Farmers’ Perception towards Transformation of Rice-based Cropping System intoTea Garden

2022 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Monirul Haque ◽  
S. K. Acharya ◽  
Barsha Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Recent Trend ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Crop Field ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Biodiversity Restoration ◽  
Market Driven

Transformation of agricultural lands into non-farm lands or plantations has got tremendousecological chaos and ripples. Northern part of West Bengal is undergoing rapid changes inrural areas where new opportunities are emerging in the form of demand-driven and market-driven agriculture. Due to persistent low returns from traditional rice cultivation, thetransformation of paddy fields into tea gardens has been a recent trend for this part ofWest Bengal. The present study has been conducted by selecting purposively three blocksfrom Alipurduar district and sixty respondents through random sampling, those who havealready transformed their crop field into tea gardens from these blocks. The farmers’perception towards transformation is taken as dependent variable along with a score offourteen independent variables. The responses are collected through a structured interviewschedule. The study envisaged that the farmers’ education level, number of family membersengaged in the garden, their economic motivation, sources of information, risk orientationbehaviour and distance from the tea processing factory showed significant contributiontowards the transformation behaviour. The future impact of such transformation on theecological dynamics in terms of livelihood, biodiversity restoration and ecological resiliencecan be brought under policy frameworks.

scholarly journals Land Situation and Sowing Date Effects Growth and Yield of Crops in the Rice-Pulse Based Cropping Systems of Coastal India

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Koushik Brahmachari ◽  
Sukamal Sarkar ◽  
Donald S. Gaydon ◽  
Manoj Kumar Nanda ◽  
Argha Ghosh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Sowing Date ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Pulse Crops ◽  
Stover Yield ◽  
Saline Zone

The costal saline zone of West Bengal in India is the home for millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Due to gradual increase in salt accumulation on soils of the costal saline zone of West Bengal in India from winter to summer days, cultivation of the second crop in winter season becomes possible in a limited area. To address this issue, field experiment was conducted both in rainy and winter seasons of 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 in this zone to study the feasibility of incorporating different winter pulses (lentil and grass pea) in the rice based cropping system. The experiment was conducted in strip plot design having two factors namely, Factor I: Six dates of sowing of rice at an interval of one week (2nd week of June to 3rd week of July) and Factor II: Two land situations (Medium-upland and Medium-lowland). Date of sowing significantly influenced dry matter and macro-nutrients (NPK) partitioning in rice. Irrespective of land situation, crop sown on 1st and 2nd dates recorded significantly higher grain yield and macro-nutrient uptake by rice. Date of sowing of rice and land situation also significantly influenced the seed and stover yield of different pulse crops. Pulse crops sown on 1st and 2nd dates recorded significantly higher seed yield in coastal saline ecology of West Bengal, India.

Effect of Starting Position on Reproduction of Movement: Further Evidence of Interference between Location and Distance Information

1989 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuniyasu Imanaka
Keyword(s):  
Retention Interval ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Distance Information ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Starting Position ◽  
Systematic Pattern ◽  
Two Independent Variables

Two experiments done with a short-term memory paradigm examined the influence of shifts in the starting position on the reproduction of kinesthetic location (Exp. 1) and on distance cues (Exp. 2). We assessed possible causes of the systematic pattern of undershooting and overshooting as related to the shift in the starting position. In each experiment, two groups of 10 students were given 25 trials, and each had criterion and reproduction tasks involving linear-positioning movements with a 10-sec. retention interval. Each experiment had two independent variables, the group of subjects and the shift in the starting position. The two groups differed in the possible sources of information, the distance moved (Exp. 1) or the end-location (Exp. 2), which were assumed to cause undershooting and overshooting during reproduction. Analysis showed that the information about the distance moved may produce undershooting and overshooting in reproduction of the end-location (Exp. 1). Also, the information about the end-location may produce undershooting and overshooting in reproduction of the distance moved (Exp. 2). The findings were further evidence of interference between location and distance cues in motor short-term memory.

scholarly journals Exploring the Effects of Globalization on Silk Weaving Tradition of Bishnupur Region in West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-81
Author(s):  
Abhradip Banerjee ◽  
Gopalkrishna Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Production System ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Market Driven

Over the years, increasing concerns among the scholars incline to see the adverse effects of globalization. One of the major reasons for this ever-increasing concern is the gradual infiltration of market-driven production system and global capitalism among different groups of people who earn their living either as wage laborers or artisans. This effect has been most profoundly noted among those whose place is on the fringe of the national economy. Another main reason is that the states are increasingly losing their capacity to govern and to regulate in this increasingly borderless world, where resourceless artisans have become the worst sufferers both in the cultural and economic frontiers. This article attempts to examine the effect that the process of globalization has made among the silk weavers of Bishnupur region in West Bengal, India. It adopts a transformational approach and uses both contextual reading and ethnographic data collected through firsthand fieldwork among the aforesaid community. The ethnography describes the messy and unquantifiable relationship between local actors and the international process.

scholarly journals Productivity and Nutrient Balance of an Intensive Rice–Rice Cropping System Are Influenced by Different Nutrient Management in the Red and Lateritic Belt of West Bengal, India

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1622
Author(s):  
Tanmoy Shankar ◽  
Ganesh Chandra Malik ◽  
Mahua Banerjee ◽  
Sudarshan Dutta ◽  
Sagar Maitra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Management ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Test Weight ◽  
Recommended Dose ◽  
World Population ◽  
Panicle Length ◽  
Yield Attributes

