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Awareness of Livestock Farmers on ICT tools
Get PDFA study was conducted to assess farmer capability, awareness and preparedness about ICT tools for livestock farming. The data were collected from 60 respondents of Karnataka, India regarding awareness about ICT tools. The results indicate that 100 per cent of the farmers were aware about various ICT tools and media such as TV, websites, Mobile Applications, SMS based services, Kisan Call Centres etc. All the respondents had knowledge about how to use SMS based services, whereas 97 percent of them knew about use of Mobile applications. Many of them did not know about how to use websites
OBITUARY : Prof K A Ponnusamy
Get PDFIt is with great sadness we inform you of the sudden death of Prof K A Ponnusamy on 17 September 2019
Attitude towards the Vocational Training Programmes of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kollam, Kerala
Get PDFKrishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) are one of the most vital establishment pledged for the dissemination of farm technology in the grass root level. The present study was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kollam, Kerala with 75 respondents, 15 each from five major vocational trainings organized at the KVK during the last five years. The trainees were personally interviewed with a well-structured and pre tested interview schedule. The present study on attitude of respondents revealed that more than half of the total beneficiaries have higher positive attitude towards the KVK
Factors contributing to the Success of Aquaculture Field Schools
Get PDFICAR- Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) had piloted four Aquaculture Field Schools (AFS), a model of farmer to farmer extension, in Odisha and Chhattisgarh states in India. The AFS’ are attracting farmers and stakeholders as they provide a platform to share experience and enable cross learning. In this research, an attempt has been made to identify the factors that contribute to the successful performance of AFS. Data were collected from 166 user farmers, selected randomly from the list available with operators. Five variables viz., age of fish farmer, frequency of visit to AFS, duration of visit, interaction with the fellow farmers and advocation of advanced technologies of ICAR-CIFA to other farmers were observed to be significantly contributing to yield of fish. The Multiple correlation coefficient, R=0.48, indicated that there is a significant and positive correlation between the observed and predicted value of fish yield
Performance Effectiveness of Agro Service Centres in Kerala
Get PDFAgriculture is the back bone of Indian economy. Time bound high-quality agro services are essential for the growth of agriculture in our country. The present study was conducted among the beneficiary farmers Agro Service Centres in Kerala, during the year 2018-19. The sample of the study comprised 120 farmers from purposively selected 26 Agro Service Centres. Performance effectiveness of Agro Service Centres was measured in terms of Performance Effectiveness Index (PEI). Based on the analysis of data, it was found that 40 per cent of the farmers placed the ASCs into high category of Performance Effectiveness Index. Most of the farmers had placed the ASCs into high- performance effectiveness category in the dissemination of information and technology
Content pattern Analysis of Selected Parameters in Social Science Post-Graduate Theses
Get PDFIn this study, it was aimed to examine the postgraduate theses on Social Science research submitted at College of Agriculture, Vellayani,Kerala during 2012-17 using qualitative content analysis. All the postgraduate theses that could be accessed in the college library were included in the scope of the study. As a result of the research, it was found that 66 post graduate theses under social sciences were conducted at College of Agriculture, Vellayani during 2012-2017. The same was subjected to qualitative content analysis. A total of seven attributes viz., number of words in title, number of words in abstract, number of references in thesis, types of sources of references, research design and statistical methods employed for social science PG research were studied for all departments in social science division
Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on Paddy Cultivation in Palakkad District of Kerala
Get PDFThe study was undertaken to assess the impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on paddy cultivation and the constraints faced by the farmers due to the implementation of this scheme in Palakkad district of Kerala. A sample of 120 paddy farmers from Kuzhalmannom Block was randomly selected for the study. The study revealed that the most important impact of the scheme as perceived by the paddy farmers was increase in water availability for irrigation. As for the constraints faced by the paddy farmers due to MGNREGS, increased wage rate of labourers was ranked first followed by non-availability of labourers during peak season and decreased productivity of labour
Pattern of Crop Diversification in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu
Get PDFCrop diversification is considered a significant component for achieving higher output growth, higher farm income, employment generation, sustainability of natural resources and poverty alleviation. Understanding the pattern of crop diversification is important for improving agricultural production and for the well being of farmers. This paper analyses the pattern of crop diversification in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. A non – experimental research design was used for this study. A sample size of 120 respondents was fixed for the study using proportionate random sampling technique. It was found that the cropping pattern of crop diversification in the district has slightly been changed and had increased in two decades. It was also found that there was only slight variation in the categories of crop diversification index among the respondents from the years of 2007-2008 to 2017-2018. Significant steps have to be taken to improve the crop diversification among the farmers