scholarly journals Technological Needs of Farm Women in Varied Farming Systems of Tamil Nadu.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 662-665
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Farm Women ◽  
Small Farm ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
High Level

Technological base for improving productivity and income of the rural population in the field of agriculture has broadened with the success of Green revolution. As a result of this research and transfer of technology programmes, the national production has increased over time in the decades, thus balancing the population growth and food production of our country. There is a serious and valid criticism that the modern technologies served only male farmers and not the resource poor small farm women who account for nearly 89.00 per cent of the women farmers. It has now been realised that participation of all sections of the farming community in particular the farm women, can be brought by developing appropriate technologies, keeping other issues of stability, sustainability, equity and productivity. The study was taken up in three districts of Tamil Nadu viz., Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and Perambalur districts comprising of maximum area under three different farming systems viz., wet land, garden land and dry land respectively. The respondent of 60 small farm women was selected from each of the selected farming systems by using proportionate random sampling technique. The technological needs of small farm women in farm operations were measured with the help of a specially constructed schedule, which was prepared by discussing with experts. The collected data were tabulated and analysed using statistical tools viz., percentage analysis, mean and analysis of variance. The majority of the farm women expressed high level of technological need in dairy farming, goat rearing and poultry farming with the overall mean score (2.752, 2.554 and 2.516) respectively

scholarly journals Influence of Stone Crusher Units’ Dust Pollution on Agriculture in Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
V Marichamy ◽  
S Ganesan ◽  
R Kalirajan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Oxides Of Nitrogen ◽  
Dust Pollution ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Proximate Source ◽  
Surrounding Areas

In this process, many industries are polluting the air and environment. One among them is the stone crushing industry. Air polluting industries are a proximate source of major damage to farming systems in adjacent areas, thus disrupting the main source of livelihoods of many small and marginal farmers. Scientific study shows that polluted air from industrial and urban areas usually consists of a mixture of pollutants, which can adversely affect agriculture in many complex ways. Air pollutants that are most damaging to agriculture are sulphur dioxide and the oxides of nitrogen, which are categorized as acid pollutants. Agriculture yields depend upon many factors like weather, soil fertility, irrigation, pesticides, and the like. Other things remaining the same, air pollution, particularly dust pollution, causes a significant fall in crop yields, and in turn, agriculture income reduces. Hence a modest attempt has been made here to study the influence of dust pollution by stone crushing units in the surrounding areas of Virudhunagar District. The results of the Factor Analysis show that the spread of dust from stone crushing units has affected the fertility of the soil, led to a reduction in the area of cultivation, and has a negative impact on cattle breathing and ultimatelyaffected the income levels of the farming community.

scholarly journals Analysis on knowledge level of recommended plant protection technologies in areca nut (Areca catechu) cultivation in Salem district of Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (SI) ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
V. Mohanraj ◽  
R. Velusamy ◽  
K. Prabakaran ◽  
A. Beaulah
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Areca Nut ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Areca Catechu ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
High Level ◽  
Salem District

Areca nut (Areca catechu) is one of the important cash crops in India. India ranks first in terms of area and production of areca nut and accounts of 54.07 per cent of its world production. The harvesting of nuts commence on the Tamil month of ‘Thai’ (Mid-January to Mid-February) and spread over six months in carrying out the post-harvest practices and marketing of nuts. This study was purposively conducted in Salem district 2018-2019 and occupies first position in area (2,421 hectares) of areca nut in Tamil Nadu. The Peddanackenpalyam, Valapddy, Gengavalli and Attur blocks were selected based on the 87.28 per cent of the area under areca nut in this district with a sample size of 120 areca nut farmers selected by using a proportionate random sampling technique. Most of the respondents (80.00 per cent) had knowledge level of medium to high level of knowledge on the recommended plant protection technologies in areca nut cultivation. It was mainly due to the medium to the high level of information seeking behaviour and social participation. The study revealed that the areca nut growers differed widely in their social characteristics. Most of the respondents had a medium to a high level of knowledge on recommended technologies in areca nut cultivation. This finding stressed the importance of formulating different extension strategies for different audiences by the change agency system.  

scholarly journals A Study on Awareness and Adoption of Climate Resilient Farm Technologies on Crop Production and Protection in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Kathiresan s ◽  
◽  
Raj Pravin T ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Short Duration ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Drought Condition ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Fodder Crops ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
High Level

