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Cotton Imports and GDP of Indonesia- Cointegration Analysis

P. Soumya & R. A. Yeledhalli · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

The study examines the impact of cotton imports on the real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Indonesia for a period from 1992 to 2018 using ARDL approach and Granger causality analysis. Results of the study indicated that cotton imports have negative effect on economic growth. For...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430569

Constraints Faced and Suggestions Received by Self Help Group Members of Akola District, Maharashtra

Bolleboina Shilpa, P. P. Bhople & Banda Sainath · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Self Help Groups (SHGs) emerged as a key programming strategy in India for most of the women development activities starting with the NABARD led pilot project in 1992 that aimed at promoting and financing 500 SHGs across the country; the SHG – Bank Linkage programme has come a lo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430570

Integrated Farming Systems: A Review of Farmers Friendly Approaches

Md. Mohiuddin Sheikh, T.S. Riar & A.K.M. Kanak Pervez · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) is a set of interrelated agro-economic activities where the components interact in a particular agrarian setting. The main thrust is to minimize risks and increase profitability. Around 90-95 percent of nutritional requirements are self-supplied t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430564

A Case Study of Dairy-Based Farmer Producer Company in Haryana: Collective Action Approach for Enhancing Farmer Income

Sunil Kumar, Devendra Kumar Meena & Vishnu Shankar Meena · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

The concept behind Farmer Producer Organizations is that farmers, who are the producers of agricultural products, can form groups and register themselves under the Indian Companies Act 1956. The aim is to enhance farmer’s income, capacity building, competitiveness, and increase t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430563

A study on Profile Characteristics of Agricultural Officers in State Department of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh

D. V. Kusumalatha, N. S. Shivalinge Gowda, H. K. Pankaja & C. Kavyashree · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Extension systems in India have played immense role in delivering the services to the farmers there by increasing the agricultural productivity. Agricultural officers (AO’s) working in the State Department of Agriculture had greater responsibilities on them to convey recent advan...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430562

The Impact of Floating Egyptian Pound on Agricultural Sector in Egypt

Ahmed Abou El-Yazid El-Rasoul, Marwa Ghareeb Ghanem, Mahmoud A. Shafei & Mohamed A. Sultan · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

This research aimed to estimate the impact of applying flexible exchange rate on the Egyptian agriculture sector. Egypt applied floating exchange rate regime three times during the period 1991-2018. This research is based on some analytical approaches to achieve its objective suc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430565

Assessment of Participation of Women Farm Workers in Agricultural Activities in Maize-Wheat Cropping System of Udaipur District

M. Anusha & A. K. Mehta · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Women play a major and crucial role within the agricultural operations. Agriculture is the major occupation in our country and more than 70% of the population depends directly or indirectly on agriculture. In India, 82% of the farmers own marginal and small land less than 2 hecta...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430566

Ergonomic Evaluation of Women Farm Workers Using Different Manual Weeding Tools in Maize Crop of Udaipur District

M. Anusha, A. K. Mehta, A. K. Sharma & S. M. Mathur · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Women play a major and crucial role in doing the agricultural operations. The women workers in Udaipur district mostly uses sickle and kudali for doing weeding operations. This study was conducted in 2019-20 at instructional Farm, CTAE, Udaipur with women farm workers during the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430561

Drivers of Rural Income Diversification in Developing Countries: Case Study of Burundi

Eloi Edouard Kwizera · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

The significance of rural income generation is obvious for rural well-being enhancement and rural development in particular and widely national development. The research carried on income pattern analysis enabling to detect the ways to achieve the rural income generation enhancem...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430560

State-wise Production Performance of Basmati and Non-Basmati Rice in India

M. Udhayakumar, K. R. Karunakaran, M. Thilagavathi & K. R. Ashok · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

The present study was designed to evaluate the state wise Basmati and non-Basmati rice production performance in India. The study is based on the time series data on area production and yield which were compiled from various sources for a period of 39 years (1980-81 to 2018-19)....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430559

Examining Profitability and Viability of Urban and Peri-Urban Dairy Farms

A. L. Rathva, L. M. Sorathiya & D. N. Gadhvi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Cost benefit analysis in 20 each urban and periurban dairy farms nearby Navsari city of Gujarat, India were studied. The required information from selected farms was collected through personal interview. The collected and derived data were subject to statistics as per standard te...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430558

Does Size of Landholding Contributing Highest Share to Consumption Expenditure Inequalities among Agricultural Households?

M. Areef, Y. Radha, V. S. Rao, P. V. S. Gopal, K. S. R. Paul, K. Suseela & S. Rajeswari · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

This study aims to identify factors that contribute to consumption expenditure inequality and employed the regression based inequality decomposition (RBID) method. Used primary data on agricultural households’ consumption expenditure for the agricultural year 2018-19 in the south...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430557

Determinants of Food Insecurity in Rural Areas in Mali

Sidina Ali Diallo, Kimseyinga Savadogo, Abel Tiemtore, Soumaila DIARRA, Diakalidia Kouyate & Bréhima M Sangare · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

The objective of this study is to identify the determinants of households’ food insecurity in rural areas in Mali, ranked among the most exposed to this phenomenon. The study used data from the national food security and nutritional survey in March 2016. The estimation of the eco...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i330556

Value Chain Analysis of Brinjal in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Shah Johir Rayhan, Md. Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Mizanul Haque Kazal & M. Kamruzzaman · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

This study examined the value chain and marketing margin of brinjal in Bandarban, Khagrachari and Chittagong of Bangladesh. It looks at profitability, value addition at different levels and marketing efficiency for the various market. The simple random sampling technique was foll...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i330555

Mobile Phone as a Communication Device for Seeking Agricultural Information by the Rural Farm Women in Bangladesh

Md. Sadekur Rahman, Md. Enamul Haque, Md. Safiul Islam Afrad, Shaikh Shamim Hasan & Md. Abiar Rahman · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2021

Mobile phone helps in communication and thus, lead to accessing information is gaining popularity in Bangladesh along with many developing countries.In the remote rural areas where mobile network is not up to the expectation yet and scarcity of information is a stark, rural farm...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i330553