The present study showed that dyed samples were tested for antimicrobial activity and found to possess antibacterial activity. The flowers of Plumeria rubra offer a potential source of natural dye for cottage dyeing industry.

Governments must do much more to provide the enabling conditions required for indigenous peoples, local communities, smallholders and their organizations to restore degraded landscapes and achieve climate change mitigation and adaptation in practice, according to FAO.

The field study was conducted in the selected areas of the six districts of Meghalaya to observe the indigenous knowledge related to the preparation of rice- based foods among the Khasi and Jaintia tribes throughout the region.

The Sustainable Development Goals are grounded in a vision that aims to transform our world. They aspire to build a world free of poverty, hunger and disease, in which every woman and every girl enjoys full gender equality, where the environment is protected and where all people have access to quality education and decent work.

The study focusses on the information related with Ethno-Gynecological uses of locally available plants in the rural part of West Bengal were collected from the medicine men and documented.

The present study carried out during April to September 2010 in Erzincan (Turkey) by interviewing medicinal plant holders and the people to determine the most used medicinal plants reveals.

This working paper examines the development of regional socioeconomic scenarios for West Africa’s development, agriculture, food security and climate impacts. We present four globally consistent regional scenarios framed and outlined by regional experts who crafted narratives and determined key drivers of change.

In most developing countries, increasing agricultural productivity is the overarching goal of policy makers and their development partners. Especially for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries where half of the population lives in poverty, technological changes in the agricultural sector are often considered as one of the key pathways for fighting food insecurity, spurring economic growth, overcoming extreme poverty, and improving populations’ wellbeing.

This paper intends to contribute to the evolving thinking about the interface between the right to social protection and the right to adequate food, and to advocate for the need for legal underpinnings.

In this study, essential oils from stem, leaf and bud of Eucalyptus lanceolatus were analysed and chemical profiling was done by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS).