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Role of Dairy Farming in Irrigated Ecosystem: A Village Level Case Study from Eastern IndiaBy R. Bera, A. Seal, T.H. Das, D. Sarkar, R. Roy Chowdhury
Abstract: Dairy farming is one of the important components of irrigated ecosystem and plays a major role towards sustaining agricultural livelihoods. In the present study, a detailed survey was conducted regarding the livestock potentials of the farmers in irrigated ecosystem in relation to the socio-economic status. Maintenance of dairy and related economics was evaluated for each socio-economic class as well as the constraints perceived by each group of farmers. While in …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 1–4 Read article →
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Production Potential, Economics, Energetics and GHG Emission Potentials of Paddy based Cropping System in a Micro-watershed under Damodar Catchment, West Bengal under Hot, Moist, Sub-Humid Agro-Ecological ZoneBy Ranjan Bera, A. Seal, T.H. Das, D. Sarkar, A.K. Chatterjee
Abstract: AbstractThe Damodar catchment area in West Bengal is primarily dominated by rice-rice mono-cropping system. The present study was conducted in three villages through Naopara, Kantia and Syamsundarpur in the Barddhaman district of West Bengal; to explore the potentials of integrating other field crops in the existing rice based cropping system towards improving the monetary productivity and farmers’ livelihood. Field experiments were conducted taking different cropping systems through rice–rice, rice–potato–black gram, …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 35–46 Read article →
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Constrains Perceived by the Dairy Farmers in Irrigated Ecosystem: A Case Study from Damodar Command Area, West BengalBy R. Bera, A. Seal, T. H. Das, D. Sarkar
Abstract: Dairy farming in India is important not only in view of fulfilling the demand of milk in the country, but it has become necessary in the perspective of the reintroduction of organic farming. Despite West Bengal being one of the leading milk producing states in India, the associated bottlenecks need to be identified and solved in time so that further progress in dairy farming is not hindered. The present study …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–5 Read article →
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Production Potential and Economics of Different Crops under Varying Physiographic Conditions in Damodar Command Area (Part), West Bengal, IndiaBy R. Bera, A. Seal, T.H. Das, D. Sarkar, A.K. Chatterjee
Abstract: Rice-rice cropping system is the predominant cropping pattern in the majority of Damodar command area, West Bengal. However optimized utilization of resources towards enhanced overall crop productivity as well as economic return and at the same time maintenance soil quality, crop diversity is important. Present study evaluates the on-field crop suitability and economic viability of vegetables (potato, chilli), oilseed (mustard, sesame) and pulses (black gram) towards formulation of alternate rice …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 1–9 Read article →