Vinay Kumar R

• Professor (Assistant) at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Agriculture stands as one of India's most pivotal economic sectors and it serves as the primary source of livelihood for nearly two-thirds of the country's population. Farming continues to play a big role in India's economy, even though its percentage in the total economic output has gone down. Farmers in India grow different types of crops like fo...

Asset generation and its possession has direct relation to economic development of a person. Asset status is one of the prominent parameters to study the economic status of livestock rearing farmers. The study was conducted for systematic measurement and comparison of Pashu Bhagya Scheme beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries' asset status. Research w...

The present study was carried out in Sira and Pavagada taluks of Tumkur districts of Karnataka state during 2021-2022 to assess the knowledge level and its association between profile characteristics of pomegranate growers. The sample size constituted 120 pomegranate growers from Tumkur district i.e., 60 from each taluk. Knowledge level of pomegran...

Livestock plays an important role in changing the attitude/ behaviour of farmers with different income generating means, socioeconomic and psychological aspects. Hence, studying the comprehensive nature of the livestock rearing farmers through their profile characteristics, make a remarkable contribution.

Genetically modified crops provide stronger resistance to diseases, pests, insects and herbicides along with higher tolerance to drought and salinity. GM crops are the improved crop plants with one or two genes from unrelated organisms that are introduced for insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, virus resistance, delayed ripening etc. The GM cro...

The present study was conducted during 2021-22 in two taluks of Ramanagara district in Karnataka state to analyse the decision making pattern of sericulture households on silkworm rearing practices. One hundred and twenty respondents (60 farm men and 60 farm women) were randomly selected from ten villages of Kanakapura and Channapatna taluks of Ram...

In this era of digital generation, information and communication technologies provide new opportunities to learn in diversified means with no restrictions on time and location. Digital education provides win-win situation aiming enhanced participation of students by bridging the physical, psychological and socio-cultural learning barriers using eff...

The present study was conducted in ten villages of Ramanagar and Kanakapura taluks of Ramanagar district in Karnataka state during 2021-22 to analyze the decision-making behaviour of sericulture households in mulberry cultivation. Ten villages were selected for the study from the sampled two taluks. Sixty sericulture households formed the sample of...

The present research study was carried out to analyze the impact of Rural Bio-resource Complex (RBRC) project implemented in Tubagere hobli of Doddaballapur taluk in Bangalore Rural district of Karnataka during 2008. Data was collected from randomly selected sample of 200 respondents comprising of 40 small farmers, 40 marginal farmers, 40 big farme...

A field study was conducted to analyze the impact of Rural Bio-resource Complex (RBRC) project on the standard of living of its beneficiaries. Two hundred RBRC stakeholders from five gram panchayaths were selected from Tubagere Hobli of Doddaballapura taluk, Bangalore Rural district of Karnataka. The results revealed a significant improvement in th...

A study was conducted during 2008 to develop an index to measure the standard of living and to analyze the standard of living of Rural Bio-resource Complex (RBRC) stakeholders using the index developed for the study. Two hundred RBRC stakeholders were interviewed using a pre-tested schedule for the purpose. It was found that the standard of living...

To mitigate and cope with changing climate, adaptation strategies are essential. However, farmers are facing several constraints while adapting to the changing climate. The study was conducted during 2018-19 in three major paddy growing districts of Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka state with 90 respondents. The Rank Based Quotient (RBQ) appro...

The present study was carried out in two taluks of Ramanagara district in Karnataka state to assess the knowledge of farm men and women regarding silkworm rearing practices and to find out the extent of contribution of profile characteristics of farm men and women on their knowledge regarding silkworm rearing practices. The sample constituted 120 r...

Climate change poses a major threat which is characterized by scanty and uncertain rainfall, infertile soils, poor infrastructure, extreme poverty and rapid population growth. These conditions present serious environmental, economic and social impacts on the agricultural community. In recent years, adaptation to climate change has become a major co...

A comprehensive project called Rural Bio-resource Complex (RBRC) was launched by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India to rebuild the confidence among rural yuth and farmers, and to improve the living conditions of rural people across the country at five centres. Among these, the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore implemented...