Integration of different enterprises / crop by utilizing farmer’s available resources is one of the best multidisciplinary approaches to boosting farmers’ income from production and economic point of view. In this context, awareness and dissemination of this farming approach are...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2430881
The objective of Organic farming is to achieve crop sustainability through restoration of soil dynamics, improvement of plant health through improvement of the soil - plant interactions, nourishment of the environmental resistance and reducing pest interferences. Lack of scientif...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130653
Ganesh Das, F. H. Rahman, Sankar Saha, Sandip Hembram, Sujan Biswas, Samima Sultana, Suraj Sarkar, Augustina Saha, R. Bhattacharya, Bablu Ganguly, Rahul Deb Mukherjee, Bikash Roy & Prabhat Kumar Pal·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2021
Sub Himalayan Terai region of India falls under heavy rainfall zone and significant amount of rainfall occurs during Kharif season. Whereas in rabi season farmers struggle to cultivated crops due to shortage of water following minimum to no rainfall. To overcome the difficulty, K...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i530403
Maintenance of soil quality is considered to be the key to attain sustainability in agricultural production and thus to achieve food security. In this study we tried to answer a research question as to whether integrated application of inorganic and organic sources of nutrients c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i230367
A field experiment was conducted in the farmers’ field in Ratanpur, Marshaghai block of Kendrapara district in Odisha, an adopted village of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kendrapara under the National Innovations in Climate-Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project with the objective of dete...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2730917
A field experiment was carried out at Kapgari village of Jhargram district of West Bengal, to study the effects of NPK, humic acid and zinc sulphate on the growth and yield of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.), during the year 2018 and 2019. The experiment included three treat...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i930231
S. Thakur, F. H. Rahman, S. K. Bhattacharjya, A. Chakraborty, B. Mahato, C. Ghosh, P. Biswas, L. Maity, D. Dutta, S. Patra, S. Rath, M. K. Bhattacharjya & V. Pradhan·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2020
Weather and climate affect the production of an agricultural system as it influences growth and development of crops before and during the cropping season. The Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS) rendered by India Meteorological Department implemented through establishment...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1830771
A study was conducted in farmer’s field through technology demonstrations during Kharif season of 2018 and 2019 in Subarnapur district of Odisha to recommend the most suited short duration drought tolerant upland rice variety particular to the locality. Six different varieties li...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i830314
The study was conducted to recognize the technological impact of proper package of practice for the production and productivity of Greengram in comparison to the traditional practices followed by the farmers of Ganjam district of Odisha. To enable impact assessment 100 farmers of...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i630533
A field experiment on Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) was conducted to study and evaluate different germplasms for growth, yield and quality characters under New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal at Instructional Farm, Jaguli, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya,...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i630213
The experiment was carried out at Horticulture Research Station, Mondouri, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal during the years 2014-15 and 2015-16. The cloves were planted during middle of the October in 2.0 x1.5 m plot at 20 x15 cm spacing in with three replications. Two nitroge...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1030622
United Nations Hunger Task Force listed eight goals and conservation of nature and protection of environment is one of them. Different practices involved in use of agrochemicals like mishandling, indiscriminate use, disposal could have adverse health and environmental impact. Thi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i830589
A field experiment was conducted at the farmer’s field at Ratanpur village of Marshaghai block of Kendrapara, Odisha, India to evaluate effect of different mulching practices on weed population, moisture content in soil and yield of brinjal. The village is an adopted village by K...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230303
A field experiment was conducted at the farmer’s field at Ratanpur village of Marshaghai block of Kendrapara district of Odisha to assess the effect of different mulching practices on weed population, moisture content in soil, growth and yield of tomato. The experimental field in...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i730551
A GPS based soil sampling and testing was done in 10 blocks of Birbhum district under monitoring of Rathindra Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Birbhum during 2018 and 2019. In this regard, some soil chemical properties were analysed through Mridaparikshak (soil testing kit). After statistic...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2130824
Ganesh Das, Sankar Saha, F. H. Rahman, Surajit Sarkar, Sujan Biswas, Sandip Hembram, Prashanta Barman, Samima Sultana, Bikash Roy & Bablu Ganguly·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2020
Terai region of West Bengal fall under high rainfall region but 90% rainfall occurs in kharif season and drought observed during rabi season. NICRA project started in the Cooch Behar District during 2011. The project area and plan of work were selected on the basis of participat...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2130818
Biweekly block level Agromet bulletins were disseminated based on medium range weather forecast with an objective to assess the effectiveness and usefulness of Block level Agro Advisory Services (AAS) and quantify the economic benefits through adopting the micro scale agromet adv...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030812
B. Mahato, Chinanshuk Ghosh, F. H. Rahman, P. Biswas & D. C. Mahato·Advances in Research·2020
A field experiment was conducted at KVK Kalyan instructional farm at Jahajpur of Purulia district of West Bengal during rabi season of 2018-19 to assess the effect of Biochar and Vermicompost as organic soil amendments on yield of brinjal under red and lateritic soils of Purulia,...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i730220
