This study is about marketing behaviour of dryland farmers and the challenges that the dryland farmer, as well as farming, is facing. Nowadays dry land farming is facing one of the major challenges regarding the recurrent drought occurrences. Dryland farming is a part of agricult...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39897
The present study was conducted in Daringbadi block (Kandhamal district) of Odisha. Primary data was collected for the year 2015-16 using semi-structured interview schedules from seventy turmeric growers selected from ten villages. The paper aims to study the marketing practices...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/31916
Pesticide use is said to have contributed significantly to the food security though, with the decline in crop production and post-harvest losses, there is a growing concern over the ill effect of pesticides on human and animal health, environment, natural resources and sustainabi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39998
The state of West Bengal has been divided into three agro-climatic regions that can further be stratified into six agro-climatic sub-regions, with specific climatic features. Each climatic sub-region (or zone) has different possibilities of crop production determined by its agro-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39591
The mulberry, which is cultivated generally in mild and subtropical regions, is cultivated in our country extensively. However, this potential cannot be assessed enough. Cultivation of mulberry has started to earn importance in Adıyaman in recent years. Mulberry has a great marke...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39462
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), is the largest work guarantee programme in the world, was enacted in 2005 with the primary objective of guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment per year to rural households. Implementation of programme at village...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39197
Aquaculture sector if fully exploited has great potential of boosting foreign exchange, household nutritional and income levels. However, not much has been done regarding economic analysis of aquaculture production to attract and guide investment. This study was carried out to as...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/37721
The ability to manage natural resources in our environment sustainably will determine the human well being today and in the future. In spite of this, policy formulations and pronouncements in Nigeria have not taken due cognizance of the fact that human well being and natural reso...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/37638
Diversification of livelihoods is a commonly applied strategy for coping with economic and environmental shocks and instrumental in poverty reduction. The purpose of this study was to identify farm household’s livelihood asset base and its effect on the extent of livelihood diver...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39355
The present study was carried out at Agricultural Research Station and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gulbarga district of India, to know the yield gap between improved package and farmers’ practice under Front Line Demonstration. Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. Being one of the m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/38785
The present study was carried out to document the various kinds of indigenous traps and fishing gears used in 20 river systems covering three districts of North Malabar region of Kerala. The use of indigenous traps such as box traps namely “Chemballi Koodu”, and other fishing gea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/33240
This paper is a literature review on the subject of entrepreneurship. Specifically, the review focusses on the components of the entrepreneurial behavior of farmers. The desk study is based on over 50 publications on entrepreneurship or related subject matter, the majority of whi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39224
The food processing world is highly fragmented as it widely comprises of the sub segment like fruit and vegetables preservation, pickling of seasonal vegetables, milk and milk products, baking. The present study was an attempt to find out the extent of adoption of food processing...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/36046
Farm household today is constrained by shrinking net income, increased the cost of cultivation and uncertainty in prices. Hence this forced the farmers to switch over to Horticulture, Agroforestry and Sericulture. Consequently, in this backdrop, cultivation of medicinal plants is...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/37943
Aims: This study assessed farmers’ use of soil and water conservation practices and implications for agricultural extension agents in Anambra State, Nigeria. Methodology: Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting eighty respondents from four town communities in Anambra s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39151