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ID: 64465
Title: Livestock for development in resource-constrained environemnt: would induction of external buffalo breeds help?
Author: Bhagya Laxmi S, Ravindra Adusumilli and A. Vijay Mohan Rao
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 177-193 (2016)
Subject: Livestock for development in resource-constrained environemnt: would induction of external buffalo breeds help?
Keywords: Livestock, development, Resource-constrained Environment,induction, external buffalo breeds
Abstract: Diverse, integrated and adaptive production systems have evolved over time in the dry land areas of India to balance the adversities of scarce and variable rainfall, low crop-growing periods, poor soils and low levels of irrigation development. Live-stock production in the dry lands evolved as a system with high dependency on crop residues and common pool natural resources as against intensive fodder systems managed mainly with residues and cultivated fodder in private property regimes in the irrigated areas. Availability of leftover crop residues, common lands, private fallows and forests for grazing so common in the dry land areas has enabled an entry for the poor with little or no ownership on land and water into the livestock production systems. About 50-60% of the total feed for livestock comes from crop residues in semiarid India. It is estimated that about 91% of households in Andhra Pradesh are dependent on open grazing on common lands for an average supply of 35% of total forage. A study reported that about one-third of the dry matter comes from grazing during monsoon (Mishra et al.2010).
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Literature cited 1: Akter S, Farrington J. Deshingkar P. Freeman A (2008) Livestock, vulnerability, and poverty dynamics in India. Discussion paper no.10.International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi Das A.K. Sharma D, Kumar N (2008) Buffalo genetic resources in India and their conservation. Buffalo Bull 27 (4) :265-268.
Literature cited 2: Dept o Animal Husbandry (2010) Integrated sample survey, report on estimates of major livestock products for the years 2008-2009 & 2009-2010 (provisional) and veterinary infrastructure facilities, statistical wing, Department of Animal Husbandry, Andhra Pradesh. Kohler-Rollefson I, Mathias E, Rathore HS (2008) Local breeds, livehoods, and livelistock keepers 'rights in Soth Asia. Trop Anim Health Prod. Published on line 22 November 2008.

ID: 64464
Title: Governing Firms' corporate environmental response: Success or failure?evidence from a panel data based analysis on solid waste management in agri-food processing sector of Sri Lanka
Author: Menuka Udugama and U.K.Jayasinghe-Mudalige
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 163-176 (2016)
Subject: Governing Firms' corporate environmental response: Success or failure?evidence from a panel data based analysis on solid waste management in agri-food processing sector of Sri Lanka
Keywords: Environmntal response, success, failure, Solid waste management, Agric-food processing sector, Sri-Lanka
Abstract: Waste management in general and solid waste management in particular is a key environemtnal challenge, especially in industrialization urban areas throughout the world where Srilanka is no exception.Without an effective and efficient program to manage solid waste , the waste generated through various human activities, both industrial and domestic, can result in numerosu health hazards and have a negative impact on environemtna.We may see that concerns for a n effective and economical program to manage solid waste is ever increasing and governmnt and private sectors in both developed and developing countries are therefore called to play a significant role in this connection.
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Literature cited 1: Bansal P, Roth K (2000) why companies go green, a model of ecological responsiveness.AAcad Manage J 43 (4) : 717-737. Blackman A (2008) Cn voluntary envieonmental regulation work in developing countries:lessons from case studies.Policy Stud J 36 (1) : 119-141.
Literature cited 2: Blackman A, Bannister G (1997) Community pressure and clean technology in the informal sector: An econometric analysis of the adsorption of propane by traditional Mexican brick makers.JHournal of Environmental Economics and Management 35(1):1-21 Buchanan JM (1969) Cost and choice: an enquiry in economic theory .Markham,Chicago

ID: 64463
Title: Energetics of irrigation under surplus rainfall conditions
Author: Nandan Nawn
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: None
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 133-161 (2016)
Subject: Energetics of irrigation under surplus rainfall conditions
Keywords: Eergetics, irrigation, rainfall
Abstract: This chapter estimates the energy value (use-value) of irrigation under surplus rainfall conditions. This represents the values of the unsaved rainwater, an ecosystem function, to the farmer-cultivator, for meeting the water requirements of the planted crops, an ecosystem service.
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Literature cited 1: Allen R.G, Pereira, L.S. Raes D, Smith M (1998) Cro evapotranspiration-guidelines for computing crop water requirements irrigation and drainage paper 56. FAO, Rome Bandopadhyay J (1987) Political ecology of drought and water scarcity: need for an ecological water resources policy. Econ Polit Wkly 22 (50): 2159-2161, 2163-2169.
Literature cited 2: Batty JC, Keller J (1980) Energy requirements for irrigation. In: Pimentel D (ed) Handbook of energy utilization in agriculture. CRCCRC Press, Boca Raton, pp 35-44. Bhattacharjee S (2012) Pukur Kete Ki Hawbe, Jodi Taatey JoI Na Thake (Why dig, if water does not remain in the pond. Ananabazar Patrika, Kolkata edition, 24 July

