The indigenous plants for alleviating dietary deficiencies of tribal: A case study of Nandurbar District ( Maharashtra)

Abstract

Present paper deals with the review of the malnutrition deaths in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra (India). Possible measures to avert this phenomenon on a sustainable basis are also suggested. The paper focuses on methods of rural nutritional intervention identification, propagation and introduction of nutritionally rich, indigenous plant species in existing cropping system is also looked at.

Key words: Dietary deficiencies, Malnutrition, indigenous plants, Nandurbar, Maharashtra