Empowering Farmers with Integrated Pest Management (IPM) through Effective Technology Communication | Chapter 9 | Research Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 8

 

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is acknowledged as a comprehensive approach to agricultural pest management, aiming to reduce pest populations while considering environmental sustainability. Despite its recognized importance, the practical implementation of IPM remains challenging, particularly in developing countries. This paper reviews the literature on IPM adoption, communication strategies, and challenges encountered in its dissemination. It discusses the information needs of farmers regarding IPM, highlighting the multifaceted strategies required for successful adoption. The role of communication, particularly through avenues such as mass media and Farmers Field Schools (FFS), is explored in facilitating IPM dissemination. Challenges in IPM adoption, including knowledge gaps, outreach limitations, socio-economic factors, institutional barriers, and others, are identified and categorized. The paper emphasizes the necessity for effective science and technology (S&T) communication to bridge the gap between stakeholders' understanding and the complexities of IPM. This review underscores the importance of tailored communication approaches in promoting IPM adoption and addressing the challenges hindering its widespread implementation.

 

Author(s)details:-

 

K. B. Bhushan
Department of Science & Technology, First Floor, Vigyan Prasar, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India.

 

Amit Kumar Goswami
Division of Fruit and Horticultural Technology, ICAR-Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.

 

Avilekh Naryal
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

 

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Relative Effects of Mediating and Independent Factors on Farmers' Acceptance to Pay for Public Extension Visits | Chapter 5 | Current Topics on Business, Economics and Finance Vol. 9

 The study examined the relative effects of interceding and independent determinants on farmers' acceptance to provide towards the delivery of more public continuation farm visits as needed by those the one can afford to pay. This inquiry in South Africa, was motivated for one fact that most public extension institutions, especially, in underdeveloped countries, operate on incompetent budgets. Adoption behaviour studies, therefore, need expected as cost-efficient as possible by meeting on the factors that create a significant offering to our understanding of the issue at hand. A almost-structured, self-executed questionnaire was used to collect dossier from 97 medium and small-scale crop peasants in the Free State Province of South Africa, from 1 September to 7 October 2010. Non-probability inspecting techniques were working to select respondents. The results show that the interfering variables, more than the independent variables, considerably influenced producers' acceptance to finance the delivery of public continuation farm visits. Need tension, especially, the distinctness between hoped and present situations concerning practice adoption and result efficiency, fashioned the most individual contributions to the difference in farmers' agreement to pay for the transfer of public extension farm visits. Adoption behaviour study could, then, be focused on a limited number of interceding variables in adoption surveys. This attracted approach on the more direct precursors of behaviour in acceptance investigations offers convenience for a more rigorous evaluation of the relevant mediating variables that can be transformed compared to the more changeless independent variables. Furthermore, this approach has opportunity and cost-saving implications for continuation organizations by lowering the size of the survey inquiry. Another implication of the results concerning this study is that Extension theory is more well-supplied because the framework for endorsement behaviour analysis that was used to resolve the respondents’ agreement to pay for farm visits, resumes to yield consistent results.

Author(s) Details:

D. B. Afful,
Department of Agriculture and Health, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa.

A. Obi,
Department of Agriculture and Health, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa.

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Assessment of Factors Affecting the Adoption of Alternative Sources of Energy in Limbuli, Malawi | Chapter 10 | Novel Perspectives of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 8

 There is an raised demand for energy on account of the continuously increasing human population. Due to the increase in strength demand, fossil fuel reserves are being briskly depleted; reliance on fossil fuels as a beginning of energy damages the surroundings in many aspects. This practice maybe halted if we switch to energy from undepletable source sources like wind, solar and hydrophone. This study determined factors that bring about low Adoption of alternative strength sources. The study accepted place in Limbuli in Mulanje, Malawi. It used layered sampling to sample 80 households in the element of the Limbuli estate. Fifty-seven households were interrogated to gain an in-depth understanding of determinants that affect the Adoption of alternative strength sources. It raise that the expensiveness and unreliability of alternative strength sources influence their Adoption. It also shows a direct connection between adopting alternative strength sources and instruction and income level.Further, it signifies that culture and information of alternative energy beginnings have less significance on their Adoption. It decides that the Adoption of alternative sources of energy persists to be an extent of further consideration. The study approves that Lessons on alternative energy beginnings that focus on the psychology change towards alternative energy beginnings should be affiliated with primary schools, and knowledge campaigns should be exhausted the community.

