IOSR-JAVS   Volume-8 ~ Issue-9 ~ SEP-2015

ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted by KVK, Bharuch during 2012 to 2014 in the summer seasons with seventy five frontline demonstrations across twenty two villages of Bharuch district of Gujarat. The results of demonstrations showed that farmers could increase the Green gram productivity notably by switching over to improved variety and adoption of improved production technology. From the front line demonstrations, it was observed that the improved Green gram variety Meha recorded the higher yield (1325 kg/ha) compared to the farmers' practices variety (975 kg/ha). The increase in the demonstrate yield over farmer's practices was 35.90 %. Technology gap and the technology index values were 175 kg/ha and 11.66, respectively. The decline in overall yield of green gram in district Bharuch from the year 2008-10 was due to the problem of high incidence of yellow vein mosaic (YVM) disease.

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ABSTRACT: Peri-urban areas are characterized by great heterogeneity and rapid changes of land use. Furthermore, population composition changes as peri-urban areas offer attractive residential alternatives to city centers or more remote locations. The dynamic processes leave peri-urban areas in an in-between situation, neither city nor country side and home to a range of functions, spanning from agricultural production to residential and recreational areas. This paper investigates the urbanization of agricultural areas in the Greater Hyderabad region based on quantitative data collected on agricultural properties in Four study areas between 1990 and 2012. The overall conclusion is that agricultural land use have continually largely unaffected by the processes of urbanization. However, most of the production is concentrated on a few very large full-time farms. In addition, the economic activities have been greatly diversified.

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ABSTRACT: Slaughtering is a process of bringing an animal to a quick painless death. It involves throat cutting for maximum blood drainage and the amount of blood retained is dependent on the method of slaughter. This study investigated the effect of slaughtering method (Halal and Chinese methods) on meat quality indicators and shelf life of broiler chicken breast meat. Quality indicators such as pH, drip loss and colour (L*, a*, b*) were significantly (P˂0.05) higher for birds slaughtered with the Chinese method (pH= 6.17, L*= 56.42, a*= 8.36, b*= 19.2, drip loss= 0.58) than the halal method. There were no differences in cook loss, thaw loss and toughness obtained from both slaughtering methods.

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