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Human Capital, Migration and Remittance in Developing Countries: A General Equilibrium Approach

Lili Gao, Lihui Chen & Dianshuang Wang · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2024

The paper develops a three-sector model with Harris–Todaro type unemployment to examine the consequences of an increase of migrants’ human capital on remittance within a small open dual economy. By using indirect utility functions, the paper endogenizes the remittance. The theore...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2024/v42i12339

A Multifunctional Perspective to Explain the Survival of Neglected Plants: The Case of the Sweet Potato in Benin

Olaïgbé Hounkpatin & Ismail Moumouni-Moussa · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Neglected crops have great potential to improve agricultural diversity and contribute to food security. In Benin, sweet potato is one of these crops that is still not widely adopted. Although the benefits of sweet potato are widely known, it is only grown on small areas in Benin....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122332

Multiple-Driving Paths of Saving and Investment in Regional Gross Domestic Product of Southern Ethiopia

Meja, Merihun Fikru, Akmel Muhammed, Mubarek Awole, Almaz Tale, Zekarias Zassa, Kifle Abraham & Maseresha Taddele · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Despite an increase in overall economy of the country, saving and investment is still low. As the result, this study was undertaken to factor out the contribution of savings and investment on the regional economic growth of the study area. Cross-sectional data was used for analys...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122333

Application of Indigenous Technological Knowledge (ITK) for Plant Disease Management in Tamil Nadu, India

K. Yamunarani, S. Sangeetha, V. Dhanushkodi, K. Chitra & K. Dhanalakshmi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Most of the farmers in our country highly depend on chemical pesticides and fungicides to control pests and diseases in agriculture and horticultural crops. Abundant usage of these pesticides in crop fields causes harmful effects to human beings as well as to other living organis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122334

Indonesian Coffee Development Path: Production and International Trade

Jongkers Tampubolon, Albina Ginting, Hotden L. Nainggolan & Juli Ritha Tarigan · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Aims: The objectives of this study are (i) to compare Indonesia's coffee production efficiency among the top five world coffee-producing countries, (ii) to analyze Indonesia's coffee competitiveness against major world coffee producers in the international market, and (iii) to an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122335

Knowledge Level of Tribal Farmers on Processing of Non-Timber Forest Products in Meghalaya, India

Deinichwa Dkhar & K. P. Raghuprasad · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

The study entitled “Knowledge Level of Tribal Farmers on Processing of Non-Timber Forest Products in Meghalaya” aimed to explore the knowledge level of tribal farmers regarding the processing of NTFPs, to find out the relationship between knowledge and profile characteristics of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122336

Organic Farming: The New Success Mantra for Sustainable Agriculture

V. Deepthi, E. Karuna Sree, G. Shali Raju, A. Devivaraprasad Reddy, K. Venkata Subbaiah, M. Raghavendrareddy & K. Venkata Satish · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Organic farming avoids investment in costly chemicals and pesticides. Mrs Neerukonda Satyanarayana adopted organic farming from the year 2015-16. He attended various trainings organized by the Department of Agriculture and Krishi vigyan Kendra, Venkataramannagudem. After that he...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122337

A Study on Consumption Pattern of Household in Vallanadu, Thoothukudi District of Tamilnadu, India

T. Elenchezhian, S. Senthilnathan, S. Thirumalainambi, S. Sindhu, G. R. Dharshan Kumar, B. Johnson, T. Rajendran, P. Jeyalakshmi, N. Kiruthika & R. Parimalarangan · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

The study focussed on the consumption pattern of rural households to analyse household consumption expenditure on both food and non food items. The present study used the primary data collected from rural households in Vallanadu village of Thoothukudi district in Tamilnadu using...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122338

Growth Performance of Groundnut in India-An Instability and Decomposition Analysis

S. Senthilnathan, T. Elenchezhian, M. Mathiyazhini, M. Ravishankar, S. Aliya, S. Aravindrajan, P. J. Ranjith, P. Jeyalakshmi, N. Kiruthika, R. Parimalarangan, V. Karthick & T. Rajendran · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Measuring the trends of growth and variability in agricultural production is important to understand how outputs change over time. The present study analyzed the growth and instability index of groundnuts. The study depends on secondary data, which was collected from the Ministry...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122340

Decoding Global Tea Trade: Unveiling Market Dynamics in India

D. Murugananthi, M. Priyadharshini & S. Aruna Prabha · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Tea is the second important beverage consumed Worldwide after water. Domestic consumption of tea in India had increased from 346 M kg in 1980 to 1135 M kg in 2020. The price of tea in global market keeps wavering due to demand and supply dynamics, labour problem, market competiti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122358

Preliminary Study of Organic Farming Practices in Southern Rajasthan, India

Hari Singh, S. K. Sharma & M. K. Meena · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

In the present age of global warming and changing climatic scenario, agriculture has to be more eco- friendly with resource-conserving technologies for achieving the sustainable food-livelihood-environmental security. With growing awareness on food safety and health issue, demand...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122381

Exploring Profile Attributes and Psychosocial Well-Being in Elderly Populations

Steffi P. & Sreedaya G. S. · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

The study, conducted from April to September 2022 at a Government care home in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, delves into the motivations, challenges, and demographics of care home inmates. Using the Ryff Scale, it assesses psychological well-being, shedding light on the dive...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122330

Assessing the Effectiveness of different Mobile Apps in Terms of Knowledge Gain and Adoption Level

S. Sangeetha, K. Yamunarani & V. Dhanushkodi · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

The use of mobile phones has become an integral part of smallholder farmers’ lives in both developed and developing countries. The traditional transfer of technology mechanism had lot of constraints including limited staff, wider coverage and required more cost. The study was con...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122331

Total Factor Productivity Growth and Changing Cost Structure of Sugarcane in Gujarat, India

Upasana D. Bhopala, M. G. Dhandhalya & H. B. Parmar · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

Aims: • To estimate the growth of input, output indices and total factor productivity of sugarcane in Gujarat • To estimate the changing cost structure of sugarcane Place and Duration of Study: Department of Agricultural Economics, Junagadh Agricultural University (between June 2...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122327

Study on Availability, Accessibility and Problems Associated with Use of ICTs among Rural Women of Assam, India

Pompy Malakar & Manoshi Baruah Deka · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2023

This study analyse the availability as well as accessibility and problems associated with use of ICTs among rural women from the state of Assam and similarly Jorhat and Nagaon districts of Assam, India was selected for the present study including a total number of 400 respondents...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2023/v41i122328