The most prominent step in improving the skills of extension functionaries is to analyse their training needs. The ATMA (Agricultural Technology Management Agency) Extension Functionaries are always engaged in effective transfer of improved agricultural technologies to service ag...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32993
An attempt has been made in this paper to investigate the sustainable livelihood system of the tribes living in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh during the year 2014-2015. The ex-post facto research design was employed for this investigation. The sample size of 135 tribes was se...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31812
Recent advances in animal husbandry technologies have demonstrated potential for maximization of milk productivity and all these requires adoption of improved technologies. The present study was conducted to assess the extent of adoption of improved animal husbandry practices by...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32985
The research work mainly concentrated on economic performance of zero tillage in maize under agency tracts of Andhra Pradesh during five continuous years from 2011 to 2016 at different farmers’ field locations of Andhra Pradesh. The improved research variety DHM-117 with improve...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32455
The present study entitled “Integrated Farming Systems and Socio-economic characteristics of Punjab Agricultural university Awardee Farmers” was undertaken to study the socioeconomic characteristics and different types of farming systems used by them. A list of awardee farmers wa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/30054
One major problem facing maize production can be attributed to the fertility status of most Nigerian soils which is considerably low. The study was conducted to examine arable crop farmers’ perception of the use of organic fertilizer in maize production in Ido Local Government Ar...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/29934
Off season vegetable cultivation plays a unique role in the hill farming system. Being low volume and high value crops, they are rated to be potential cash earners. With increase in population, farm holdings are getting smaller and fragmented. Further, the agricultural practices...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32438
Climate variability is one of the limiting factors to increasing per capita food production for most smallholder farmers in Africa. The adoption and diffusion of climate smart agriculture technologies, as a way to tackle this barrier, has become an important issue in the developm...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32489
Increasing demand for fats and oil for industrial production has resulted in net import of palm oil. To resolve this problem, various interventions have been implemented to boost palm oil production in the small scale sector in Ghana. Yet, palm kernel oil production in the small...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32249
Fruits have great importance in human dietary system and it is generally stated that the living standard of people can be judged by the production as well as consumption of fruits. Now a day’s citrus becomes a major commercial fruit crop in the Haryana state and keeping this in v...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31598
The research aims to identify the social, personal, economic and communicative characteristics of farmers in Janowski County, as well as to identify the level of use of mineral fertilizers among farmers, identify the level of use of mineral fertilizers among farmers in each item...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32532
For the success of India’s economic reforms, foreign trade has a pivotal role to play in the economic growth. Aquariculture, also referred to as ornamental fish culture is a promising alternative for employment and income generation in domestic and export markets. The study was t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31784
Aim: The study examines socio-economic factors influencing adoption of feed based dairy technologies among smallholder farmers in Ekerenyo Sub County of Nyamira County. This is occasioned by lack of proper understanding of factors influencing adoption of feed based dairy technolo...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/32357
Most poor people in developing countries make their living from agriculture; hence, their livelihood is subject to various risks such as livestock disease, flooding, drought, and fluctuations in the price of agricultural products. One method of dealing with risk is insurance. How...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31910
The present study is an attempt to assess the economics of production, farm level processing and to identify and evaluate the different marketing channels which are involved in the marketing of turmeric in Northern Karnataka. For the study, 96 farmers practicing the cultivation o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/31382