The Bhil community is tribal community cultivating the land. Livelihood study can highlight the importance of how they make their living across season, sector and space, what factor affect their livelihood and what option are available for its improvement. Findings revealed that majority of Bhil farmers had medium basic facility, housing, clothing, Technology, Agriculture, Employment, food & nutritional, Health & sanitation and Livelihood status respectively. The variables like education, number of earning member were found positive & highly significant while family size, family type had...

Cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walpers] is known for its versatility and adaptability to warm and dry conditions because of proven drought tolerance and thereby could be a more appropriate crop in current environmental changing scenario of global warming. The larvae of spotted pod borer are known to cause damage by webbing the leaves, bud, flower and pods together and feed inside on them. This typical feeding habit protects the larvae from natural enemies and other adverse factors, including insecticides. Host plant resistance to insect pests is an economically and ecologically preferred...