The present study was undertaken to study the trends of area, production and productivity of pineapple in Manipur. The study was based on the secondary data from 2001 to 2011. To analyze the trend of area, production and productivity of pineapple in Manipur, semi log linear functional form was used. Beside these, compound growth rate and instability index was also estimated. The effect of area, production and their interaction towards increasing production were also estimated in the present study. The instability indices for area, production and productivity of pineapple crop in Manipur were positive there by indicating less risk for growing pineapple in the State.
Climate change has serious repercussions on food security, availability, accessibility and utilisation and food system stability. Women farmers currently account for 45–80 per cent of all food production in developing countries depending on the region. When climate change-related disasters strike, women are more vulnerable than men, and the workload of women and girls increases. In India, women are actively engaged in agricultural activities, including paddy cultivation and fishing, which are both affected by changing weather patterns. Loss of livelihood increases women’s vulnerability and marginalisation. The current study was conducted in 10 villages of Meghalaya, a north-eastern state in India. It concluded that extreme climate variability affects both the sexes but with different consequences as they are subjected to different roles and responsibilities. We suggest empowering women with requisite knowledge of their rights, relevant information and skills, and also by being helped with adequate resources to enable them to act and make their own decisions.
To enhance livelihood and income of tribal farmers in Meghalaya, an agro-advisory service has been launched under the programme "Development and Deployment of Mobile Based Agro-advisory System in NorthEast India" at Central Agricultural University, Barapani. This study has accessed the impact of this project in 11 villages of Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya by randomly selecting 218 farmers. The study has revealed that the information gathered through agro-advisory service has been very useful and helpful to the farmers. The programme has gained high popularity among the farmers of Meghalaya and a sufficient number of farmers has been found to be benefitted through the agro-advisory service in the crop as well as livestock sectors. Among the crops, the ginger being a cash crop of the state, needs more care right from its planting to harvesting. The agro-advisory on the complete package and practices especially in selection of rhizome, its treatment, maintaining spacing during planting and also tips about proper care during harvesting provided by the experts of agro-advisory has been highly beneficial in production of ginger in the state. Facilitating artificial insemination and vaccination in pig and piglets have encouraged the farmers to have more access to agro-advisory services. Hence, to provide agro-advisory in a sustainable manner, convergence of such types of programmes with state department extension machinery is recommended as it will help uplift the livelihoods of rural tribals in the state.
The experimental evidences on the effect of climate change on dairy animals are sufficient but primarily restricted to developed production system of plain land. Hence, this paper assessed the effect of climate change on dairy in the north eastern Himalayan states of India. A random sample of 240 farm households from Asom and Nagaland were interviewed and a case study was conducted in Mizoram. It was found that the livestock compositions have changed and the number of animal per household decreased during drought. The availability of fodder and pasture dwindled which increased the time spent on collection of fodder; and the milk yield of the dairy cows declined. Just & Pope stochastic production function revealed that the increase in maximum temperature is expected to increase the variability in milk yield in the north eastern hill states as the heat stress reduces the milk yield of dairy animals. Hence, location specific scientific housing and feed management may be adopted to reduce the negative effect of climate change on dairy animals.
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