Perceptions of rubber growers on information technology enabled rubber export system

The Expert system for plant protection of rubber was developed using Visual Basic 6. O. The computer based Rubber Expert System thus developed was abbreviated as RUBEX-04. Perceptions of Rubber Growers on Information Technology enabled Rubber Expert System was studied. It was evident that, majority of the respondents (60.83 per cent) were found to have high level of perception about modern information communication technologies, followed by 21.67 per cent with medium and remaining 17.50 per cent with low level of perception of modern information and communication technologies. It could be exonerated from the study that slightly less than three-fourth of the respondents reported that they were most satisfied with the diagnostic path which was sequential and logic in RUBEXS-04. A majority (81.67 per cent) of the respondents were most satisfied about the correct conclusion provided by the RUBEXS-04. More than half of the respondents were most satisfied that, photographs helped them to confirm the incidence of disease and pests. Most of the subjects preferred the Expert System for other technologies of rubber like, latex preservation and processing, tapping and yield stimulation and soil management, in addition to RUBEXS-04

A Study on the Job Satisfaction of Primary School Teachers in Purasaiwakkam Area, Chennai

The education is the primary backbone for the development of any nation in the world. It is a powerful tool which is basis for everything in the society. For provide education to all, the schools and its teacher’s plays important role in building the nation. In view of this context, the satisfied teachers in the school can give better education to students rather than dissatisfied teachers. By viewing this as the research focus, this article focuses on the study on the importance of teachers' job satisfaction, It is required to understand the overall teachers' work attitude and work behavior.  The paper reviews several factors to ascertain the factors influencing job satisfaction of teacher. The study uses both primary and secondary data. The secondary data were collected various journals and websites. The Primary data were collected by making use of structured questionnaires. The 30 primary school teachers from Helan Sathya Primary School, CSI Primary School and Government Primary School were chosen by convenience sampling method for the study. The questionnaire containing 25 questions with six attributes each. The questionnaire begins with five questions about socio demographic status following with 20 questions with four dimensions namely Career, Colleagues, School and Livelihood. Simple percentage analysis is used to analysis the data. The study finding concludes physical Working Condition, Student interaction, Students IQ, Student Curiosity, Eagerness to learn are some of the concerns of a teacher in teaching. Recognition for Extra Work, clearly defined promotion policies and Salary held a teacher work according to the philosophy/vision/mission/strategy of the management, Teachers works are at times are Challenging & Interesting but on the whole when the management takes of the teachers better, the children are taken care of better. It is suggested that a study can be done among higher secondary school teachers and college teachers

Technology Factors Influencing the Adoption of Shrimp Farming

Commercial shrimp Culture has emerged as one of the most important sectors of the aquaculture industry in India: The cultured shrimps in the coimtry alone contribute to 50 per cent of the total shrimp exports from India. Much of this phenomenal successs has been attributed to the production and dissemination of a host of improved technologies starting from pond preparation till harvest of the cultured shrimps. The existing knowledge structure of the farmers is further enhanced when they are exposed to more scientific farming technologies containing more attributes of the innovation which influence their adoption process. It is frequently asserted that as farrriers gain in experience or obtain more accurate and scientific knowledge, their capacity to manage shrimp ponds in a more sustainable way is enhanced. (Saengnore and Lebel, 2002). The technology adopted ranges from traditional to improved, traditional within the coastal regulation zone and extensive shrimp farming outside the coastal regulation zone (Anon. 2002)

A study on the knowledge gain related to skills, knowledge retention and symbolic adoption using expert system among rubber growers

Artificial intelligence based computer programmes called Expert System has received a great deal of attention throughout the world, due to its impressive problem solving capability in a variety of fields. For the present study, an Expert system RUBEXS-04 was designed to simulate the pest and disease diagnosing behaviour of human expert in rubber trees

A study on the yield gap analysis in paddy, in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu

Rice is the most important food crop for the two thirds of the Indian population. During the period 1950-51 to 2001-02, the area has increased by one and a halt times (31.0 million hectares to 44.6 million hectares), productivity by three times (668Kgha lo 2086 Kg/ha) and production by four and a half times (20.58 million tons to 90 million

Effectiveness of expert system on knowledge retention

Artificial intelligence based computer programmes called Expert System has received a great deal of attention throughout the world, due to its impressive problem solving capability in a variety of fields. For the present study, an expert system named as RUBEXS-04 was designed to simulate the pest and disease diagnosing behaviour

Yield Gap Analysis among Rice Growers in North Eastern Zone of Tamil Nadu

India is still amongst the countries with the lowest rice yields, with the national average of 1,930 kg/ha. Seventy percent of the 414 rice growing districts reports yield lower than the national average, clearly Indicating that well; after the advent of high yielding technology, a sizable area is categorized as low producing

Factors influencing the extent of adoption of shrimp culture technologies

Fisheries sector occupying a unique status in India as it provides employment, food and nutritional security and foreign exchange. Shrimp farming is an integral activity of the fisheries sector. Shrimp culture on commercial scale begun very recently in India. Among the various factors which determines the adoption of shrimp farming governmental policies and market in wake of post WTO era is most important. Some of the environmental issues are also associated with the shrimp farming. So the present study is an attempt to study the policies responsible for adoption of shrimp culture in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The study showed that the legal and environmental policies influenced the adoption of shrimp culture technologies