ID: 64462
Title: Urbanization and water supply:An analysis of unreliable water supply in Bangalore City, India
Author: Krishna Raj
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 113-132 (2016)
Subject: Urbanization and water supply:An analysis of unreliable water supply in Bangalore City, India
Keywords: Urbanization,Water supply, Bangalore city, India
Abstract: Cities are increasingly facing acute water crisis in terms of imbalance between supply and demand. The demand for urban water supply and allied services is increasing rapidly as globalization accelerates economic development and brings about improvements in living standards in the country due to the dynamics of demography, i.e., the interactive effects of demographic growth and migration to cities under its push and pull effect. Provision of reliable and safe water supply services to urban habitat is an essential contribution to overall economic and well fare advancement.
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Literature cited 1: Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) (2006) Handbook of statistics Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) (2006-2007) Annual Performance Report.
Literature cited 2: Batten DF (2007) Can economists value water's multiple benefits? Water Policy 9:345-362. Biswas AK (2008) Water management in India in 2020 and beyond. Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi

ID: 64461
Title: Strengthening forest resource valuation and accounting system: A case of forest resources of Kerala, India
Author: Kiran P Mali,Katar Singh,P.C. Kotwal and M.D. Omprakash
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 87-112 (2016)
Subject: Strengthening forest resource valuation and accounting system: A case of forest resources of Kerala, India
Keywords: Forest resource, Accounting system, Kerala, India
Abstract: Forests play an important role in India's economic development in terms of their contribution to gross domestic products (GDPs), employment and livelihoods of the poor people, who are mainly dependent on forests. Besides, they are also the main source of meeting food, fuel, fodder and timber requirements of the forest dwellers. In 2008-2009, the forestry sector contributed Rs 888, 230 million to India's GDP at the current prices, which was 1.7 % of the GDP (CSO 2009) estimated at base year 2004.2005.The contribution of forests to India's GDP at current prices has declined from 2.1 to 1.7 % over the 5-year period of 2004-2005 to 2008-2009.
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Literature cited 1: Bartelmus P (1998) The value of nature. In: Uno K, Bartelmus P (eds) Environmental accounting in theory and practice. Kluwer, London, pp 263-308 CSO (2007) National accounts statistics. Sources and methods 2007.Central statistical organisation , Ministry of statistics & programme implementation, Government of India, New Delhi, India
Literature cited 2: CSO (2007) National accounts statistics. Sources and methods 2007.Central statistical organisation, Ministry of statistics & programme implementation, Government of India, New Delhi. India CSO (2009) National accounts statistics. Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi (downloaded from website http://www.mospi.nic.in).

ID: 64460
Title: Current status of Environmental and Economic Accounting:Review of Some countries experiences and way forward for India
Author: M.N. Murty and Manoj Panda
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 51-85 (2016)
Subject: Current status of Environmental and Economic Accounting:Review of Some countries experiences and way forward for India
Keywords: Environmental and Economic accounting,
Abstract: Linking natural resources and economy, and efforts to find out contribution of natural resources to economic development can be found in the economic policies pursued by some countries even from the start of the second half of the last century. It all started with an attempt to correct shortcomings of the United Nations (UN) framework System of National Accounts (SNA) released in 1968 in the context of treatment of income from unsustainable uses of natural resources (Peskin 1989, Peskin and Lutz 1990; Repetto 1989; Dasgupta 1990; Bartelmus et al.1991; Dasgupta and Maler 1991).
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Literature cited 1: Bartelmus P (1989) Environmental accounting and the system o national accounts. In: Ahmad Y, EI Serafy S. Lutz E (eds) Environmental accounting for sustainable development. World Bank, Washington DC Bartelmes P (1999) Green accounting for a sustainable economy: policy use and analysis of environmental accounts in the Philippines. Ecolog Econ 29 (1999): 155-170.
Literature cited 2: Bartelmus P, Stahmer C, Van Tongeren J (1991) Integrated Environemtal and economic accounting: framework for a SNA satellite system. Rev Income Wealth 37: 111-148. Bolt K. Metete M., Clemens M (2002) Manual for calculating adjusted net savings. Environemtal Department, World Bank.

