Maize Production under Abiotic Stress Conditions: An Empirical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalendu Kumar ◽  
K. M. SIngh
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Maize Seeds ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Hybrid Variety ◽  
Hybrid Seeds ◽  
The Cost

Maize in Samastipur is grown during kharif season at 22% of cropped area, during Rabi season on less than 12% area, as sole crop and 26% as intercrop. However summer maize occupies only 6 percent of the cropped area in the region. The district frequently faces problems of abiotic stress due to flash floods and drought conditions. Keeping in view frequent abiotic stress faced by farmers, the present study was planned and data solicited from 120 farmers under different categories from six villages selected from Patori and Vidhyapatinagar blocks of, Samastipur district, Bihar. The study finds that farmers save Open Pollinated Variety (OPV) maize seeds for future use but buy hybrid seeds through input dealers. The estimated total cost of production per hectare in case of hybrid varieties during, Kharif, Rabi and Summer seasons worked out to be Rs 8689.46, Rs.20918.43 and Rs.16126.63 respectively. However, in case of OPVs it was lower at Rs 9956.57 in Kharif, Rs 6797.44 in Rabi and Rs 11907.87 in summer season. Use of human labour and chemical fertiliser had higher share in the cost structure across the seasons and varieties. So far as the disposal of produce was concerned, 64 to 72 % was sold at price ranging from Rs 789 to Rs 854 per quintal. The study found that adoption of OPVs was a strategy by farmers to counter the abiotic stress conditions, as it was more tolerant. The hybrid variety is mostly cultivated for selling in the market and not for home consumption. The study suggests that suitable varieties and technologies should be developed for abiotic stress situations so that area and productivity could increase in future. The increase in productivity will have a positive impact on food and nutrition security. Improvement in marketing support to the crop was essential to ensure so that income and remuneration will increase and finally uplift the socio- economic conditions in the study area.

Food Consumption Pattern and Dietary Diversity in Nepal: Implications for Nutrition Security

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjani Kumar ◽  
Praduman Kumar ◽  
P. K. Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Nutritional Outcome ◽  
Food And Nutrition Security ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Food Consumption Pattern

This article examines the status, progress and challenges of managing food and nutrition security in Nepal, one of the least developed countries, by using data from the national living standards surveys conducted jointly by Government of Nepal and World Bank. Nepal, like many other developing countries, is struggling to ensure food and nutrition security. This study analyses the dimensions of food security in terms of availability, access and utilization (nutritional outcome). The analysis shows that the trends in food consumption pattern and nutritional intake have changed significantly overtime. The diversity in dietary pattern has become more apparent over time and the dietary diversity depicts a positive impact on nutritional outcome.

Appraisal of Agriglass in Promoting Maize Production Under Abiotic Stress Conditions

Silicon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1841-1849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nesreen H. Abou-Baker ◽  
Mona Ouis ◽  
Mostafa Abd-Eladl
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Maize Production

scholarly journals A Review: Usage of Biofertilizer in Cereal Crops

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishnupriya Patra ◽  
Jagdev Singh
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stress ◽  
Mineral Nutrients ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Nitrogen Level ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
The Cost

Productivity of crops under various abiotic stress conditions can be increased through the application of suitable fertilizer levels along with biofertilizers. Nitrogen is one of the most important mineral nutrients for plants, influencing growth but the application of increased doses of N increases cost of production. Thus, there is a need to economies the nitrogen dose for various crops. Use of biofertilizer inoculation is one way to save the nitrogen level in crops and it will help in reducing the cost of production as biofertilizer is a cheap source of nitrogen.

scholarly journals Effects of an integrated intervention on the nutritional status and IYCF practices under two years of children in the southern part of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1077-1087
Author(s):  
Farzana Sultana Bari ◽  
Md Ruhul Amin ◽  
Avonti Basak Tukun ◽  
Saiful Islam ◽  
Lalita Bhattacharjee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Integrated Agriculture ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Infant And Young Children ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

