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Economic of seed paddy production in coastal belt of Ampara district.
No full textOne of the most important factors contributing to maximum agricultural production per unit area of land is the use of better seed. Poor seed quality and scarcity of seeds were the major problems in paddy sector. The study was attempted to assess the requirement and production of paddy seed, and to compare the cost of production and profit margin seed paddy & consumption paddy. An emphasis is also given to find out the problem in seed and the reasons for these conditions.
The major problems associated with seed paddy production were lack of superior quality seeds, poor management, and no incentives to the farmers. The seed farmers in the coastal belt of Ampara do not show interest in quality assurance of seed paddy by the DOA. This leads to uncertainty of seed paddy. The problems encounter by farmers in the study area in obtaining seed paddy were the scarcity, poor quality and high price. The majority of the seed-producing farmers adopt the better cultivation practices than non-seed producing farmers. Hence, these practices increase the cost of production of seed paddy, by Rs.5577.46 per hectare. At the same time these practices increase the quality of seed paddy and there by increase the profit by Rs. 9643.90 per hectare. Therefore, fanners should be encouraged to undertake seed paddy production. The seed paddy production is a highly beneficial enterprise than the normal paddy production. There fore it is important to aim at producing high quality seed to enhance agricultural productivity
Study on the use of stabilized rice bran for the formulation of healthy foods and evaluation of the nutritional and functional properties of developed products
Full text linkRice is a member of the grass family and it is considered as man’s main staple
food. Rice bran is the outer layer of rice grains, and it is a by-product of rice
milling. The burger bun, muffin and cracker were developed by incorporating
the stabilized rice bran. Rice bran incorporated products were evaluated for
physical, physiochemical parameters and sensory evaluation. At-362 variety
rice bran had highest ash, moisture, fibre, and fat content and also At-313
variety had highest protein and carbohydrate percentages. The At-362 variety
is most suitable for non-communicable patients who require formulated
healthy food products. However, there were significant differences between
the At-362 variety and At-313 variety. Rice bran incorporated cracker was
shown the highest ash and fibre content. And also rice bran incorporated
burger bun was shown the highest protein and moisture content. As well as
highest fat and carbohydrate percentage were shown the muffins. Crackers
had less moisture content and a higher shelf life. However, there were
significant differences between the rice bran-incorporated products.
Therefore, all selected products were accepted. The sensory evaluation was
carried out using 9-point hedonic scale testing for appearance, taste, texture,
colour, odour, mouthfeel and overall acceptability. Based on the sensory
evaluation, muffin had the highest mean score for overall acceptability.
Cracker and Burger bun high mean scores for overall acceptability. However,
there were no significant differences between the other products. Therefore,
all selected products were accepted. However, healthy cracker, muffins and
burger bun can be prepared using stabilized rice bran
Occupational stress and its impact on employees' performance in District Secretariat - Jaffna
No full textThis study investigates the relationship between occupational stress and
employees' performance. Stress is inevitable to the most of working
individuals at their work and work place. Organizations have to take
action to reduce the stress. The determinants of occupational stress that
have been examined under this study include physical environmental
stressors, individual stressors, group stressors and organizational
stressors. The sample consists of District Secretariat employees from
Jaffna in Sri Lanka. Field study was conducted with questionnaire as the
primary data collection instrument. Data was analyzed using statistical
technique with SPSS having the version of 13.0. The results show that
the most important factors in determining the stress are role ambiguity,
noise, temperature and polluted air. The most important factors in
determining the employees' performance are labour turnover, initiative
skill and no of grievances. The results also show that there is significant
negative relationship between occupational stress and employees'
performance
