This study evaluates differences in topsoil physicochemical properties among four techno-ecological settings in the North Karanpura Coalfield, Jharkhand, India: an active opencast mining site (Amrapali), a coal-logistics zone on reclaimed land (Piparwar village), a mining-periphe...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4931
Abduljabbar Muhammad Ahmad, Shyam Datta Waghmare, Surender Singh Siwach, Aminu Said Rufai, Abdulrauf Mohd Hamisu, Abdullahi Shehu & Sadiq Musa Bello·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2026
Agricultural mechanisation research relevant to northern Nigeria spans farm-power selection, service markets, irrigation, harvesting, labour allocation and emerging digital technologies. Its policy interpretation is complicated by differences between research visibility, geograph...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4929
Agricultural training can become a pathway to economic participation when persons with visual impairment are provided with accessible opportunities to learn through practice rather than theory alone. This study examined the effect of an intensive farming system and hands-on agric...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4930
Aims: To assess and compare farmers’ preferences for adaptation strategies to water scarcity in Chittur (Palakkad district, Kerala) and Pollachi North (Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu), two groundwater-dependent farming regions on either side of the Palakkad Gap. Study Design: Cr...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4928
Background: Farm ponds are among the most widely promoted on-farm water-harvesting structures for emergency or supplementary irrigation and for stabilising crop production in rainfed and semi-arid tracts. Over time, however, many of these structures lose their functional efficien...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4927
Aims: This study aimed to analyze the profitability and resource-use efficiency of banana (Musa paradisiaca) farming in Nawalparasi West District, Nepal. It also assessed the effects of farm size on profitability, marketing conditions, and major production and marketing constrain...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4925
Intercropping cereals with legumes can improve resource-use efficiency, productivity and land-use efficiency, particularly under rainfed conditions. In maize–green gram intercropping, system performance is strongly influenced by the spatial arrangement and relative proportion of...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4926
The present study was conducted in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh to identify the major constraints faced by potato growers and to collect their suggestions for overcoming these problems. An ex-post facto research design with a descriptive research approach was employed for...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4923
Aims: To design and develop a semi-automated mulching machine and evaluate its performance in reducing labour requirements and operational time and improving mulching efficiency in agricultural fields. Study Design: An experimental study was carried out involving the design, fabr...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4924
This study evaluated five watermelon varieties to identify high-yielding types with desirable fruit quality under the local agro-ecological conditions of Nuwakot District, Nepal. The experiment was conducted at Bidur Municipality-04, Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, from Febru...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4921
Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has released several rice varieties suited to the agro-climatic conditions of South Kerala, but their popularity and acceptance among farmers remain uneven. This study documented the KAU rice varieties cultivated by farmers, identified seed so...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4922
The study examined agriculture as a catalyst for rural economic development in Benue State, Nigeria. The study provides an avenue for determining the contribution of agriculture to poverty reduction and rural development, the challenges faced by smallholder farmers, and strategie...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4920
Aims: To document a lightweight pipeline for retrieving current-day wholesale mandi prices from the Government of India's data.gov.in AGMARKNET resource and to assess its suitability as a potential data layer for digital agricultural advisory. Study Design: Applied technical pilo...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4916
Indigenous rice in India is increasingly recognised as a resource for cultural continuity, agricultural resilience, and dietary diversification. This review critically examines relationships among Indian rice landrace diversity, grain composition, processing, glycaemic response,...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4917
The Asian rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason), is an important insect pest of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and a significant component of rice agroecosystems. Its importance is associated with characteristic silver-shoot formation, yield reduction, geographical variation, dif...
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