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Mridula, N.
- Preferences of Post Graduate Agricultural Students Regarding Instructional Methods
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1 Centre for E-Learning, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara (Kerala), IN
1 Centre for E-Learning, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara (Kerala), IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 10, No 4 (2015), Pagination: 351-354Abstract
The student perceptions and preferences regarding the suitability of various instructional methods reveal the effectiveness of the each teaching method in their respective fields of study. A study conducted among the post graduate agricultural students, belonging to life science and social science streams, of Kerala Agricultural University disclosed their preferences regarding the presently followed instructional methods. It was found that both life science and social science students showed favourable attitudes towards active learning methods like discussions, practical sessions, demonstrations and field visits. The findings of the study and the suggestions put forward by respondents will help the agricultural universities to look into their instructional methods and modify the curricula in ways that would improve student learning.Keywords
Instructional Methods, Student Preferences, Active Learning, Agricultural Science.
- Nutrition Knowledge on Jackfruit-A Comparative Study among Farmers and Non-Farmers of Thrissur District in Kerala
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N. Mridula
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Baiju Thoppil
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1 Central Training Institute (KAU), Mannuthy (Kerala), IN
2 Department of Agriculture, Government of Kerala, Kerala, IN
1 Central Training Institute (KAU), Mannuthy (Kerala), IN
2 Department of Agriculture, Government of Kerala, Kerala, IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 14, No 4 (2019), Pagination: 288-293Abstract
Jackfruit is a super food that is truly organic, nutrition packed and that gives a good yield without substantial input. However, the public has not utilized its possibilities, commercially and nutritively. Resultantly much of this nutrition-packed fruit and its parts are wasted, making jackfruit an underutilized fruit crop. Kerala government declared jackfruit as the state fruit crop in March 2018. In this circumstance, the present study was taken upto explore the nutrition knowledge of the farmers and non-farmers regarding jackfruit and its various parts. The study was conducted by randomly selecting 65 farmers and 65 non-farmers from the various Panchayats of Chavakkad, Ollukkara, Puzhakkal and Kodakara blocks of Thrissur district in Kerala state. Assessment of the knowledge score indices showed that significant difference existed between the trained and untrained non-farmers as well as the among trained and untrained farmer populations. Also, it was seen that the females showed higher knowledge score indices among the non-farmers.This study urges the government and the concerned departments to conduct more trainings and awareness campaigns on the nutritional aspects of jackfruit so that it can contribute to local food security, can create additional income to farming families and SHGs through value addition and marketing and enable the agripreneurs to start new enterprises based on it, thus, augmenting the rural economy.Keywords
Nutrition Knowledge, Jackfruit, Farmers, Non-Farmers.References
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- Lunar Near Surface Plasma Environment from Chandrayaan-2 Lander Platform:RAMBHA-LP payload
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G. Manju
1,
Tarun K. Pant
1,
P. Sreelatha
1,
Santhosh J. Nalluveettil
1,
P. Pradeep Kumar
1,
Nirbhay Kumar Upadhyay
1,
Md. Mosarraf Hossain
1,
Neha Naik
1,
Vipin Kumar Yadav
1,
Rosmy John
1,
R. Sajeev
1,
Jothi Ramalingam
1,
Philip George
1,
Amarnath Nandi
1,
N. Mridula
1,
Aswathy R. P. Janmejay Jaiswal Rana
1,
Snehil Srivastava
1,
Satheesh Thampi
1
Affiliations
1 Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, IN
1 Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, IN
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Current Science, Vol 118, No 3 (2020), Pagination: 383-391Abstract
The near surface lunar plasma environment is modulated by important components like the photoelectron sheath, solar wind, lunar surface potential, etc. In situ measurements of lunar near surface plasma are not available as of now. Previous lunar missions which explored the near surface environment have arrived at estimates of lunar photo electron densities mainly from lunar sample returns. The Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission affords a unique opportunity to explore the near surface lunar plasma environment from the lunar lander platform. A Langmuir probe is developed indigenously for probing the tenuous lunar near surface plasma environment from the top deck of the lunar lander. The probe is designed to cater to a wide dynamic range of 10/cc to 10,000/cc. The probe behaviour is characterized in the ambient room conditions using a current source. The sensitivity of the probe to incoming ionized species is also characterized in a vacuum chamber. The Langmuir probe response is characterized such that the input current to the probe is correctly deciphered during the mission duration. The calibration of the present Langmuir probe is carried out using a standard calibrated Langmuir probe. The details of the theoretical simulations of the expected currents, the characterization and calibration activities are presented and discussed.Keywords
Debye Length, Electron Density, Electron Temperature, Langmuir Probe.Full Text
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- Utilization of Information and Communication Technology Tools by the Extension Personnel of Kerala
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1 Central Training Institute, Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, Thrissur (Kerala), IN
2 Central Training Institute, Kerala Agricultural, University, Mannuthy, Thrissur (Kerala), IN
1 Central Training Institute, Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, Thrissur (Kerala), IN
2 Central Training Institute, Kerala Agricultural, University, Mannuthy, Thrissur (Kerala), IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 15, No 1&2 (2020), Pagination: 1-7Abstract
This study was conducted to analyse the utilization pattern of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among the agricultural extension personnel of Kerala. Data were collected from 150 Agricultural Officers working in different districts of Kerala. It was observed that 66 per cent of the extension personnel were females, more than two-third of the extension personnel (71.33%) had only medium level of innovation proneness. Almost three-fourth (74.66%) of the extension personnel did not receive trainings related to ICTs. With regard to the attitude towards ICTs, majority (86.66%) of the extension workers were under medium category. The ICT tools with low extent of accessibility were decision support system, video camera, video conferencing and kiosk, with less than 25 per cent. The respondents were evenly distributed among the categories of very less frequent users, less frequent users, frequent users with 26 per cent each and most frequent users with 22 per cent only. More than 70 per cent of the respondents spent 1-5 hrs per week in using various ICT tools.Keywords
ICT tools, Extension Personnel, Utilization Index.References
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