Rice is the lifeline for more than half of the world population, and in India, in view of its huge demand in the country, farmers adopt a rice–rice cropping system where the irrigation facility is available. As rice is a nutrient-exhausting crop, sustainable productivity of rice–rice cropping system greatly depends on appropriate nutrient management in accordance with the inherent soil fertility. The application of an ample dose of fertilizer is the key factor for maintaining sustainable rice yields and nutrient balance of the soil. Considering the above facts, an experiment was conducted on nutrient management in a rice–rice cropping system at the university farm of Visva-Bharati, situated in a sub-tropical climate under the red and lateritic belt of the western part of West Bengal, India, during two consecutive years (2014–2016). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Completely Block Design with 12 treatments and three replications, with different rates of N:P:K:Zn:S application in both of the growing seasons, namely, kharif and Boro. The recommended (ample) dose of nutrients was 80:40:40:25:20 and 120:60:60:25:20 kg ha−1 of N:P2O5:K2O:Zn:S in the Kharif and Boro season, respectively. A high yielding variety, named MTU 7029, and a hybrid, Arize 6444 GOLD, were taken in the Kharif and Boro seasons, respectively. The results clearly indicated that the application of a recommended dose of nutrients showed its superiority over the control (no fertilizer application) in the expression of growth characters, yield attributes, yields, and nutrient uptake of Kharif as well as Boro rice. Out of the all treatments, the best result was found in the treatment where the ample dose of nutrients was applied, resulting in maximum grain yield in both the Kharif (5.6 t ha−1) and Boro (6.6 t ha−1) season. The corresponding yield attributes for the same treatment in the Kharif (panicles m−2: 247.9; grains panicle−1: 132.0; spikelets panicle−1: 149.6; test weight: 23.8 g; and panicle length: 30.6 cm) and Boro (panicles m−2: 281.6; grains panicle−1: 142.7; spikelets panicle−1: 157.2; test weight: 24.8 g; and panicle length: 32.8 cm) season explained the maximum yield in this treatment. Further, a reduction or omission of individual nutrients adversely impacted on the above traits and resulted in a negative balance of the respective nutrients. The study concluded that the application of a recommended dose of nutrients was essential for proper nutrient balance and sustainable yields in the rice–rice cropping system.

scholarly journals Vegetable Based Multitier Cropping System: A Model for Higher Income for the Farmers in Old Alluvial Soils of West Bengal

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Samima Sultana ◽  
Rakesh Roy ◽  
Bhabani Das ◽  
Adwaita Mondal ◽  
F. H. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Weather Condition ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Crop Failure ◽  
Gangetic Plain ◽  
Enhanced Production ◽  
Flood Prone Areas

The weather condition prevailing during the crop season always plays very crucial role in crop production. Off and on crops face aberrant weather like flood that causes total crop failure in low line or flood prone areas. Vagaries of weather spoil the source of income which aggravates the farmer’s poverty. To overcome the problem of crop failure and financial loss in flood prone areas of Gangetic plain in Malda district, vegetable based multi-tier cropping system was propagated in farmers fields on upland situation. The study was conducted with five combinations of horticulture crops at upland situation of 15 farmers fields in Narayanpur village of Malda district of West Bengal for six years from 2014-15 to 2019-20.The farmers are usually growing single climber crop in upland on bower system and most of the land down under remains unutilized. In this situation, multi- tier cropping system is a resilient practice which opens a new door to the farmers for providing more production and income from succeeding crop. The study showed that practice enhanced production, farm income and subsequently increased the benefit cost ratio up to 3.13. Bitter gourd + elephant foot yam cropping system is economically viable and profitable because it provides highest land equivalent ratio and higher Monetary Advantage Index (MAI) value.

scholarly journals Yield gap analysis of redgram and redgram based cropping systems in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156
Author(s):  
A.Vijaya Preethi ◽  
K. Uma Devi ◽  
D. Vishnu Sankar Rao ◽  
V. Srinivasa Rao
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Functional Relationship ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Yield Gap ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Sole Crop ◽  
Yield Gap Analysis

The study was conducted on yield gap analysis of redgram and redgram based cropping systems in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh during the year 2014-15. A sample size of 120 farmers were selected by using multiple stage random sampling method. The multiple linear regression equation was used for studying the functional relationship between the yield gap of redgram based cropping systems and independent variables viz., seed rate gap (kg/ha), seed charges gap (Rs./ha), nitrogen gap (kg/ha), phosphorus gap (kg/ha), potassium gap (kg/ha), labour charges gap (Rs./ha), pesticide gap (Rs./ha) and manures gap (t/ha). From analysis, the results were obtained that, the variables such as seed cost gap (Rs./ha), phosphorus gap (kg/ha), labour charges gap (Rs./ha) and pesticide gap (Rs./ha) were mainly responsible for the yield gap for redgram sole crop, redgram + Bajra cropping system and pooled cropping systems. In pooled regression analysis, the regression co-efficients of cropping system dummy variables (CS1, CS2 and CS4- Redgram + Bajra, Redgram + Greengram, Redgram + Sorghum (fodder) cropping systems) had positive and significant influence on yield gap. This indicates that more yield gap observed in redgram based cropping systems than sole redgram was because of relatively poor adoption concerning intercropping technologies by the sample redgram farmers.

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