scholarly journals Role of DIBER DRDO Technologies in Improving Livelihood Opportunities and Curtailing Migration in Uttarakhand

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Sanjay Mohan Gupta ◽  
Vandana Pandey ◽  
Ankur Agarwal ◽  
Basant Ballabh ◽  
Madhu Bala
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Biotic Stresses ◽  
Protected Cultivation ◽  
Cultivation Technology ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Strategic Support ◽  
International Border

Migration of local population of Uttarakhand (UK) border areas is presently serious issues for national security since; this State is sharing international border (~650 km) with China/Tibet and Nepal. Among the various factors reported for migration, few notables are search for better livelihood, unemployment, difficult remote terrain and poor land connectivity, less productivity from agriculture due to abiotic and biotic stresses etc. Hence, measures to increase the livelihood opportunities in these border areas to curb the problem of migration through intervention of modern agro-animal technologies are essentially required. In this attempt, Defence Institute of Bio Energy Research (DIBER) has already developed various agro-animal mature technologies, in terms of high yielding and genuine quality seed/seedlings, protected cultivation technology, soil-less cultivation technology, angora farming, mushroom cultivation, medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) cultivation technology, hydro-fodder, etc that shown great promise and impact in increasing the farm income and livelihood opportunities for civil inhabitants of these marginal regions. This article highlights the DIBER outreach extension efforts for ensuring better livelihood opportunities to farmers of border area and also to curtail migration that will in turn increase strategic support to Army and paramilitary defence forces deployed in three border Distts (Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh) of UK.

Doubling the farm income through the promoting of pigeonpea based intercropping system: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Narendra Kumawat ◽  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
R. K. Yadav ◽  
I. S. Tomar ◽  
Yogesh Kumar Sahu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Biotic Stresses ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
Technology Generation ◽  
The People ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Sole Cropping

In order to ensure self-sufficiency, the current pulses requirement in the country is estimated at 22.5 MT. Keeping in view the trends in population growth rate and that several other options besides pulses are now available for meeting protein requirements of the people due to change in food habits of masses, the pulse requirement in the country is projected at 32 MT by the year 2030 and 39 million tonnes by the year 2050. This necessitates an annual growth rate of 2.2% requiring a phenomenal shift in research, technology generation, its dissemination, and commercialization along with capacity building in frontier areas of research. In every five year interval productivity will have to be enhanced by an average of about 80 kg/ha over the previous one to achieve a final productivity rate of 950 kg/ha by the end of 2025 and 1335 kg/ha by the end of 2050. The above-stated projections have been made assuming that practically it will be feasible to increase about 4 million ha additional area under pulses. The current per capita availability is estimated at 41.6 g/capita/day which was quite low (31.8 g) in 2000. Cultivation of pulses on poor soils under rainfed conditions with minimum inputs and care subject these crops to severe yield losses not only due to edaphic, abiotic and socio-economic factors but also due to confounding effects of various biotic stresses. High influence of environmental factors and their interactions with genotype are the major production constraint in pulses which lead to a limited gain in terms of productivity in most of the pulses. Therefore, for increasing of production of pulses, intercropping systems found to more beneficial in comparison to sole cropping systems in respect to profitability and soil fertility.

scholarly journals Tourism development in border areas: a benefit or a burden? The case of Karelia

Baltic Region ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-111
Author(s):  
Svetlana V. Stepanova
Keyword(s):  
Border Crossing ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Tourist Flows ◽  
National Border ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Level I ◽  
International Border ◽  
Municipal Level

Border regions are expected to benefit from their position when it comes to tourism de­velopment. In this article, I propose a new approach to interpreting the connection between an area’s proximity to the national border and the development of tourism at the municipal level. The aim of this study is to identify the strengths and limitations of borderlands as re­gards the development of tourism in seven municipalities of Karelia. I examine summarised data available from online and other resources, as well as my own observations. Using medi­an values, I rely on the method of content analysis of strategic documents on the development of cross-border municipalities of Karelia. My research focuses on the tourism and recreation potential of borderlands and analyses the development of local tourism infrastructure. I de­scribe the major types of tourism, examine tourist flows, and consider the strategic aspects of tourism at the municipal level. I identify the strengths and limitations of the development of tourism in border areas by comparing the data on border and inland municipalities of Kare­lia and investigate the role of international border crossing points in the development of tou­rism in borderlands.

scholarly journals ANALISIS USAHA DAN PEMASARAN MADU KELULUT DI KABUPATEN KAMPAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-162
Author(s):  
Sisca Vaulina ◽  
Sri Ayu Kurniati
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Flowering Season ◽  
Average Production ◽  
Parent Colony ◽  
Cultivation Technology ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The City

