The investigation was conducted in the year 2020-21 at Sonitpur district of Assam with a sample size of 120 muga silkworm rearers. The study revealed that major problems faced by the mugarearers are lack of self-awareness or interest on adoption of technology, lack of glamour, la...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i7997
Aims: The study examined mental health status of teachers working at RPCAU, Pusa. Study Design: A Descriptive design was implemented. Place and Duration of the Study: Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar in the year 2021. Methodology: One hundred and s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i1230796
The study was carried out to measure the existing motivational climate as perceived by the Subject Matter Specialists (SMSs) of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) under Assam Agricultural University (AAU). The study was conducted at the KVKs functioning under the administrative control...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330520
The study revealed that castor fed worms registered for maximum yarn yield and size with minimum degumming loss and degumming period followed by kesseru fed worms. Though borpat fed worms registered lower values in respect of yarn yield with higher degumming loss and longer degum...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i92838
A study was conducted in the Sonitpur district of Assam, India, to assess the level of adoption of improved technologies among 120 muga farmers. Adoption of the scientific muga culture practices by the silk cultivators has direct relation with the yield production. It was found t...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i72136
A study was conducted during 2020-2021 to analyze the profile characteristics of 120 muga rearers of the Sonitpur district of Assam. The study revealed that the majority of the respondents (42.50%) belonged to the middle age group. Most of the respondents (47.50%) belonged to the...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2024/v24i5723
Sericulture is a labour-intensive enterprise involving activities with dependency on manual labour. With the growing competition of Chinese silk which is of superior quality and lesser price, the indigenous silk is falling in demand in the domestic market. There is a felt need to...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i81200
The study was carried out to assess the adaptability of farmers to climate change in North Bank Plains Zone of Assam. A household level survey was carried out with the selected farmers to obtain the primary data. For this, total 120 farmers were selected from 6 different villages...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i830953
Crop Diversification is a strategy to optimize the use of land, water and other farm resources particularly for risk reduction, stabilization of farm income, augmenting farm employment and overall agricultural development in general. The study was undertaken to find out the exten...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i830931
The present study was conducted in Lakhimpur district of Assam to measure the impact of the interventions of the National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Project on farm income and farm productivity of the participant farmers. A total of 160 farmers (80 NICRA...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130644
Climate change is possibly the most significant environmental challenge and possess serious threats to sustainable development in the world and more so in developing countries. Impact of climate change affects ecosystems, water resources, food and health. To adapt to the change a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i530200
A study on the fish farmers' socio-economic and demographical Profile was carried out in Darbhanga districts of Bihar states during 2016-17. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents (45.00%) belonged to middle age group. 35 per cent belonged to extremely backward ca...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/45882
Developing countries like India are having latest methods of communication, but their effective utilization by people who are less exposed is doubtful. In rural areas indigenous means of communication still play a vital role in social functioning, maintenance and social change. A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2024/v42i122644