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Year |
Name of the Project |
Activities carried out |
Outcome |
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1996-1997 & 1997-1998 |
Project on medicinal plans promotion – DST, New Delhi |
-contacted a good number of vaidhyas and siddha doctors and collected information’s about the practice of medicinal plants. - Field trips are made to identify the particular herbs and endangered medicinal plants in the District. - Organized awareness camps about the use of medicinal plants and need for developing them in the kitchen garden. - Collected and planted the medicinal herbs in the office camps. |
-More than 200 Species were identified and developed in the field office campus at Thalakulam. -The habit of developing medicinal plants in the kitchen garden was developed among the rural people. -Based on the study an action program had been developed and sent to S & T for financial assistance. |
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1999-2000 & 2000-2001 |
Upgrading the techniques of medicinal plant cultivation and popularizing in dangerous health practices for income DST, New Delhi. |
-Preliminary arrangement such as arranging demonstration plot, preparation of manure developing seedlings, collection of seeds etc was done. -Trainees were identified from to villages through Self Help Groups. -Two staff from the staff team was sent to Tropical Botanical Garden & research Institute, Palode, Trivandrum for special training in medicinal plant cultivation and nursery development techniques. -Collected medicinal plants from different locations were planted in the demonstration Garden, Thalakulam. -Three Batches of Training conducted at the rate of 20 trainees in a batch. -Trained beneficiaries were motivated to develop medicinal plant garden in their own campus. |
- A demonstration medicinal plant garden developed at the field campus with about 200 species. -60 women from 6 villages were able to understand the upgraded herbal cultivation techniques. -Developing herbal as a garden income generation activity was popularized among the rural people. -The medicinal value of each herb was understood by the trainees. -The medicinal value of each species was printed and distributed to the target people. |
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Medicinal plants a conservation and promotion. |
-CSD participated in the state level NGO meeting at GANDEEPAM for mass movement for conservation and promotion of medical system and medical plants. -A Sidha medical camp was conducted at Marthandam by CSD. |
-Sidha Doctors, Vaidhyas, NGO representatives, SHG representatives participated in the program. |
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2004-2005 |
Medicinal plants a conservation and promotion. |
-CSD organized “Sustainable Agricultural Livelihood” camp at Thadikarankonam. |
-Farmers from different parts of the districts participated in this program. |
