IOSR-JAVS   Volume-7 ~ Issue-1 ~ JAN-2014

ABSTRACT: The main purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of socio-economic development of the beneficiaries through PDBF activities. The study was conducted in Bhaluka upazila under Mymensingh district, Serpur upazlia under Bogra district and Bhairab upazila under Kishoreganj district. A total number of 338 beneficiaries were finally selected which constituted the sample of the study by using stratified random sampling technique. Fourteen selected characteristics of the beneficiaries were considered as the independent variables and socio-economic development of the beneficiaries through PDBF activities was the dependent variable of the study. Face to face interview schedule was used to collect relevant data from the respondents. Socio-economic development of the respondent was measured by the addition of the extent of changes occurred in 11 selected dimensions of PDBF activities. Data indicated that change in socio-economic development ranges of the respondents varied from 7 to 23 and the average change was 16.37.

Key words: Contribution, PDBF, Socio-economic development.

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ABSTRACT: The economic main importance's of olives are; oil and pickle olives. Olive cultivation can be successfully carried out in Iraq, Ashrasie, is one of the most common olive, which is mainly used for green pickles, as foliar application on the trees Gibberellic acid (GA3) (75, 100 and 125) mg.l-1, Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) (50, 100) mg.l-1 in addition of control was done after 15 days after fruit set for two season 2009-2010, 2010-2011, fruit harvested at mid- October. The effect of growth regulators (GA3, NAA) was not uniform in different treatments. However, GA3 (100, 125) mg.l-1 in combination with NAA (50,100) mg.l-1 gave maximum value of most physical characteristics and fruit set and yield and oil of olive trees cv. ashrasie.

Key words: Concentration, Foliar, GA3, NAA, Olive

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ABSTRACT: Coccidiosis in chickens is one of the major problems of poultry industry that is caused by protozoan parasites of genus Eimeria . Present study was conducted to characterize the Eimeria species infecting poultry in different regions of Chittagong district of Bangladesh. Seven species of Eimeria including E. tenella, E. necatrix, E. acervulina, E. maxima, E. brunetti, E. mitis, and E. praecox have been characterized using conventional PCR analysis through amplifying unique single copy sequences derived from sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers. The present study is the first of its type to use molecular tools to identify Eimeria spp. infecting chicken in Bangladesh. The study indicates that the modern molecular technique involving PCR to detect the Eimeria species are more reliable and accurate than the traditional morphology-based technique.

Keywords: Eimeria , PCR, SCAR, Coccidiosis, Bangladesh

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ABSTRACT: This study assesses the problems associated with Fadama II crop farming in Adamawa state. Data were collected on a sample of 160 farmers and were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings from the study showed that Inadequate and high cost of fertilizer was reported to be very severe and serious problem affecting the crop farmers of Fadama, and this accounted for about 56.25 percent of the respondents, while 13.75 percent of the respondents were severely affected. However, only 30 percent of the farmers considered the problem as not severe, it further revealed that, about 57 percent of the respondents reported that high cost of agrochemicals was not a severe problem, while 16.88 percent were severely affected by the problem. The respondents that were very severely affected by this problem constituted 26.25 percent. On the use of improved seeds, the study shows that,

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