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Food processing in Andhra Pradesh: Opportunities and challenges
No full textThere has been diversification of Indian diets away from foodgrains to high value products like milk, meat products, vegetables and fruits. Food-processing industry has been registering good growth since the past few decades and particularly after nineties. The conditions are now ideal for the growth of this industry. The central government has taken some steps to deregulate and encourage the sector after 1991. However, the role of states is vital. The government of Andhra Pradesh released a policy in November 2003. There are no major initiatives in the policy and still can be called a good beginning. As against the robust growth at the All-India level, the growth rate in net value - added in the nineties was almost the same as that in the eighties in the state.
CNNViT. A robust deep neural network for video anomaly detection
No full textDetecting anomalies in videos poses a significant challenge due to the unbounded, infrequent, ambiguous, and irregular nature of abnormal events in real-world scenes. Recently, transformers have shown remarkable modeling capabilities for sequential data. As a result, we endeavor to leverage transformers for video anomaly detection. This paper presents a novel prediction-based method for video anomaly detection called CNNViT by integrating the architectural elements of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Vision Transformer (ViT). The purpose of this fusion is to effectively capture enhanced spatial-temporal information and global features. The effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated on UCSD Ped2 and CUHK Avenue benchmark datasets. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method attains considerably superior performance compared to state-of-the-art techniques
Food Processing in Andhra Pradesh Opportunities and Challenges
No full textThere has been diversification of Indian diets away from foodgrains to high value products like milk, meat products, vegetables and fruits. Food-processing industry has been registering good growth since the past few decades and particularly after nineties. The conditions are now ideal for the growth of this industry. The central government has taken some steps to deregulate and encourage the sector after 1991. However, the role of states is vital. The government of Andhra Pradesh released a policy in November 2003. There are no major initiatives in the policy and still can be called a good beginning. As against the robust growth at the All-India level, the growth rate in net value - added in the nineties was almost the same as that in the eighties in the state. Against this background, the study is taken up in the state of Andhra Pradesh with the following objectives 1. To study the opportunities and challenges in processing of rice, fruits and vegetables, oilseeds and livestock products 2. To study the working of contracts between processors and farmers 3. To identify the future areas 4. To recommend suitable policy options The contracts are working, on the whole, well in both oil palm in West Godavari and gherkin in Chittoor district of the state. The firms try to attract with favourable conditions initially, but later tighten them as a part of agribusiness normalization. Therefore caution is needed before a final conclusion can be drawn on the usefulness of contract farming in the state for the farming community. The contracts in oil palm 3 are widespread, covering many farmers and stabilized. The total extent under gherkin is very low. The contracts work through facilitator in gherkin. There are some signs of some mistrust between the facilitator-company and local farmers. The contracts are also evolving gradually to accommodate both parties. The participation of small farmers in oil palm cultivation is almost negligible. On the other hand, in gherkin, participation of small farmers was considerable. The contracts are oral and price is not assured in oil palm. In oil palm gardens, the depletion of ground water level is faster compared to other crops. In the case of gherkin, the processing industry is totally dependent on exports for sustenance, which may not be ideal. The establishment of an independent ministry of food processing and department, enacting of contract farming laws and providing for an efficient arbitration in cases of contract violation, encouraging NGOs participation in food processing sector, formation of product-wise farmers' associations, changing the animal slaughter laws and formation of some more agri-export zones for livestock products are some of the recommendations under institutional aspects. In the case of taxes and subsidies, the recommendations are - exemption from sales tax and market cess and relaxation of duties and taxes on packing material industry. Under research and training, large scale publicity to promote processed foods, undertaking demand driven research by developing processable varieties and required equipment, establishing food processing training centers, developing technology for the tiny food processing units, evolving marketing plan covering the recently emerging super markets, DWCRA bazaars, international markets etc., are some of the suggestions. In case of infrastructure, encouraging some large aseptic packaging units, establishment of a radiation technology plant, encouraging private sector in cold storages, precooling units, pack houses etc., establishment of training courses for service and repair of food processing machinery, formation of expert consultant committee and provision of one incubator are the major suggestions. Other major recommendations are provision of insurance facilities to all horticultural crops and livestock products, taking steps to ensure participation of small farmers in the contract farming, launching of a common brand of mango juice and enactment to regulate the feed industry and nurseries in the state.food processing, Andhra Pradesh, India
Acarya Hazari Prasad Dvivedi aur ‘Anam’das ka potha’: ek vivecan
