Contract farming is a system for the production and supply of produce by farmers/primary producers under advance contracts, the essence of such arrangements is a commitment to provide an agricultural commodity of a type, at a specified time, price, and in specified quantity to a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42915
Information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially mobile-based platforms like WhatsApp, are bringing about a paradigm shift in agricultural extension systems in India. This research looks at the benefits and drawbacks of using WhatsApp groups for farmer education and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42916
This paper examines the indebtedness among rural labour households in Punjab and Bihar. Rural labour households are often engaged in seasonal, low-paid wage employment, resulting in an irregular income stream and making them financially vulnerable. Due to a lack of collateral to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42911
Agricultural credit plays a vital role in supporting India’s rural economy and improving the livelihoods of small and marginal farmers. Although institutional credit to agriculture has increased substantially in recent years, equitable and effective access remains a persistent ch...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42912
Sericulture has provided significant economic benefits for local economies over millennia and was a significant contributor to burgeoning trade networks and globalization over the first millenia CE. The sericulture industry in India, a cornerstone of rural livelihoods and traditi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42910
This paper evaluates the communication channels and platforms used to deliver agricultural information services to farmers in Nandi County, Kenya, with a particular emphasis on their influence on sustainable maize production. The study draws on empirical data collected from a sam...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42909
The Guntur Chilli Yard in Andhra Pradesh is one of the biggest places in Asia for trading chillies and is an important part of India's chilli value chain. To make the market more efficient, open, and profitable for farmers, the government has taken a number of steps in the past f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42907
This study analyses changes in crop revenue and its key determinants in the Northern Hill agro-climatic zone of Madhya Pradesh from 2007–08 to 2016–17. The analysis is based on secondary data collected from official agricultural sources. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI)...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42908
The Dumbuk region in Arunachal Pradesh is considered as “The Orange Bowl of Arunachal” due to its significance in orange cultivation and its Geographical Indication (GI) status. This paper studies the present production conditions and marketing challenges of orange cultivation in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i42906
Animal Traction (AT) remains a critical intermediate mechanization pathway for smallholder farmers in Eastern Uganda, yet empirical evidence on its economic performance remains limited. This study evaluated the profitability and investment viability of two enterprise models, name...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i32905
Objective: To examine the associations between perceived agricultural extension-role dimensions—categorized as (X1) facilitator/educator, (X2) technical advisor/motivator, and (X3) organizer/linkage—and household maize food availability among Atoin Meto (Dawan) farmers practicing...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i32903
Despite its quiet influence, how farm advisors are managed shapes who talks to whom - steering duties in ways that quietly align with farming progress. Behind each assignment lies a system nudging effectiveness, smoothing cooperation between offices while staying alert to what gr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i32904
This study examined the factors influencing the OFSP adoption among smallholder farmers in Sierra Leone. Logistic regression was used to examine factors affecting the adoption of improved sweet potato varieties of Sierra Leone. A multi stage sampling was used to select 200 sweet...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i32902
Rural livelihoods in the Western Himalayas are influenced by fragile agro-ecological conditions, proximity to forest resources, and limited economic alternatives. Increasingly, it is becoming insufficient for rural families to rely solely on agricultural production (which depends...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i32901
The main aim of this work was to assess the influence of alcoholism on the workplace in Kerala, India. The study assessed the workplace consequences of alcohol addiction by comparing alcoholic workers with non-alcoholic workers across several indicators, including work incapacity...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i32900