The goal of this study was to evaluate different clustering techniques in classifying the vegetable growing locations of Ernakulam (EKM) district of Kerala so that same nutrient recommendation can be prescribed for panchayats coming under the same cluster. Hierarchical clustering...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242666
Present study utilizes Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of 13 soil testing variables obtained from 28 vegetable growing locations of Kottayam district and there were a total of 718 samples for analysis. Thirteen Principal Components (PCs) were generated and five PCs could expla...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2021/v22i430404
The present paper used Principal Component Analysis (PCA) on 13 soil fertility parameters including soil pH and electrical conductivity of 17 vegetable growing panchyat/locations in Ernakulam district of Kerala based on 583 soil samples. Soil pH of panchayats varied from 4.2- 5.8...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1030208
An economic analysis of banana cultivation was done to compare the adopters and non-adopters of WBCIS. Firstly, a comparison of farm business analysis was done using cost concepts. At Cost C, insured farmers had incurred more cost (₹ 3,86,021 ha-1) than uninsured farmers (₹3,50,9...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i1030673
The vulnerability of farmers to climate variability is an important topic of discussion. It varies depending upon diverse factors that disturbing it, likewise, the extent of vulnerability varies according to different levels, i.e.; from a whole country level to an individual leve...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i930658
Global climate change has considerable implications in indian agriculture and hence food security and farmers livelihood. As a result there will be a threatened in food security. In this context, a study on “Impact of climate change on banana production in Thiruvananthapuram dist...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i31866
The central composite design of Response surface methodology, statistical tool was used in this study for analyzing the effects of enzymatic treatment conditions namely; incubation time, incubation temperature and enzyme concentration on the percent yield. The jackfruit koozha pu...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i630235
The study examined long-term climate change patterns in the central regions of Kerala over a 30-year period. Trend analysis was performed for annual and seasonal variables using Mann–Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator. The results revealed a significant decreasing trend in annual...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i45352
Rice is one of the foremost and principal food crops in the world, feeding more than four billion people primarily in Asia and India stands second in the production of rice after China with highest production. Even though rice is a staple food of Kerala, it occupies less than 7.7...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122313