IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences

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Authors: Anju Duhan

ABSTRACT Conventional strength of India in agriculture has enlarged manifold on account of the hard work done by the farmers and improvements in technology. We need to continue to improve, agricultural production as well as the actual returns that farmers get from their produce. For coping with different adversities in farming crop insurance is an effective tool which is an innovation in rural areas. Knowledge is very essential need for any development process. Perception is the process of recognizing and interpreting sensory stimuli. To protect farmers from the risks in agriculture, government has launched a number of schemes such as National Agricultural Insurance Scheme and weather index based crop insurance schemes, MNAIS etc. But due to lack of full information their coverage seems to be limited among the farmers. The present study has reported the results of a survey of 567 farmers conducted to assess their knowledge and perception about various facets of crop insurance schemes. The results of the study revealed that most of the farmers perceive premium very high that they are paying for their crop insurance. Therefore near about ninety percent farmers said that crop insurance should not be compulsory for all the farmers

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Authors: Indumathi.J & S.P.Arun

ABSTRACT The study was undertaken to evaluate the quality of randomly collected beef samples (n=50) intended for feeding to the carnivores from S.V Zoological Park, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India and were examined in terms of physical chemistry and microbiological parameters. Results revealed that, the mean values observed for all the physical, chemical parameters like WHC, pH, 2-TBARS, ERV, and FFA were within the normal level, even though some samples had got some slight variation. The slight variation in values in some samples might be due to contamination during handling. As per results obtained in bacterial counts, this study revealed that some of the beef samples were often contaminated with microorganisms. It was found that the microbiological quality of some of the beef samples was inadequate. This might be due to contamination due to either improper handling or delay in transportation of beef from production point to the Zoo.

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Authors: Rajesh Kumar MD

ABSTRACT Violence against women is not a new phenomenon; it is a primitive practice that has always been treated as a part and participle of socio cultural milieu and domestic violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon in different forms such as physical, emotional, religious, economic and mostly sexual abuse. According to the United Nations Declaration (1993), violence against women includes “any act of gender – based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life. Domestic violence negatively affects victim’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health and may increase vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. The impact of domestic violence against women on family may include child maltreatment, harmful use of alcohol, attitudes accepting of violence and gender inequality and also It may lead to socio – economic difficulties such as – a limited ability to take care of themselves or their children, an inability to work and to sustain wages and isolation due to domestic violence, which leads to a lack of participation in social and regular activities.

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Authors: A.K. Makwana& M. D. Gurjar

ABSTRACT Development of any sector needs the support of government policies and technically strong manpower in the sector. The beginning of formal education in the discipline of dairy science can be traced back to the year 1923 when the “Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and Dairying” at Bangalore, which was later re-christened as the “National Dairy Research Institute” and shifted to Karnal, Haryana. Subsequently, several State Agricultural Universities established their constituent “Dairy Science” faculties having the responsibility of imparting Dairy Science education. The present study sought to estimate the growth in supply of dairy professionals in the country. Data were collected using questionnaires as well as from secondary sources. After analyzing the collected data it could be, it can be concluded that It can be concluded that - There are 20 Dairy Science Colleges in the country which offer Graduation, Post-Graduation and Doctorate level courses in the field of dairy science and their total intake capacity for the year 2015-16 for B. Tech (D.T.) course was 754 seats, for Post-Graduation 154 seats and for PhD. It was 21 seats. The intake capacity of the B. Tech. (DT) course for different colleges present in different zones of the country increased from 604 in the year 2011-2012 to 754 in 2015-2016 respectively representing the growth rate of 5.70% p.a. The highest growth rate in intake capacity was for south region (8.92%) and the lowest growth rate in the North region (0.61%). The number of colleges in the East is only 2 but it has 13 states and similarly Number of colleges in North is only 4 but it includes 9 states. The number of colleges is relatively much more in the West and South regions. Further, there is no Dairy Science College in North East states. Also for the next 5 year period, the supply of dairy graduates is expected to grow by 2.13% per annum during the given period. However, there is no growth in the supply of dairy post graduates and PhDs, which has been assumed by taking a conservative approach.

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Authors: K Pandey, N Chandra, D K Tamta & N.D. Kandpal

ABSTRACT The viscosity
and density ρ have been measured for the oxalic acid in aqueous sulfuric acid of different concentration at 298K. Viscosity has been measured using uplobe Viscometer (Infusil). From the experimental data viscosity parameters, viz viscosity B- coefficient, B and Staudinger coefficient, kn are calculated. B-coefficient decreases with the increase in the concentration of sulfuric acid. The presence of ion-solvent interaction was formed in the system. The results have been discussed on the basis of interaction parameters.

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Authors: M. Milcah Paul & P. Radha Rani

ABSTRACT Gender differences are a common phenomenon in the rural areas of India. Due to the patriarchal society in the country, women are facing a lot of discrimination and inequality. Resources are an important requirement for any individual to survive. Due to the gender inequality and discrimination, women have a lesser access and control over resources. This study was taken up to study the availability of resources(Income, Food, clothing, household appliances and Animal resources) in the selected rural households. The gender differences existing in the households with regard to access and control over the selected resources was also studied. The study displayed some positive and also negative results. The results were favouring women in the case of income, food and clothing resources; whereas the results were in the favour of men in the household appliance category and income.