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Constraints Faced by Livestock Owners in Adoption of Animal Husbandry Practices in KVK Adopted and Non-Adopted Villages in Rewa District of Madhya Pradesh

Journal of Krishi Vigyan, 2016
The present study was undertaken to investigate the constraints faced by livestock owners in adoption of scientific animal husbandry practices in two KVK adopted and two non-adopted villages in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh. Thirty respondents were selected randomly from each village.
Deepa Singh, Niranjan Lal, N V Khode, Rekha Yadav   +3 more
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Factors influencing village information systems adoption in Indonesia: A qualitative study

THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 2023
AbstractLike other developing countries, the Indonesian government is pursuing digital transformation to achieve good governance at the central and micro levels. One of the strategies for achieving digital government transformation at the micro level is implementing village information systems (VIS), information systems that village officials manage ...
Dony Martinus Sihotang, Betty Purwandari, Imairi Eitiveni, Mutia Fadhila Putri, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto   +4 more
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Extent of adoption of climate resilient technologies in adopted Villages of Chatra District in Jharkhand

Journal of Krishi Vigyan, 2018
Adoption index of climate resilient technologies was studied in Mardanpur and Gari villages where NICRA project was on operation by KVK, Chatra. It was observed that majority of the climate resilient technology demonstrating farmers of both village were under the medium adopter categories followed by high and low. A correlation analysis showed that six
D Oraon, R K Singh, V K Pandey, V P Rai, U K Singh, Z Alam   +5 more
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It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption

American Journal of Political Science, 2019
AbstractDo social networks matter for the adoption of new forms of political participation? We develop a formal model showing that the quality of communication that takes place in social networks is central to understanding whether a community will adopt forms of political participation where benefits are uncertain and where there are positive ...
Romain Ferrali, Guy Grossman, Melina R. Platas, Jonathan Rodden   +3 more
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Orphans and adoption in early modern Castilian villages

The History of the Family, 1998
The high mortality rates of early modern rural Castile left multitudes of children without mothers and fathers. Castilian villagers found various informal ways to deal with these children: many were placed in adoptive homes; others in service or with guardians. Increasingly, though, the responsibility was institutionalized, as foundling hospices became
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Solar Lanterns: Technology Adoption Model for Indian Villages

2013
Photovoltaic technology is one of the most promising ways to generate electricity in a decentralized manner, especially for lighting and meeting small electricity needs in un-electrified households and unmanned locations. In India lack of electricity infrastructure is one of the main hurdles in the development of rural India. In most of the rural India
Ashok Bhatla, Parisa Ghafoori, Valesca Walesko, Tugrul Daim   +3 more
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Impact of village adoption programme on farmers’ knowledge and adoption of recommended production technologies

International Journal of Farm Sciences
AbstractThis study evaluated the impact of a three-year village adoption programme (VAP) implemented by Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, in Venigandla village, Andhra Pradesh, on farmers’ knowledge and adoption of crop production technologies.
O Sarada, GV Suneel Kumar
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The requirement of intra village pathways for roadway technology adoption: A rural survey in Nador village, Madhya Pradesh, India

Technology in Society, 2016
Abstract Over decades, rural development has assumed global attention especially among the developing nations like India. In rural India, Intra village pathways are the major channels for intra village conveyance means. As the benefits derived from the rural roads construction are reflected throughout the economy of the village, similarly, there are ...
Rainy Gupta, Pooja Bhardwaj, J.P. Shukla, Deepti Mishra, Murari Prasad, S.S. Amritphale   +5 more
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Changes in transition: technology adoption and rice farming in two Indian villages

Agriculture and Human Values, 2008
The economic impacts of the Green Revolution have been studied widely, but not its social-cultural effects on different farming communities. The adoption of high yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice changed the nature of rice farming in the two West Bengal villages of Padulara and Naigachi.
Arindam Samaddar, Prabir Kumar Das
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Adoption of Scientific Practices of Small Ruminants at A Village in Rajasthan: A Pra Study

Indian Journal of Small Ruminants (The), 2016
Adoption behaviour of farmers towards small ruminant technologies was studied during J une, 2015 with the help of PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) techniques in Soda village (Tehsil Malpura, Tonk) in Rajasthan. Matrix ranking technique was used to assess the important technologies of small ruminant rearing as well as major constraints faced by them.
G.L. Bagdi, Raj Kumar, L.R. Gurjar, Rajiv Gulyani, S.M.K. Naqvi   +4 more
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