No full textThe first part of the book consists in a general discussion on the life and work of Hazari Prasad Dvivedi (1907-1979), Hindi novelist and essayist, author of landmark studies on Indian mediaeval literature and religion. It is followed by an analysis of one of his most celebrated historical novels, 'Anam'das ka potha', which deeply influenced Hindi historical literature and inspired a famous theatre play
Inclusive Growth in Andhra Pradesh - Challenges in Agriculture, Poverty, Social Sector and Regional Disparities
No full textThis paper deals with inclusive growth in Andhra Pradesh. Growth may be higher in the last two decades but inclusive growth or equitable development has been missing. It is like running a train with engine only without connecting bogies and people to the engine. According to us, important elements of inclusive growth are : agricultural growth, employment generation and poverty reduction, social sector (health and education) and reduction in regional and other disparities. In this paper, we concentrate on these four elements of inclusive growth. There seems to be some 'turn around' in the gross state domestic product (GSDP) of A.P. in the last five years. The average annual growth rate was 6.9% during 2002-07 and 7.8% during 2003-07. However, there are problems in the four elements of inclusive growth. Growth of agriculture particularly crop sector is very low. Employment growth in the postreform period (1993-94 to 2004-05) is the lowest in the country. The recent data shows that literacy levels are also low as compared to many other states. The National Family Health survey (NFHS III) indicate that A.P.'s rank for infant mortality is 11 out of 17 states in the year 2005-06. Growth rates in district domestic product (DDP) and per capita DDP shows that 7 districts of Telangana (Ranga Reddy, Nizamabad, Khammam, Hyderabad, Mahbubnagar, Warangal and Medak) and 2 districts of North Coastal (Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam) recorded higher growth rates than that of state average. On the other hand, all the districts in South Coastal and Rayalaseema and three districts of Telangana and one district of North Coastal showed lower growth than that of state average. However, one has to see the quality of growth in Telangana and Rayalaseema districts. We have examined whether A.P. can achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is depressing to note that Andhra Pradesh will not meet MDGs in 10 out of 14 indicators. Thus, except in poverty, enrolment of boys and girls and drinking water, A.P. may not achieve millennium development goals in crucial indicators of education, health and sanitation at current rates of progress. The progress in MDGs for some regions and socially deprived sections like SCs and STs has been slower than the state average. This paper suggests several policies for improving inclusive growth in A.P. Economic growth may be improving but A.P. is lagging behind in agriculture, employment , human development and in reducing regional disparities. There is a need to operationalize a plan for achieving inclusive growth during the 11th Five Year Plan period and beyond in Andhra Pradesh. The action plan should cover the priority areas like agriculture, employment and social sectors. It should have a plan for removing economic and social deprivation across all regions. Also it should have a plan for socially disadvantaged sections.Gowth, Andhra Pradesh, agriculture, poverty, Social Sector, Regional Disparities
Economies of Size in Idaho County Governments
No full textBulletin no. 751 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Agriculture Experiment Station, 1993-02-01. Author(s): Upadhyaya, Mukund Prasad; Long, Roger B
Transmisi Memori dan Wacana Rekonsiliasi dalam Cerpen “Perempuan Sinting Di Dapur” Karya Ugoran Prasad: Kajian Postmemory
No full textThis study aims to explain the structure of memory transmission in the short story "Perempuan Sinting di Dapur" by Ugoran Prasad and the reconciliation discourse offered by the author. Overall, this short story raised the 1965 Event in Indonesia. Ugoran Prasad tried to discuss the impact caused by the incident, both in terms of the perpetrators and victims. The theory used is the postmemory theory developed by Marianne Hirsch. The results of this study indicate that the structure of memory transmission in short stories is mediated by behavior and narratives, both from the perspective of victims and perpetrators. Both of these parties turned out to be equally save the deep trauma that was carried throughout his life. Then, through this short story, Ugoran Prasad presented a discourse of reconciliation to those who had a traumatic impact on the 1965 event, both generations who were traumatized and post-generation. AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan struktur transmisi memori dalam cerpen “Perempuan Sinting di Dapur” karya Ugoran Prasad dan wacana rekonsiliasi yang ditawarkan oleh penulis. Secara keseluruhan, cerpen ini mengangkat Peristiwa 1965 di Indonesia. Ugoran Prasad berusaha membahas mengenai dampak yang ditimbulkan dari peristiwa itu, baik dari segi pelaku maupun korban. Adapun teori yang digunakan adalah teori postmemory yang dikembangkan oleh Marianne Hirsch. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa struktur transmisi memori dalam cerpen dimediasi oleh perilaku dan narasi atau cerita, baik dari perspektif korban maupun pelaku. Kedua pihak ini ternyata sama-sama menyimpan trauma mendalam yang dibawa seumur hidupnya. Kemudian, melalui cerpen ini Ugoran Prasad menghadirkan wacana rekonsiliasi kepada pihak-pihak yang berdampak trauma akan Peristiwa 1965, baik generasi yang mengalami trauma maupun post-generatio
Erratum: Space charge limited release of charged inverse micelles in non-polar liquids (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2016) 18 (19289–19298) DOI: 10.1039/C6CP03544B)
No full textThe authors would like to clarify that Manoj Prasad is the corresponding author of the manuscript with email address: [email protected]. The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.</p
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