A field experiment was conducted in farmer’s field during Kharif season at Badmaspahar village of South Andaman under National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) to find out the influence of planting methods, seedling age on growth, productivity, profitability, n...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i630298
Though cucumber is mainly grown during pre-kharifand kharif season, but farmers of Teesta flood plains of Terai region prefer to grow this very crop during rabi season because of its high market demand and price during this period of year. This region experiences extreme cold dur...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1230667
A field experiment was conducted at the farmer’s field at Ratanpur village of Marshaghai block of Kendrapara, Odisha to evaluate effect of green manuring and other nutrient management on yield and economics of rice. The village is an adopted village by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kendr...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130640
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2019 at NICRA villages viz. Nada, Chikili and Chopara of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ganjam1 through technology demonstration to analyse the performance of stress tolerant rice varieties under rainfed condition. Three different drought tol...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i430400
A field experiment was carried out during kharif, 2016 on sandy loam soils of dry land farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. There were eight treatme...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3331027
This study was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra Jharsuguda, Odisha under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture Project in 2019-2020 in the operational villages Bhoimunda and Tharkaspur of Jharsaguda district of North-Western Odisha, India. A total of 300 unsexed...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i730554
L. Dash, S. Das, S. Mohanty, F. H. Rahman, S. K. Sahoo & S. N. Mishra·Advances in Research·2020
Goat rearing under semi intensive farming conditions is characterized by high kid mortality and low weaning weight percentages. The root cause which needs to be addressed for various diseases and parasites leading to low body weight gain and kid mortality is improper housing prac...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i830222
An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Farm of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kalyan, Purulia, West Bengal, India located at Jahajpur during Rabi season of 2019. The main objective was to determine the effectiveness of vermicompost and biochar on growth and yield of carrot. The exper...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i830313
Plant growth and productivity of rice is adversely affected by various biotic and abiotic stress factors. Water deficit is one of the major abiotic stresses, which affects crop growth and yield. Majority of rice cultivated areas in south Asia is under rainfed, where water stress...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i730299
Samima Sultana, Rakesh Roy, Bhabani Das, Adwaita Mondal & F. H. Rahman·Advances in Research·2020
The weather condition prevailing during the crop season always plays very crucial role in crop production. Off and on crops face aberrant weather like flood that causes total crop failure in low line or flood prone areas. Vagaries of weather spoil the source of income which aggra...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i630212
Zinc deficiency is associated with impaired growth, poor immune function and also adverse pregnancy outcomes. The main strategies to alleviate mineral deficiencies are food diversification, food fortification or supplementation. Recently, there is a growing interest on the metal...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i730578
Demands for fish protein including dried fish protein to develop functional food are gradually growing in the world. Surimi, the concentrated myofibrillar protein extracted from fish flesh by washing minced meat, separated from bones, skin, and guts with added cryoprotectants suc...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i630569
A field experiment was carried out in participatory mode on farmers’ field at Bhoimunda village of Jharsuguda block under Jharsuguda district, Odisha during Kharif season of 2017, 2018 and 2019 to study the efficiency of nutrient management along with green manuring crop on produ...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2730915
Noodles, commonly prepared from hard/soft wheat flour, is popular throughout globe due to its’ versatility, low cost, ease of preparation and nutritional quality. Commercial noodles are rich in carbohydrates, but deficient in essential nutrients, like proteins, dietary fiber and...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1830781
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) is grown worldwide for its protein-rich seed. However, low availability of soil boron adversely affects the seed yield of pigeon pea. The present study was therefore conducted to assess the Influence of micronutrients mainly boron on crop growth and...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i230649
D. C. Mahato, D. Dutta, L. Maity, P. Biswas, B. Mahato, Chinanshuk Ghosh, F. H. Rahman, S. Thakur, V. Pradhan, A. Chakraborty, S. K. Bhattacharjya, M. K. Bhattacharjya & S. Patra·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2020
The experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kalyan, Purulia adopted village namely Jambad in Purulia District of West Bengal during kharif season of 2019. The experiment was laid out in nine strip plots with plot size of 48 sq m2. m including three different doses of Nut...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i630529
Wangkhem Herojit Meetei, Waikhom Jupiter Singh, N Surbala Devi, Priyobarta Singh Khumukcham, Herojit Singh Athokpam, L. Memori Devi, B. Dutta & F. H. Rahman·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2025
A two-year incubation experiment (2015-2016 and 2016-2017) was conducted at College of Agriculture, CAU, Imphal - 04 to ascertain the effect of integrated nitrogen management on release patterns of nutrients overtime at different moisture regimes in soils. The experiment consiste...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i65489
Astaxanthin is a high value keto-carotenoid pigment renowned for its commercial application in various industries such as aquaculture, food, cosmetic, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical sectors. It is commonly employed in salmonid and crustacean aquaculture to give the pink hue tha...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i1030875