Assessment of Home Garden: A Case of Purkot VDC, Tanahun District

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-462
Author(s):  
Arjun Dev Jnawali ◽  
Sushma Marahatta
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pest ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Climatic Impact ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Home Gardening ◽  
The Status ◽  
Average Annual Income ◽  
Home Consumption ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Growing different crop species in combination with mushroom, honey bee, livestock around homestead is an ancient practice of home gardening where marginal land, labour, limited capital with simple tools and technology are used. A survey was conducted in Purkot VDC of Tanahun district in April 2015 with the purpose of assessing the status and annual income of home garden. Data was collected through purposive method by using structured questionnaire at four wards of the VDC. The economic return was assessed through calculating the local retail value of the product without considering cost associated with it. The average annual income of home garden was NRs. 33528.65 from average 377.78 m2 (0.76 Ropani) home garden, derived from cultivation of vegetables, fruits, legumes, medicinal & aromatic plants and cereals. About 65 % household involved in multistoried gardening with the objective of home consumption (66.7 %). Home garden of study area was truly vegetable based (100 %). Income of home garden was determined by objectives of gardening, education level of respondents and type of species grown. The key problem of home garden was insufficient water (81.2 % of cases), incidence of disease insect/pest (66.7 % of cases), weather and climatic impact (56.2 %), animal trespass (41.7 %) and labour insufficiency in gardening (31.2 %). Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 7(4): 453-456

scholarly journals Contribution of snail production to income status of snail farmers in Edo South, Edo State, Nigeria

Agro-Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
J. Ahmadu ◽  
E.O. Ida-Ogbomo ◽  
D.E. Oyoboh
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Data ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Gross Margin ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Edo State ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Average Annual Income ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study examined the contribution of snail production to the income status of snail farmers in Edo South Senatorial District, Edo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of snail producers, estimate the costs and returns of snail production in the study area, examine the effect of snail production on income of snail farmers and identify the constraints to the production of snail in the study area. A two-stage sampling procedure comprising purposive and snowballing sampling techniques was employed to select 108 respondents for the study. However, 100 respondents provided useful information that was used for the analysis. Data were collected using structured questionnaire. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics and budgetary techniques and t-test. The results indicated that the majority of the respondents were females (61%) with average age of 38 years. Most of them were married (81%) with average household size of five persons. They had average of eight years experience in snail rearing and most of them (88%) were literate. The results further showed that the business of snail production in the study area was profitable with gross margin, net profit and return on investment of ₦359,455.00, ₦ 339,533.00 and 2.04 per annum, respectively. Without income from this business, the snail farmers had average annual income of ₦1,377,519.00 from other sources of livelihood. With the addition of income from snail production, their average annual income increased to ₦1,717,052.00, representing 20% increase. This increase was significant at p < 0.05 (t-ratio = 5.02). Thus, snail production had made significant contribution to improving the income of the snail producers. It was recommended that the unemployed youths should go into the business of snail production in order to improve their income status.

Home Gardening and Access to Animals in Households with Xerophthalmic Children in Rural Nepal

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita V. Shankar ◽  
Joel Gittelsohn ◽  
Elizabeth K. Pradhan ◽  
Chandra Dhungel ◽  
Keith P. West
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
South Central ◽  
Home Gardening ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Rural Nepal ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

This case–control study compares the home garden and animal husbandry practices of households with and without xerophthalmic children in south-central Nepal, focusing on the relationship between these practices and household intake of vitamin A–rich foods. Eighty-one households with a child between the ages of one and six years diagnosed with xerophthalmia (cases) and 81 households with an age-matched, non-xerophthalmic child (controls) were studied. There was little difference between case and control households in the size of their gardens. However, case households were significantly less likely to plant carotenoid-rich vegetables from October to March than were control households (odds ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval, 0.16 to 0.96). The mean consumption of non-carotenoid-rich vegetables, but not of carotenoid-rich vegetables, increased linearly with garden size. Case households were significantly more likely than control households to rent domesticated animals from others (χ2 = 5.91; p < .05). Control households were more likely than case households to own chickens and pigeons (χ2 = 6.6–9.2; p < .05). During specific seasons, household meat consumption was significantly lower in case households, regardless of access to animals. Case households appeared to have significantly lower intakes of key vitamin A–rich foods, particularly green leaves and meat, regardless of their socio-economic level (as determined by ownership of material goods), access to animals, or availability of home gardens.

