More than 60 per cent of total workforce in the country derives their livelihood from agriculture and high dependency on agriculture has caused decrease in per capita household income from farm sector and mechanization in agricultural production has resulted in lesser employment...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i430876
This study aims at exploring the motivational factors that propelled the learners to join the Open and Distance Learning certificate course. The motivational factors that are influencing the enrolment of learners in the course were: Teaching – Learning process in the ODL study ce...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i92115
Aim: The main aim of this research is to study COVID-19 effect on natural capital of small and marginal farmers. Study Design: Ex post facto research design. Place and Duration of Study: North western zone of Tamil Nadu includes Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem and Namakkal distric...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92355
A scale measuring the attitude of farmers towards disaster management is developed using the equal appearing interval scale method, which comprises of 8 statements finally. (four positive and four negative). The scale is administered to the 240 farmers for the purpose of the stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92205
Agriculture is an important sector of Indian economy as it contributes about 17 per cent to the total GDP and provides employment to over 60 per cent of the population. Among 60 per cent of total workforce, 82 per cent of farmers in India were small and marginal farmers. Sudden o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i92018
Taboos and cultural practices are regulates people the way interact with the world around them by prohibiting the use of items consider as sacred. Sacred grooves are one of the valuable, but primitive practices of nature that plays an important role in biodiversity conservation....
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i81994
Farmers’ risk preferences play an important role in agricultural production decisions, risk takers means the farmers who are willing to take risky decisions in farming, risk aversion means an attitude of reluctance to take risky decisions in farming. Climatic change effects all r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i31691
Finance is the lifeblood of any business same way credit is the lifeblood of agriculture. Without credit, farmers cannot do farming activities. Hence the Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Societies provide credit to farm and non-farm activities in rural areas to improve ag...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i121825
Aim: To analyze the constraints endured by banana growers in adopting Water Management Practices. Methodology: Vellore district of North Eastern Zone in Tamil Nadu was purposively selected for the study as it had highest number of revenue blocks under critical groundwater explosi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131185
The study was conducted in natural and conventional crop fields in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh spanning one block and involving 120 sample respondents, Sixty farmers practised natural farming practises and the other 60 practiced conventional farming To select 30 farmer...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i1031044
The present study was conducted to find out the constraints faced by the tribal people in conservation of bio-diversity in Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted in two blocks namely Pethanaickenpalayam block in Salem district and Jawadhu hill block in Thiruvannamal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i230847
The majority of Indian farmers face issues such as decreased agricultural production, lower resource use efficiency, and lower farm revenue. Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) which are based on the concepts of economies of scale and collective action, have arisen as a golden r...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i1130752
Self Help Groups (SHGs) are farmer-led cooperatives in which all members work together to solve issues and take advantage of opportunities through participatory action following cooperative decision-making for the members' overall growth. In this context, a study was conducted in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i1030691
The indigenous systems of medicine in India are Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani which is practised from ancient times. India and China are the two major countries having 40 per cent of the global diversity and are known as the house of medicinal plants. Most of the medicinal plants ar...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1330590
Farm household today is constrained by shrinking net income, increased the cost of cultivation and uncertainty in prices. Hence this forced the farmers to switch over to Horticulture, Agroforestry and Sericulture. Consequently, in this backdrop, cultivation of medicinal plants is...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/37943
Aim: The study aims to identify the scope of kitchen gardens or nutrition gardens in rural households in Tamil Nadu in achieving dietary diversity and food security. Currently, only a few existing studies analyse the link between kitchen gardens and dietary diversity. The study a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i82113
Student life is a most important phase in a person’s life to learn many things and to do different tasks. Students pursuing their education overcome a lot of obstacles created under many circumstances. Many adversities are faced by the students during their studies. Many psycholo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i1031057
Paddy is the major crop in India. It is the second most important crop in the world in terms of cultivation. India's public agricultural information generation, testing, and transmission system are one of the world's largest and most complicated. Information sources and channels...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i1031051
Aims: College students experience stress from many different sources that ultimately have an impact on their academics. To cope with the academic stress, it is needed for them to undertake appropriate coping strategies. This study aimed to identify the extent of various strategie...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i931017
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is an inevitable vegetable in Indian diet. India holds first place in onion cultivation in the world and Tamil Nadu state occupies ninth place in onion production in India. Perambalur district is the top most producer of small onion in Tamil Nadu. This stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i931013
Water has become a scarce commodity due to its over exploitation as well as its pollution due to different reasons. For many important agricultural areas groundwater is the ultimate source of fresh water as surface water sources have been depleted. The quality of groundwater is i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1030821
The study assessed the impact of paper board industry effluent irrigation on soil quality under agroforestry system. The agroforestry system was maintained at the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Paper Limited (TNPL) - Unit II located at Mondipatti Village, Manaparai Taluk, Trichy distri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1931085
India is the major producer and consumer of sugar in the world. Molasses based distillery along with their product (alcohol) generate wastewater called as spent wash. It is acidic nature characterized by high BOD, COD value. The Value Added Product from sugar industry is generate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1130477
Multi nutrient deficiencies in soil have been reported with increasing frequency over the past two decades on a worldwide scale, is considered as an important factor that reduces yield and affects the quality of harvested products. Nutrient cycling and transformation of in soil i...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1131368
Exploring the challenges and opportunities faced by Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India, focusing on their socio-economic, health, educational, and livelihood aspects. The study investigates the barriers these communities encounter, including inaccessibility, e...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i82309
The present study was conducted to examine the role of digital tools in agricultural marketing during the Covid-19 lockdown period in Tamil Nadu. The study aimed to understand how farmers leveraged digital tools to overcome marketing difficulties in marketing their produce during...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i92110
The main objective of the paper is to examine the effect of entrepreneurial characteristics on decision making process. The research was conducted with 120 entrepreneurs from sago cluster listed in Sago serve in Tamil Nadu. Samples were drawn randomly from the population. In this...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2023/v45i82149
Entrepreneurship is critical to economic progress. Entrepreneurs act as catalysts in the industrialization and economic growth processes. The entrepreneurial achieving is characterized by high uncertainty, ambiguity, time pressure, emotional intensity, and risk, all of which can...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i81987
The unpredicted COVID-19 pandemic devastatingly challenged the business life of agripreneurs. Agripreneurs are the entrepreneurs holding their main business in agriculture or agriculture allied. The pandemic affected millions of businesses economically and shut down their produc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i1031174
Combining the human waste with the municipal waste would pave way to much needed solid waste management strategy in the urban areas. The co-compost produced out of this can be used successfully for crop production. The objective of this study is to detect the benefits and constra...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i1031135
Aim: To study the Influence of nutrient management on growth, lodging and yield of transplanted rice. Study Design: The study comprised of eight treatments viz.,T1- 100% NPK, T2- 100% NP + 125% K, T3- 75% N + 100% PK, T4- 75% N + 100% P + 125% K, T5- 100% NPK + K2SiO4 at 50 kg ha...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231404
Hydrothermal Carbonization an emerging technology for the conversion of biomass into carbon rich materials called as hydrochar. In this study, the paper board mill ETP sludge has been used for the production of hydrochar. The characterization of point of zero charge, Heavy metals...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i1130511
The effects of ameliorated alkali water and soil amendments on the soil properties, growth, and yield of hybrid cotton in sodic soil under drip irrigation were investigated in this field experiment at Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Trichy, using c...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i111649
The Field experiment was carried out at Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tiruchirappalli using cotton (RCH- 20) as a test crop to examine the effect of ameliorated alkali water and soil amendments on soil properties, growth, and yield of hybrid cott...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203799