Climate change issues are affecting the lives and livelihoods of the farming community in our state. With majority of our rural population dependent on farming, the need of the hour is to create awareness among farmers on climate-resilient farm technologies and make them adopt them. So, a study was conducted in the Erumapatty block of Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu to study the awareness and adoption of climate-resilient farm technologies. The findings of this study revealed that majority of the respondents (68.33 per cent) had high level of awareness on climate-resilient farm technologies. With regard to adoption, majority (60.00 per cent) had medium level of adoption on climate-resilient farm technologies. On crop production and protection climate resilient farm technologies, namely drought-resilient varieties, Intercropping, Identification and use of short-duration varieties, drought-resilient fodder crops, Community nursery as a contingency measure for delayed planting, IPDM and PPFM to combat drought condition in small onion majority of the farmers in the study area are aware of it and adopt it in this study area.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF STRESS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

2016 ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Jayabharathi Bhaskaran
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

<p>ABSTRACT<br />Background: Menopause is a stage in life when a woman stops having her monthly period. It is a normal part of aging and marks the end of a woman’s<br />reproductive years. The age of menopause varies from 45 to 50 years. In some woman, the age of menopause may be 51 or 52 years.<br />Aim: This study aims to evaluate the stress and its influence on quality of life (QOL) in postmenopausal women in selected areas, Kattankulathur<br />Block, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.<br />Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in selected areas in Kattankulathur Block, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. After initial screening, simple<br />random sampling technique was adopted to select the study participants. The total sample size comprised 130 postmenopausal women. Assessments<br />were made by Sheldon Cohen’s, the Perceived Stress Scale for assessing the stress level of postmenopausal women and the World Health Organization<br />QOL-BREF Scale for assessing their QOL.<br />Results: This study showed that the majority of postmenopausal women 90 (70.4%) had very high level of stress. Maximum of postmenopausal<br />women 56 (44%) had very poor QOL, and 59 (46%) were very dissatisfied about their health status. The lower mean scores were found in physical,<br />psychological, social, and environment domain among postmenopausal women. There was moderate negative correlation found between stress and<br />QOL among postmenopausal women. It shows that, when the stress was increased, poor QOL was experienced by postmenopausal women.<br />Conclusion: This study results showed that the majority of postmenopausal women 90 (70.4%) had very high level of stress which negatively affected<br />the QOL of postmenopausal women.<br />Keywords: Stress, Quality of life, Postmenopausal women.</p>

scholarly journals People’s Participation in Farm Pond Programmes in Dry Land Areas of Tamil Nadu

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-150
Author(s):  
Anitha . Pauline, A ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Watershed Development ◽  
Farm Pond ◽  
Maintenance Stage ◽  
Planning Implementation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Participation Index

People’s participation in planning, implementation and maintenance stage is important for making any programmes successful. Realizing it, Government of India (2011), issued a Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects, Revised Edition, 2011 in which participation of beneficiary farmers was made as mandatory. Hence, here an attempt has been made to study the extent of participation of beneficiaries in involvement of farm pond programmes under three stages such as planning, implementation and maintenance were studied. The study was conducted during 2020 in dry land areas of Tamil Nadu to measure the extent of people’s participation in farm pond development programme. The results revealed that overall participation Index score was 64.75 per cent. It means that moderate level of participation was observed among the farmers in farm pond development programmes. Further it is noted that high level of participation was exhibited by farmers in planning stage (72.12%) and moderate level was exhibited by farmers in implementation stage (63.78%) as well as maintenance stage (58.36%) of farmers in farm pond programmes. It means farmers were participated and contributed more during planning followed by implementation and maintenance stages of programme.

scholarly journals DISCIPLINARY AWARENESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5(SE)) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
R. Rakulan ◽  
V.A. Malathy
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Level

School students need clear boundaries: boundaries that adults - parents as well as teachers - must set. We cannot abdicate our responsibility when students move outside those boundaries. To do that is to betray children, because the consequences of bad behaviour are so damaging It is the duty of the parents and teachers to create disciplinary awareness. The study aimed to examine the disciplinary awareness among secondary school students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the disciplinary awareness among school students. For this study a sample of 300 school students from 5 Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Udumalpet town of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that 28.33% of the school students belong to low level of disciplinary awareness, 43.66% of school students the belong to moderate level of disciplinary awareness, 28% of  school students belong to high level of disciplinary awareness. Also it is found that there is a significant difference in attitude towards disciplinary awareness between male and female among school students. Females possess better disciplinary awareness than male students.

scholarly journals Sustainable agriculture: Trends and opportunities for 21st Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 666-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reeba Sharma ◽  
Aravind T ◽  
Roopali Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

