Highlights:
The Corona Virus pandemic and the complete lockdown has affected the academic lives of children and the youth around the world.
Different reasons cause a disruption in the education of students from the North East states of India.
Online Learning challenges, lack of resources, stress, financial instability and fear of the future are some of the challenges faced by the youth in India.
In this study, we attempted to assess the awareness and perception of farmers on the environmental degradation due to modern input usage in paddy cultivation in Southern Tamil Nadu. The two-stage random sampling procedure was followed to select the sample farmers and 66 farmers were surveyed in Vadipatti Taluk located on Periyar-Vaigai irrigation system in Tamil Nadu. The paired comparison technique was used to measure the level of awareness on the environmental problems and Tobit regression function was employed to identify the determinants of environmental awareness level. The results of the study revealed that only 23 per cent of the farmers were highly aware about the environmental degradation created by the indiscriminate application of modern inputs. Reduction in soil fertility, population size of soil micro-organism and earth worms were the well-known negative effects in the study region. Experience, education and extension contact were the major factors determining the perception and awareness about environmental degradation.
:In this study, we attempted to estimate the influence of household characters on purchasing decision and number of egg consumption by using consumer expenditure survey data collected by National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), Government of India. Since zero expenditure problem was encountered in the data set, Heckman Sample Selection Model was employed to estimate the purchase probability and demand for egg. Results of the study revealed that prices of egg and fish, per capita income, size of household and having food away from home were the major determinants of purchase probability and consumption of egg. Egg consumption among the poor people was lesser than the middle and higher income people.
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