Farmers of Andhra Pradesh

Dairy enterprise is recognized to play a constructive role in reducing poverty and promoting rural welfare at farm level. Considering the need for development of entrepreneurship among dairy farmers a study was conducted in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh to know the level of entrepreneurial behavior of dairy farmers.

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The present study was conducted in Andhra Pradesh with the objective to assess the economic impact of Farmers’ Field Schools (FFSs). The total sample size was 240 comprising 120 FFS farmers and 120 non-FFS farmers selected through random sampling method from three districts of Andhra Pradesh. The double difference method was used by analysing change in performance before and after the programme for FFS farmers to the change in performance over the same period for non-FFS farmers unaffected by the programme. The farmers were interviewed by using a structured interview schedule.

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The present study was carried out at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Undi West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to know the yield gap between recommended practice and farmers practice through cluster front line demonstrations. Blackgram farmers of West Godavari district are getting very low yields due to multiple constrains.

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The present study attempts to compare to farmer and farm women in crop production and animal management activities. The investigation was conducted in YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. Research methodology was Expost-facto research design was selected to collection of data.

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Hence, in order to ensure food security and to promote the livelihood of rural poor, promoting the piggery farming becomes essential. In order to promote, piggery farming, the constraints experienced by them should be eliminated; which requires a detailed study on the constraints. The objective of the study is to analyse the constraints experienced ny the piggery farmers and to provide suggestions to promote piggery farming. The study was conducted at eight blocks of West Godavari district which possess a greater number of piggery farmers.

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In this study, Yellow mosaic resistant, TBG-104, a new variety of blackgram is considered which showed a higher yield gap between potential yield given by the breeder and the actual yield realized in the farmers‟ fields during rabi season. Surprisingly, on an average 1.5 folds more yield is observed in the famers‟ fields. A random sample of fifty-two farmers who cultivate TBG-104 was selected from three districts of Southern Zone of Andhra Pradesh and their fields are monitored from sowing to harvesting and data is collected on six factors.

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Aquaculture plays a major role in augmenting food production, levelihood and thereby the economy of a country. Andhra Pradesh is the leading state in cultured shrimp production, value and exports. Increasing intensification of shrimp aquaculture, devoid of awareness on scientific farming practices among farmers, spurious seed and water pollution, exerted disease problems. Diseases in shrimp farming are a recurring problem and the future is dwindling and farmers are facing heavy losses.

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A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2013 in farmer’s fields of P.T.M. mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh consisted of combinations of four planting dates (first fortnight of October, second fortnight of October, first fortnight of November and second fortnight of November) and three curing methods (open rack sun curing, 25 per cent ventilated polyhouse curing and 50 percent polyhouse curing) in Factorial RBD with three replications.

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The present investigation entitled “Effect of foliar sprays of nitrogen, potassium and zinc on flowering and yield attributes of guava cv. Taiwan Pink” was carried out at Farmer‟s field at Manchili village near Athili with the support of Department of Post-Harvest Technology at College of Horticulture, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh during 2016-2017.

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A field experiment was conducted during rabi, 2015-16 and 2016-17 in the farmers field at Gajularega village of Vizianagaram district to know the production potential of finger millet under rice fallow conditions. First year finger millet seed was broadcasted in standing crop of paddy and left the crop without undergoing thinning and gap filling or any intercultural operations.

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Banana (Musa paradisiaca L) is the fourth largest fruit crop cultivated in the world. India is largest producer of banana in the world producing 28.45 million tonnes from an area of 0.796 million ha with a productivity of 35.7 MT ha-1 . This paper presents the costs and returns structure of banana in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.

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In India, still farmers face several constraints in practicing organic farming like Inadequate availability of organic inputs, scarcity of irrigation storage structures, lack of quality training on organic farming, lack of technical guidance on organic farming, Non-availability of readymade organic inputs formulation, lack of control measures for pest and disease, less number of technologies in organic farming practices (Sivaraj et al., 2017). Based on this background the present study was conducted among 180 certified organic farmers in krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.

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Mapping of livelihood capitals was done among 60 elephant foot yam and 60 banana growing farmers using snow ball sampling in East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. Data were collected using PRA tools, interview schedule and focus group discussions during August 2018 to January 2019. Rural Sustainable Livelihood Index (RSLI) was arrived by using the DFID methodology.

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The present study was undertaken to assess the disease situation in major sugarcane regions of Andhra Pradesh in order to prioritize research work and suggest suitable management practices to the sugarcane farmers.

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Any information communication tool like radio, television, mobile phone, computer, network, hard ware and software, satellite system etc., can be used for framing suitable methodologies for dissemination of innovations to the livestock farmers. No single medium of communication is the best and hence a combination of different medium referred as media mix strategies were suggested through the study for diffusion of various dairy innovations.

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Mastitis has been a major problem to the dairy industry and pose main impact on the economy of dairy farmers. Antibiotic resistance is increasing day by day and has become a big challenge worldwide with public health significance. In the present study antimicrobial resistance and sensitivity pattern of mastitis milk samples were assessed during the period from August, 2015 to March, 2020 at State level diagnostic laboratory, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati.

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The present study was conducted in Chittoor, Guntur and Vishakapatnam districts of Andhra Pradesh to study the profile of the farmers using ICTs. Total 240 respondents were randomly selected for the study interviewed.

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Climate change impacts on agriculture are being witnessed all over the world, but countries like India are more vulnerable in view of the huge population dependent on agriculture, excessive pressure on natural resources and poor coping mechanisms. NICRA is an ICAR initiative launched to focus on educating and demonstrating the climate resilient agriculture technologies to the farmers. The study was conducted in Ananthapuram district of Andhra Pradesh to find out the knowledge of farmers towards climate resilient technologies.

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The present investigation is focused on the perceived attribute complexity, measured in terms of cognitive complexity and application complexity of the dairy innovations selected for the study. Cognitive complexity of the innovations is in turn measured as simple and complex and adaptability is measured based on its feasibility as adaptable and un adaptable for the nine innovations selected for the study. A sample of 360 dairy farmers were selected using simple random sampling technique from three districts i.e.

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To sustain dairy farming as a rural livelihood and to meet the growing demand of milk, necessitates dissemination of technologies/innovations for improving the farm’s output. There is also a need to understand how far existing innovations are diffused to the farmers and factors influencing diffusion and/or rejection. Based on the highest cattle population and best rank in adoption of recommended dairy innovations three districts namely Visakhapatnam, Krishna and Chittoor were selected from each region of Andhra Pradesh respectively.

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