Author(s) Details:

Bettie Mwakabanga,
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The Catholic University of Malawi, Malawi.

Maureen Kapute Mzuza,
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The Catholic University of Malawi, Malawi.

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Adoption of Improved Hathei Chilli Production Practices by Tribal Farmers in Sirarakhong Village of Ukhrul District, Manipur, India| Chapter 8 | Research Highlights in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 7

 The study was attended in Sirarakhong Village, Ukhrul district, Manipur covering individual hundred twenty respondents that were selected randomly. The dossier were gathered through pre-organized interview schedule by the researcher. The verdict inferred that adulthood of the respondents belongs to medium level of socio-economic qualification and having medium level of acceptance towards improved Hathei chilli production practices. Education, land assets, innovativeness were noticed positive and significant equating with their maintenance of practices.

Author(s) Details:

Themshang Khapudang,
Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh – 211007, India.

Dipak Kumar Bose,
Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh – 211007, India.

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Awareness and Adoption Level among Tharu Tribes towards Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITKs) for Its Cost Effectiveness | Chapter 6 | Current Overview on Science and Technology Research Vol. 3

 Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) is still often used as a first line of treatment for a variety of animal illnesses, but its use has decreased due to the extensive use of modern drugs in animal husbandry. This study's objective was to increase the Tharu tribes' awareness of and acceptance of particular Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) in order to reduce production costs while increasing overall livestock production. The investigation into how locals use plants as medicines took place in the Tharuhat neighbourhood of the West Champaran region. Traditional healers and livestock owners of the Tharu Tribes were interviewed using participant observation, open-ended discussions, and semi-structured questionnaires. Farmers in the study area (the Tharuhat area) who were knowledgeable about the use of indigenous practises in various facets of livestock rearing, such as breeding, feeding, and health care, gathered and identified plants used as ethnoveterinary treatments. It is essential to preserve ethnoveterinary knowledge pertaining to traditional knowledge for the benefit of future generations and to identify potential species for conservation prioritisation through sustainable management of animal health care. An inventory of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants was created as a result of the current study, and this inventory could prove to be a more valuable informational database for future scientific validation studies for the benefit of animal health.

Author(s) Details:

M. K. Mukherjee,
Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-14, India.

Pankaj Kumar,
Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-14, India.

Rakhi Bharti,
Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-14, India.

S. K. Rajak,
Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-14, India.

Aditya Kumar,
Department of Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education, Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-14, India.

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Castor Based Intercropping System for Sustainable Income under Rainfed Ecosystem | Chapter 07 | Current Topics in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 5

 Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is a major industrial oilseed crop that grows well in rainfed and limited-irrigated environments. Castor is mostly grown in Tamil Nadu as an intercrop, mixed crop for long-term income in both rainfed and irrigated systems. As a result, the current study was conducted in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, to examine farmers' attitudes toward the castor intercropping system and farmers' income in a rainfed ecosystem. A purposeful random sampling strategy was used to choose a sample of 100 castor growers (farmers who farmed castor as a major crop). The samples were then investigated using a well-structured interview schedule that included closed and open-ended type questions while keeping the study's aims in mind. For administrative reasons, the entire study was limited to the Tamil Nadu district of Tiruchirappalli. According to the findings, adopting vegetables as an intercrop in castor production is a graded process in which a farmer must go through many stages such as awareness, interest, evaluation, training, and adoption. Castor growers used an intercropping strategy with groundnut (38 percent), redgram (25 percent), and cotton (21 percent). On the other hand, only a small percentage of the responders (16%) followed through with mono-cropping of castor with a cropping intensity of 100%. The castor yield was higher in the mono-cropping system (22.7 q/ha) than in the inter-cropping system (13.6 q/ha), according to the statistics. Cotton, groundnut, and redgram were the highest yielding inter-crops, with yields of 22.2 t/ha, 19.1 t/ha, and 11.7 t/ha, respectively. Intercropping in castor produced the following promising results: 1) 90% effective use of agricultural resources during the rainy season, 2) 85% reduction in input costs, 80% increase in farm revenue and returns, and 79 percent increase in food and nutritional security. While adopting inter-cropping in castor, the study found that castor growers favoured highly market-driven inter-crops such groundnut and cotton, and that few farmers preferred redgram for household consumption as well as local market. Adopting an appropriate intercropping method is a good way to get more money per square foot of land. Growing various crops in the same field at the same time is a strategy to achieve food security with the least amount of land available.

