200 research outputs found
Can Horticulture be a Success Story For India?
Get PDFIndia is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world after China. Since the 1980s, the international trade in fruits and vegetables has expanded rapidly. The number of commodities as well as the number of varieties produced and traded have increased manifold during the past 25 years. There is an overall increase in the demand for fruits and vegetables for consumption both in the fresh and the processed form. Also there is a wide diversification in production pattern globally. Income in this sector is increasing which is indeed driving the supply. In spite of being one of the largest producers of fruits and vegetables in the world, the export competitiveness among the Indian producers remains low. But with new marketing initiatives, the post-harvest losses and the wastage due to poor infrastructure facilities, such as storage and transportation, have been reduced to a considerable extent. Yet a lot needs to be done in this sector. In an effort to overcome some of the problems associated with this sector, the case study of the successful SAFAL Market is presented in the paper. The study has observed a shift in cropping pattern in favour of horticulture in India in the past one-and-a-half decades. Analysis of the economic feasibility of this shift away from cereals to fruits and vegetable shows that its economically viable and beneficial to shift towards horticulture production, but this diversification needs to be planned in a systematic manner. Certain strategies and policies are also suggested in this regards. The study confirms the changing consumption patterns and diversification, along with the outlook for the next 15-20 years in the light of shortage of supply to increased domestic demand. The major exports from India are mango, grapes, orange, apple, banana, mosambi, onion, potato, tomato and pumpkins. The major share of Indias exports of fresh fruits and vegetables go to Bangladesh, Nepal, UAE, UK and Malaysia. The supply constraints, yield gaps and huge logistic costs affect our competitive and comparative advantage in world trade market. In this study the nominal protection coefficient and revealed comparative advantage are computed to check on the existing status. Study also identifies the potential states for the fruits and vegetables, for which India is globally competitive and has comparative advantage in production. These states should be targeted for enhancing the export potential of the country. The potential competing countries are also identified. Lessons from other developing countries focus on the growth of the horticulture sector through increased participation of small and marginal farmers in an organized manner and farmers being trained with entrepreneurial skills.Horticulture, Cost Benefit Ratio, competitiveness, Comparative Advantage, SAFAL Market
Big Data: The Next Big Opportunity for Librarians
Get PDFBig data includes data sets with sizes beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, curate, manage, and process data within a specific time period. Due to its widespread presence in recent times, librarians need to know the basics of Big Data and how it
can impact academic research. The implications of big data are not only limited to research but to daily working of library professionals. The present paper details the concept of big data and how it can be beneficial in the field of librarianship
Institutional Diversity and Capitalist Transformation in Rural Arunachal Pradesh
Get PDFThis paper contributes a preliminary analysis of the process of capitalist transformation in Arunachal Pradesh, one of the least studied regions of India. Primarily based on information collected through a field survey in eleven villages, the paper seeks to explain the nature and implications of institutional unevenness in the development of capitalism. Institutional diversity is not simply mapped across space; it is also manifested in the simultaneous existence of market and non-market institutions across the means of production within the same village or spatial context. In addition there is a continuous and complex interaction among these institutions which both shapes and is shaped by this incipient capitalist transformation. Against the near universal consensus of social theorists that non-market institutional forms and processes would decline with the expansion and consolidation of the capitalist economy, the evidence presented here suggests that institutional adaptation, continuity and hybridity are as much integral to the emergence of the market economy as are the processes of creation of new institutions and demise of others. There is no necessary correspondence between the emerging commercialisation of the different productive dimensions of the agrarian economy. These uneven processes of institutional diversity, hybridity and interdependence are deeply influenced by existing and emerging power relations. Primitive accumulation, which was thought to be an archaic feature of early capitalism, emerges as a continuing characteristic of the on-going agrarian and non-agrarian capitalist transformation.
NOWADAYS: THE ROLE OF INTERNET FOR PROPAGATION AND PROLIFERATION OF MUSIC
Get PDFIn present day internet play a very important role for propagation and proliferation of music in India and world-wide. With the help of internet media we can get each and every information about the music at home. Many websites and softwares are available on internet browsing for music searching, watching, listening, reading and learning. Google search are best source for searching and type documents of music, YouTube (youtube is a video-sharing website), Skype (Skype is a tele communications application software that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls from computers via the Internet, Online radio (All major Indian and others FM radio stations ready for you to enjoy music and much more), EJournals (Electronic journals are scholarly journals or intellectual magazines that can be accessed via electronic transmission. In practice, this means that they are usually published on the Web), Online and Downloading websites, Social network websites (for exchange messages, post status updates and photos, share videos and receive notifications when others update their profiles, Marketing websites for purchasing music products and accessories The conclusion of this study, Internet is very beneficial and provides us the facility to gain our music knowledge in Indian and other languages. We can easily learn a number of musical disciplines in our national and other languages at home sitting
Food Security in South Asia : Issues and Opportunities
Get PDFFood security is defined as economic access to food along with food production and food availability. Agriculture in the SAR (South Asian Region) is caught in a low equilibrium trap with low productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmers and area diversification - all these factors can be a threat to food security. South Asia still has the highest number of people (423 millions) living on less than one dollar a day. The region has the highest concentration of undernourished (299 million) and poor people with about 40 per cent of the worlds hungry. Despite an annual 1.7 per cent reduction in the prevalence of undernourishment in the region in the past decade, the failure to reduce the absolute number of the undernourished remains a major cause for concern. Estimates by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) indicate that by 2010, Asia will still account for about one-half of the worlds undernourished population, of which two-thirds will be from South Asia. Though SAARC countries have established a food bank to meet the needs of food security in the region, it has not been operational even during times of crisis. This is despite the felt need of member nations to evolve mechanisms to make the SAARC Food Security Reserve operational. It is against this background that this study has been undertaken. Conducted in collaboration with think-tanks from South Asian countries, it aims to identify issues relating to food security, the policy initiatives taken to tackle these issues, evaluate these policies and suggest measures to overcome identified constraints in order to improve the food security situation in the region.South Asia, food security, Safety Nets, Food Bank
International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences RESEARCH ARTICLE PHARMACOLOGY EVALUATION OF DNA DAMAGE BY COMET AND MTT-ASSAY IN LIVER TREATED WITH POLYGONUM BISTORTA AND TANNIC ACID.
No full textHerbal preparations have been recommended in alternative systems of medicine for the treatment of hepatic disorders. Among the various studies involved in toxic, effect of CCl4 (1.5 ml/kg, i.p.) is oxidative damage through free radical generation. Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is still a significant unresolved clinical problem as liver is the most common site of damage. Polygonum Bistorta (PB) is powerful astringent, demulcent, diuretic, febrifuge, laxative, strongly styptic and rich in tannins. No systematic study has been done on protective efficacy of (PB) and Tannic acid (TA) to treat hepatic damage. The goal of work is to evaluate the efficacy of root extract of PB (100 mg/kg) and TA (25 mg/kg, p.o.) against CCl4 induced damage in liver. The activities of comet assay and MTT assay significantly recovered the damage towards normal and also reversed the histopathological alterations in liver. Thus, it may be concluded that PB and TA can be used to reduce the hepatic damage. Thus, it may be concluded that TA more effective towards control. This article can be downloaded from www.ijpbs.ne
VLSI-design and FPGA-implementation of GMSK-demodulator architecture using CORDIC engine for low-power application
No full text- …
