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    Rooftop Gardening: Estimation of Income from a Score of Socio-Ecological Variables
    Sciencedomain International ; 2020
    In:  International Journal of Environment and Climate Change ( 2020-07-24), p. 113-120
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    In: International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, Sciencedomain International, ( 2020-07-24), p. 113-120
    Abstract: Aims: To study the relationship of total income was incurred from the rooftop gardening with various socio economic and behavioural aspects and elicit the future opportunity for this innovative method in this global warming situation where the world is facing the increasing crisis of availability of the land resources, support sustainability, contamination of ground water, food accessibility, and economic sustainability.    Study Design: The locale was selected by purposive sampling technique and the respondents following rooftop gardening had been interacted and was selected by the snowball sampling method. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out during 2017 and 2018. The place, Janai Road of Srirampur, Khanakul-I and Khanakul-II block of Hooghly district, Budge Budge-II, Bishnupur-I and Bishnupur-II of South 24 Parganas and various areas in Kolkata were selected for the study. Methodology: In this present study 50 respondents following rooftop gardens have been interacted and are selected by the snowball sampling method. A semi-structured schedule has been administered to generate women information regarding family composition, the rationale for opting rooftop gardening, the ecological views on roof gardening, and the cost opportunity analysis. The gathered data had been put into multivariate analysis (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences V20.0 (SPSS) of IBM was used for analyzing the Coefficient of Correlation, Stepwise Regression and Path Analysis). Results: Education (X2), rooftop area (X4), diversity of plants (X6), labour charges (X8), organic manure (X11), fertilizer (X13) variables have been found to exert strong and determining contribution to total income. Respondents revealed that it had provided a certain amount of income in addition to the conventional farming income. Conclusion: The study had revealed that Rooftop gardening is not only eco-friendly horticulture but also a successful enterprise, having all the three critical echelons viz. economy, ecology, and equity as well.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2581-8627
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i830223
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    Publisher: Sciencedomain International
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Microbial Responses to Carbon Sequestration Soil Amendment and Productivity
    Sciencedomain International ; 2023
    In:  International Journal of Environment and Climate Change Vol. 13, No. 10 ( 2023-09-19), p. 3587-3597
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    In: International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, Sciencedomain International, Vol. 13, No. 10 ( 2023-09-19), p. 3587-3597
    Abstract: Soil a significant carbon sink, plays a pivotal role in mitigating climate change. This review underscores the potential of soil amendments for enhancing carbon sequestration, focusing on the intricate relationship between these amendments and soil microbial communities. Soil amendments, ranging from biochar and organic compost to mineral additives, have been identified as viable strategies to boost soil carbon stocks. Concurrently, these amendments influence the diversity, structure, and functional roles of microbial communities, which in turn, are integral to soil carbon dynamics. Tools like 16S rRNA sequencing, metagenomics, and isotope tracing techniques have propelled our understanding of microbial responses, shedding light on the complex microbial networks and their roles in carbon cycling. While promising, the application of soil amendments presents challenges. Variability arising from different soil types, climates, and microbial dynamics poses a consistent research challenge. Potential risks like reduced sequestration over time and economic considerations for large-scale application necessitate attention. Future directions hinge on innovations in soil amendment products, harnessing microbial inoculants for synergistic effects, and fostering interdisciplinary collaborations. This convergence of science, technology, and collaborative research heralds a future where soils are not just seen as substrates but as active, dynamic entities in the fight against climate change.
