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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, 1986. The University has 5 Colleges, 27 Research Stations, 6 Agriculture Extension Education Centers, 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. Greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. Important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilli, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. Considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University.

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    DOCUMENTATION, AWARENESS AND USAGE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEDICINAL PLANTS
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2002) Kotegouder, Roopa S; Nagnur, Shobha
    "The present study on documentation, awareness and usage of indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants was carried out for six common ailments namely, cold, cough, fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach ache the study was conducted in Haveri district of Kamataka State. Data for documentation was collected by the focus group discussion method in 14 villages. The documented remedies revealed the use of a number of plant material like tulsi, ginger, coriander, cassia auriculata, sweet flag, betel leaf for cold: marking nut, bitter gourd, eucalyptus, white onion with omium, turmeric with honey, adhatoda with honey etc. for cough; centratherom with jaggary, adhatoda, clove, coriander and pepper, Indian birthwrot with milk bush, heart leaves, neem leaves, centratherum with bael and coriander and lemon grass with milk & sugar etc. to control fever: chakrani beru, pomegranate, banana, roasted bengal gram, black tea with lemon, liquorice and menthol for diarrhoea. Dill seeds and coriander seeds for vomitting, bezoamut, tanner's cassia, yakki leaves, nutmeg, aloe, baniyan leaves etc to control stomach ache. The method of preparation, form of medicine and dosage were also noted. Documented remedies were listed and further data was collected from 210 randomly selected rural women (from seven villages) were not participants in the Focus Group Discussion to know their awareness and pattern of usage. The fmdings of the present study revealed that most documented remedies find support from reportings of eminent ayurvedic practitioners and plant scientists. The data on awareness and usage shows that awareness was generally higher than the actual usage. The use of remedies where ingredients were available in the kitchen was more when compared to those purchased from the market."