scholarly journals Rice Cultivation - A Way of Life for the People of North Eastern Hill Region of India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noren Singh Konjengbam ◽  
Mayurakshee Mahanta ◽  
Andrean Allwin Lyngdoh
Keyword(s):  
Rice Variety ◽  
National Average ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Rice Cultivation ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The North ◽  
Hill Region ◽  
The People ◽  
Rice Area ◽  
North Eastern

Being an amazing picturesque of land, the North Eastern Hill Region of India, consisting of more than 200 ethnic groups, has only about 2.27% of the total rice area and shares only 1.96% of the total rice production in the country. Whether profitable or not, the rice cultivation is a way of life for the people of North Eastern Hill Region of India. Till today, the production and productivity of rice in this region is below the national average because of its fragile ecosystem and the varied physio-graphic conditions pertaining to this region. Neither the wider recommendation of agricultural technology such as variety nor the use of a single technology or variety can solve this problem of low yield. However, the development of location specific high yielding rice variety using the existing land races prevalent in the area can be one of the promising technique for improving the production and productivity of rice cultivation in this region.

scholarly journals Performance of an improved breed of common carp - Amur (Hungarian strain) in the North-eastern hill state of Meghalaya, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Common Carp ◽  
Atmospheric Temperature ◽  
Fish Production ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Hill Region ◽  
Common Carp Cyprinus Carpio ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Genetically Improved ◽  
Research Complex

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758) is an important fish species for aquaculture in the North-east hill region (NEH) of India. However, in recent years, the growth performance of the existing stock of common carp has been a major concern. In an effort to improve fish production from farmers’ ponds and to evaluate the performance of the breed in mid hill condition, a genetically improved breed of common carp, Amur (Hungarian strain) was introduced in Meghalaya in 2010. Fingerlings of Amur common carp (weight ~14.5 g and length ~10.5 cm), reared under mid-altitude conditions in the fish farm of the ICAR Research Complex for North-eastern hill (NEH) Region, Barapani, Meghalaya, attained maturity in about 14 months period. The first breeding trial with this newly introduced variety was conducted successfully in March 2011 when the atmospheric temperature ranged between 16.0-18.30C. The fertilised eggs hatched in 78-83 h (water temperature 19.0-22.80C and pH 6.5-6.8). Three year studies revealed that the performance of Amur common carp is superior over the local existing breed in farmers ponds under the mid hill conditions.

scholarly journals Assessing the Disparities of Per-capita Electricity Consumption in North-Eastern States of India Using Gini Index and Lorenz Curve

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
Sijousa Basumatary ◽  
Mridula Devi ◽  
Konita Basumatary
Keyword(s):  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Lorenz Curve ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
National Average ◽  
Capita Consumption ◽  
Linear Growth Rate ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Per Capita Consumption

Electricity is the basic need for individuals, households and industries. It is used for everyday life activities by the households, agricultural activities, commercial buildings and industries. The per capita electricity consumption is a proxy indicator growth and development status of a region. All the north eastern states consume per-capita electricity lesser than the national average except Sikkim. The per capita consumption of electricity by Nagaland, Assam and Manipur is nearly just one-third of the national average. Notably, these three north eastern states consume just 40 percent of per capita electricity compared to the highest consumer state Meghalaya. The present study is an evaluation of the per-capita electricity consumption trend and inequality amongst the north-eastern states of India using Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve for two different time periods i.e. 2007 and 2017. We find that Tripura’s annual linear growth rate of per-capita electricity consumption is the highest (3 percent) while that of Meghalaya is the least (1 percent) and the other five states are growing equally at the rate of 2 percent. The Gini coefficient is found to be decreasing from 0.137 in 2007 to 0.122 in 2017. We conclude that the level of inequality is reducing among north eastern states of India though the per-capita consumption of electricity is less than the national average.

Evolutionof Fertilizer Potential of Sea Weed (Kappaphycus and Gracilaria) Saps inPotato Crop inNorth Eastern Hill Region of India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. YADAV ◽  
S. S. LAL ◽  
T. K. BAG ◽  
A. K. SRIVASTAVA ◽  
S. T. ZODAPE
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Rainfed Condition ◽  
The North ◽  
Hill Region ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Size Tuber

A field experiment was conducted during the summer season of 2013 at Central Potato Research Station, Shillong, Meghalayato study the effect of sea weed saps on growth and productivity of potato in the North Eastern hill region of India.The trial was laid out in randomized block design, replicated thrice, with 10 treatments. The number of shoot per plant was found to be non-significant and vary from 2.8 to 3.0. The maximum plant at harvest was recorded under application 7.5 Kappaphycus Spray + 100% RDF while lowest under 6.25% + 50% RDF.Maximum small size tuber was found with an application of 10 % Gracilaria spray + RDF which was at par with 2.5 % Kappaphycus spray + RDF and 7.5 % Gracilariaspray + RDF but significantly superior to other treatment. However, the highest medium size tube of potato was noticed under 6.25% Kappaphycus spray along with 50% recommended dose of fertilizer. Highest large size tuber was recorded with an application of 5% Kappaphycusspray + RDF followed by 2.5% Kappaphycus spray along with RDF as well as 7.5 % Gracilaria spray + RDF which was at par, but significantly superior to rest of treatment. Application of 2.5% Kappaphycus spray + 100% RDF recorded the highest productivity of potato (27.1 t/ha) followedby 100% RDF + Kappaphycus spray @ 5.0% (26.6 t/ha) which were at par with each other but significantly superior to the rest of treatments.Based on the economic yield of potato, it may be concluded that the application of 2.5 % Kappaphycus spray + 100% RDF was found to be more profitable under rainfed condition of Meghalaya