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    ISSN: 2581-8627
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    DOI: 10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i103029
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    Publisher: Sciencedomain International
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Silence, Satire and Empathy: Reading Appupen’s Topoi in His Wordless Graphic Narratives
    Aesthetics Media Services ; 2021
    In:  Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 13, No. 4 ( 2021-12-8)
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    In: Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Aesthetics Media Services, Vol. 13, No. 4 ( 2021-12-8)
    Abstract: The projection of the incongruities of contemporary times through the frame of satire is a powerful instrument in the genre of comics and graphic narratives and in Indian graphic literature as well. Mendiburo-Seguel and Heintz (2020) explain eight Comic Style Markers (CSM) in Latin-American cultures, and satire, a “darker style”, is one of them. The paper aims to conceptualise how Appupen’s wordless graphic narratives Moonward: Stories from Halahala (2009), Legends of Halahala (2013), Aspyrus: A Dream of Halahala (2014) and The Snake and the Lotus: A Halahala Adventure (2018) register black satire against society, politics, religion, industrialization, consumerism, advertisement and so on and how they prove to play the role of “corrective humour” (Ruch and Heintz, 2016). This paper attempts to explore how the “author-artist’s” (Aldama, 2010) fantastical and dystopic graphic narratives, excoriate social and political issues to create a unique aesthetic of thoughtful critical writing in graphic mode, thereby collectively contributing to the interdisciplinary studies of fantasy and dystopia and helping to proliferate the genre of Indian Comics and graphic narratives as well. Moreover, as “satire had a moral goodness that was lacking in sarcasm and cynicism” (Ruch, Heintz, Platt, Wagner, and Proyer, 2018), this essay argues what kind of empathic feeling, perspective sharing and cognitive overlap Appupen cultivates in these four narratives and develops their moral, aesthetic and humane tenacity. The article discusses Appupen’s satire as a vehicle by which he prudently moulds empathy with the reader to convey the intrinsic values of the texts.
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    ISSN: 0975-2935
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    DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v13n4
    DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha
    DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v13n4.32
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    Publisher: Aesthetics Media Services
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Transforming Agriculture and Tea Garden: The Impact on Farm Women Engagement
    Sciencedomain International ; 2020
    In:  Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ( 2020-09-03), p. 85-92
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    In: Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Sciencedomain International, ( 2020-09-03), p. 85-92
    Abstract: Aims: To study the relationship between the women farmers' engagement in the transformed tea gardens from conventional farming practices with various socio-economic exogenous variables, their socio-economic condition, economic vulnerability, and empowerment. Study Design:  The locale was selected by the purposive sampling technique and the respondents following such transformation in their farming practices are selected by the random sampling method. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out during the year of 2018-19. The place, three blocks namely Falakata Block, Madarihat Block, and Alipurduar-1 of Alipurduar District of West Bengal of India were selected for the study. Methodology: In this present study sixty respondents following such transformation in their farming practices have been selected by both purposive and random sampling techniques to study the farm women's engagement in transformed tea gardens as the consequent character in terms of various exogenous variables. Then the numerical data is collected, passed through the data normalization process, and then put them into multivariate analysis. The gathered data had been put into multivariate analysis (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences V20.0 (SPSS) of IBM and OPSTAT were used for analyzing the Coefficient of Correlation, Stepwise Regression, and Path Analysis). Results: The study reveals that the mean change in land under cultivation (x6), mean change in average garden size (x7), mean change in total income (x8) and ratio of pesticides use (x10) variables have been found to exert strong and determining the contribution to this transformational process. Conclusion: The study had revealed the emergence of small tea gardens help in the empowerment of the women as well as increasing the demand of women labours in the transformed farming sector, which improve the overall status of the tea garden workers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2457-1024
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2630908
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    Managing bio-farm energy in agro-ecosystem: An interpretation through energy balances and consumption pattern
    Diva Enterprises Private Limited ; 2021
    In:  Indian Journal of Extension Education Vol. 57, No. 1 ( 2021), p. 54-61
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    In: Indian Journal of Extension Education, Diva Enterprises Private Limited, Vol. 57, No. 1 ( 2021), p. 54-61
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0537-1996 , 2454-552X
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    DOI: 10.5958/2454-552X.2021.00015.3
    Language: English
    Publisher: Diva Enterprises Private Limited
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Organic Manure in Conservation Agriculture: Perception, Reality and Interpretation
    ACS Publisher ; 2022
    In:  Indian Journal of Extension Education ( 2022), p. 53-57
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    In: Indian Journal of Extension Education, ACS Publisher, ( 2022), p. 53-57
    Abstract: The excessive reliance on chemical fertilizers and the negligence shown to the conservation and use of organic manures (OM) have led to the exhaustion of organic carbon level, soil moisture level, and retention of microorganism population in the soil. The present study reveals that the farmers merely have any perception or they are not technically aware of the importance of the application of OM into their farming for the restoration of ecological resilience. Elucidating the factors, impacts, and perceptions of farmers, fifty respondents have been selected from Dalilpur and Kastodanga village of Nadia district by systematic random sampling for the study. The responses are collected through a structured interview schedule.The study envisaged that the livestock count, size of homestead land, size of landholding, production of organic manure, education variables have been found to exert strong and determining contribution to the application of organic manure. The socialization of proper cognitive adoption of organic manure among the farmers for the restoration of ecological resilience and popularization of resource-saving agricultural crop production is the need of the hour.
