{"title":"Determinants Affecting the Adoption of Silvopastoral Production among Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe","authors":"C. Gadzirayi, J. Chimvuramahwe, A. Nhundu","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.3.33.6632-6646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.3.33.6632-6646","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49045877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constraints Experienced by Sugarcane Farmers in Adopting Drip Irrigation Technology","authors":"V. Balamurugan, R. Arunkumar, T. Sujaivelu","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6683-6686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6683-6686","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted in Pappireddipa� taluk of Dharmapuri District in Tamil Nadu to ascertain the constraints faced by the sugarcane growers in adop�ng drip (micro) irriga�on technology. Altogether, 120 sugarcane growers using drip irriga�on system cons�tuted the sample of the study. The major constraints in adop�on of drip irriga�on technology were frequent clogging in laterals and drippers followed by system damage due to rats and other animals and lack of technical knowledge about maintenance of the drip system.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42715681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceived Usefulness of Banana Pseudostem Processing and Value Addition among Farmers in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu","authors":"R. Senthil Kumar, S. Achudhan","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6679-6682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6679-6682","url":null,"abstract":"This study has been carried out to assess the perceived usefulness of Banana Post Produc�on Mechanisa�on among farmers in the western region of Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore district was selected because banana cul�va�ng farmers are more in this region and two taluks namely Coimbatore and Me�upalayam were selected at random. From each taluk, 2-3 villages were selected on cluster basis. In each cluster, 15 respondents were selected for research interven�on. Thus, in total, 60 respondents were selected for this study. A�ributes of Mechaniza�on had been employed through package of banana pseudostem processing equipment and banana rope making equipment among respondents, where the highest mean score was reported in Economic viability.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43731172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Milch Buffalo Keeping in the Kole Lands of Thrissur District, Kerala – An Analysis of its Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats","authors":"S. Mohan, P. Reeja George","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6638-6652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6638-6652","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the results of a study on strengths, weaknesses, opportuni�es and threats of the milch buffalo rearing system of the Kole lands of Thrissur district of Kerala state with a view to address significant issues as well as to understand poten�al threats that have to be mi�gated in the long run. Kole lands are the wetlands coming under the Ramsar conven�on; Focus group discussions and personal interviews with Key Informants such as buffalo farmers from non-sampling areas and veterinarians working in the Kole lands paved the way for the genera�on of various strengths, weaknesses, opportuni�es and strengths of the milch buffalo rearing system. These items were then pretested in a non-sampling area before being administered to 50 milch buffalo farmers through personal interviews. The results of the study indicated that the higher adaptability and disease resistance of the animal coupled with its ability to convert low quality fibre into high quality protein, high fat percentage of buffalo milk and the medicinal property of buffalo ghee were perceived by respondents as being poten�al strengths of this system. Lack of opportuni�es for training on scien�fic buffalo rearing prac�ces was perceived by the respondents as being the most important weaknesses of the milch buffalo rearing system along with the lack of a compulsory Haemorrhagic sep�cemia (H.S) vaccina�on policy for buffaloes. Perceived opportuni�es of the milch buffalo rearing system were centred on the factor associated with the market environment for current products. Significant threats to this system included the lack of policy measures to contain the dispropor�onate increase in feed cost when compared to milk price","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45536525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Farmer Producer Companies of Kerala: Group Dynamics Assessment of Shareholders","authors":"A. Ajith","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6662-6670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6662-6670","url":null,"abstract":"The study focuses on the group dynamics of shareholders in the selected FPCs (Farmer Producer Companies) of Idukki district, Kerala. A sample of 120 respondents among 13 FPCs was iden�fied using propor�onate random sampling. Results of the study indicate that majority of the shareholders in the selected FPCs exhibited a low to medium group dynamics and shareholders of four FPCs exhibited a high level of group dynamics. But the varia�on of GDI (Group Dynamics Index) among companies also point that some firms have be�er intra-group understanding and exhibit higher degree of group cohesiveness and team work along with a favourable a�tude towards the management which caters to a smooth decision making procedure. Principal component analysis of the selected indicators revealed that decision making procedure and team work has a significant effect on variance of the GDI.