Attitudes and Perception of Young working men on Gender Discrepancy

Introduction: Globalization has strengthened women’s position across the world fostering the country’s economy by women’s participation in various job markets.Today women are seen as potential catalyst of social development inside and outside the four walls of their homes. However, promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women is still an under achieved target set in “Millennium Development Goals” by United Nations. Present study tried to address these issues by interviewing young working men to get the holistic visualization of their attitudes towards gender bias and especially towards gender discrepancy at work.Methods: The study was being conducted on young working men in and around Ahmedabad city. Study was a cross sectional interview based descriptive study with pre-designed, pre-tested and validated self-reported questionnaire. The questionnaires included tenitem personality inventory (TIPI), questions to measure Attitude and perception towards females, gender stereotyping and attitude towards crime against women.Results: This study is on-going. A total of 213 young male workers with age 20.6 ± 6.9 years, education of 4.2 ± 2.3 years, BMI 19.4 ± 2.8 with 42 % reporting substance abuse in the form of tobacco or alcohol. The total attitude score of 84.1 ± 8.1 (range 61 to 105), the crime against women score of 40.3 ± 5.5 (range 16 to 47), TIPI score of 44.1 ± 5.4 (range 29 to 60).Discussion: The study endeavoured to collect information about the attitude developed by young working men towards females. As young age is age of learning and acceptance of new ideas, it is important to understand whether the developed mentality is positive or negative. The present paper reports the preliminary findings of the study. The early results indicate presence of negative attitude of young working men towards females however concluding interpretations can be made after completion of the study

Cumulative Effect of Fertilizer and Organic Spray (Banana Pseudostem Sap or Vermiwash) on Yield, Quality, Uptake and Economics of Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)

The study on linseed aimed to investigate the effectiveness of fertilizer and organic spray of banana pseudostem sap or vermiwash on yield, quality, uptake and economics of the crop was conducted at College Farm, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari during rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with four replicates. The experimental field was fairly leveled and uniform. The treatments comprising of T1(50% RDF),T2 (50% RDF + Foliar spray of 1% vermiwash at 30 and 60 DAS), T3 (50% RDF + Foliar spray of 1% banana pseudostem sap at 30 and 60 DAS), T4(75% RDF), T5 (75% RDF + Foliar spray of 1% vermiwash at 30 and 60 DAS), T6 (75% RDF + Foliar spray of 1% banana pseudostem sap at 30 and 60 DAS), T7(100% RDF),T8 (100% RDF + Foliar spray of 1% vermiwash at 30 and 60 DAS) and T9(100% RDF + Foliar spray of 1% banana pseudostem sap at 30 and 60 DAS).The result indicated significant differences on seed yield, oil yield and nutrient uptake in the seed and stover. Treatment T9 outperformed the other treatments by registering maximum yield, oil yield and nutrient uptake in the seed and stover, gross return, net return and benefit cost ratio.  It could be concluded that to obtain better yield, quality, uptake and economics of rabi linseed crop the crop should be applied with 100% RDF(60-30-00 N-P2O5-K2O kg ha-1) and foliar spray of 1% vermiwash or 1% banana pseudostem sap at 30 and 60 DAS

Impact of Zinc and Thiourea Application on Growth and Yield of Summer Green Gram (Vigna radiata L.)

Aims: To find out the Impact of zinc and thiourea application on growth and yield of summer green gram (Vigna radiata L.). Study Design:  The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (factorial concepts) with three replications. Place and Duration of Study: A field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2020 at Agronomy Instructional Farm, SDAU, Dantiwada (Gujarat). The soil of experimental plot was loamy sand in texture. Methodology: The experiment comprising three levels of zinc (1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 kg ha-1) and five treatments of thiourea application (control (no spray), seed soaking with thiourea @ 500 ppm, foliar spray of thiourea @ 500 ppm at 30 DAS, foliar spray of thiourea @ 500 ppm at 45 DAS and foliar spray of thiourea @ 500 ppm at 30 and 45 DAS). Results: Almost all the growth and yield attributes as well as yield were significantly influenced due to various treatments. The plant height (47.02 cm and 46.60 cm, respectively), total number of pods plant-1 (15.92 and 19.82, respectively) and number of seeds pod-1 (7.91 and 8.26, respectively) and seed yield and stover yield were also found significantly higher in the application of either 4.5 kg Zn ha-1 or foliar sprays of thiourea @ 500 ppm at 30 and 45 DAS. Conclusion: On the basis of experimental results, it can be concluded that to obtain higher yield of green gram crop responds positively to the application of zinc and thiourea with enhancement in the agronomical performance and productivity