Contamination Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides and Farmers? Knowledge, Perception, Practices in Rural India: A Case Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 787-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bhanti ◽  
G. Shukla ◽  
A. Taneja
Keyword(s):  
Organochlorine Pesticides ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Contamination Levels

Impact of municipal solid waste dumpsites on trace metal contamination levels in the surrounding area: a case study in West Africa, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naminata Sangaré Soumahoro ◽  
N’guessan Louis Berenger Kouassi ◽  
Koffi Marcellin Yao ◽  
Edith Kouassi Kwa-Koffi ◽  
Aka Marcel Kouassi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Trace Metal ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Metal Contamination ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Trace Metal Contamination ◽  
Contamination Levels

Vertical profiling of atmospheric air pollutants in rural India: A case study on particulate matter (PM10/PM2.5/PM1), carbon dioxide, and formaldehyde

Measurement ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 110061
Author(s):  
Sneha Gautam ◽  
Cyril Sammuel ◽  
Aniket Bhardwaj ◽  
Zahra Shams Esfandabadi ◽  
M. Santosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Vertical Profiling

Financial inclusion in the digital banking age: Lessons from rural India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
RAM A. CNAAN ◽  
MARQUISHA LAWRENCE SCOTT ◽  
H. DANIEL HEIST ◽  
M. S. MOODITHAYA
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Banking Activity ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Digital Transactions ◽  
Financial Transactions

Abstract In the digital age, financial inclusion continues to be connected to social inclusion. While most personal financial transactions are shifting from cash currency to digital transactions, we must ensure that marginalized members of society are not unbanked and excluded from financial opportunities. Many countries are declaring their intention to transform to cashless societies. India is one such country. As a case study, we investigated rural Indian villages that declared themselves as cashless to assess the financial reality of villagers. We conducted a survey of households (N=3,159) within villages across seven Indian states. In each state, we studied a village that was officially declared cashless and a nearby comparison village. Our findings suggest that the comparison villages did as well as the cashless villages, as financial inclusion via digital banking was minimal to nonexistent. Alongside significant state variations, we found that financial literacy and online access were the best predictors of performing any digital banking activity. This study concludes with a warning against rushing toward digital banking and the formation of cashless societies, as marginalized populations may be excluded.

scholarly journals Banned Organochlorine Pesticides Residues in Camel Milk, Meat, and Liver: A Case Study from Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (Vol4) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Moawiya Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Organochlorine Pesticides ◽  
Camel Milk ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Pesticide Contamination ◽  
Chromatographic System ◽  
Pesticides Residues ◽  
Maximum Residue Levels ◽  
Florisil Column Chromatography ◽  
Residue Levels

Although most of the organochlorine pesticides have been banned from use and trade in Jordan, their residues remain still present in different environmental and food matrices. Because of the need to clarify the current status of pesticide contamination in Jordan, the present study has investigated the extent of contamination in camel milk, meat, and liver. One hundred eighty samples of camel milk, meat, and liver have been analyzed for their residual contents of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and related metabolites, hexachlorohexane isomers, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, and hexachlorobenzene. These samples were Soxhlet-extracted, cleaned up using florisil-column chromatography, and analyzed using a gas chromatographic system equipped with the electron-capture detector. Results: 31.7, 35, and 38.8% of the examined milk, meat, and liver samples, respectively, were contaminated with organochlorine pesticides. In general, obtained results have confirmed that pesticide contamination is still a significant concern when speaking of environmental samples and food in Jordan. More research is needed in this ambit. The pesticide contamination appears relevant enough in camel milk and liver samples, suggesting the need for reliable maximum residue levels where absent.

22. The Feminization of Agricultural Labour in India, With a Case Study of the Semi-Arid Region of Andhra Pradesh: A Means of Empowerment or a Method of Domination?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Shinoff
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Agricultural Work ◽  
Economic Disparity ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid ◽  
Agricultural Labourers

With the general shift of men turning to out-migration work in times of economic disparity, women in rural India, specifically in the region of Andhra Pradesh, are forced to step in and fill the gap in agricultural labour left by migrating men. This phenomenon, coupled with the increased desire for female agricultural labourers – because of their tolerance of low wages – has led to a significant increase in the feminization of agricultural labour in India since the 1990s. While neoliberal writers argue that the increasingly feminized workforce of agricultural labour in rural India is largely demand-driven – both by male-out migration and thus the freeing up of agricultural work for women, I will argue, in accordance with the Marxist-feminist school of thought, that the increased feminization of agricultural labour in rural Andhra Pradesh does not reflect rural prosperity, but in fact is the “consequence of increasing pauperization among the small peasantry” (Garikipati 2008:630). This paper will explore the debate of whether or not the feminization of the agricultural workforce in rural Andhra Pradesh has accelerated female independence and empowerment in both the private (household) and public spheres. This locality study will thus add to a critical Marxist-feminist perspective of the feminization of agricultural labour in India generally, and the semi-arid region of Andhra Pradesh specifically, while raising the question of who truly benefits form the feminization of the agricultural workforce. 

Accountability and Information Technology Enactment

2010 ◽  
pp. 515-532
Author(s):  
Richard K. Ghere
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Virtual State ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Technology Enactment

This chapter focuses on the use of information technology (IT) in government and its possible impacton governance, particularly in terms of addressing the equity concerns of meeting the basic needs of regional subpopulations. In Building the Virtual State, Jane Fountain develops her theory of technology enactment (in essence, a variety of bureaucratic behaviors reacting to IT) and then applies that framework in three case studies in the book. This inquiry examines government IT enactment in various global settings to assess (1) where and how enactment occurs and (2) what, if any, effect enactment has upon governance in particular settings. The first section traces relationships between a nation’s IT development policy and that technology’s potential to promote equity in that society. The next two sections report (respectively) on the study and observations that emerge. A brief case study about the Gyandoot, an intranet system in rural India, examines the reality of e-government as a means to promote social equality. A concluding discussion reviews those observations as they relate to the human initiative in efforts to harness information technology to achieve public goals, especially those intended to improve social wellbeing in poor societies.

Irrigation Optimization for Agriculture Productivity: Case Study of a Hybrid Solar Microgrid in Rural India

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janani Jayaraman ◽  
Taruna Sudhakar ◽  
Sai Shankar Muthukrishnan ◽  
Aswin Gopikanna ◽  
Vineeth Vijayaraghavan
Keyword(s):  
Rural India ◽  
Irrigation Optimization
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