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44264783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Demographic and Perception Studies of a Mobile Application among Dog Breeders and Owners","authors":"Demian C Johnson, P. Reeja George, M. Chander","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6653-6661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6653-6661","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41408586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Assessment of Awareness Campaigns in COVID-19 Management","authors":"Lalita ., S. Singh, R. Ranawat","doi":"10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6671-6678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2021.2.33.6671-6678","url":null,"abstract":"A public awareness campaign is a tool of social marketing technique. The quality of awareness campaign is determined based on its effectiveness which is evaluated by its impact on the audience. To know the awareness related to major media campaigns, during the COVID-19 pandemic related to COVID-appropriate behaviour, a survey tool was designed and administered in online mode among 200 young respondents from Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Data were collected through Google forms shared via various social platforms and snowball sampling technique with age and area related restrictions. The media campaign which made a great impact on the mind and heart of the respondents were \"Do gaj doori mask hai jaroori (Mask and maintaining distance of two yards is necessary) \" and \"Jab tak dawai nahi tab tak dhilai nahi (No carelessness till a medicine is recommended)\" The sources which made people aware were \"caller tune\" followed by \"family and friends\". Almost all components of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour were known to the respondents except, seeking COVID-19 related information from reliable sources and refraining from sharing unverified social media posts. This research throws light on the interventions that can be more impactful and will thus help in better designing and dissemination of awareness campaigns in future.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41416762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Farmers’ perceptions on Drought, Technological preferences in Drought mitigation and their Implications in Mulberry Sericulture in South India","authors":"A. Mahimasanthi, S. Rajaram","doi":"10.26725/jee.2020.4.32.6604-6612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2020.4.32.6604-6612","url":null,"abstract":"Due to widespread monsoon irregularities, farmers are facing drought situations intermittently. Farmers’ participatory rural appraisal was conducted in selected silkworm growing clusters of South India covering 300 farmers to determine how sericulture farmers perceive and cope with drought, to study the technological preferences and their implications in mulberry, Morus alba leaf production & rearing of silkworm, Bombyx mori. The study revealed that drought is a major constraint for silk cocoon production among 84 per cent of total farmers surveyed. The local drought perceptions described by farmers were acute water shortage, dry and desiccating wind, drying of leaves in the silk worm rearing shed disease outbreak in silkworms, spinning of small size cocoons, higher melting of cocoons and lesser Silk Ratio. While studying the technological preferences, it was observed that farmers gave more importance to technologies which have direct impact on silk cocoon yield.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44231018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constraints in Production and Marketing of Arecanut in Salem District of Tamil Nadu, India","authors":"V. Mohanraj, R. Velusamy","doi":"10.26725/jee.2020.4.32.6626-6629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2020.4.32.6626-6629","url":null,"abstract":"Arecanut is an important cash crop in our country. The study was carried out to ascertain the constraints faced by arecanut farmers in Salem district of Tamil Nadu with a sample size of 120, by employing proportionate random sampling technique. Majority of the respondents expressed lack of specific grading of nuts in marketing as a constraint. More than three-fourths of the respondents suggested that there should be a mechanism to regulate import of nuts from other countries and to create market potential for nuts in the local markets.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45003368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Awareness about Muga Culture among the College Students in Jorhat District of Assam, India","authors":"K. Ghosh, M. Saikia","doi":"10.26725/jee.2020.4.32.6621-6625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26725/jee.2020.4.32.6621-6625","url":null,"abstract":"A study was undertaken to compare the awareness about muga culture among the college students in Jorhat district of Assam. Significant differences were found between the male and female students, and between rural and urban students. On the other hand, significant differences were found in the case of awareness on muga culture between Arts and Science stream students, and Arts & Commerce stream students.","PeriodicalId":31386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Extension Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44655518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}