This research aims to study the management of and implementation of occupational health and safety issues associated with stone quarry work in selected quarries in Akamkpa, Cross River State Nigeria. The research objectives include to determine the types of quarrying activities c...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431041
Rice is a major energy source food crop and a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. The knowledge of mean performance and stability of high grain Zinc rice genotypes from a multi-location trial is a way to assess the genotypes so as to achieve food and nutrit...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431042
The ability to provide massive data storage, applications, platforms plus many other services leads to make the number of clouds services providers been increased. Providing different types of services and resources by various providers implies to get a high level of complexity....
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431039
A field experiment was conducted during 2016-17 at AICRP on Integrated Farming Systems, Regional Sugarcane and Rice Research Station, Rudrur to diversify existing rice-rice cropping system with less water requiring crops under irrigated dry conditions for vertisols of Northern Te...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431040
An analytical study was made in the Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore. The study was conducted for finding the identification of potential district of maize in Tamil Nadu based on the area, production, productivity data collected from 1...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431038
Prelude: The major river deltas are sinking, shrinking which accommodate ≈40% of global population. The Mahanadi tri-delta along the east coast of India consists of three river deltas i.e. the Mahanadi, the Bramhani and the Baitarani. The tri-delta encompasses many ecological hub...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431036
Agricultural sector in India employs more than 50% of the workforce, making crop insurance essential. Crop Insurance in India has continuously evolved for nearly half a decade with various names. With the past knowledge, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was implemented du...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431037
Aims: In this empirical study an attempt is made to examine the relative importance of some socio-economic and demographic variables that affect the nutrition of farming community. This empirical study has been carried out for farmers and farm women separately and also for both c...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431032
Integrated farming system (IFS) model comprising the components like crop, horticulture, diary, sheep and poultry rearing was undertaken at All India Coordinated Project on Integrated farming system, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad from 2010-11 onwards. Holistic integration of a...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431033
The physico-chemical properties of four popular groundnut (peanut) varieties namely Trombay-Akola Groundnut-24 (TAG-24), Kadiri-6 (K6), Kadiri-9 (K9), and Kadiri-Harithandra (KH) were determined by following the standard measurement methods. The average geometrical mean diameter...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431034
An efficient in vitro protocol was developed for the mass multiplication of Vigna mungo vars. PU30 and PU31, an important legume crop through apical meristems and cotyledonary nodal explants. Both apical meristems and cotyledonary nodal explants were cultured on Murashige and Sko...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431035
Panama wilt or Fusarium wilt incited by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is a major threat for banana cultivation and impacting symbolic economic losses worldwide. Previously Foc race 1 and race 2 was detected in India which eventually spread monoculture of ‘Cavendish’ ban...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3331028
Most of our water resources are gradually becoming polluted due to the addition of foreign materials from the surroundings. These include organic of plant and animal origin, land surface washing, and industrial and sewage effluents. The problem of environmental pollution due to t...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3331030
The present experiment was carried out during April 2019 to July 2019 in the Post Harvest Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj (India). The experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design (CRD), with eleven treatments and three replications. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3331031
Aims: This study sought to determine the effects of P. juliflora on the abundance and relative diversity of other forage species in Turkana County. Study Design: Ecological data collection entailed cross-sectional surveys across riverine and non-riverine ecosystems. Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3331026