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Study of Cost Benefit Analysis of Managing Bt. Cotton Farming with Special Reference to Vidarbha
Timane, Rajesh - 2013
About forty lakh hectare of land is under cotton cultivation in Maharashtra. Once known as the prosperous cotton-belt; today the irony is that the state tops the list when it comes to suicides by farmers. Further, almost all of them are cotton farmers mostly from Vidarbha. At present, Vidarbha...
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Lentil in India : An Overview
Singh, Krishna M. - 2014
Traditionally pulses have been considered important elements of cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. They were popular because of their importance as a source of protein and ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N) and thus improve soil fertility. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a...
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SAGA GIS for Computing Multispectral Vegetation Indices by Landsat TM for Mapping Vegetation Greenness
Lemenkova, Polina - 2021
The study presents a comparative analysis of eight Vegetation Indices (VIs) used to examine vegetation greenness over the northern coasts of Iceland. The geographical extent of the study area is set by the coordinates of the two fjords, Eyjafjörður and Skagafjörður, notable for their...
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Worsening Food Crisis in Nigeria : A Discourse on Bail-Out Options
Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi Ndubuto - 2015
Food crises triggered by high prices had been experienced in agricultural markets in the past. However, the current state of agricultural markets has raised a lot of concerns to policy makers, media, the public and all stakeholders. This is against the background of the fact that only a selected...
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GMOs and Europe (Translation of the Interview of Dr. Yves Bertheau, Coordinator of Co-Extra - GM and Non-GM Supply Chains : Their Co-Existence and Traceability)
Bertheau, Yves - 2012
Imagine if Europe decided to fling open its doors to genetically modified organisms. Could it guarantee that consumers could still choose between products with and without GMOs? How? A panel of more than 200 researchers worked for four years on these questions. According to their conclusions,...
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Governing the Ungovernable : Integrating the Multimodal Approach to Keeping Agricultural Land Use from Swallowing Ecosystems
Robbins, Kalyani - 2015
As the population grows, so does the conflict between demand for agricultural productivity and the need to maintain healthy ecosystems. Unfortunately, this concern alone does not motivate the agricultural industry to operate in a more environmentally friendly manner, nor is it an industry that...
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Gender Constraints in Small-Holder Cocoyam Production in Enugu North Agricultural Zone of Enugu State Nigeria
Okoye, A.C; Dimelu, M.U; Okoye, B.C; Agwu, A.E - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The study presents the results of analysis of data collected on 120 cocoyam farmers (60 females and 60 males) across … farm to market, pest and diseases etc. These constraints constitute serious impediments to cocoyam production and need to …
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Technical Efficiency of Small-Holder Cocoyam Farmers in Anambra State, Nigeria: Implications for Agricultural Extension Policy
Okoye, B.C; Onyenweaku, C.E; Agwu, A.E - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
efficiency in small-holder cocoyam production in Anambra state, Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to … select 120 cocoyam farmers in the state in 2005 and from them input-output data were obtained using the cost-route approach …
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Adoption Scale Analysis of Improved Cocoyam Production, Production and Storage Technologies across Gender in Enugu North Agricultural Zone of Enugu State Nigeria
Okoye, B.C; Okoye, A.C; Dimelu, M.U; Agbaeze, C.C; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This study was undertaken to determine the adoption of improved cocoyam production, processing and storage technologies … among small-holder cocoyam farmers in Enugu-North Agricultural Zone in Enugu state. A multi-stage random sampling technique … was used to select 120 cocoyam farmers disaggregated into 60 males and 60 female in 2008. Adoption scale analysis was …
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Understanding the Fodder Markets for Sustainable Development of Livestock Sector in Bihar-A Rapid Appraisal Approach
Singh, K.M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Jha, A.K.; Kumar, Anjani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Livestock is an integral part of rural economy in Bihar and fodder is a critical input for livestock development. Data shows that there exist a huge gap between demand and supply of fodder (both dry as well as green). Most part of the south Bihar comprising of agro climatic zones, IIIA and IIIB...
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