ID: 64459
Title: Social metabolism and Environmental Conflicts in India
Author: Joan Martinez-Alier,Leah Temper and Federico Demaria
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 8-9 (2016)
Subject: Social metabolism and Environmental Conflicts in India
Keywords: Social metabolism, Environmental conflicts, India
Abstract: The industrial economy works in practice by shifting costs to poor people, to future generations, and to other species. Could an industrial economy work otherwise?K.W. Kapp wrote in 1950 that capitalism is an economy of unpaid costs, but the socio-environmental impacts are not due to capitalism as such, they would not be different in another system of industrial economy if there was one. The impacts occur at various temporal and geographical scales. They arise because of the increased social metabolism, and this article shows which are its main trends in India.
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Literature cited 1: Asher M 92009) Stiriking while the iron is hot: a case study of the Pohang Steel Company 9POSCO) proposed project in Orissa. National Centre for Academy Studies, Pune, Indiahttps://stoposco.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/strikijng-while-the-iron-is-hot_posco-case.study.pdf. Bandyopadhyay J. Shiva V (1988) Political economy of ecology movements. EPW 23 (24) 1223-1232
Literature cited 2: Fernandes W, shif JV (1997) Development induced displacement and rehabilation in Orissa 1951 to 1995: a data base on its extent and nature .Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, pp 72-80. Guha R. Martinez-Allier J (1997) Verities of environmetalism .Essays north and south. Oxford UP.

ID: 64458
Title: Nature, Economy and Society: Of values, valuation and Policy- making in an Unequal World
Author: Kanchan Chopra
Editor: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Year: 2016
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 9-18 (2016)
Subject: Nature, Economy and Society: Of values, valuation and Policy- making in an Unequal World
Keywords: Nature, Economy , Society
Abstract: In this chapter, some aspects of the linkages between nature, economy and society (the theme of the conference) are examined at different levels. The first is a conceptual one, which begins from and goes beyond stressing the urgent need for dealing with the complexity of nature and society interactions from diverse disciplinary perspectives: I intend to postulate that whichever discipline we treat as the starting point of the analysis the ethical undertones and assumption drive the analysis in directions which acquire meaning in terms of the quality and legitimacy of decision-making. In other words, methodologies acquire meaning only when interfaced with or interpreted in the context of value systems. Continuing in the same strain, I intend to examine briefly the emerging literature on valuation of ecosystems and ecosystem services, both as methodology and as a tool for providing policy direction.
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Literature cited 1: Chopra K. Dasgupta P (2008) Assessing economic and ecosystem services contribution of forests: issue in modelling and an illustration. In For Rev 10 (2): 376-386 (Special Edition) Chopra K. DasGupta P, Eswaran VB, Kadekodi GK (2006) Report of the expert committee on net present value of forest land, submitted to the Supreme Court of India.
Literature cited 2: Colyvan M, Linquist S, Grey W. Griffiths, PE, Odenbaugh J, Possingham HP (2009) Philosophical issues in ecology: recent trend and future directions, Ecol Soc 14 (2) :22 Cooper A (1982) Why doesn't anyone listen to ecologista-and what can ESA do about it? Bull Ecol Soc Am 63: 348.

ID: 64457
Title: Ecological Economics:At the Interface of Nature, Economy and Society
Author: Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah, Manoj Panda
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Nature, economy and society, 1-8 (2016)
Subject: Ecological Economics:At the Interface of Nature, Economy and Society
Keywords: Ecological Economics, Nature, Economy and Society
Abstract: The Evolution of ecological economics as a discipline has a chequered history, more aptly classified by cognitive dissonance, bitter debates, and scholastic antagonism. The conflict essentially emerges from the very scope of the discipline, which, according to detractors of the discipline, is still amorphous and, according to practitioners and believers of the discipline, is evolving and growing. It is a fact that till now although broad contours of the discipline have been drawn, any significant research in the disciplines of economics, ecology, sociology, geography, social anthropology to describe any ecological phenomenon affecting human, social and economic endeavors push the frontiers of the discipline or brings about a separate dimension to its scope.
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Literature cited 1: Chopra K, Leemans R, Kumar P, Simons H (2005) Ecosystem and human well-being: policy responses (Findings of the responses working group of millenium ecosystem assessment). Island Press, Washington D.C. Dasgupta P (20010 Human well-being and the natural environment. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Literature cited 2: Ostrom E (2009) A general framework for analyzing sustainability of social-ecological systems. Science 325:419-422. Sagoff M (2012) The rise and decline of ecological economics Breakthr J 1 (2). http://the brek-through.org/index.php/journal/past-issues-2/the-rise-and-fall-of-ecological-economics