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    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.48165/2022
    DOI: 10.48165/ijee
    DOI: 10.48165/IJEE.2022.58210
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    Publisher: ACS Publisher
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Technology Socialization Process of Pulse Enterprise: The Structural and Functional Analysis
    Sciencedomain International ; 2020
    In:  International Journal of Environment and Climate Change ( 2020-08-21), p. 170-178
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    In: International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, Sciencedomain International, ( 2020-08-21), p. 170-178
    Abstract: Technology socialization process has operationally been defined as the interactive summation of all possible responses to a technology application process in terms of adoption, rejection, discontinuance and reinvention. Here, this interactive summation is measured against a set of standard practices applied in pulse enterprises and the level of socialization as measured against a “recommended technology”. The following specific objectives are set to intervene the present study. Those are, to generate basic information on socialization of pulse crop in the study area to identify and standardize the variables, dependent and independent, impacting on both socialization of pulse crop in the study area, to elucidate inter and intra level interaction between dependent variables i.e. Socialization with those of selected socio economic and ecological variables, to delineate the micro level policy based on the empirical result on effective socialization process. The study has been carried out in two developed block namely Chakdah and Haringhata of Nadia District in West Bengal. The multistage purposive and random sample techniques were the key to contrast sampling design in the present study. The following variables, gross return, area under pulse cultivation, training received, yield, farmer’s attitude towards pulse cultivation have been found generating significant functional impacts on the predicted character, technology Socialization. The statistical tools like mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation, coefficient of variation, coefficient of correlation, multiple regression, step down multiple regression and path analysis. The study also responded to the inquiry as to where and how the classical crop production process can be replaced with pulse crop and whereas this replacement will be much rewarding and beneficiary to the common farmer. The determinants like gross return, area under pulse crop, training received, productivity of pulse crop and farmer’s attitude are decisively characterizing the socialization process of pulse crop.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2581-8627
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i930238
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    Publisher: Sciencedomain International
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Unleashing the Potential of Millets Promoting Nutritious Grains as Vital Cereal Staples during the International Year of Millets: A Review
    Sciencedomain International ; 2023
    In:  International Journal of Plant & Soil Science Vol. 35, No. 18 ( 2023-08-08), p. 1860-1871
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    In: International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, Sciencedomain International, Vol. 35, No. 18 ( 2023-08-08), p. 1860-1871
    Abstract: This comprehensive review highlights the multifaceted potential of millets as a nutritional powerhouse, a sustainable agricultural choice, and a means to tackle global nutritional challenges. Coinciding with the International Year of Millets, the paper focuses on the significance of millets as highly nutritious and resilient cereal staples that can address both food security and malnutrition issues, while enhancing agricultural sustainability. A comparative analysis of the nutritional composition of various millet types against major cereal crops reveals their superior micronutrient profile, protein content, and health benefits. Their role in combating micronutrient deficiencies such as iron, zinc, and vitamin A, as well as non-communicable diseases like diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases is underlined. Moreover, their immune-supporting properties are discussed. The climate resilience of millets and their potential to diversify agricultural systems while enhancing farmers' incomes are considered. The review also addresses challenges in promoting millet consumption and production, including perception issues, supply chain barriers, and policy constraints. Strategies to maximize millet potential, like enhancing value chains, promoting dietary diversification, incorporating millets into school feeding programs, and utilizing technological advancements for improved varieties are proposed. Policy recommendations emphasize the need for institutional support for millet farmers, raising consumer awareness, and strengthening research and development in millet agriculture. This paper serves as a call to action for researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to promote millets as a key component in our food systems to tackle nutritional challenges and enhance agricultural sustainability.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2320-7035