Bee breeding is a side job and source of income for local population. The research objectives were to analyze the characteristics breeders and business profile of kelulut honey, to know the kelulut honey cultivation technology, recognize the rocessing (agroindustry) of kelulut honey, determine  the production costs, production, income, and efficiency of kelulut honey, and analysis the marketing of kelulut honey in Kampar regency. This study used a survey method. The sample was selected by purposive sampling as 26 breeders. Data were analyzed qualitative and quantitative descriptive approaches. The results showed that the characteristics of the breeders were in the productive age category (26-55 years old), SD-Bachelor education and breeding experience between 1-6 years. The business was established in 2016 with the name of “Kelompok Madu Galo-Galo Kuok Lestari”.  The breeders have 2-40 bee boxes and use family labor.  Technology of breeding kelulut honey consisted of a parent colony, colony splitting, manufacture and placement of hive, maintenance, and harvesting. The processing was traditional. Kelulut honey required a production cost of IDR 487,883.33/production process, produce an average production of 20.04 liters during the flowering season and the non-flowering season 7.79 liters. The average net income derived each harvesting as IDR 2,973,655.13/breeder/boxe and IDR 858,270.52/ breeders/boxe during on flower season and off season, respectively.  Kelulut honey marketing only sells to the city of Pekanbaru.

scholarly journals Evolution of Plasmodium vivax populations in border areas of the Greater Mekong Subregion during malaria elimination

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuling Li ◽  
Yubing Hu ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Qinghui Wang ◽  
Huguette Gaelle Ngassa Mbenda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Plasmodium Vivax ◽  
Malaria Elimination ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Transmission Dynamics ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Greater Mekong Subregion ◽  
International Border

Abstract Background: Countries within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) of Southeast Asia have committed to eliminating malaria by 2030. Although malaria situation has greatly improved, Plasmodium vivax remains at international border regions. Therefore, to gain a better understanding of transmission dynamics, knowledge on the evolution of P. vivax populations after the scale-up of control interventions will guide more effective targeted control efforts. Methods: We investigated genetic diversity and population structures in 206 longitudinally collected P. vivax clinical samples in two international border areas at the China-Myanmar border (CMB, n=50 in 2004 and n=52 in 2016) and western Thailand border (n=50 in 2012 and n=54 in 2015). Parasites were genotyped using 10 microsatellite markers. Results: Despite intensified control efforts, genetic diversity in the four populations remained high (HE = 0.66-0.86). The proportions of polyclonal infections showed substantial decreases to 23.7 and 30.7% in the CMB and western Thailand, respectively, with corresponding decreases in the multiplicity of infection. Consistent with the shrinking map of malaria transmission in the GMS over time, there were also increases in multilocus linkage disequilibrium, suggesting of more fragmented and increasingly inbred parasite populations. There were considerable genetic differentiation and subdivision with the four tested populations. Various degrees of clustering were evident between the older parasite samples collected in 2004 at the CMB with the 2016 CMB and 2012 Thailand populations, suggesting some of these parasites had shared ancestry. In contrast, the 2015 Thailand population was genetically distinctive, which may reflect a process of population replacement. The moderately large effective population sizes and proportions of polyclonal infections highlight the necessity of further coordinated and integrated control efforts on both sides of the borders in the pursuit of malaria elimination. Conclusions: With enhanced control efforts on malaria elimination, P. vivax population in the GMS has fragmented into a limited number of clustered foci, but the presence of large P. vivax reservoirs still sustains genetic diversity and transmission. These findings provide new insights into P. vivax transmission dynamics and population structure in this area.

The Living Conditions and Social Mobility of Rural Households in Yanshan County, Hebei, 1900–1950

Rural China ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-313
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Guo (郭志炜)
Keyword(s):  
Social Mobility ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Land Distribution ◽  
Class Background ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Per Capita

Abstract An analysis of the Class Background Registers of Yanshan county, Hebei, shows that households of landlord and rich peasant status accounted for less than 10 percent of the local population and possessed less than 15 percent of the land, while households of poor and lower-middle peasant standing owned about half of the land. Overall, land distribution was relatively balanced, as seen in the Gini coefficient of 0.3–0.4 in the distribution of land rights and the fact that about half of the households owned 2–5 mu of land per capita. But the economic condition of the rural population was not determined by the factor of land distribution alone; in places where the natural endowment was poor, off-farm income-making activities mattered a great deal to local residents. Such activities took various forms, which could improve as well as worsen people’s livelihood. An analysis of social mobility in this area further shows the perpetuation of the existing class structure. Those whose grandparents had lived in poverty found it difficult to move up socially. On the whole, the rural area under study shows a prolonged trend of deterioration, which is meaningful for understanding the land reform.

