The grated coconut was dried by different methods of drying viz., sun, microwave and hot air oven (50°C). The quality parameters viz., colour, moisture, protein, fat, peroxide value, free fatty acid and organoleptic values were assessed. Based on the results, it was found that microwave oven drying was recorded as best method of drying to get good quality desiccated coconut which may be helpful to strengthen coconut industry in India and export value of value-added products of coconut.

In the last decade, several new concepts in the field of diagnosis of cytological or subclinical endometritis came into light. This review summarizes the recent discussion about diagnosis and etiopathogenesis of subclinical endometritis. Subclinical endometritis is recognized by findings of endometrial cytology, which is usually done with the cytobrush-technique or by low-volume flushing of the uterus. The sampling procedure is negligibly invasive and has no adverse effect on successive conception rate. The impact of subclinical endometritis on reproductive performance is categorized by reduced conception rates, and prolonged days to first service and days open. In addition, it has been well established that subclinical endometritis has an effect on survival and quality of the embryo. Out of different methods of collection of uterine samples, cytobrush is the most reliable method for diagnosing bovine cytological endometritis.

The central theme of the present research is to report on the study of health and nutritional status of the educated women (under University studies) marked as the daughters of the low earning agro-based families of South 24 Parganas of the State of West Bengal. The women community acted as respondents are the first-generation learners and the onus for arranging their educational expenses also lied with them. Instead, their concentration towards higher education has compelled the researcher to look into their effort in maintaining good health strategy through an analysis of their health and nutritional status. The field survey of the research is conducted within their University campus with the prior permission of the authority. Since the occupational pattern of the families are closely associated with their caste culture, the present survey tried to pick up the respondents based on the caste character prevalent in Indian culture. Since the health evaluation and the need for the effective health policies are tied up with the family income as well as the status of women in the patriarchal family structure, the present study also aimed to focus on the overall situation of the women community located in the rural areas of the coastal as well as of the Delta region of South 24 Parganas of West Bengal state in India

Pig production among other species has a high potential to contribute to high economic gain. Piggery farming is one of the most important occupations which can give the returns within a very short period of time. Pigs are efficient converters of feed and capable of high rates of growth. A sow can easily produce 8-12 piglets per litter after a gestation period of 110-120 days (average 114 days) and may produce 2 litters per years, if reproduction is managed well. However, scientific management has the key role to play for overall performance of the piggery sector.

There is an ample opportunity to utilize locally available feeds for economic production of rural poultry since a wide range of alternative feedstuffs is available. Utilization of locally available low-cost feed ingredients associated with agricultural by- products may make a substantial contribution towards better and more economic feeding poultry as the conventional feed ingredients especially energy and protein feedstuffs are costly. Hence, by using unconventional/ locally available feed ingredients to formulate the least feed cost was found to be reduction in the cost of poultry feeds

The experimental material was consisting of 24 Black gram genotypes, check as PU-30, during kharif 2019. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with 3 replications at Field Experiment Centre of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences. The study were logged on 5 randomly taken plants to each treatment and replication for 13 quantitative characters viz. days to 50% flowering, days to 50% pod setting, days to maturity, plant height, number of primary branches per plant, clusters per plant, pods per plant, pod length, seeds per pod, seed index, biological yield, harvest index and seed yield to estimate the variability, heritability and genetic advance as % mean, character association and path analysis. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent of mean was recorded for plant height, biological yield and harvest index represents additive gene effects and effective selection. The correlation coefficient analysis revealed that seed yield per plant exhibited positive and significant association with harvest index at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. The path analysis revealed that characters days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, clusters per plant, seeds per pod at both genotypic and phenotypic levels

The weighted averages of soil-site characteristics viz.,climate, wetness, topography, physical soil characteristics (texture, depth), fertility characteristics (CEC, base saturation and pH), salinity and alkalinity were summarized and correlated with optimum soil-site requirements for rice cultivation and assessed based on degree of limitations. The soils of pedon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10were grouped under moderately suitable (S2f), pedon 7 and 9 were grouped under S2sf and S2csf, respectively. Based on spatial assessment using Geographic information system (GIS) tolls indicated that the 80.9 percent soils representing 26831 ha were under S2f and 8.5 and 10.6 percent of study area representing 2806 and 3507 ha grouped under S2sf and S2csf, respectively.

The food processing industry is to drive Indian economy to higher level, only need is to pay due attention on technological development of field, and generation of skilled manpower. The development of infrastructure in food processing facilities like road facilities, cold chain, and power will strengthen the food processing industry. Thus, this paper can help entrepreneurs to tackle all the challenges and become successful entrepreneur in food processing sector especially women

The present investigation was carried out with a view to study the magnitude of variability, correlation and path analysis involving 41 genotypes in Blackgram during Zaid-2019 in randomized block design with three replications and a check. The analysis of variance indicated the existence of significant genotypic differences among the genotypes for the yield and its component characters. High GCV and PCV values were not observed in these genotypes whereas moderate GCV and PCV values were recorded for Seed index. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent of mean was observed for days to maturity indicating the role of additive genes in the inheritance of these traits and hence these characters would be improved through simple phenotypic selection. Character association studies revealed significant positive association of seed yield per plant with number of pods per plant and number of seeds per pod. The path coefficient analysis indicated that selection for number of clusters per plant, number of pods per plant and number of seeds per pod would directly increase seed yield

The aim of this paper is to analyze the trade pattern in the export of groundnut between India and some selected countries. Most of the countries in the world are enjoying a notable growth in groundnut trade due to changing circumstances across the world. The analysis shows that the India’s groundnut production and export trend is decreasing at an increasing phase. But still India has a great potential for higher growth and exports of groundnut than other world countries since India is one of the leading producers of groundnut

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based e-Extension Services have the capacity to empower women farmers and overcome the socially constructed digital and gender divides that placed such technologies within the man’s domain. Participatory approaches that include women farmers in the e-Extension initiatives for Organic Farming are key to bridge the gender-digital divide. However, the rural-digital divide is created in part by ICT infrastructure that restricts the types and quality of applications and services that can be operated in rural areas. The costs of devices and connections, poor quality of and limited connectivity, and the limited array of services in rural areas hinder use of the Internet and Mobile Technologies effectively, especially by women farmers who do not have the same opportunities to attain income, education, and employment as men do

Fruits and Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals and are excellent sources of fibers. They are essential food items for human consumption for healthy lifestyle. The loss at retailer’s level does not add value to neither the retailer nor consumer. Shrinkage is the term that constitutes wholesale and retail losses in terms of quantity and value. Ten unorganized stores in Coimbatore City were selected based on the volume of business, store location and handling of major vegetables. Percentage analysis was worked out to study the volume of procurement, sales and shrinkages in selected vegetables in individual stores. Carrot and Tomatoes were the mostly sold vegetables with respect to procurement in unorganized stores. The unorganized stores had showed less than 10 percent shrinkage on every vegetable except bitter gourd. The daily average sale of unorganized stores was 998.43 kg and the daily average shrinkage was 58.20 kg