic market.

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The paper presents twenty abiotic indicators used by farmers for weather prediction in Wayanad district, Kerala. These indicators were based mainly on the appearance of sky, color and patterns of cloud, moon, wind, rainbow and temperature.

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Diversity, Indigenous Uses and Traditional Practices of Dye Yielding Plants in Central Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya

2019

Author(s): Kumari P,Samant SS,Puri S,Singh A,Rathore S

The present paper is an attempt to assess the diversity and document the indigenous uses and traditional practices of dye yielding plants in Central Himachal Pradesh North Western Himalaya.

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Nutritional Evaluation of Rhus chinensis Mill. (Heimang) and Development of Value Added Products

2019

Author(s): Devi HM , Ngaseppam IS

In this study, physicochemical characteristics and nutritional properties of different parts of the fruit and development of value added products – R. chinensis tablet and R. chinensis candy and their storability were evaluated.

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Padding Technique for Natural Dyeing

2019

Author(s): Indi YM, Patil PD, Jujare T

The study is based on the dye extracted from palas flower petals has been used on cotton fabric and a comparative study is carried out for conventional exhaust dyeing against the pad dyeing.

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Herbal Plants for Children Diseases’ Cure in Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India

2019

Author(s): Balamurugan G , Karthick A , Sasikumar K

The present study aims at identification and documentation of the medicinal plants which are traditionally used to manage children diseases in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu, India.