ID: 64456
Title: Native Bees and Pollination in the Puducherry Bioregion.
Author: Ammel Sharon, Krishnamurthy Anupama, Hélène GuetatBernard, Srinivasan Prasad, Jean Lazar, Varadharajan Amuthavalluvan, Ayyanar Indhu, Shakti Narpavi, Julien Andrieu, Frédéric Landy and Nicola Gallai reviewed by ANANTANARAYANAN RAMAN
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (8) 1000-1001 (2023)
Subject: Native Bees and Pollination in the Puducherry Bioregion.
Keywords: Native Bees, Pollination, Puducherry Bioregion
Abstract: Flowers are natural wonders. They amaze us – humans – by their tantalizing fragrance (e.g. Hedychium coronarium, Zingiberaceae, an Eastern Himalayan native) and stunning wholeness (e.g. Saussurea obvallata, Asteraceae, an Alpine Himalayan meadow native) . Pollination, the mechanism of pollen transfer to the stigma resulting in the fertilization of the female gamete and seed setting , often involves an intermediary, say, insects or wind. Pollinating insects have been scientifically pursued since the 18th century. For example, Carl Linnaeus3 described Macroglossum stellatarum (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in 1759. Today, we know it is a stylish pollinator of some Eurasian Rubiaceae.
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Literature cited 1: Endress, P. K., Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1996, p. 528. Wilmer, P., Pollination and Floral Ecology, Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA, 2011, p. 832.
Literature cited 2: Linnaeus, C., Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ. Secundum: Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species cum Characteribus, Differntiis, Stnontmis, Locis, Volume II, Stockholm, Sweden, 1759, 10th edn, p. 1384. Sprengel, C. K., das entdeckte Geheimniβ der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen, Friedrich Vieweg, Berlin, Germany, 1793, p. 444.

ID: 64455
Title: Role of end-user behaviour on the adoption decision of an innovation: the case of preventive solutions to control bovine mastitis disease in dairy enterprise
Author: D. Thirunavukkarasu and N. K. Sudeepkumar
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (8) 996-999 (2023)
Subject: Role of end-user behaviour on the adoption decision of an innovation: the case of preventive solutions to control bovine mastitis disease in dairy enterprise
Keywords: Adoption decision, behavioural factors, dairy farmers, innovation, mastitis, preventive solutions.
Abstract: Adopting innovation is a crucial decision to increase output, productivity and reduce loss. Previous studies have suggested that technology attributes and socio-demographic factors influence the adoption of any innovation. This necessitates understanding the user behaviour in the adoption decisions. The present study focusses on behavioural intentions of the users (dairy farmers) regarding preventive solutions to control bovine mastitis in their dairying enterprise in Kallakurchi district of Tamil Nadu, India. The technology acceptance model (TAM) was employed in this study. Data were collected through a pre-tested interview schedule among 60 farmers during 2022 and analysed using descriptive and multilinear regression methods. The results revealed that farmers’ behavioural factors, like subjective norms played a significant role in adoption decisions for preventive solutions. The results imply that policy decisions on any technology generation and transfer programmes need to address the behavioural pattern of users.
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Literature cited 1: Bansal, B. K. and Gupta, D. K., Economic analysis of bovine mastitis in India and Punjab – a review. Indian J. Dairy Sci., 2009, 62, 337– 345. Krishnamoorthy, P., Goudar, A. L., Suresh, K. P. and Roy, P., Global and countrywide prevalence of subclinical and clinical mastitis in dairy cattle and buffaloes by systematic review and meta-analysis. Res. Vet. Sci., 2021, 136, 561–586.
Literature cited 2: Arnold, M., Staphylococcus aureus mastitis. University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY, USA, 2011, pp. 1–4. Nimbalkar, V., Verma, H. K., Singh, J. and Kansal, S. K., Awareness and adoption level of subclinical mastitis diagnosis among dairy farmers of Punjab, India. Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci., 2020, 44(4), 845– 852.

