Fishery resources distribution with emphasis on trends of relationship between fish seed and fish production of Assam. Author(s) :   Roy, A. K.  ;   Upadhyay, A. D.  ;   Taye, R. K.  ;   Anushree Das  ;   Rajita Devi Author Affiliation :  College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University, Lembucherra 799 210, Tripura West, India. Author Email :   akroy1946@yahoo.co.in Journal article :   Environment and Ecology  2013 Vol.31 No.2B pp.859-863 ref.4 Abstract :  Pisciculture is considered as an important economic activity in the socio-economic context in the State of  Assam . A survey to assess the fishery resources reveals that Assam is one of the richest state in the country with surface water resources where bheel  fisheries  and pond and tank fisheries alone occupies about 1.40 lakh hectares area. Within the confined water bodies, bheel fisheries constitute 54% of to...

Partial Budgeting Analysis of an Intervention of  ‘Land Shaping Technology’ at South 24 Parganas,  West Bengal, India Ajit Kumar Roy* Ex. Principal Scientist & Head Social Science Section,ICAR-CIFA,Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, India.  Received:  November 27, 2018 ;                     Published:  December 05, 2018 Abstract  Reported Impact Assessment of an intervention ‘Land Shaping Technology’ implemented at farmer’s field under NAIP project at different villages of south 24-Pargans district of West Bengal aiming for rainwater harvesting for irrigating crops. Farm data was collected from the randomly selected farmers of both Interevent and control groups. Partial budgeting analysis was done to assess the comparative performances with respect to sources of income and livelihoods, diversification of input cost, labour cost, employment generation, production etc. The impact of Land Shaping tec...

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AN INTERVENTION 'IMPROVED PIG FARMING TECHNOLOGY' FOR LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT OF RURAL POOR AT DHALAI DISTRICT, TRIPURA.  ABSTRACT  Impact assessment is the process of identifying the anticipated or actual impacts of a development intervention, on social, economic and environmental factors. An impact assessment study was carried out at Ambassa,Balaram and Morachera clusters of Dhalai district, Tripura  during 2013 under NAIP project to evaluate and validate indigenous  'Improved Pig Farming Technology' (intervention) for enhancing production, profitability and competitiveness in agro ecosystem of disadvantageous areas of NEH region.Ex-post design covering both qualitative and quantitative data through random sampling and purposive selection method was taken for collection of Primary data for both treated and control groups of household farmers respectively. Primary data of fifty samples covering the above intervention are analysed for compon...

Applied Big Data Analytics': Evolution, Platforms & Tools, Use Cases, Benefits, Impact and Paradox' by   Ajit Roy really liked it   4.00   ·    Rating details  ·    1 rating   ·    0 reviews The impact of data abundance extends well beyond business ensuring funding for social programs. Big Data has the potential to be "humanity's dashboard," an intelligent tool that can help combat poverty, crime and pollution. All these burning issues are covered in the following chapters of the book entitled, 'Applied Big Data Analytics: Evolution, Platforms & Tools, Use cases, Benefits, Impact and Paradox' 1 History of Big Data. .  2 Definitions & Surprising Statistics about Big Data 4 Open Source Big Data Analytical Platforms and Tools 5 Use Cases & Advantages & Benefits of Big Data 6 Impact of Big Data on Business, Economy and Society 7 Impact of Big data on Healthcare 8 Transforming Social Welfar...

Surprising Mind Blowing Facts and Figures of Big Data (Revised): Big data Statistics (Big data-Series-2 Book 1)   Kindle Edition by  Ajit Roy   (Author) Big Data” is a hot topic and getting a lot of media and business attention. Everyone is talking about big data, from the challenges to yearly spending, job creation and even the tools required for big data projects. Many believe big data will help businesses make better decisions. Big Data is the expression of this gigantic mass of information that we are constantly generating at the global level due to the tremendous amount of data generated daily from fields such as business, research, and sciences. Big Data is everywhere and represents huge opportunities to those who can use it effectively. Big Data is the result of practically everything in the world being monitored and measured; creating data faster than the available technologies can store, process or manage it. Big data is a buzzword that is ambiguous and of...

The book entitled 'Modelling Forecasting Artificial Neural Network and Expert System in Fisheries and Aquaculture is the first of its kind available in the market. The book contains altogether sixteen chapter covering both capture and culture fisheries aspects contributed by various subject matter specialists engaged in research and development activities at various national institutes of repute. Each of the chapters has been specially written by an expert in the field bringing together in a single volume a range of approaches and reviews covering conceptual and mathematical model empirical and theoretical model deterministic and stochastic model biological model pond ecosystem model and explanatory models. Both linear as well as nonlinear models applied to fisheries and aquaculture research has been dealt with illustrated examples on current real fisheries data. Adequate attention has been given to select chapters that contain both theoretical as well as applied areas of researc...

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After a lot of discussions on Fake news,I am adding some input on how to stop fake news involving all stakeholders. Measures to Combat Fake News Surveillance : Robust surveillance and compliance mechanism to ensure healthy accessible content to people. Source of news should be verified. Reporting : People should have the opportunity to report illicit content through flagging, and definite steps should be taken to see its credibility. Also people involved in this should be scrutinized Awareness : Social media can also be used to increase the awareness in people to ensure equality, end of discrimination on any grounds and ensure harmony Working with Authority/Sharing info : It should be the ethical responsibility to work in close connection with the concerned authority and share data at times of crisis for reasons of National security and public order. Legal tools may face challenges to curb fake news propagation due to following reasons: They are generated from several sou...

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