Objective: The significance of appropriate infant and young children feeding (IYCF) to ensure proper nutrition for children is well-documented. Although nutrition interventions with agricultural components have the potential, the evidence for this relationship is insufficient. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of an integrated health-based intervention on the dietary pattern and nutritional status of children under two years of age. Methodology: This study was a pre-post analysis of secondary data of the project titled “Integrated Agriculture and Health-Based Interventions for Improved Food and Nutrition Security in Selected Districts of Southern Bangladesh”, which were collected from Barisal and Khulna district. We used data of 268 children aged 0-23 months from baseline and 554 children from endline which comprised the study population to assess socio-demographic, anthropometric and IYCF indicators. Further, horticulture, cooking and hygiene indices were created to analyze the effectiveness of the project interventions. Results: A significant reduction of stunting and underweight and insignificant reduction of wasting were observed from baseline to end line. Compared to baseline, the horticulture index, hygiene index and cooking index differ significantly between the baseline and end line surveys. Further, significant improvement of 6 months exclusive breastfeeding and insignificant improvement of continued breastfeeding up to 1 year were found from baseline to end line. Conclusion: This study shows that integrated agriculture and health-based interventions with nutrition components have a positive impact on stunting and underweight but exert a mixed effect on wasting and IYCF practices. Bioresearch Commu. 8(1): 1077-1087, 2022 (January)

Policy atlas on food and nutrition security: Kenya

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Marivoet ◽  
John M. Ulimwengu ◽  
Leysa Maty Sall
Keyword(s):  
Food And Nutrition Security ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food And Nutrition

Performance Evaluation of Grain Yield and Yield Related Traits in Common bean Genotypes at Yabello and Abaya, Southern Ethiopia

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Ejigu Ejara, Wassu Mohammed, Berhanu Amsalu ◽  
Zinash Misgana, Mulatu Gabisa, Ganane Tasama
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Agronomic Traits ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Lattice Design ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Borana Zone ◽  
Home Consumption

Common bean is among the major crops grown in southern Ethiopia including Borana zone where the majority of the farmers are Agro-pastoralist and produce the crop mainly for home consumption. The area has potential to the production of common bean for food and nutrition security as well as export commodity. However, scarcity of varieties that fit to the environment is one of the major constraints of production. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to evaluate 36 common bean genotypes including seven released varieties to evaluate performance of genotypes for yield and agronomic traits. The field experiment was conducted in 2015 at two locations (Abaya and Yabello) and genotypes were planted in triple lattice design. Data were collected on yield and important agronomic traits. Analysis of variance computed for individual locations and combined analysis over locations revealed significant variations among genotypes for all traits. Moreover, 16.67% of the genotypes had mean grain yield greater than the best performing released variety across locations and the genotypes showed a grain yield as high as 3.25 tons ha-1. Based on results of this study it is recommended to test the high yielding and early maturing genotypes at many locations to develop preferred varieties across many locations.

Probiotics in the diets of laying quails

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
O. Merzlyakova ◽  
V. Rogachyev ◽  
V. Chegodaev
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Subtilis ◽  
Bacillus Licheniformis ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Hematological Parameters ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
The Cost

The efficiency of introducing probiotics based on strains of Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and their consortium in the amount of 150 g/t of feed into the diets of laying quails has been studied. The experiment lasting 182 days has been carried out on four groups of quails with 30 heads in each. The quails have been housed in the broiler battery in compliance with the required microclimate conditions. Quails of all groups have been received the main diet (compound feed) developed taking into account their age and physiological characteristics. The quails of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd experimental groups in addition to the main diet received probiotics (150 g/t compound feed) based on strains Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and their consortium, respectively. It has been found that feeding the laying quails of the consortium of strains Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis had the most significant positive impact on their productive performance, it allowed to increase egg production by 7,81 %, egg laying intensity by 5,0 %, egg mass yield by 9,77 %, while reducing feed expenditures for 10 eggs by 13,35 %. The yield of hatching eggs has been increased by 7,03 %, hatchability of chickens from laid and fertilized eggs by 8,33 and 8,35 %, brooding waste decreased by 21,74 %. Hematological parameters of quails during the whole experiment were within the physiological norm. The economic effect calculated on the basis of data on the cost of compound feed, probiotics and the cost of sold eggs of quail laying was 14,56 % in the 3rd experimental group (in relation to the control group).

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