ID: 64454
Title: Origin of zoned laurite – a platinum group mineral from the Mesoarchaean Bangur chromite deposit, Boula–Nuasahi ultramafic complex, Odisha, India
Author: Rojalin Debata and Bibhuranjan Nayak
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (8) 988-995 (2023)
Subject: Origin of zoned laurite – a platinum group mineral from the Mesoarchaean Bangur chromite deposit, Boula–Nuasahi ultramafic complex, Odisha, India
Keywords: Chromitite, laurite, platinum group minerals, magmatic deposit, osmium, ultramafic rocks.
Abstract: Platinum group minerals (PGMs) belonging to laurite (RuS2) – erlichmanite (OsS2) solid solution series and Os–Ir–Ru alloys generally occur as minute inclusions (<10 µm) in both stratiform and podiform chromitite deposits. In a recent study of chromitite samples from Bangur chromite deposit in the Boula–Nuasahi ultramafic complex, Odisha, India, we found a relatively coarsegrained (~30 µm) laurite crystal in addition to other PGMs. This laurite occurs as an included crystal within a ferritchromite grain and has a chemical composition (wt%): Ru ~ 43–45, Os ~ 12–15, S ~ 35, Ir ~ 2–3 and As ~ 0.2, as measured by electron probe micro-analyzer. Due to the high osmium content, it is named as Oslaurite. The mode of occurrence, texture, structure and chemical composition of laurite support a magmatic origin for this mineral that might have crystallized at a temperature slightly lower than 1200°C. The unusual and complex oscillatory zoning (i.e. Os-rich and Os-poor bands) observed within the laurite could have developed below 1200°C (but above 1000°C) in a late magmatic stage due to local fluctuations in the surrounding thermodynamic conditions, primarily the sulphur fugacity
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Literature cited 1: Prichard, H. M., Sá, J. H. S. and Fisher, P. C., Platinum-group mineral assemblages and chromite composition in the altered and deformed Bacuri complex, Amapa, northeastern Brazil. Can. Mineral., 2001, 39, 377–396. Thiagarajan, T. A., Thothathiri, G., Rao, M. S. and Ramachandra Rao, M. N., A report on the investigation for PGM in the Nuasahi chromite belt, Orissa and Sindhuvalli–Talur ultramafic belt, Karnataka. Geol. Surv. India
Literature cited 2: Raju, P. V. S. and Merkle, R. K. W., Native platinum, chromite and Fe–Ni sulphide in Sittampundi anorthosite complex. J. Geol. Soc. India, 2007, 70, 680–682. Devaraju, T. C., Alapieti, T. T. and Kaukonen, R. J., SEM-EDS study of the platinum group minerals in the PGE mineralized Hanumalapura segment of the layered mafic–ultramafic complex of Channagiri, Davangere district, Karnataka. J. Geol. Soc. India, 2005, 65, 745.

ID: 64453
Title: Soil organic carbon fractions, carbon stocks and microbial biomass carbon in different agroforestry systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in Bihar, India
Author: Nongmaithem Raju Singh, A. Raizada , K. K. Rao , Kirti Saurabh , Kumari Shubha , Rachana Dubey , L. Netajit Singh , Ashish Singh and A. Arunachalam
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (8) 981-987 (2023)
Subject: Soil organic carbon fractions, carbon stocks and microbial biomass carbon in different agroforestry systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in Bihar, India
Keywords: Agroforestry system, basal respiration, principal component analysis, soil microbial activity, total organic carbon
Abstract: A study was undertaken in the Vaishali district of Bihar, India, in 2020 to assess the effect of various agroforestry systems (AFS) on the distribution of different pools of soil organic carbon (fraction I – very labile, fraction II – labile, fraction III – less labile and fraction IV – non-labile), carbon stocking and soil microbial activity. The mean (0–45 cm) total organic carbon (TOC) in different AFS ranged from 5.55 to 6.64 Mg C ha–1 , with the highest under poplar-based AFS (PB-AFS). Across the AFS studied, the C stocks (0–45 cm) varied from 36.24 (mango-based AFS) to 41.43 Mg C ha–1 (PB-AFS). Overall, the magnitude of C fractions showed the order: fraction I > fraction IV > fraction III > fraction II. Significantly higher soil microbial biomass carbon was recorded under PB-AFS (219.36 µg g–1 ) in 0–15 cm depth. Basal respiration was also the highest under PB-AFS (0.54 µg CO2-C g–1 h–1 ), followed by TB-AFS (0.50 µg CO2-C g–1 h–1 ) in 0–15 cm depth. Principal component analysis result showed that PC 1 and PC 2 represented about 97% of the total variation. TOC and active carbon pool had the maximum loading in PC 1, while microbial metabolic quotient and bulk density had the maximum value in PC 2.
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Literature cited 1: Lal, R., Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science, 2004, 304(5677), 1623–1627. Zhang, H. et al., Changes in soil microbial biomass, community composition, and enzyme activities after half-century forest restoration in degraded
Literature cited 2: Watson, R. T., Noble, I. R., Bolin, B., Ravindranath, N. H., Verardo, D. J. and Dokken, D. J., In Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry: A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000. Das, D. K. and Chaturvedi, O. P., Structure and function of Populus deltoides agroforestry systems in eastern India: 1. Dry matter dynamics. Agrofor. Syst., 2005, 65(3), 215–221.

