Economic upliftment

Setting - up of fruit wineries besides industrialization of the fruit growing belts could result in economic upliftment of the farmer. Keeping this in view an experiment was carried out during 2015- 16 at Post Harvest Technology Laboratory, Section of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola.

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The project was based on the management of the rich bio-resources of North Bengal region and their sustainable use through biotechnological intervention and development of innovative technologies for socio-economic growth and upliftment of the rural populations in this state.

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Livestock sector plays an immense role in the growth and sustainability of Indian economy. Animal husbandry is always considered as an important factor in supporting and uplifting the socio-economic status of the farmers, by bringing an additional and steady income throughout the year. Animal husbandry sector provides distinct employment opportunities for the entrepreneurs. Today, India is the number one milk producer country in the world and milch animals are providing a regular and steady source of income to the livestock farmers through milk sales and value addition.

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Integrated fish farming is based on the concept that ‘there is no waste’, and waste is only a misplaced resource which can become a valuable material for another product. In integrated farming, the basic principles involve the utilization of the synergetic effects of inter-related farm activities and the conservation, including the full utilization of farm wastes. It is assumed that all the constituents of the system would benefit from such a combination.

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The study was conducted to investigate the socio-economic condition, livelihood status and comparative study of the fishermen around the two blocks of purulia district from February 2017 to July 2017. Fifty fishermen were randomly selected from the areas who were solely involved in fishing in the rivers. Several PRA tools were used to collect the data from the fishing communities such as, personal interview, crosscheck interview with extension agents, older persons, and transect walk and case study.

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Coconut Producer Societies are a non-subsidized knowledge based, farmer centred approach of organizing farmers which aims in socio-economic upliftment through productivity improvement, cost reduction, efficient collective marketing and processing and product diversification. The study was undertaken to analyse the impact of coconut producer societies in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. The data were collected from 130 selected respondents from three villages using proportionate random sampling method through a well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule.

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Calves are important assets of the poor dairy farmers as they play a major role in uplifting their socio-economic condition. Calfhood diseases are the major cause of economic losses in livestock, one of the most important being respiratory affections. The present work was conducted to investigate the bacterial entities responsible for respiratory affections in bovine calves in Palampur Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India. Samples were collected asceptically from the nasal cavity using sterile nasal swabs from 51 sick and apparently healthy animals from Palampur and its surrounding districts.

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Flaxseed is known as a source of Omega-3 fatty acid. Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA) constitutes about 57% of the total fatty acid in flaxseed. There is a need to promote the use of Omega-3 fatty acid for nutritional requirements. Linseed contains a high amount of Omega-3. An enriched mouth freshener (containing Omega-3 fatty acid) was developed with incorporation of Flaxseed to evaluate sensory quality and nutritional value of the product. Flaxseed Mouth Freshener was standardized using organoleptic evaluation technique with help of 10 panel members using 9- point hedonic ranking scale.

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Water mimosa, a pantropical nitrogen-fixing perennial legume, locally known as Eshing Ekai Thabi is an important aquatic vegetable of Manipur. The present study was carried out to document the mode of use and importance of the plant. It was observed that the plant is used as a culinary delicacy and also for its nutritional and medicinal properties. This underutilized vegetable is embedded with rich nutrient potentials along with ability to stand against adverse climatic conditions.

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SHGs are novel and innovative organizational setup in India for the women upliftment and welfare. Women in India are given chance to join any one of the SHGs for training and development, so as to be prospective entrepreneur and skilled worker. The study was conducted in Ramanagara district of Karnataka. Channapatna and Magaditaluks were purposively selected based on highest and lowest number of women SHGs respectively. Hence, eight women groups were selected. In each of the SHG 15 members were there inclusive of president and secretary constituting a sample size of 120 for the study.

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As value added product neera jaggery, neera sugar and neera based milk made sweets are also being prepared and marketed with higher demand in W.B. the process of which was already patented jointly by the concern scientists of BCKV, ICAR-CPCRI, farmer and sweets maker of W.B. Considering the above fact the scope for tapping of Cocosap neera may also be explored in the coconut growing North Eastern states which may reflect on the state GSDP by uplifting the economic status of the farmers.

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Women play pivotal role in rural development in developing countries, among the poor, rural women are the poorest and more venerable. Empirical evidences suggest that women in rural areas are more adversely affect by poverty than men. Hence, there is need for economic upliftment of the farm women through enhancing their income and reducing the drudgery for maintaining their health condition. This study was conducted in Gwalior district, comprises of 4 blocks namely- Morar, Ghatigaon, Dabra, Bhitarwar. Three Villages of each block were selected purposively.

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The study has analysed the socio-economic upliftment of women through dairy enterprise. The study has been conducted in Begusarai district of Bihar by collecting data from 210 woman dairy co-operative society’s members. From the study, it can be concluded that farm women have played an important role in the social and economic development of societies but they are often denied equal opportunities due to socially embedded gender inequalities.

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Pig farming is dispensable to the tribal folks of Manipur, India. In this study, we tried to establish baseline information on the socio-personal and socio-economical status of small scale tribal pig farmers in the state. Altogether, 400 tribal pig farmers, rearing ≥ 2 pigs were selected randomly and interviewed from 4 blocks of Senapati district, Manipur. The study showed that majority of tribal pig farmers (69.75%) belonged to middle age groups (31-50 years), followed by 19.25% young age groups (up to 30 years), and 11% old age groups (> 50 years), respectively.

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To uplift the livelihood and financial conditions of the rural women value addition of minor millets can offer tremendous opportunity not only to income rather it increase national productivity and generates employment but also helps to develop economic independence and personal and social upliftment. Smt. Rathnamma is one such example who is from a small village named Gundamanatta in Srinivaspur Taluk of Kolar district. We have formed “Vaibhav Siridhanya Swasahaya Sanga” for processing of Minor Millets.

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This paper is based on the premise that, urbanisation could be effective only if decentralisation policy is at the centre of development initiatives. In this way the paper argues, local authorities could utilize local resources to ignite local economic development (LED) through for instance trade activities and investments.LED initiatives aim at empowering local stakeholders to utilise business enterprises, labour, capital and other local resources effectively to maximise local benefits in order to contribute to poverty reduction and the uplifting of citizens life conditions.

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Rural women play a crucial role for the well being of their families. Without any glare of publicity, they contribute their best to the welfare and progress of the society. Entrepreneurship-development and income-generating activities are feasible solution for empowering the women. Most of the rural women indulge in stitching activities but due to lack of knowledge, in the technical know-how and latest designing techniques, they are unable to earn the remunerative income.

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Non-Governmental Organizations are considered one of the major actors in the socio-economic development process. The northern countries and international agencies consider them as alternate institutional mechanisms for the transfer of resources to and also for understanding the reality of the developing countries. The southern countries are increasingly taking these entities as an effective vehicle for bringing social transformation, economic advancement, and furthering democratic governance.

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Developing counties, like Nepal is still in tense to maintain the level of political stability, economic growth, development, and employment which are the main issues in one side of the economy and on the other, the majority of the people find shelter in the informal sector in the absence of sluggish growing formal sector. Most of the people are engaged in informal economies that have created varying effects on them in terms of employment and income generations.

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We are living on an increasingly urban planet. In 2008 we passed the halfway mark—50% of the world’s population now live in cities, and that percentage is projected to increase to 70% by 2050. There is no turning back the urban trend. Yet ironically we have as a species yet to successfully design and plan cities that will accommodate our economic and demographic needs while uplifting and elevating us, and protect, restore, and nurture the planet and its natural systems. That we need new models of urbanization— that is, sustainable urbanization—is especially clear here in the U.S.

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