L. Sreedevi ¹, Suma Divakar ¹, V. L. Geetha Kumari ¹, C. Nirmala ¹, P. V. Nandini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, IN

Abstract

The experiment was carried out with the objective to study and compare the quality characteristics of nendran cultivated by organic and conventional farming techniques. Parameters selected for the study were physical characteristics, sensory qualities, chemical and nutrient composition, anti nutrient profile and pesticide residue. With respect to physical characteristics appearance and total number of hands per bunch were on par among the treatments. Number of fruits per hand and peel thickness were significantly higher in organically cultivated nendran. With respect to sensory qualities, organically cultivated nendran showed significantly higher difference in texture and taste. Storage studies revealed uniform life period for nendran in both treatments. Among the treatments vitamin C, total soluble solids and total mineral content were significantly higher in organically cultivated nendran. Organic nendran recorded higher value for tannin while conventionally cultivated nendran showed higher phenol content. However pesticide residue analysis showed nil results in both treatments.

Keywords

Nendran, Organically Cultivated, Sensory Qualities, Chemical and Nutrient Composition, Anti Nutrient Profile, Pesticide Residue.

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R. Renjini ¹, Suma Divakar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, IN

Abstract

The software industry in India, which started in the early 1970s, has grown at a phenomenal rate since 1980s, with high export growth rate. Software enabled services like call centers, customer interactions, backoffice operations, medical transcriptions, data base management and also many service operations are on the rise. This industry is now emerging as one of the largest employment providers. Software professionals spend hours in front of computer monitors with little regard for the need for timely food and exercise, thus inviting trouble. Moreover, jobs in the software industry are insecure, people are liable to be laid off or transferred at any time in response to downward trends in the economy, loss of customers or closure of a project.

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Suma Divakar ¹, L. Prema ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, IN

Abstract

In the third world countries, women are relegated to very low earning sectors of the economy demanding strenuous drudgeful work in low skill and low technology sectors with low productivity, it is well known that cashew is one of the most depressed industries in Kerala, where not only employment is seasonal, but wages are depressingly low. There is no regular pattern in the spread and distribution of employment in this industry over the calendar year. As a result, when some factories provide employment to their workers, others are shut down completely.

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