ID: 64452
Title: Socio-economic transformation through National Food Security Mission in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, India
Author: Bhagya Vijayan, Manjeet Singh Nain, Rashmi Singh and N. V. Kumbhare
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (8) 976-980 (2023)
Subject: Socio-economic transformation through National Food Security Mission in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, India
Keywords: Agricultural productivity, beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers, National Food Security Mission, socio-economic transformation.
Abstract: Augmenting agricultural productivity is the goal of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Government of India. The aim of the present study was to analyse the socio-economic changes brought about by NFSM in 2022 in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Karnataka. For this, 160 beneficiary farmers and 80 non-beneficiary farmers from both states were part of personal interviews and focused group discussions. The socio-economic transformation was higher for beneficiary farmers in terms of annual income, occupational status, crop diversification, earning members, material possession, agricultural productivity and access to the programme than for non-beneficiary farmers of both states. Comparative analyses of the transformation of beneficiary farmers in Karnataka and UP revealed significant changes in the socio-economic indicators, except earning members, education, social participation and agricultural productivity. The changes brought about by this Mission, before and after its launch, revealed a significantly higher socio-economic impact on the beneficiary farmers.
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Literature cited 1: AFCL, Midterm evaluation of NFSM – A concise report. Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, New Delhi, 2012. Vijayan, B. and Nain, M. S., Nutritional security through National Food Security Mission for an Atmanirbhar Bharat. Biotica Res. Today, 2021, 3(1), 81–83
Literature cited 2: AFCL, Report on impact evaluation of National Food Security Mission, Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, New Delhi, 2014. Grover, D. K. and Singh, J. M., Possibilities and constraints for increasing the production of pulses in Punjab and impact of National Food Security Mission on pulses. Agro-Economics Research Centre, Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 201

ID: 64451
Title: Detection of rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) infestation using ground-based hyperspectral radiometry
Author: Bhubanananda Adhikari, Radhakrushna Senapati , Minati Mohapatra , Laxminarayan Mohapatra , Rahul Nigam and Shyamaranjan Das Mohapatra
Editor: S.K.Satheesh
Year: 2023
Publisher: Current Science Association and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Current Science Vol. 124 (8) 964-975 (2023)
Subject: Detection of rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) infestation using ground-based hyperspectral radiometry
Keywords: Hyperspectral sensing, rice leaf folder, sensitive spectral bands, spectroradiomete
Abstract: Hyperspectral remote sensing is a useful technique for detecting spatio-temporal changes in crop morphological and physiological health. In order to identify the pestsensitive bands for rice leaf folder (RLF), the groundbased hyperspectral data were recorded at varying damage levels. The first- and second-order derivatives were correlated with correlation coefficient r and per cent leaf damage. The common region identified were recognized as sensitive regions (508–529, 671–680, 721– 759, 779–786 and 804–820 nm). The absorption dips were also found using Sensitivity and Continuum Removal Analysis. Combining all, a total of nine spectral bands (518, 549, 661, 674, 678, 731, 789, 816 and 898 nm) were identified as pest-sensitive bands for RLF. The feature-selection method was employed using RELIEFF algorithm to find out the band combinations and bands 518, 661 and 731 nm yielded maximum accuracy of 81.67%
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