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Farm-level Determinants of Farmers’ Adaptation Decisions to Climate Variability and Change in Didessa Basin, Ethiopia

Chala Dechassa, Belay Simane & Bamlaku Alamirew · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Ethiopia has been identified as one of the sub-Saharan African countries, expected to suffer the most from negative impacts of climate change and variability due to its high reliance on climate variations. This study examines the determinants of farmers' adaptation decisions and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i530346

Determinants of Smallholder Farmers’ Choice of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices to Adapt to Climate Change in Masaba South Sub-County, Kisii, Kenya

Jared O. Nyang’au, Jema H. Mohamed, Nelson Mango, Clifton Makate, Alex N. Wangeci & Stephen O. Ahenda · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Aims: This study evaluated determinants that influence choice of Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices among smallholder farmers in Masaba South sub-county, Kisii, Kenya. Study Design: This study used a multivariate probit model to evaluate determinants that influence farmer...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i530345

Assessment of Provision of Extension Services and Advocacy on Donkey Health and Welfare in Kenya

Joshua Orungo Onono & James Kithuka · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Aim: To determine type of benefits from keeping donkeys, challenges facing donkey farmers and how to streamline supply of medicines for treatment of donkeys in Kenya. Study Design: A descriptive study conducted in selected regions where donkey welfare projects are implemented and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i530344

Corollary of Migration of Tribes in Tamil Nadu, India: Boon or Bane?

J. Ana Raj · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Migration is a global issue that is rightly attracting more and more global attention. In the context of migration in India, internal migration is far greater than international migration. India’s total population, as recorded in Census 2011, stands at 1.21 billion. Internal migr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i530343

A Study on Constraints Faced by Tribals in Availing Benefits from Different Tribal Development Schemes in Jammu and Kashmir State

Tariq Iqbal, Rakesh Nanda, Rajinder Peshin & Shazia Paswal · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The study was conducted to find out the constraints faced by gujjars and bakerwals in availing the benefits of tribal developmental schemes in Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir State. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed for the selection of districts, blocks, villages a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i530342

Analysis of Climate Variability and Adaptive Strategies of Rural Household: The Case of Abobo District and Itang Special Districts, Gambella Region State, Ethiopia

Mabiratu Dangia & PREM KUMAR DARA · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Many low-income regions are largely affected by climate change impacts as a result of their relatively low adaptive capacity as pointed out by IPCC. Particularly, the change of climate has adverse implications to the Ethiopian economy with connection to different climatic paramet...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430340

Adoption Level of Animal Welfare Practices among Dairy Farmers in Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh

Jagdeep Gupta, S. Subash, M. C. A. Devi & Kalyan Mandi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Animal welfare assumes much significance in the era of dairy commercialization, both for health of the animals as well as to improve the farm productivity. Although animal welfare scores, scales and modules have been developed and implemented at developed countries, the outreach...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430341

Socio-economic Survey of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra States of Indian Continent

V. V. Potdar, Y. S. Gaundare, J. R. Khadse, Sachin Joshi & Marimuthu Swaminathan · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Dairy farming plays a very important role in improving the economy of rural India. The study was conducted to explore the socio-economic profile of dairy farmers and farmers feedback about dairy development project. The survey was conducted to study the education status, family s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430339

Extent of Adoption of Tomato Cultivation Practices among Farmers under Shade Nets in Kolar District of Karnataka

N. Harisha, J. Tulsiram, Amrutha T. Joshi, D. M. Chandargi & S. K. Meti · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Indian agriculture is severely affected from climate change, fragmentation of cultivable land, water scarcity, rapid urbanization, declining crop production and productivity, crash in market price, declining biodiversity and ever-increasing population, demand for food, especially...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430336

Perception of Biophysical Stresses Confronted by the Farm Women: The Socio-economic and Ecological Interpretation

Riti Chatterjee & Sankar Kumar Acharya · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The impact of the green revolution in India has got a dichotomy of both achievements as well as failure. The four pillars of green revolution have contributed to accentuating the productivity level from 55 MT to 120 MT, on the other hand, the fall out of green revolution started...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430337

Networking of the Farm Women by the Farm Science Centre of North Bengal

Ganesh Das & Sarthak Chowdhury · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Agricultural extension organizations of developing nations confronted numerous limitations in their activities of information age and use. Farm Science Center or Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) assumes a significant job in giving information to the farmers and farm women in India. Rur...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430338

Direct and Indirect Effect between the Antecedent Characteristics of Women Self-help Groups of Gujarat and their Group Dynamics

N. D. Chethan Patil, J. K. Patel, Naveen Kumar Gattupalli, Rahul Dundesh Bellagi & G. Manunayaka · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Self-help groups are informal associations of people who choose to come together to find ways to improve their living conditions. This paper presents the results of a study conducted in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, India during the year 2018-19 to determine the direct and indir...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430335

Detection of Tea Export Potentiality from Bangladesh in the World Market: An Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Approach

A. U. Noman, S. Majumder, M. F. Imam, M. J. Hossain, F. Elahi & K. Akter · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Export plays an important role in promoting economic growth and development. The study is conducted to make an efficient forecasting of tea export from Bangladesh for mitigating the risk of export in the world market. Forecasting has been done by fitting Box-Jenkins type autoregr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430333

Sustainable Development of the Steppe in the Region of El Bayadh, Approach to a New Fattening System

Mekhloufi Moulay Brahim, Mohamed Khader, Tayeb Nouri & Mahari latifa · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

The objective of this research is to follow the evolution and sustainability of the natural resource management systems adopted by different breeders found in the Al Bayadh region in Algeria. Using a stratified sampling method, 52 farms were surveyed between 2010 and 2015 to capt...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430334

Knowledge Assessment of Farmers Regarding Sericulture Based Dairy Farming in Karnataka State

C. E. Girish, K. S. Kadian, B. S. Meena & Kalyan Mandi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

Sericulture and dairy farming play synergistic role in the livelihood of farmers particularly in Karnataka state. It provides assured income and employment to the farmers. Karnataka is the highest silk as well as 11th topmost milk producing state in India. The study was conducted...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i430332