As demand for land increased over time, urban centers have been physically expanding their boundaries to surrounding rural and peri-urban areas by including additional land where people did base their lives in agriculture. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the impac...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231132
Aim: Wind profile over a crop canopy affects several physiological processes. The nature of the wind profile above the crop canopy of a single crop has been reported in the literature. However, under intercropping system, the nature of wind profile isn’t well discussed. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231134
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems experienced by humanity and other life-forms on the earth today. Going green means leading lifestyle that’s not just more beneficial for people who do it, but for their surroundings as well. The study The study aimed at...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431145
Agriculture sector is of the utmost importance to the economy of a country and incidentally it is also most vulnerable to global climate change. Climate change is taking a toll on India’s agricultural production and productivity. Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) h...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4431152
This paper attempts to analyse the perceptions of Specialist officers (Agriculture) towards Agriculture credit in public and private sector banks in Tamil Nadu. Among different zones in Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore zone was selected purposively for this study, because of its representa...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231128
‘Bhoochethana’ (Bhoo= soil; Chethana =rejuvenation) scheme was launched by the Government of Karnataka in the year 2009 in technical collaboration with ICRISAT to enhance the yield level of major dry land crops by adopting integrated crop management (ICM) practices. The primary...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231127
The present study was carried out in two agro-climatic zones of Haryana. A total of six blocks were studied from which a total of twelve villages constituted the study area. Ten farmers from each village were selected randomly. A total of 120 buffalo farmers constituted the sampl...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231124
A field experiment was conducted at the Maize Research Centre, Agricultural Research Institute (ARI), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad during the rabid seasons (15 October to 15 January) for two years to study the effect of plant densities and nitrogen levels on growth parameters, yield...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231125
The present experiment on Performance evaluation of drip irrigation system and profitability analysis of leafy vegetables under polyhouse was conducted to study the performance parameters of the drip irrigation systems relating to crop performance. This was done by taking existin...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4231126
This review will help to exploit the potential uses of longan, an exotic sub- tropical fruit which has high therapeutic values. In this review, traditional value, nutritional composition, bioactive compounds and other uses have been focused. Longan fruits are very tasty and its o...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4131120