The green revolution has been a major boost to the agriculture sector throughout the world including India. The food production of the country increased by many fold during the 1960s and 1970s and has continued to increase since then. But, the boom of green revolution could not last long as we witnessed stagnation in the productivity of our farm lands along with soil and crop health degradation. This forced the scientific and farming community to look for efficient and ecologically safe farming systems which led to the evolution of the concept of ‘sustainable agriculture’. Sustainable agriculture is a holistic concept of agriculture which helps in meeting the needs of the present generation without affecting the future generation. It helps in maintaining optimum crop production along with maintaining soil health, conservation of natural resources and preserving ecological balance and biodiversity in agroecosystems. This review aims to create a paradigm for future studies on new and innovative techniques for sustainable crop production.

Comparative study on improved production technology (IPT) and conventional method (CM) for productivity and profitability of farmers of Nichabanadhi sub basin of Tamil Nadu, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paramasivan ◽  
A. Selvarani ◽  
B. J. Pandian
Keyword(s):  
Conventional Method ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Traditional Farming ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Agriculture Modernization ◽  
Production Technologies

Farming systems play a key role in maintaining the sustainability, productivity as well as provide better income in the farming community. The present study was carried out in Sankarankovil, Vasudevanallur and Kuruvikulam blocks of Tirunelveli district during 2007-08 to 2010-11 under Tamil Nadu – Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water Bodies Restoration and Management (TN-IAMWARM). These blocks are come under Nichabanadhi sub basin. The field demonstrations were carried out in 875 ha in these three blocks for various crop components <italic>viz</italic>, paddy, maize, sunflower, cotton, sugarcane and pulses. A total of 569 farmers were selected for field demonstration in improved production technologies (IPT) and conventional method (CM) for various crops viz., paddy, sugarcane, maize, sunflower, cotton and pulses. The results revealed that performance of all crops was better in IPT than CM. The average productivity and income of different crops were significantly higher under IPT as compared to CM. The IPT also gave higher net return and benefit:cost ratio to the farmers as compared to traditional farming. The overall result revealed that the improved production technology with different crops is an adoptable good approach for sustainable production and income generation of the farmers of Tamil Nadu.

Capturing the Narratives of Sustainable Farming: Study of Marginal Women Farmers in Five Districts of Odisha

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-465
Author(s):  
Pushpa Singh
Keyword(s):  
Green Revolution ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Intensive Farming ◽  
Seed Sovereignty ◽  
Emancipatory Politics ◽  
Seed Saving

This article presents an analysis of field research on sustainable farming practices in five districts of Odisha, that have emerged as a response to the adversities created by modern industrial agriculture and agribusiness market. The capital and chemical-intensive farming have left a legacy of irreparable environmental damage; and the monocultures have led to the gradual disappearance of a variety of indigenous crops, causing erosion of the seed sovereignty. 1 The first section of the article engages with the critique of increasing monopolisation of the food and farming systems, secured in a systematic and structured way by the forces of global agribusiness conglomerates. The second section captures the initiatives in which marginal women farmers are trying to revive seed saving and natural farming that had been lost due to the green revolution. These field investigations illuminate the exemplary ways in which such initiatives are empowering women farmers and enabling them to reclaim food security 2 and seed sovereignty in the current milieu of agrarian distress. Such grassroots engagements show the possibility of emancipatory politics outside the formal institutional framework that are structuring the alternative discourse rooted in local agroecology. 3

Knowledge Management System Among Onion Farmers Using Ict In Perambalur District Of Tamil Nadu

GIS Business ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1147-1155
Author(s):  
J.Nithya Jayaseeli ◽  
T. Devi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Knowledge Management System ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Production Form

The purpose of this study is to examine how Knowledge level augmented parameters impact on the effective adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) by onion farmers in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu. Data were gathered from a focus group made up of 60 Farmers in Perambalur district. The paper finds that a willingness of indigenous ICT users is particularly influenced by the recognition and incorporation of visible social imperatives during the adoption process. Research limitations/implications – The outcome of this study highlights important issues for ICT adoption. One particular area that must be taken into consideration is the adoption channel. Perceptions of ICT adoption will differ significantly among adopters. For this reason, the need for developing an appropriate adoption channel that ensures successful diffusion of the innovation should be recognized. The paper also demonstrates that Knowledge Management System among farmers using ICT to yield more profit in onion Production form knowledge distributed by the experts. Hence the research work carried out to acquire, represent, and distribute the knowledge Management system to the Farming community.

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