Author(S) Details 

V. Dhanushkodi
ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639 115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

V. Alex Albert
ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639 115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

S. Nithila
ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639 115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

G. Anand
ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639 115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

N. Tamilselvan
ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639 115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Working with Adopted Women via Pictures, Drawings and Dreams: A Novel Approach | Chapter 07 | New Frontiers in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 17

 This chapter is a composite of eight different women who were my clients and shared so much in common, not only in terms of personal history, but also in terms of symptoms, disorders, interpersonal relationships, and symbiotic relationships with their mothers and men in their lives, that I felt it begged to be dubbed the "There is not enough syndrome." I'll refer to the subject as "S" in this chapter, but she's a composite of these women, all of whom were between the ages of 25 and 32 at the time of therapy and were in therapy for seven months to a year, during which time they all improved enough to leave therapy and live as independent successful professional young women. All eight young women were adopted from an orphanage in a South American country from the moment they were born until they were three years old. Their mother's identity was unknown to them all. At the time of the adoption, the adopting mothers were between the ages of 40 and 55. These women are all working mothers who are now retired or nearing retirement age. During treatment, I painted and sketched pictures that reflected the young girls' obstacles and problems, which are included in this paper.

Author(S) Details

Eleanor Avinor
Foreign Language Department, Retired from University of Haifa, Israel.

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Surrogate Motherhood-An Act of Violation or Protection of Human Rights | Chapter 18 | New Frontiers in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 12

 Surrogacy brings the joy of motherhood to the intended pair, but the irony is that in order to spare one woman from being labelled childless, the surrogate takes on the duty of bearing her child, causing her to be stigmatised by society. Despite the fact that many forms of exploitation have gotten attention, some, such as surrogacy, have gone unnoticed. The field of reproduction is focusing its attention to adoption as a result of the global population and resource shortages. Everyone who chooses surrogacy secretly wishes to have their own DNA, but how does genetic connection differ from humanity? The purpose of this analysis is to provide insight into the surrogacy market's exploitation. Another goal is to highlight how adoption might be a viable alternative to surrogacy.

Author(s) Details

P. Mini Mol
Department of Anatomy, MGM Medical College, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India.

Shweta D. Gowda
Department of Clinical Embryology, MGM School of Biomedical Sciences, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India.

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Behavioural Factors Affecting the Adoption of Sustainable Housing Practices: Indian Context| Chapter 8 | Advanced Aspects of Engineering Research Vol. 14

 Sustainable Development is a concept of development that involves causing as little harm to society, the environment, and other distant variables as possible as a result of so-called "development." According to literature research, the Indian construction industry's focus on sustainable development is mostly on energy efficiency and minimising CO2 emissions, with less emphasis on the economic element and social considerations. Energy-saving, on the other hand, Buildings are substantially more expensive than traditional buildings, demonstrating the widely held belief that a structure that is already expensive would become even more expensive with the introduction of energy-saving fixtures to the market. In India, the problem of housing affordability has become increasingly acute, indicating that housing supply is falling short of demand. The research topic demonstrates that behavioural adoption reconciliations can be used to overcome dispense-related concerns. As a result, understanding the factors that influence sustainable housing allows for a more comprehensive solution to challenges.

Author (s) Details

Ar. Parul Bhyan
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.


Dr. Bhavna Shrivastava
Architecture and Planning Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.

Dr. Nand Kumar
Architecture and Planning Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.


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Factors Influencing Hybrid Rice Adoption: A Case of Marginal and Small Farmers | Chapter 18 | New Perspectives in Agriculture and Crop Science Vol. 3

 The study was conducted on fifty farmers comprising 33 marginal and 17 small farmers in five villages in Ranchi, Jharkhand's Kanke block. The study showed that the level of adoption of hybrid rice among the sample farmers was almost 98 percent. Farmers in both classes, however were strongly inclined to adopt hybrid rice production in their fields. In comparison to local varieties, the reasons behind hybrid seed adoption were due to high yielding potential in hybrid rice production and even yield exceeds from adopted improved varieties. The study further revealed that the sampled farmers' region of hybrid rice was positively correlated with the size of the operational holding and the funds available to farmers to meet the investment involved in hybrid rice adoption on farms.

Author(s) Details

Jai Prakash
Department of Agricultural Economics, TMAC, BAU, Godda, Jharkhand, India.

R. P. Singh

Department of Agricultural Economics, RAC, BAU, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

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