CONSTRAINTS FACED BY WOMEN IN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES IN VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

Women are the builder and moulder of nation's destiny. Though delicate and soft as lily, she has a heart, far stronger and bolder than of man. She is supreme inspiration of man's onward march. Empowerment comes from Women's groups who seek to empower themselves through greater self-reliance. They have right to determine their own choices in life. They also seek to gain control and access to resources. The present study was conducted to find out the “Constraints Faced by Women in Empowerment through Income Generating Activities in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh.” In Vishakhapatnam District Anakapalli Mandal was selected for data collection. Data was collected from 120 respondents randomly from 6 villages using pre-tested structured interview schedule and analyzed using frequency, percentage, scoring and coefficient of correlation. From this present study the major constraints faced by the respondents are Family restriction, Lack of education, Proper marketing facilities, Lack of proper guidance and financial limitations, Lack of resources, Lack of training and Lack of knowledge, skills and Mismanagement. It was suggested that Family should support to women for participating in different type of income generating activities followed by Women farmers should focus on increasing their education, Govt. should focus on increasing the Proper marketing facilities, Women empowerment organization should focus on proper guidance and different training programmes and Govt. & private organizations should provide funds for financial supports.

ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION OF FINGER PRINTS WITH BLOOD GROUPS AMONG PEOPLE OF VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, ANDHRAPRADESH-INDIA

INTRODUCTION: Crime scene has a specic identity, so are the criminals. Forensic medicine smells the criminal from scene of crime. It shows the role-play of criminals in the event of crime through detecting certain evidences. Finger prints are genetically inherited and are immutable from birth to death, hence considered as the best tools of identication. Literature states that there is a correlation between the physical characters and blood groups. Identication of nger prints along with the blood groups which are most common evidences in the crime areas, would drive the forensic scientist towards more reliable, accurate and denitive investigation. AIM OF THE STUDY: A. To Determine The Incidence Of Different Patterns Of Finger Prints Among Abo Blood Groups. B. To Ascertain The Correlation Between Finger Prints And Blood Groups. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The present study was carried out among 200 people aged 20-25 years in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh using simple random sampling technique. Blood groups of all the subjects were determined in the pathology lab of the college. The nger prints were analyzed by two authors with the help of powerful hand magnifying lens. The observations were categorized accordingly and correlated with the blood groups. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: The study disclosed higher incidence of distribution with loop pattern followed by whorl pattern in O blood group subjects. Comparing the nger prints with blood groups there was no signicant correlation though the entities had their own signicance when analyzed individually.

Energy Use Pattern of Zero Budget Natural Farming in Rice Production in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh State

The study examined the energy use pattern of zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) in rice production. Operation wise energy usage in rice production was calculated in this study. From the results, natural fertilizers and manures were found to be the dominant source of energy and the lowest is seed energy in rice production. The energy use efficiency shows 4.83 MJ per ha output energy utilised per 1 MJ ha-1 input energy. The net energy was found to be 54645.75 MJ per hectare rice production in the study.

Front line demonstration in black gram in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh

The study was conducted at Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on FLD in blackgram by Scientists of district Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre of ANGRAU. Blackgram crop was sown as rice fallow in Rabi season during 2018-19 and 2019-20 in an area of 4229 ha and 4950 ha also it was found in an increase in yield of 32.7 per cent and 47.3 per cent in FLD field, respectively. Thus, it was concluded that front line demonstrations conducted under the close supervision of scientists is one of the most important tools of extension to demonstrate crop management practices at farmers’ field. FLDs motivate farmers to adopt scientific practices. So, FLDs are to be designed, supervised with extension activities viz., training programmes, demonstration, field days etc. to increase yields and profits of farmers.