Role of socio- cultural and economic characteristics on fertility choices in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal

Ray, Mithun; Rahaman, Mijanur

doi:10.5958/2249-7315.2017.00454.3

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“…Majority of them are rural (89.70%) including indigenous people with varied socioeconomic conditions. The proportion of landless laborers is very large with 15.18% males and 4.31% females [ 45 , 46 ]. The communities have their own distinct culture and belief system.…”

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Floristic composition and utilization of ethnomedicinal plant species in home gardens of the Eastern Himalaya

Pala

Sarkar

Shukla

et al. 2019

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Home gardens are popular micro land-use system and are socioeconomically linked with people for their livelihood. In the foothill region of Eastern Himalaya, very less documentations are available on species richness of the home gardens, particularly on the ethnomedicinal plants. We assumed that the home garden owners of the study site are domesticating ethnomedicinal plants which are not easily accessible to them in the wild due to distant forest. This study was planned to explore and document the diversity and population status of ethnomedicinal plants in the home gardens along with its ethnomedicinal use. Methods The present study was conducted in the home gardens of Cooch Behar district of West Bengal from May 2017 to May 2018. A multidisciplinary approach like collection of plant specimen, interview with structured questionnaire for documenting the utilization pattern, and quadrat methods for population study was applied. We selected 150 study sites randomly in the village cluster. The owners of the gardens were the respondents for the household survey. The study documented diversity, population size, and medicinal uses of ethnomedicinal plant species identified by the garden owners growing or being grown in their gardens. Results A total of 260 plant species were reported, of which, 53 were utilized for different ethnomedicinal applications. These 53 species were represented by 35 families and 45 genera. Most of these ethnomedicinal species were woody perennials (37.73%). Cocus nucifera dominated the list with highest number of use followed by Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. The use value of the species varied from 0.006 to 0.53, while the fidelity value (%) ranged from 2.29 to 93.75%. The leaves of the plants were mostly used for ethnomedicinal applications (19 species) followed by fruits (12 species) and bark (9 species), and the least was the root (7 species). We documented 20 different ailments/diseases cured by using these plants. In some cases, more than one species are used to cure a disease or ailment. As many as 10 species were used to cure only stomach-related problems. Some more diseases like cough and cold and jaundice were treated using six and four species, respectively. Conclusion This documented list of 260 plant species including 53 ethnomedicinal ones from the home gardens of the study area indicates that these gardens are key in maintaining diversity and source of healthcare system in agricultural dominant landscape. Documenting such ecological status and traditional applications becomes a prerequisite for developing conservation and management strategies of home gardens to be included in the mainstream conservation processes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13002-019-0293-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Floristic composition and utilization of ethnomedicinal plant species in home gardens of the Eastern Himalaya

Pala

Sarkar

Shukla

et al. 2019

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…Statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of correlation were used for analyze of data. Slightly modified scale of Chaudhary et al (2007) [5] was used to measure the www.extensionjournal.com entrepreneurial behaviour of rural women. The scale is comprised of nine entrepreneurial components i.e.…”

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Entrepreneurial behavior of rural women in the Cooch-Behar district of West Bengal

Adhikary,

Roy

2024

Int. J. Agric. Extension Social Dev.

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Resource Availability and Socio-economic Profile of Scheduled Caste (SC) Community in Agrarian Society: Approach Towards Sustainability

Alam

Satpati

2021

Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security

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Role of socio- cultural and economic characteristics on fertility choices in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal

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Floristic composition and utilization of ethnomedicinal plant species in home gardens of the Eastern Himalaya

Floristic composition and utilization of ethnomedicinal plant species in home gardens of the Eastern Himalaya

Entrepreneurial behavior of rural women in the Cooch-Behar district of West Bengal

Resource Availability and Socio-economic Profile of Scheduled Caste (SC) Community in Agrarian Society: Approach Towards Sustainability

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