Roots of health: How a simple processing method helps turmeric farmers earn more

Minimum processing would ensure that the benefits of turmeric are retained

Turmeric soaps pave way for financial independence of Koraput’s tribal women

Around 1,2000 tribal women in the area have managed to eke out a living making turmeric soaps

Many hues of haldi

Turmeric plays a prominent role not just in our kitchens, but in many auspicious rites and rituals as well

Hero Herb: Why we need to focus more on turmeric

The pandemic years have witnessed a boom in the production and export of the humble underground stem called turmeric, along with a renewal of …

Stormbreaker: How turmeric can be of value in situations like COVID-19 pandemic

Therapeutic qualities of turmeric are being probed for many ailments, most recent being cytokine storm caused by COVID-19

Meet yaipan, the wannabe turmeric

Relish yaipan, a wild flower from The Himalayas, as food or as drug

How turmeric became tribal south Rajasthan’s ‘saviour spice’

The success of organic turmeric cultivation in Dungarpur proves that it isn't necessary to look towards global crops like BT cotton as saviours 

COVID-19 hurts farms: Hopes of profit dashed for Kandhamal's turmeric farmers

Farmers were forced to sell their produce at half the usual market rate two years in a row

Science or Snake Oil: can turmeric really shrink tumours, reduce pain and kill bacteria?

Turmeric is often reported to have anti-oxidant and anti-cancer properties, but there is not sufficient evidence to draw definitive conclusions

Nano carriers

Nanoparticles which help deliver curcumin, a natural compound with potential to cure Alzheimer’s, to rat brain have been created

COVID-19: More than 40,000 turmeric farmers in Odisha's Kandhamal bear lockdown brunt

Turmeric, or haldi, holds an important place in Indian kitchens because of its strong aroma, healing properties