Most poor people in developing countries make their living from agriculture; hence, their livelihood is subject to various risks such as livestock disease, flooding, drought, and fluctuations in the price of agricultural products. One method of dealing with risk is insurance. How...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31910
The present study is an attempt to assess the economics of production, farm level processing and to identify and evaluate the different marketing channels which are involved in the marketing of turmeric in Northern Karnataka. For the study, 96 farmers practicing the cultivation o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31382
There is an increased growth in the value addition sector which in turn leads to the development of agro-industries, it is important for all stakeholders involved in production, processing and marketing of agricultural products to understand the demand dynamics for processed food...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32091
This study has evaluated the factors that influence the smallholder farmers selection of marketing channels to sell vegetables. The marketing channels include cooperative, regulated and conventional market. The primary data were collected from a random sampling of 100 vegetable g...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31683
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become the most influential means of disseminating information required by the people globally. Bangladesh has made remarkable progress to effectively start using ICT for agricultural extension services. Therefore, the present st...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31207
The study investigates the impact of extension interventions on capacity building of tribal backyard poultry owners in randomly selected six villages of Narayanganj and Niwas blocks of Mandla district by Random proportionate sampling (RPS) method. Data were collected through a st...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32119
This research was conducted in Cienda, Gabas and San Vicente, Kilim, Baybay City, Leyte. This study draws on the effectiveness of the Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) program on the aforementioned communities through Cienda-San Vicente Farmers Association (CSVFA) as the C...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/16095
Poverty increases despite the poverty intervention programmes, hence the need to examine the poverty status of participating farmers in Fadama III programmes. Data were collected from a sample of 70 fadama farmers across 9 FCA using a multi-stage sampling technique and analyzed u...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/15122
Madhya Pradesh (MP) is a tribal dominated state and the tribal peoples still follow their traditional occupation of rearing cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep, pigs and desi fowls. The present study was undertaken with the objective of studying the socio-personal profile of tribal w...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32106
Uttar Pradesh is at the forefront in the production of the total food grains (20%), sugar cane (36%), potato (34%), livestock excluding cow (11%) and milk (17%), wheat (33%), lentil (45%), vegetables (30%) in the country. The purpose of the paper is to throw light on the process...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31552