IOSR-JAVS   Volume-3 ~ Issue-6 ~ July-Aug-2013

ABSTRACT:Background- As is the case with other developing countries of the world, child labour is also a problem in India. Though child labour in the country has been banned by the Supreme Court, the order of the apex court is yet to be implemented in true spirit. It has become a common sight to see a child working in a garage, hotel, and business establishment and under hazardous condition as well throughout the country. Assam is also not an exception in this regard. The present study was done to understand the causes and consequences of child work prevalent in the consciousness of the work force involved in child development and to suggest ways and means to divert erroneous and deeply engraved notions on sociological perspective.

Objectives- To assess the reasons for the exploitation of child labour the nature and magnitude of problems encountered by child labours.

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ABSTRACT: The study examined farmers' perception of priority in oil palm production and processing. The study was carried out in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. One hundred and sixty oil palm farmers randomly selected from eight communities were sampled. A structured interview schedule was used for data collection, while percentage, frequency count and mean scores were used to summarize data. The findings of the study show that nine priority areas are crucial to increased oil palm production and processing. These are: credit facilities for oil palm farmers, favourable land tenure policy; establishment of agro-chemical and fertilizer companies; building of mechanized processing mills at strategic locations; construction of access roads to palm plantations; providing ready markets for oil palm products; and sponsoring research on high yielding varieties and low-cost processing techniques. The study also found low technology utilization among oil palm farmers. The study recommends that the priority areas identified in this study should guide future efforts of government in revitalizing the oil palm production sub-sector. Also, oil palm farmers should be sensitized by the agricultural extension agency on the need to use improved production technologies.

Key words: Oil palm, priority areas, production technologies, processing technologies

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ABSTRACT: occidentalis are economically important, highly valued and threatened freshwater fish species. To contribute to their ecological knowledge the Length-Weight Relationship and changes in the condition factor of A. occidentalis were analyzed from samples collected between May 2008-April 2009, in Lake Akata. A total of 770 fish specimens used for the study were obtained from fishermen operating on Lake Akata. These fishermen use various fishing gears including hand nets, cast nets and gill nets of various standard mesh sizes (20.2, 25.4, and 30.5mm).The aim was to supply basic information on the form of growth of the population of A. occidentalis, as well as to assess changes in the fish condition. The Length-weight relationship of fish was estimated from the equation: . b W  a L which was transformed to base 10 logarithm, and condition factor, (k) was determined using the equation: 3 K 100.W L  The mean weight and standard lengths of A. occidentalis, were 284.6(g)±6.9 and 25.34(cm)±0.36. The growth pattern of both male and femaleA. occidentalisin Lake Akata exhibited negative allometric growth pattern. The Length-Weight relationship equation for male and female of A. occidentalis was described by the equation: were LogW= - 1.1115 + 2.4729 Logl and LogW= - 1.1725 + 2.5029 Logl, respectively. The combined length weight relationship for both sexes was LogW = – 1.5644 + 2.8152 Log L. Fish species in the lake were generally in good condition. The mean condition factor for the combined sexes was 1.53±0.02, but individually, male A. occidentaliswere in better condition (1.53±0.03) compared to the females (1.52±0.03). There were no significant differences between the monthly condition factors of males and females of A. occidentalis (p>0.05). The wet season condition factor of A. occidentalis was higher than dry season values; The seasonal condition factor for A. occidentalis showed that there was no significant differences in the condition factor between dry and wet seasons (p>0.05).Lake Akata is a good environment for growth, reproduction and survival of the fish species.

Keyword: Growth pattern, seasonal condition, A. occidentalis, Lake Akata.

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