Carbon Forests at the Margins of the State: The Politics of Indigenous Sovereignty and Market Environmentalism in the North-eastern Hills of India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097317412110590
Author(s):  
Sarah Benabou
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The State ◽  
Forest Governance ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Indigenous Sovereignty ◽  
Market Environmentalism ◽  
And Control

In the north-eastern hills of Meghalaya, the Khasi Hills project, self-advertised as ‘one of the first Redd+ initiatives in Asia to be developed and managed by indigenous governments on communal lands’, is often presented as one of the rare success stories of India’s recent experimentation with market instruments as part of its forest governance. This article uses this example to extend existing discussions on the neoliberalization of forest governance, and its intersections with the cultural politics of resource control. Unlike mainstream forestry projects criticized for being too concentrated in the hands of the Forest Department, this project explicitly taps into the particularities of a region located on the margin of the Indian nation-state, where, crucially, ownership and control of the land lie formally with the people rather than with the state. The article explores the politics of this curious marriage of (formal) indigenous sovereignty with market environmentalism, showing, first, the centrality of these assumed cultural and ecological specificities within the regime of justification of such market project; second, how the aspirations of project proponents for community engagement unravelled in practice; and, third, the limits of their endeavours due to larger structural social inequalities and the requirements of such market projects. I conclude with the idea that far from being anecdotal, this case brings interesting perspectives in the context of the struggle for the recognition of forest rights in the rest of India.

scholarly journals Investigating the proposed sanctuary near the volcanic Lago di Venere, Pantelleria, Italy, in 2014 and 2015

Antiquity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (356) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Ann Murray ◽  
Clive Vella ◽  
Thomas M. Urban ◽  
Maxine Anastasi
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Narrow Channel ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Lasting Impression

The longue durée of human activity on the island of Pantelleria represents an important locus of ancient cultural interaction in the Strait of Sicily. This narrow channel in the central Mediterranean has played a major and continuous role in human relations between Italy, Sicily and North Africa since the Neolithic period. Use or control of the Pantelleria has been pivotal for a number of cultures over time, each leaving a lasting impression on the landscape and the people of the island (Figure 1). The volcanic geology of Pantelleria has determined the shape of its landscape and is responsible for the creation of the collapsed-caldera basin and lake that form the study area of this project. The Brock University Archaeological Project at Pantelleria (BUAPP) is working in the Lago di Venere area, examining past human activity on the north-eastern lake shore. A previous project in the Lago di Venere area (1998–2002) interpreted the site as a Punic and Roman sanctuary (Audino & Cerasetti 2004; Cerasetti 2006). Our project complements this and other archaeological investigations of the island's classical past, including the ongoing excavations on the Acropolis, near the main harbour, which have revealed the remains of the island's Punic and Roman centre (Schäfer et al. 2015).

scholarly journals II. A memoir on the geography of the north-eastern part of Asia, and on the question whether Asia and America are con­tiguous, or are separated by the sea

1818 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 9-23
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
North Eastern Part

A belief has prevailed for nearly a century, that the sepa­ration of America and Asia has been demonstrated by an actual navigation performed; and it is distinctly so admitted in the charts. It is proposed to show in this memoir, in the first place, that there does not exist satisfactory proof of such a separation; and secondly, that from peculiarities which have been observed, there is cause to suppose the fact to be otherwise; that is to say, that Asia and America are contiguous, and parts of one and the same continent. This is not an opinion newly formed, but one which many years ago was impressed on other persons as well as on myself, by circumstances witnessed when in the sea to the north of Bering's Strait with Captain Cook,in his last voyage. America, from its first discovery by the people of Europe, was regarded by them as a land wholly distinct from their own native continent, till the failure of many attempts to discover a northern passage to India at length suggested the possibility that the Old and New World (as they were then called) formed but one continent. The solution of this problem, so far as regards a north-eastern navigation to India, has been more naturally the business of the Russians than of any other people, as well on account of the greater facilities possessed by them for prosecuting the discovery, as for the superior benefit they would derive from a practicable navigation round their coasts to the Tartarian and Indian sea, should such be found.

The Ohu System of Slavery in a Northern Ibo Village-group

Africa ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. G. Horton
Keyword(s):  
Average Density ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
District Officer ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Slave Traders ◽  
History Of ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
The Village

Opening ParagraphThe village-group of Nike occupies an area of some 200 square miles to the immediate north-east of Enugu, capital of the Eastern Provinces of Nigeria. It comprises 24 villages with a total population of 9,600, a figure which gives the average density of the group as 48 per square mile—one of the lowest in Ibo country.Traditions in neighbouring groups, as well as in Nike itself, affirm that before the advent of the British Administration the people of Nike were the principal slave-traders in northern Ibo-land. The first mention of the group in the history of colonial Nigeria appears in an account submitted by the Assistant District Officer, Obubra, of some exploratory journeys undertaken amongst the northern Ibo in the year 1905. Remarking, with the true empire-builder's sang-froid, that ‘the whole area seems relatively quiet and well-disposed…cannibalism and human sacrifice are more or less general’, the officer encloses an interesting sketch-map of the north-eastern section of Ibo-land which shows the Nike group to have been the main trading cross-roads of the whole of this area.

Tribal Agriculture in the North-Eastern Hill Region

1977 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abani K. Burmon
Keyword(s):  
The North ◽  
Hill Region ◽  
North Eastern

Phytophagous mites in the North Eastern Hill region of India

1988 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-440
Author(s):  
S. K. Gangwar ◽  
Lakshman Lal
Keyword(s):  
Phytophagous Mites ◽  
The North ◽  
Hill Region ◽  
North Eastern
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