Contract farming is gaining popularity among the resource poor farmers in Odisha nowadays. But, Sustainability of a farming practice is always a major concern for any new types of venture. Therefore, the present study has been done with the objective to assess the perceived susta...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/38258
Out of 115 million operational holdings in India, about 80 per cent of Indian farmers are marginal and small farmers. To achieve sustainable development in income and employment to fulfill the basic needs of the farmers in plains and also in hilly areas, an integrated faming syst...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/38241
Beekeeping is a lucrative livelihood activity of the rural dwellers because it offers a great potential for income generation, poverty alleviation, sustainable use of forest resources and diversifying the export base. This paper examined the attitude of trained beekeepers to use...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/26931
The method of lifting water to the field for irrigation in Oromia, Ethiopia is mostly traditional. The water is transported to the field with the help of bucket. The ground and river water are at the deeper position and are required to be lifted to the area to be irrigated. There...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/36663
Low cost polyhouse technology enables farmers to cultivate vegetables during Off-season and also fetch higher price to the farmers. Off-season cultivation of vegetable refers to the production of the vegetable before or after of its normal productive season. As the Off-season veg...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/36912
This study is an organizational analysis of the dairy sector in Benin republic. It focuses on the actors, their roles and relationships in order to reveal areas of conflicts and identify areas of interdependency to strengthen for a more competitive and inclusive dairy sector. The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/38050
Kandhamal is the major turmeric growing district of the state. It is the main cash crop for their economic development. Kandhamal Turmeric is an important product and now become popular in the organic food market of Europe and North America. It has gained a good market share in I...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/38332
Dependency of Indian agriculture is still continuing on monsoon. The unpredictable and irregular distribution of monsoon rains increases risk and uncertainty farmers. Spreading the risk is an important aspect of decision making to farmers. For the improvement in the handling of p...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/37966
While considering pollution and economic losses caused by modern fishing systems/fleet to natural environment, traditional fishing techniques have its own relevance as a sustainable way of harvesting systems with least negative impact to the fishing environment. The study focuses...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/38148
The study assessed the involvement of farm households’ in bush buck (utazi) production in Agricultural zones of Anambra State, Nigeria. Using multistage sampling technique, a total of 100 household heads were purposively selected from the four Agricultural zones (Aguata, Awka, On...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/38123