LUCKNOW, Jan. 31 -- A two-day Kisan Mela got underway on the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP) campus on Friday, with farmers and entrepreneurs from different cities of the country giving witness to how their ideas came to fruition with the help of the premier research body.

Shreeram Nath (45) and his wife Kavita Shreeram (42), from Rameshwaram, who have displayed their products primarily revolving around vetiver - a bunchgrass known for its aromatic roots, said that he had once heard former President APJ Abdul Kalam speak about Global Warming at a session in Tamil Nadu where he had also mentioned about vetiver root and its effect in eradicating global warming....