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 Tribal women in Chattisgarh beat the poverty trap with fortunes from traditional medicines [1]

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The tribal women in the sleepy village of Donga-nala in Korba district run a unit for making medicines from herbs, thus converting traditional medicinal knowledge into fortunes.

Tribal women beat the poverty trap with fortunes from traditional medicines

Converting traditional medicinal knowledge into fortunes

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
Rajendra Mohanty [2]
Down to Earth [3]
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Women [4], Traditional Knowledge [5], Medicinal Plants [6], Anti-Poverty Programmes [7], Public Participation [8], India [9], Chhattisgarh [10], Sustainable Development [11]
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