Socio-economic and environmental barriers to increased agricultural production: New evidence from central Thailand

2020 ◽  
pp. 003072702096736
Author(s):  
Chidchanok Apipoonyanon ◽  
Sylvia Szabo ◽  
Takuji W Tsusaka ◽  
Kevin Leeson ◽  
Endro Gunawan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Farm Type ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Female Headed Households

Thailand’s agricultural production has played a major role in enhancing the sustainability of domestic food supplies and successful international exports. However, agricultural production and farm productivity remain relatively low, especially in rapidly ageing high out-migration areas and among small-scale farmers. In this study, we use new household survey data from Prachinburi Province to examine the probability of facing six specific barriers to agricultural production. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and a series of logistic regressions to identify the determinants. The results show that age of household head, off-farm income, farm size, and farm type were all associated with the likelihood of different productivity barriers. Gender of household heads was found to be associated with the probability of farm labour shortage, with female-headed households being at a disadvantage. We recommend that policies should be formulated to address these significant factors in order to overcome or circumvent the different barriers and enhance the livelihoods of the local population.

scholarly journals Conservation assessment of the endemic plants from Kosovo

Hacquetia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Fadil Millaku ◽  
Elez Krasniqi ◽  
Naim Berisha ◽  
Ferat Rexhepi
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Serpentine Soils ◽  
Endemic Plants ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Endemic Plant ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories

Abstract Sixteen endemic plant taxa were selected from Kosovo, according to the IUCN standards and for each taxon the risk assessment and threat category has been assigned. The taxa were compared with their previous status from fifteen years ago. From sixteen plant taxa, which were included in this work, four are Balkan endemics, whereas, eight of them are local endemics and four of the taxa are stenoendemics. Six of the taxa are grown exclusively on serpentine soils, five of them on limestone substrate, four of them in carbonate substrate, yet only one in silicate substrate. The work has been done based on the standard working methodologies of the IUCN (Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria – Version 8.1). The most threatened plant taxa is Solenanthus krasniqii – which after its observance has only 20 mature individuals. As a result of the wild collection of the medicinal and aromatic plants, from the local population, Sideritis scardica is about to be completely go extinct. The aim of this study was to assess the state of endemics in the threats possessed to them during the previous times, present and predicting the trends for the upcoming years.

scholarly journals Common Animal Husbandry Practices by the Farmers of Indo-Bangladesh International Border Areas of Assam

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
pp. 3570-3578
Author(s):  
L. Hussain ◽  
K.K. Saharia ◽  
I.U. Sheikh ◽  
A. Borgohain ◽  
Sanghamitra Kalita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Husbandry Practices ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
International Border

scholarly journals Evolution of Plasmodium vivax populations in border areas of the Greater Mekong Subregion during malaria elimination

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuling Li ◽  
Yubing Hu ◽  
Yan Zhao ◽  
Qinghui Wang ◽  
Huguette Gaelle Ngassa Mbenda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Plasmodium Vivax ◽  
Malaria Elimination ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Transmission Dynamics ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Greater Mekong Subregion ◽  
International Border

Abstract BackgroundCountries within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) of Southeast Asia have committed to eliminating malaria by 2030. Although malaria situation has greatly improved, Plasmodium vivax remains at international border regions. Therefore, to gain a better understanding of transmission dynamics, knowledge on the evolution of P. vivax populations after the scale-up of control interventions will guide more effective targeted control efforts. MethodsWe investigated genetic diversity and population structures in 206 longitudinally collected P. vivax clinical samples in two international border areas at the China-Myanmar border (CMB, n=50 in 2004 and n=52 in 2016) and western Thailand border (n=50 in 2012 and n=54 in 2015). Parasites were genotyped using 10 microsatellite markers. ResultsDespite intensified control efforts, genetic diversity in the four populations remained high (HE = 0.66-0.86). The proportions of polyclonal infections showed substantial decreases to 23.7 and 30.7% in the CMB and western Thailand, respectively, with corresponding decreases in the multiplicity of infection. Consistent with the shrinking map of malaria transmission in the GMS over time, there were also increases in multilocus linkage disequilibrium, suggesting of more fragmented and increasingly inbred parasite populations. There were considerable genetic differentiation and subdivision with the four tested populations. Various degrees of clustering were evident between the older parasite samples collected in 2004 at the CMB with the 2016 CMB and 2012 Thailand populations, suggesting some of these parasites had shared ancestry. In contrast, the 2015 Thailand population was genetically distinctive, which may reflect a process of population replacement. The moderately large effective population sizes and proportions of polyclonal infections highlight the necessity of further coordinated and integrated control efforts on both sides of the borders in the pursuit of malaria elimination. ConclusionsWith enhanced control efforts on malaria elimination, P. vivax population in the GMS has fragmented into a limited number of clustered foci, but the presence of large P. vivax reservoirs still sustains genetic diversity and transmission. These findings provide new insights into P. vivax transmission dynamics and population structure in this area.

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