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Manjunath, L. H.
- Financing the Farmers - The Microfinance Way
Authors
1 Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), IN
Source
The Microfinance Review, Vol 9, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 28-37Abstract
Agriculture in India is grappling with a myriad of issues, of which the most crucial being the absence of timely loans to undertake farming operations. Despite the erstwhile successive governments doubling credit to farmers and issuing Kisan Credit Cards, farmers have been facing cash-crunch causing them to fall back on the informal sector for funds. Policies like loan waiver and interest subvention often cause attitudinal problems amongst farmers towards timely repayment of loans. Also, the loan is seldom fully utilised for agricultural and other productive purposes resulting in less yields and thus leading to defaults. While on one hand, the recovery practices are not in sync with reality, the farmers’ attitude is also partly responsible. Drawing from the rich experiences of group-based activity to support marginal farmers in Karnataka, the paper underscores the fact that, bringing about a change in the farmers’ mindset by inculcating the habit of weekly repayment of loans is advisable so as to avoid defaulting on loan repayments.Keywords
Chemical Fertiliser, Organic Manure.- Mechanical Characterization of Graphene Reinforced Al2024/Albite Hybrid Composites by Powder Metallurgy.
Authors
1 Research Scholar, School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University, Bangalore, India., IN
2 School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University, Bangalore, India., IN
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Basaveshwara Institute of Technology Karnataka, India., IN
Source
Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, Vol 70, No 10A (2022), Pagination: 235-241Abstract
Aluminum copper alloys reinforced with naturally occurring or synthesized ceramic particulates are widely used for producing various automobile components and as structural supports by the aerospace industries. For improving their performance these composite materials have been further refined by the addition of nano materials. Nano sized graphene has played a significant role in this direction. In this present work an attempt has been made to refine Al2024/Albite composite in which the predominant primary reinforcement Albite of 5% by weight has been maintained constant and by addition of graphene as secondary reinforcement with varying content (0.25,0.50,0.75, 1, 1.25 and 1.5Wt%) the composite material was fabricated by adopting powder metallurgy. SEM images of the processed hybrid composites revealed the presence of primary reinforcement Albite and secondary reinforcement graphene reinforcements equitably distributed throughout the Al2024 alloy with very less presence of voids. An appreciable increase in compression strength and hardness has been observed with increase in addition to secondary reinforcement up to 1.25%Wt of graphene, but tends to decrease with further addition of graphene reinforcement.
Keywords
Al2024, Albite, Graphene, Powder MetallurgyMechanical Properties.References
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