Value chain in agriculture has a huge potential for enhancing farmers income and livelihood. In this context, the extension agents can play a pivotal role in linking the farmers to better value chain. Along with the traditional professional competencies, extension agents also nee...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i102834
Rajat Kumar Nath, Vaishnavi Sakaray, Soumya Cheela, S K Wasaful Quader, G Manichandana, Pushpendra Yadav, Amandeep Ranjan, Fatheen Abrar, Seema Kujur & Bikram Barman·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2025
In India’s export basket, Basmati rice has secured a special place for it. Not only does it earn a significant number of foreign exchanges, but also helps in expanding India’s cultural footprint and boosts its soft-power across the globe. In the year 2022, basmati rice of worth 4...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i103791
Rajat Kumar Nath, Sakaray Vaishnavi, G Manichandana, Sk Wasaful Quader, Sohana Sultana, Bikram Barman, Heeba Meeyo, Settipalli Sravani, Anirban Jana & Ananda K R·Archives of Current Research International·2025
In India, majority of the farmers are small and marginal, who rely upon subsistence farming and are not aware of the changing demands of the market. Conventionally the farmers sell their produce locally at a relatively low price and the involvement of large number of market inter...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i91538
Indian food processing sector, with its significant contribution to the value addition, employment generation, and in international trade, is still at nascent stage of development processing only 10 per cent of total agricultural output. Hence, to gain insights into the productiv...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i103598
Vaishnavi Sakaray, Venu Lenin, Rajat Kumar Nath, Monika Wason, G. S. Mahra, Mrinmoy Ray, Praveen K. V., Settipalli Sravani & Cheela Soumya·Archives of Current Research International·2025
The primary objective of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihood Mission’s (DAY–NRLM) is to mobilize rural poor households into Self-Help Groups (SHGs). This study was conducted to find the role of SHGs in financial inclusion of members. The present study was purposi...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i101560
The study analysed wheat (Triticum durum) value chains in Madhya Pradesh, situated in the Central Zone of India. Conducted in 2023, it employed multistage random sampling to obtain data from 100 respondents, comprising 60 farmers and 40 stakeholders engaged in wheat value chains....
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i103549
Higher levels of educational attainment are associated with better employment prospects, enhanced social mobility, and improved overall quality of life. This study examines the influence of socio-economic background on educational attainment among rural Rajbanshi youth. Data were...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2024/v17i4516