Soil testing is a chemical process by virtue of which requirement of nutrients for plant can be analyzed so as to sustain the soil fertility. The basic objective of the soil testing is to provide a service to farmers to better and more economic use of fertilizers and better soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i330269
The objective of this paper was to study Tanzania’s rice sector, regarding the seasonal behavior of wholesale rice prices in the Mbeya Region. It’s considered that price is the most crucial variable in the farmer’s decision making. The classical multiplicative model was employed...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i330267
This study assessed the socioeconomic profile of fish farmers of Telangana and usage of mobile apps by them. An interview schedule was designed to assess the socioeconomic profile and to compile information on usage of mobile phones. Information was collected about age, income, f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i330268
To identify insurance behaviour of insured farmer’s, the study was carried out by Agro Economic Research Centre, JNKVV, Jabalpur. Umaria, Jabalpur and Sagar districts have been selected randomly under the ICICI-Lombard, AIC and HDFC-ERGO were found to be major implementing agenci...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i230266
The research work has been done to determine the extent of adoption of improved vegetable cultivation practices by the farmers. Attempt was also made to explore the contribution of selected characteristics of farmers viz. age, education, family size, farm size, experience in vege...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i230264
Aims: Aim of the study is to develop a Farmers’ Knowledge test for the rice seed production farmers in order to assess their knowledge in rice seed production. Study Design: Expost facto research design was adopted. Methodology: Sample: Pretesting was done on 100 rice production...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i230265
This article aims to analyze natural resource management policies in Benin. Natural resources in Benin play an important role for the livelihood of the population. The management policies of these natural resources involve several actors at different levels. This sector has also...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i230263
Aims: This study, in general, determined experts’ point of views on developing local organic bazaars in Turkey. Participants were 103 experts engaged with organic bazaars in different provinces of Turkey. The specific objectives were to identify a general profile of the expers en...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i230262
The major objective of this study was analyzing the demographic context of rural households by food poverty level: A case of Humbo district, Southern Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, relevant data were collected through a structured interview. The generated data were computed...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i130261
Currently, the creation of farmers’ association has been suggested as an instrument for improving farmer’s well-being in developing countries, either to its potential contribution to markets access as well as by strengthening dissemination of information between farmers. However,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i130259
A scale was developed to measure the "attitude of farmers towards Crop Insurance Scheme". Based on the review of literature and discussion with the expert's, 48 statements were enlisted. The Likert's summated rating scale was followed in the construction of scale. The list of 48...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i130258
Increasing the productivity of red pepper is important to meet the need of ever increasing population. However, farmers faced the problem of productivity due to the lack of knowledge on how to maximize level of output at a given level of inputs. The objective of this study was to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i130257
The present study was conducted to assess the socio–economic profile of sheep and goat rearers in Tahtay Adyabo District, Tigray, Ethiopia. For this study 138 sample households were selected randomly. Of the total sample respondents, 26.1% of them owned sheep, 35.5% of them owned...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v37i130256
The present paper is an endeavour to analyze the accessibility and usability of online and mobile media among farmers and to find out the relationship between socioeconomic variables and various online and mobile media. The primary data were collected from randomly selected 720 f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v36i430255
Knowledge management is considered as an essential factor for the sustainable development of enterprises in the agricultural context. A consecutive workshops were conducted for senior and junior agricultural extension workers (AEWs) of two Governorates of the Delta region namely:...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2019/v36i430250