Are E-Commerce (Shopping) Companies Targeting the Right Segment in India

The traditional trade and business are increasingly getting tough competition from e-commerce. E-commerce has reached most of the consumers in the urban sector and the youth, but the challenge lies in front of the companies so that it reaches the rural sector and the aged people. The rural population of India has to go to nearby cities to purchase luxury products. E-commerce can widen its area of operations and come to their help. Also, thanks to Jio, the people aged more than 45 and the retired are increasingly getting digital in the urban areas. Many of them still purchase the old-fashioned way, but they may adapt to e-commerce as they are adopting the digital world. Here, e-commerce can get new market segment without changing much in their logistics. A thing that is critical within the digital marketplace is the profound understanding of people, their behavior, and their community.

ICT in Rural Development : Application and Challenges - A Review

ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. ICT plays a vital role in developing the rural area in various sector, it has helped to develop the rural sector in tremendous way. It is used in rural area for the growth of various field like education, agriculture, medical treatment and many other. However due to lack of growth and awareness about ICT among the rural people the process of development is very less, still it has a tremendous impact in the growth of rural area. The rural people need to know the importance of ICT for the faster improvement of rural sector this will also help ICT to work more efficiently. This paper mainly focused the different application of ICT in various sector to improve the condition of rural area and the challenges faced by ICT to develop rural areas.

Costing, Adobe Technique as a Sustainable Construction System in the City of Cuenca

Adobe is an old material used in construction but over time, this construction system has lost space and preference among population. Hence, the need to seek alternatives as professionals in the construction area to encourage the use of the Adobe technique has raised. Thus, the present study made a cost of the items involved in the construction of houses from the adobe based on the theoretical references. In addition, it established a unit price analysis that identifies the particularities of this system focusing on an analytical, descriptive-conclusive methodology whose data are analysed from the results of applying a survey (n = 96) to the inhabitants of the rural sector of Cuenca and construction experts (n = 11). The average price of the construction of houses with Adobe is $ 38,357.23 dollars for a house of 150 m2 taking into account that the real costs and the construction activity are sensitive to changes in the population and market prices.

1st International Conference on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development (ICANaRD) 2021

We are very happy to bring you the proceedings of the first International Conference of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development (ICANaRD). This conference is intended to maintain knowledge exchange on policy support that allows for improving resource management for agricultural competitiveness towards progressive, self-reliance, and modern agriculture. The theme of 1st ICANaRD is “Enhancing Agricultural Competitiveness through Better Resource Management for Farmers’ Welfare” to address critical issues, innovative methods, and accountable measures to formulate strong policy support for sustainable an inclusive agricultural development. The conference was held virtually on 27-28 July 2021, hosted by the Indonesian Center for Agriculture Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), Ministry of Agriculture. The conference was organized in collaboration with the Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE). Agriculture and rural sector remain to be major economic drivers at which agricultural producers and rural economies need to be supported through appropriate policies. Policy support should allow a fair agricultural product competitiveness, both for local markets and for global trade. With all challenges faced by stakeholders in rural areas, the availability of resources needs to be inclusively managed to meet the right balance between economic growth, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. High recognition on this condition would lead to key elements as foundation to recreate appropriate policy, institutional role, and financial support to promote agricultural resource competitiveness for sustainable and inclusive development of rural sector. List of Chair of the Organizing Committee, Editors, Host Organizer are available in this pdf.

PENGELOLAAN BUMDES CIKAHURIPAN MAJU BERBASIS EKONOMI SYARIAH

The rural sector is a sector that must be a major concern. This sector has the opportunity to develop and have a positive impact on the village economy if it is optimized. One of the spearheads of the village in advancing its economy is Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes). The existence of BUMDes is expected to be one of the incentives for rural economic growth. The role of the Sharia economy in advancing the rural sector has provided many examples of success. One of the most phenomenal is the grameen bank in Bangladesh. The purpose of this service activity is to revive the rural sector, especially human resources in BUMDEs. The method used is by conducting training and guidance. It is hoped that the guidance training method can strengthen the understanding of BUMDes human resources on the principles of Islamic economics. The application of Islamic economic principles in the implementation of BUMDes is expected to foster positive values which will provide blessings in the BUMDes business. Sektor pedesaan merupakan sektor yang harus menjadi perhatian utama. sektor ini memiliki peluang untuk dapat berkembang dan memberikan dampak positif bagi perekonomian desa apabila mampu dioptimalkan. Salah satu ujung tombak desa dalam memajukan perekonomiannya adalah Badan Usaha Milik Desa (BUMDes). Adanya BUMDes diharapkan menjadi salah satu rangsangan untuk pertumbuhan ekonomi desa. Peran ekonomi Syariah dalam memajukan sektor pedesaan sudah memberikan banyak contoh keberasilan. Salah satunya yang paling fenomenal adalah Grameen bank yang ada di Bangladesh. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah untuk membangkitkan sektor pedesaan khususnya sumber daya insani di BUMDEs. Metode yang dilakukan adalah dengan melakukan pelatihan dan bimbingan. Diharapkan dengan metode pelatihan bimbingan dapat memperkuat pemahaman sumber daya insani BUMDes akan prinsip ekonomi Syariah. Penerapan prinsip ekonomi Syariah dalam pelaksanaan BUMDes diharapkan dapat menumbuhkan nilai nilai positif yan akan memberikan keberkahan dalam usaha BUMDes.

Poultry Meat Production in the South American Andes

This chapter will explain some of the research carried out in the production of poultry meat in natural hypobaric areas, where the development of industrial poultry farming is not traditional. Relevant aspect of the production of chickens, hens and turkeys for meat purposes will be clarified, as well as their benefits, and characteristics and why it must still be carried out in the Peruvian Andes. Physiological aspects of birds, use of unconventional food; as well as the productive evaluation of poultry species not used intensively, are approached with the purpose of generating and stimulating the obtaining of meat as an economic source for the rural sector and small companies.

Challenges of rural start-ups in Karnataka, India

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide the insights on the challenges influencing rural start-ups. It provides insights with regards to managerial, operational, marketing and finance-related challenges influencing the rural start-ups in the study. The study aims to expand the domain of start-ups by including a broader range of challenges and related aspects found in the start-up literature.Design/methodology/approachThe paper opted for an exploratory study using the open-ended approach of grounded theory, including 61 rural start-ups operating in Karnataka, India. The data were analysed through non-parametric test to understand the comparison between different sectors of rural start-ups.FindingsIt suggests that marketing techniques and infrastructure challenges influences the rural start-ups. Therefore, success of start-ups is influenced by these related variables.Research limitations/implicationsBecause of the chosen research approach, the research results may lack generalizability. Researchers are therefore encouraged to test the proposed propositions further in the area of challenges and growth in the domain of managerial, infrastructure, marketing, finance, human resource and logistics in rural start-ups. The study is restricted to rural start-ups located in districts of Karnataka, India.Practical implicationsThe paper includes implications for managing the challenges for enhancing the growth of start-ups. The paper provides insights on the significant challenges witnessed by the start-ups and provides directions for the growth of start-ups.Social implicationsThis paper fulfils an identified need of the start-ups in rural sector and contribute to the growth of start-ups in rural sector of India.Originality/valueThis paper fulfils an identified need to study how rural start-ups operate and create a niece in the growth of Indian economy.