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183469
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    Understanding the Nutritional Status of Farming Community in Rural Areas of India: An Empirical Interpretation with Policy Implication from Socio-Economic and Gender Perspective
    Sciencedomain International ; 2020
    In:  Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ( 2020-11-07), p. 1-16
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    In: Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Sciencedomain International, ( 2020-11-07), p. 1-16
    Abstract: 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 combined to understand both ecological and gender dimensions. The major objective of the study is to conduct a series of participatory exercises to generate a micro level response data, which are primary in nature under the canopy of the title. Study Design: The locale was selected by purposive sampling technique and the respondents were selected by the simple random sampling method. Place of Study: Four gram panchayats namely Sihar, Deshra Koalpara, Lowgram and Kotulpur of the Kotulpur block of Bankura district in West Bengal were purposively selected for the study. Methodology: In this study 50 farmers and 50 farm women have been interacted and are selected by the simple random sampling method. A preliminary interview schedule has been administered to understand the knowledge, perception and attitude of the people towards nutritional concept, communication and extension system, malnutrition. The gathered data had been put into multivariate analysis. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences V20.0 (SPSS) of IBM was used for analyzing the correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, step-down regression analysis, path analysis, canonical covariate analysis and artificial neural network analysis. Results: Several independent variables like age (x1), functional literacy (x2), family size (x4), no of farm activities (x5), working hour per day (x6), distance of work place from residence (x7), wages received (x8), duration of employment (x9), per capita income (x12), per capita expenditure (x13), deviation of blood pressure (x15), pulse rate (x16), dizziness (x17) and status of drinking water (x18) have been identified as strongest determinants to characterize output variable nutrition (y). Conclusion: The present study has uniquely landed on the value of some important empirical revelation. It can be concluded that farmers, having low income, are suffering from malnutrition most due to low calorie intake. Ensuring pure drinking water for all in rural areas is still a distant dream. A lot of farm women are suffering from dizziness and anemia due to lack of balanced diet. Malnutrition is still prevalent at significant levels especially in rural areas and the most vulnerable are children, women and elderly especially of lower income groups.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2457-1024
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    DOI: 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3431032
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    Publisher: Sciencedomain International
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    Socialization Level and Market Response of Pulse Crop: Structural and Functional Interpretation
    Sciencedomain International ; 2020
    In:  Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ( 2020-09-23), p. 154-161
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    In: Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Sciencedomain International, ( 2020-09-23), p. 154-161
    Abstract: Pulses are important component of diet in Indian, mainly for being one of the leading cheap and reliable sources of protein. The emphasis of the Government has, accordingly, been on increasing production of pulses through area expansion and adoption of improved technology. Equally important is the marketing of the pulses, particularly in an objective condition created by the introduction of reforms in the marketing sector, conspicuous by an existing demand-supply gap in pulses. Marketing can also help inducing an element of incentive to farmer through participation in processing and distribution of pulses through direct marketing, or cooperative marketing to get higher share in the consumer’s price. The study has been carried out in two developed block namely Chakdah and Haringhata of Nadia district in West Bengal. The two villages out of twenty-seven gram panchayat were purposively selected for the present study. The multistage purposive and random sample techniques were the key to contrast sampling design in the present study. The statistical tools like mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation, coefficient of variation, coefficient of correlation, multiple regression, step down multiple regression and path analysis. The study also responded to the inquiry as to where and how much the crop marketed this will be much rewarding and beneficiary to the common farmer. The determinants like yield (kg/bigha), farmer’s attitude towards Pulse crop cultivation and gross return (Rs/ Bigha) are decisively characterizing the marketed surplus of pulse crop.
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    ISSN: 2457-1024
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    DOI: 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i2830949
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