Aims: The study employed ordered logistic regression to assess the determinants of livelihood security of the organic farm households in Sikkim (India). Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in three blocks of East Sikkim district (viz. Martam, Nangdok and Ranka) b...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030848
Women, who try to enter the field of industry in either managerial or entrepreneurial role, are generally exposed to various constraints. Though the entrepreneurial process is the same for men and women, there are however, in practice, women have to confront many additional probl...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2130817
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
The present study was investigated to detect polymorphic patterns of the keratin-associated protein (KAP) 6.1 gene in 54 numbers of Nilagiri and 20 numbers of Dorset x Nilagiri breeds of sheep. DNA was isolated and amplified with ovine specific primers of KAP 6.1 gene. Allele fre...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030813
A Field experiment was conducted during the Kharif season of 2018 at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bihar) to evaluate the performance of different herbicides in aerobic rice (Oryza sativa L). Weed management had a positive influence on growth, yield attributes and yield...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030810
A set of thirty-nine hybrids of maize were developed to estimate heterosis. These hybrids were evaluated along with their respective parents and three standard checks namely, Pratap Hybrid Maize-3(PHM-3), PMH-3 and PM-9, were evaluated during Kharif 2017 for 14 characters at inst...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030811
An experiment for Line x tester analysis was carried out to estimate combining ability effects of 50 hybrids developed by crossing of 10 Mori CMS lines with five restorers in Indian mustard. The F1 hybrids along with parental genotypes planted at Oilseeds Research Area, Departmen...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030808
A field experiment was carried out at the Agricultural College & Research Institute, Coimbatore in research farm during samba season 2018-2019 to assess the water use and its efficiency in different rice varieties comprising aromatic rice, land races, popular cultivars and r...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030809
Background: Anemia is regarded as public health challenge and is predominant in developing countries due to nutritional deficiencies. Aim/Objectives: The study was carried out to evaluate the biological properties of Ficus capensis fruits and vegetables on some haematological par...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030806
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of foliar application of nutrients on growth, yield and fruit quality of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Bhagwa in the experimental farm of the Horticultural Research and Training Station and Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kandaghat...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030807
Many Hospitals around the world are functioning at full capacity and ill prepared to cope with sudden influx of large number of patients during emergencies. This study was carried out to assess the emergency preparedness and response in tertiary and private hospitals in Yenagoa M...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030803
The women folk are considered the backbone of the nation and better half of the men in almost all spheres of community development. Rural women constitute about 50% of the total rural population. The present study was conducted in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh to know the exte...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030804
This paper explores the dynamics of land use in Madurai district as it possesses the largest other fallow lands (48.28 per cent). Time series data on nine-fold classification for the study district of Tamil Nadu was collected from Season and Crop Reports of Tamil Nadu. The collec...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030805
Nowadays, demand and aspiration for nutritionally balanced snacks that are palatable, portable, convenient is high. Increasing demand from consumers for nutritious snacks has provoked the researcher to develop food bars that are nutritious and convenient. The bar was developed w...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2030802
Introduction: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important staple foods for more than half of the world’s population Aim: To find out the most suitable nitrogen level for hybrid rice productivity in new alluvial zone of west Bengal. Study Design: The experiment was laid ou...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1930801