scholarly journals Allocative efficiency and adoption of improved maize variety: A case of eastern hills of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
Tilak Katel ◽  
Bhishma Raj Dahal ◽  
Sandesh Bhatta
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Maize Variety ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Production and  profit from maize farming can be substantially increased by allocating resources efficiently and adopting improved maize variety. In this context, a study was undertaken to determine the allocative efficiency and factors affecting adoption of improved maize variety in Eastern hills of Nepal. Random sampling was conducted in eastern part of Khotang district namely, Halesi municipality and Diktel Rupakot Majuwagadi municipality during month of March 2019. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire was administered among 80 randomly selected farmers cultivating maize since last two years. Face to face interview was scheduled to obtain data. Cobb Douglas production function was used to determine allocative efficiency; probit regression model was launched to determine factors affecting adoption of improved maize variety.  Significant positive relation of cost of seed, planting, and weeding with income has suggested to increase expenditure on certified maize seed over own farm seed, line sowing over broadcasting, and weeding. The model revealed that increasing all the factors of production by 100% would result in increase in income by 71.83%. Furthermore, cultivating improved maize variety is more profitable than own farm seed. Probit regression model showed that, farmers who have received training, who were member of cooperatives and who have received high schooling were more likely to adopt open-pollinated improved maize variety. Unavailability of inputs (seed, fertilizer, and labor), insect pest attack and adverse climatic conditions were major constraint of maize farming. Therefore, it would be better to suggest maize producers to increase expenditure on seed; make maize field weed free and adopt line sowing method. In addition, providing training, increasing access over inputs and encouraging farmers towards cooperatives could be virtuous for sustainable maize production.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Food Shortage in Mtwara Mikindani Municipality, Tanzania

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
Robert Ngelela Shole
Keyword(s):  
Food Shortage ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Strong Base ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Status ◽  
Probable Answer ◽  
The Government ◽  
Small Producers ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Globally food shortage is still a problem for instance Africa, the most of popular region in the world still has the highest of under nourished. The probable answer to what are the factors influencing food shortage In Tanzania are not well known and documented. This study sought to assess the factors influencing the food shortage in Mtwara Mikindani Municipality by identifying factors influencing food shortage, determining the status of food availability and accessibility and finding out the possible measures to be taken in order to overcome the problem of food. Structured questionnaire, observation and Oral interview had been useful for collecting primary information in which the best recorded interviewees were analyzed supplemented by documentaries. Generally, this study concludes that food shortage in the study area is influencing by, climate change, bad tradition believe, poor government support, laziness culture, land degradation and infertility land. However, the government should not delay to implement its policies practically especially to the small producers so as to establish strong base on agriculture. Also, the government to employ as many as it can agricultural officers so as to allow farmers to get frequent visitors who will  advise them on how to produce efficiently their products by using irrigation methods and scientific methods like the use of improved seeds.  

scholarly journals Illinois Furbearer Distribution and Income

1943 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-7) ◽  
pp. 505-537
Author(s):  
Carl O. Mohr
Keyword(s):  
Annual Income ◽  
Average Annual Income

Probably about 958,000 individuals of our eight common furbearers are caught annually in Illinois, or 17 per square mile, amounting roughly to 9,400 per county. Individual fur-takers average about 37 animals each per year. Muskrats were by far the most common catch.  The average annual income from the Illinois fur catch for the period beginning with the 1929-30 season and ending with the 1939-40 season (seasons of 1931-32, 1932-33 and 1933-34 omitted) amounted to about $1,067,500, or about $19 per square mile.  Muskrats accounted for the greatest average annual income.

Ethnobotanical Wealth of Home Gardens

2022 ◽  
pp. 594-615
Author(s):  
Bimal K. Chetri ◽  
Namgay Rinchen ◽  
Karma Wangchuck
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Home Gardens ◽  
Home Garden ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
In Situ Data ◽  
Home Gardening ◽  
Sample Data

The use of ethnomedicinal plants of home gardens has played an important role in treating minor illnesses related to physical and psychological wellbeing among rural folks. Local healers often use plants from their home garden or nearby forest. In this chapter, the traditional uses of medicinal plants using various tools with sample data have been used to facilitate ethnobotanical research on home gardens. Samples measuring the relative importance of species through quantitative analysis are tabulated. These tools, if applied during in-situ data collection, would help generate reliable information on characteristics of home gardens and medicinal plants. Conservation of medicinal plants from the perspective of home gardening is important. To document how medicinal plants are used to treat different diseases, their use value and ethical considerations would be significant for bioprospecting of medicinal plants and protecting intellectual right of the associated traditional knowledge.

