Promoting Entrepreneurial Development through Millet Processing in Raichur District, Karnataka, India | Chapter 10 | Research Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 4

Millets are small grain crops and are also known as mighty millets because of their nutrients. Processing of millets provides an opportunity for income generation and also ensures food security to the family as well as to the animals through fodder. This paper explains the efforts made by KVK Raichur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur in promoting entrepreneurship development through primary and secondary processing, and value addition of millets and their role in income enhancement of farmers. The target population for this study comprised 50 beneficiaries from SHGs under the jurisdiction of UAS, Raichur, Karnataka, India. The major activities undertaken for the research population were the promotion of high yielding variety of foxtail millet (HMT-100-1 and Variety-SIA-2644), the development of value chains of nutritious millets, training women members of SHGs on value addition, establishing marketing linkages for the processed produce through demonstrations and trainings. It was found that the farmers whose lands do not possess an irrigation facility and have very poor fertility status had undertaken cultivation of millets and the KVK had linked them up to the processing unit of the Department of Processing and Food Engineering department for primary and secondary processing through demonstrations and training. It was found that farmers and SHGs gained technical know-how and ways to become entrepreneurs. Small millet crops are important for the food security and income of poor farmers in certain agroclimatic regions but it has not received adequate attention from the policymakers for the purpose of investment in their research and development. Poverty incidence can thus become reduced with increased investment in people, improving their quality and enhancing their employment prospects.

Author(s) Details:

Mouneshwari R. Kammar,
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, UAS, Dharwad-580005, India.

Vanishree S.,
Agricultural Extension Education Centre, Lingasugur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, India.

Udaykumar Nidoni,
Department of Processing and Food Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, India.

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Integrated Fish Farming | Chapter 2 | Modern Perspectives in Economics, Business and Management Vol. 1

 Because of its cumulative fee efficacy, low funding, and higher profitability, integrated farming is a long-term and significant tool for improving rural financial systems. It maximises farm productivity based on unit location by recycling wastes and leftovers from one farming machine to the next while taking environmental considerations into account. Integrated fish farming has remained a vital participant in agricultural companies in Purulia due to its sustainability and produces a specialty of various agricultural manufacture with a concentrate on fish, despite the increase in population. Integrated fish farming has the potential to create jobs, particularly for unemployed children in Purulia, and to improve women's living standards. Fishery and animal Husbandry (Duckery) are complimentary machine additions, with duck droppings serving as a nutrient source for fish cultures. This study was conducted from October to November 2016 and is entirely based on number one recordings. A pattern of 20 respondents was carved out randomly from the 4 villages in Purulia-I Block of district Purulia in West Bengal to look at the socio-monetary popularity of the agriculturally included duck cum farmers. The generated data was computed and examined using statistical software and an average monetary return in terms of the fishing and duckery operations' productivity, gross return, internet return, and final B:C ratio. It was discovered that using crossbred duckery and fish subculture in pond-based totally integrated farming procedures, higher manufacturing and long-term financial return could be achieved.

Author (S) Details

Abhishek Majhi
Department of Economics, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, India.

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