Precision farming is the technique of applying the right amount of input (fertilizer, pesticide, water etc.) at the right location at the right time to enhance production, decrease input and/or protect the environment, Site-Specific Crop Management (SSCM), Farming by-the-foot, Fa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030443
The present study was carried out in Pawai block of Azamgarh district and five villages were selected randomly. A total number of 100 respondents were taken from the sleeted villages following the proportionate random sampling. The respondents were categorized as marginal (48), s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030440
The practice of shifting cultivation by farmers in Kaiama Local Government of Kwara State is been inhibited by the dedication of their farm lands used for various agricultural activities to national park, thereby resulting in the depletion of soil nutrients caused by continuous c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030439
This paper investigates the farmers’ perception on soil fertility replenishment technologies in the North Rift Region of Kenya. A survey was conducted in Trans Nzoia and Uasin Gishu counties of the North Rift Region of Kenya. A total of 108 respondents were interviewed. A two sta...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030437
Field experiments were conducted in 2017-18 during main cropping seasons of the year 2017 and 2018 at Dryland (Karewa) Agriculture Research Station, SKUAST-K to determine the effect of different post and pre emergence herbicides application on weed dynamics in maize (Zea mays L....
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030438
The study was undertaken to analyze the information sources utilized and their degree of credibility as perceived by the fish farmers in three districts of Manipur viz., Imphal East, Imphal West and Thoubal. These districts were purposively selected following an ex-post-facto res...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030436
Finger millet is widely grown all parts of the world and it is consumed by all people. This paper studies the impact of climate variability on yield of finger millet crop in Tamil Nadu using Panel regression analysis. The data on maximum and minimum rainfall, maximum and minimum...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030435
Aims: The scientific literature on Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) among agricultural university students in Sri Lanka is meager. Therefore, the focus of this study was to evaluate the EI and to understand what factors affect on EI of the final year undergraduate students of the F...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030434
An effort is made in the present investigation to develop a scale to examine the entrepreneurial behaviour among the students who were in the final year of their basic degree in different farm universities of Karnataka state. The developed scale consists of 35 statements categori...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030431
Adequate nutrition is a crucial component of a healthy society. One of the major problems of human health is malnutrition and it is in every society. Rural households engage in food production, yet, they are mostly food insecure.This study accessed the determinants of food securi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030433
Noushad Parvez, Hardev Choudhary, Vaibhavkumar V. Shinde, Vijay G. More, U. S. Kudtarkar, L. K. Gabhale, A. S. Dhane, S. B. Gangawane, Bhaumik Maru, Sandip V. Ghole & Babahaeb N. Pisore·Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology·2020
Aims: To evaluate the performance of farmers’ onion varieties against purple blotch disease at different locations and to correlate Percent Disease Index with yield attributing and other important traits. Study Design: Randomized Block Design, Field demonstration. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030430
The present study aims to examine the contribution of fishing in total income and extent ofhaor livelihood diversification; and identify the factors affecting haorlivelihood diversification of the fishing community. This study was conducted in Dekhar Haor of Sunamganj district. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030429
Aim: To document and analyze digital start-ups operating in the field of agriculture and suggesting some strategies to improve public extension system. Study Design: Descriptive was employed for the study. Duration of the Study: Study was carried out between last quarter of 2018...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030427
Aims: There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the pig sub-sector so as to make it more profitable to farmers, especially smallholder farmers. Despite the development, the profitability in the sector has not been consistent among the smallholder farmers. Smallholder far...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030428
An on-farm experiment was carried out to assess the short term financial returns over four cropping seasons of selected tillage practices and cropping systems in semi-arid Mwala Sub County of Kenya. The tillage treatments were Disc Ploughing (DP), Disc Ploughing and Harrowing (DP...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030424