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Adoption Behavior of Farmers in Khordha District of Odisha, India

Mita Meher, Sushree Purabi Panigrahi & Debasmita Nayak · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

It is a generic concept that farmers like other kind of entrepreneurs; do not adopt innovation simultaneously as they crop up on the market. Diffusion typically takes a number of years, scarcely reaches a level of 100% of the potential adopters’ population and mostly follows S-sh...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230493

Camel Rearing in Urban and Rural Areas of Bikaner District

Sohel Mohammad, Shailendra Singh & Vinod Singh · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

In terms of numerical importance, the camel ranks only as a minor domestic animal. The world population of camels consists of about 17.5 million compared with 1270 million cattle, 1145 million sheep, 822 million pigs, 494 million goats, 138 million water buffaloes and 65 million...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230498

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Purchasing Behaviour on Exotic Vegetables in Coimbatore City

Velumani Palaniappan & Balaji Radhakrishnan · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Scope of the Study: The purpose of this paper is to understand factors influencing consumer behavior in purchasing exotic vegetables in Coimbatore city. Design/Methodology/Approach: A total of 125 respondents were personally surveyed with a well-constructed and pre-screened inter...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230502

Transforming Activity Groups to Business Units - Emerging Fisherwomen Managers in Kerala, India

Shyam S. Salim & A. M. Shinu · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The fisheries sector in Kerala, on account of its management initiatives on fisheries sustainability and fisher welfare, posses a unique example for the other coastal states. The state has pioneered many novel management measures and fisher welfare programmes which led to commend...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230506

Market Strategies for Promotion of Millets: A Critical Analysis on Assessment of Market Potential of Ready to Eat (RTE) and Ready to Cook (RTC) Millet Based Products in Hyderabad

D. R. Pravallika, B. Dayakar Rao, . Seema, D. Srinivasa Chary & N. Sri Devi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Aim: To understand the millet product features influencing consumers buying behavior and to analyze the market potential for Ready to Eat (RTE) and Ready to Cook (RTC) millet-based products in Hyderabad. Study Design: Experimental Design. Place and Duration of Study: 6 months, Hy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230507

Dryland Farmers on Climate Resilient Practices – An Adoption Study at an Industrialized Taluk of Tamil Nadu

D. Alagu Niranjan & Dipak Kumar Bose · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Aims: To study the adoption of climate resilient practices by the farmers in the dryland region. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey design was used for the present descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Sam Higginbottom University of Agricult...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230512

Assessment Study on Custom Hiring Centers (CHCs) and Its Services for Farmers in Khandwa District of Madhya Pradesh

Subhash Rawat, Monika Jaiswal, Kunal Bhalave, D. K. Vani & C. P. Rahangdale · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The study was conducted in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh during the year 2017-2019. At present there are 50 CHCs working at different locations to make available various farm machinery/equipment to small and marginal farmers and to improve farm mechanization in place with lo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230516

Contribution of Farmer’s Profile Characteristics to the Perception of Collective Farming in Tirunelveli District, India

V. Jothika & R. Rajasekaran · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Collective Farming Scheme was implemented in the year 2017-2018 by the Government of Tamil Nadu, India to empower the farmers and their access to modern technologies. This study aimed to ascertain the contribution of the profile characteristics to the perception of collective far...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230523

Development and Standardization of Scale to Measure Role of Farm Women towards Natural Resource Management Activities

Neha Singh & Neena Sareen · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Natural resources are important for human beings to sustain life on earth. However, continuous use of natural resources by the human beings, had affected the earth. There is need to manage our natural resources to improve the sustainability of the natural resources. Women have al...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1230524

A Review of Role of Mobile Based Advisory System for Transfer of Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Development

P. Radhakrishnan & N. Sriram · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Mobile phones have established itself in the rural areas and are becoming quite popular both with farmer and farm women. These powerful electronic machines that were a farmer’s dream earlier have become a reality as the farmer’s can immediately make use of them to address their f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1130473

Political Innovations for ICT Institutionalization in Benin Agricultural System

Mori W. Gouroubera, Latifou Idrissou & Ismail M. Moumouni · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a significant role in addressing the challenges in agriculture in many countries. However, the institutionalization of ICT in any country’s agricultural system highly depends on its ICT policies. Benin’s agricultural sector has...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1130475

Disparity Analysis Fisherman Income of Payang and Trammel Net Fisherman in Kecamatan Juntinyuat, Indramayu Regency

Achmad Yani, Achmad Rizal, Iwang Gumilar & Lantun Paradhita Dewanti · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The research of inequality budget level analysis in Indramayu Regency has been carried out in April 2019 until September 2020 This study aims to determine the level of budget and analyze the level of inequality in Juntinyuat, Indramayu Regency based on characteristics of Badan Pu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1130478

Participation of Farm Women in Dairy Management Practices in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh in India

N. Leela Krishna, A. Anitha, S. Jagadeeswara Rao & M. Muralidhar · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

An investigation was conducted to study the participation of farm women in dairy management practices in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh .A total of 225 farm women were selected based on their land holding capacity. The study revealed that women from small farmer category had...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1130469

Constraints Perceived by Buffalo Farmers in Interaction with Information Providing Stakeholders

Kamal Kumar, Mahesh Chander, V. B. Dixit & Hema Tripathi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The present study was conducted in Haryana. The 120 buffalo farmers from twelve villages constituted the sample size for the present study. An ex-post facto research design was used for the study. Farmers were asked to rank the constraints that they faced in their interaction wit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1130468

Analysis of Scale-Efficiency of Rice Production among Beneficiaries of Anchor Borrowers Programme in Adamawa State, Nigeria

A. Bitrus, I. M. Sulumbe, A. Ibrahim & H. Yakubu · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

This study examined the scale efficiency of rice production among beneficiaries of anchor borrowers programme (ABP) in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling was employed to select respondents for the study. Structured questionnaires were the instruments used for data...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1130467