A number of wild crops remain unexplored in this world and among them some have excellent medicinal and nutritional properties. India is a harbor of biodiversity in general and phytodiversity in particular. The plant diversity is distributed from the Western Ghats to Eastern Ghats, along with the North-Eastern region and from the Greater Himalayas to the plain of Ganga. Among these distributed ...

AIM The present study was conducted to evaluate the performance of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) with respect to body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits in the coastal climatic condition of Odisha. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 500-day-old straight run Japanese quail chicks of three varieties, viz., gray, brown, and white were r...

BACKGROUND Service provider costs for vaccine delivery have been well documented; however, vaccine recipients' costs have drawn less attention. This research explores the private household out-of-pocket and opportunity costs incurred to receive free oral cholera vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign in rural Odisha, India. METHODS Following a government-driven oral cholera mass vaccinati...

This study reports Uranotaenia lowii (Theobald, 1901) as a new record from India. It was collected Berhampur University Campus, District Ganjam, Odisha, species is not considered to have medical importance, it does bite mammals and feeds upon the blood of reptiles amphibians.

We report the presence of Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis Elliot, 1839 in Badrama Wildlife Sanctuary, a first record to Odisha. The species was identified through direct sighting and photo capture. also observed feeding behaviour flying squirrels on Tamarind Sal trees sanctuary.

The objectives of paper are to highlight mainly the marketing analysis and demand as well profit Badi making involving Women workers in Keonjhar district Odisha. study is based on primary data collected from 200 Self Help Groups badi respondents five selected areas. KEYWORDS: Badi, Marketing, Entrepreneurs, Women, Group. JEL Classification: - O

Extreme rainfall events are a significant cause of loss life and livelihoods in Odisha. Objectives the present study to determine trend extreme during 1991-2014 compare between two periods before after 1991. Block level daily data were used identifying events, while district aggregation was analysing three categories, viz., heavy, very heavy extremely as per criteria given by India Meteorologic...

BACKGROUND Research suggests that the lived experience of inadequate sanitation may contribute to poor health outcomes above and beyond pathogen exposure, particularly among women. The goal of this research was to understand women's lived experiences of sanitation by documenting their urination-related, defecation-related and menstruation-related concerns, to use findings to develop a definitio...