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- Factors Affecting Fuel-wood Consumption-a Micro Level Study
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Indian Forester, Vol 112, No 8 (1986), Pagination: 737-741Abstract
In the present paper an attempt has been made to study different factors affecting fuelwood consumption. The extent of dependance on forests for fuel-wood, at a village level has also been estimated by using the survey data. The study was conducted in the higher hills of district Shimla of Himachal Pradesh during the summer season of 1985. The study revealed that firewood is the only source of cooking energy in the area. It has been found that the number of meals cooked in a day has got significant effect on the fuelwood consumption followed by the number of persons per hearth. The effect of availability of fuelwood from owned sources has not been found to be significant. Further, for more than 80 per cent of their fuel- wood requirements villagers were found to depend on forests and about 15 per cent of fuel-wood requirement is being met from owned sources.
- An Appraisal of Management Skills of Apple Growers and Apple Productivity at Varied Elevations in Himachal Pradesh
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K. Kireeti
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L. R. Sharma
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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad (Telangana), IN
2 Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan (H.P.), IN
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad (Telangana), IN
2 Department of Social Sciences, College of Forestry, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan (H.P.), IN
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International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Vol 8, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 357-361Abstract
Apples are an important crop for the Himachal Pradesh state as the India’s second largest producer of fresh apples and processed apple products he present study was undertaken in an Indian Himalayan state, Himachal Pradesh, with the major aim of studying the managerial skills of the farmers and the impact of the altitudes on the apple productivities Through questionnaire survey, the farmers responses were recorded at low hills (≤2500 m), mid-hills (2500-3000 m) and upper hills (≥3000 m) amsl as a whole. At overall level, in the study area the average value of MSI was 99.58. It was further concluded that there is no major disparity between the productivities of different altitudinal zones except between E1 zone and other elevation zones. The mean productivity varied merely from 15.54 to 17.38 MT/ha between E2–E5 elevations. Statistically they were at par with each other. The computed value of critical difference was 1.94. The study area apple productivity matches with the world apple productivity. However, the productivity in the study area was found far less from the productivities attained by the many developed nations such as France. Italy, Brazil, Chile etc. Therefore, this study may be helpful for the researchers in up taking appropriate processes to fill the gaps in the managerial skills of the farmers and apple orchard productivity.Keywords
Apple Farmers, Managerial Skill Index, Apple Productivity, Altitude.References
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