scholarly journals Factors associated with antenatal depression among pregnant women in Vietnam: A multisite cross-sectional survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 205510292091407
Author(s):  
Mai Thi Hue ◽  
Nguyen Hang Nguyet Van ◽  
Phung Phuong Nha ◽  
Ngo Tuan Vu ◽  
Pham Minh Duc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Antenatal Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Status ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study aimed to describe the status of antenatal depression and its associated factors among pregnant women in Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four obstetric hospitals in Vietnam from January to September 2019. A total of 1260 pregnant women were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A Tobit regression model was used to determine factors associated with antenatal depression. Results showed that pregnant women were at high risk of antenatal depression (24.5%). Women with fetus abnormalities and higher education were at higher risk of antenatal depression. We highlighted the need for implementing formal screening programs to early detect antenatal depression.

scholarly journals CURRENT STATUS OF URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND ITS PROBLEM IN NETROKONA MUNICIPAL, DHAKA

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-178
Author(s):  
Rajon Kanti Datta ◽  
Ohidul Alam ◽  
Mohammad Mozaffar Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Urban Drainage ◽  
Urban Drainage System ◽  
Reconnaissance Survey ◽  
The Status ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Rapid and haphazard urbanization has triggered environmental hazards in Bangladesh. Analogously, Netrokona Municipal is also facing problems due to unplanned and unstable urban infrastructural development. The quest of the study was to explore the status of current urban drainage system and its problem. Therefore, a preliminary reconnaissance survey was accomplished in the study area and then a semi-structured questionnaire was designed. By adopting simple random sampling method, the study area was surveyed covering 50 respondents in different wards to collect primary data. Results revealed that poor drainage system (PDS) is one of the most liable factors for environmental deterioration. The maximum urban drainage system was found unclosed with number of 49 (i.e., 98%). It was 34 drains were made of brick, while 17 were worst type, 32 had odor problem, 20 were not well designed, 29 had inadequacy of drains,18 with poor technical fitness, 22 wastes disposal in gutters,18 had clogging of ditches & drains, and 15 with broken road surface respectively. The consequent major environmental and health problems were flash-flooding (42%), and skin disease (38%) respectively. In case of public opinion, the highest percentage (i.e., 30%) suggested to stoutly prohibit dumping of garbage into gutters. PDS was found strongly positive correlated with its effects on environment (r=0.98) and on public health (r=0.91). Thereby, present PDS affects the environment as-well-as public health by enhancing frequent flash-floods and spreading diseases within the study area.Journal of Institute of Science and TechnologyVolume 22, Issue 1, July 2017, Page: 165-178

scholarly journals Impact of microcredit on women empowerment in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh district in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
K Nahar ◽  
S Haque ◽  
F Yeasmin ◽  
K Nahar ◽  
N Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Grameen Bank ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Production Resources

Women are considered as a medium to provide microcredit in Bangladesh, who are at the same time culturally less recognized, face social obstacles and economically more vulnerable. However, many researches indicated that the status and power of women has much improved since Grameen Bank opened its doors forty years ago. Despite some critics, majority of the scholars reached to the conclusion that microcredit loans encouraged poor women and significantly increased their self-esteem and self-worth, and thereby empowered them. This study evaluates the effects of microcredit on women empowerment at Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. The data was collected by using a structured questionnaire. A total 60 sample respondents were selected purposively. Empowerment was measured by five domains (production, resources, income, leadership and time). The score was positive as maximum of them achieved the desired score. The results showed that most of the females who availed the facility of microcredit finally got socioeconomic empowerment through acquiring the self-esteem, confidence level, decision making power, etc., but the question is: is it the same voice that the researchers and the researched people speak? The findings showed that microcredit might play significant impact on the uplift of socio-economic empowerment of the borrowers but we must be careful before reaching to the conclusion. Progressive Agriculture 30 (1): 86-94, 2019

scholarly journals Gene Pyramiding for Sustainable Crop Improvement against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dormatey ◽  
Chao Sun ◽  
Kazim Ali ◽  
Jeffrey A. Coulter ◽  
Zhenzhen Bi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Crop Improvement ◽  
Gene Pyramiding ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Crop Tolerance ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
Pest Infestation

Sustainable agricultural production is endangered by several ecological factors, such as drought, extreme temperatures, excessive salts, parasitic ailments, and insect pest infestation. These challenging environmental factors may have adverse effects on future agriculture production in many countries. In modern agriculture, conventional crop-breeding techniques alone are inadequate for achieving the increasing population’s food demand on a sustainable basis. The advancement of molecular genetics and related technologies are promising tools for the selection of new crop species. Gene pyramiding through marker-assisted selection (MAS) and other techniques have accelerated the development of durable resistant/tolerant lines with high accuracy in the shortest period of time for agricultural sustainability. Gene stacking has not been fully utilized for biotic stress resistance development and quality improvement in most of the major cultivated crops. This review emphasizes on gene pyramiding techniques that are being successfully deployed in modern agriculture for improving crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses for sustainable crop improvement.

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