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Practices and Health Related Toxic Symptoms of Pesticide Use among Farm Workers
Abstract: The present study was conducted among farm workers at Amritsar, Punjab with the objectives to assess the practices related to purchase, storage and usage before and after spraying of pesticides and to assess the health related toxic symptoms of pesticide use. Data was collected from 100 farm workers selected by purposive sampling with the help of self-structured tool. The study revealed varied and inappropriate practices related to purchase, storage and …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 25–29 Read article
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Farmers and Farmworkers on Pesticide Use and Safety in Meskan District, Guraghe zone, Southern Ethiopia
Abstract: Farmers and farmworkers use pesticides to destroy, repel, or otherwise lower pest infestations to protect crops from damage in the world; this is also true in Ethiopian too. However, the variation or lack of the knowledge, attitude and practices of pesticide users is the bottleneck for sustainable use. The title of the study was knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers and farm workers at the three kebeles (Mekicho, Yetebon and …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Statistics · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 28–42 Read article
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Leveraging Deep Learning for Accurate Weed Identification
Abstract: Weed control is very important for all types of agricultural businesses. The project here revolves around the application of computer vision techniques and, more concretely, deep learning techniques, for the effective recognition and classification of weeds. The EfficientNetB4 architecture is an appropriate backbone as its scalability and performance optimization is adequate. The modifier used is Adam optimization algorithm which will serve as a pre- processor for the model. Weeds at …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 90–99 Read article
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Impact of Climate on the Development of Viral Diseases in Potato
Abstract: AbstractVegetables play an important role in the human diet and provide a continuous source of income to the farmers. A numbers of viral diseases have been reported on potato crop by several workers in the world, which produced various types of typical disease symptoms. Mosaic and leaf roll are the major viral diseases of this crop which cause huge losses in yield as well as quality of tubers. The epidemiological …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 17–19 Read article
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Embracing Health, Safety, and a Greener Environment in the Construction of Offshore Structures
Abstract: Offshore infrastructure (oil and gas platforms, offshore wind farms, subsea cables, ports, and associated works) plays a vital role in energy, communications, and trade. However, construction activities offshore create complex safety, public health and environmental risks from worker injuries and exposure to hazardous substances, to marine pollution and ecosystem damage with downstream human health effects. This paper reviews the hazards, regulatory and management frameworks, lessons from major incidents, and practical …
Published in Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2025 · pp. 30–41 Read article
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Design Of A Novel Drone For Agricultural Application
Abstract: There are several factors that determine the production rate of crops in agriculture , namely, temperature, pressure, humidity, rain, soli, climatic conditions etc. farmers have been using pesticides and fertilizersin order to increase the production rate and to prevent the crops from insects. But these pesticides have an adverse effect on the health of farmers due to prolonged exposure and in turn prove hazardous for their health. WHO (World Health …
Published in Journal of Microcontroller Engineering and Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 30–39 Read article
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COVID-19 Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security
Abstract: COVID-19 and lockdown originally had the effect that the shift in demand curve to the left resulted in "leveling off" the prices of agricultural produce. The reason for this was not the lack of demand due to rising prices. The reason for this was that due to their consumption being limited to homes and lack of workers, most companies were forced to reduce production in their factories. The coronavirus pandemic …
Published in Current Trends in Information Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Wet Processing of Textiles: Health and Environment
Abstract: Though the Indian textile industry has its importance in the national economy, but at the same time it is responsible for disastrous environmental impacts. These impacts start with the use of pesticides during the cultivation of plants, from which natural fibers are obtained and with the erosion caused by sheep farming or with the emissions during the production of synthetic fibers. From that moment, a number of processes are applied …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 0, Issue 0, 2012 · pp. 79–86 Read article
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A Review of Internet of Things (IOT) Applications for Agricultural Automation
Abstract: In the conventional methodology of agriculture hard labor, lots of effort, and manpower with increases in the size of land use cause a massive amount of worker force to be deployed over various places for different work like giving water, checking plants, seeding, spraying anti- infecting/ pesticides, putting fertilizers and calculating the progress of plant and checking each and every plant for infection and insect attacks and lots and lots …
Published in Recent Trends in Electronics Communication Systems · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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Implementation of Anticipating Rainfall Using Machine Learning
Abstract: Rainfall forecasting is crucial for many aspects of our national economy and should help prevent major seasonal droughts. Since agriculture is a beloved profession in many states, some Asian countries are economically hooked to decline. Previous precipitation info is beneficial. Farmers are cancerous in managing their crops, resulting in economic progress for the country. downfall prediction is hard for earth science scientists because of unordering time and unordered quantity of …
Published in International Journal of Satellite Remote Sensing · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–8 Read article