Papers by SUMAN KUMAR MAITI
IJRAR, 2019
A rising agricultural shortage is a big problem in India. In West Bengal, an agricultural nation ... more A rising agricultural shortage is a big problem in India. In West Bengal, an agricultural nation leading in Eastern India, the same result is also noticed. The Net Cultivated Area (NCA), in 2000-01, was totalled 5,417,38,000 hectares, and decreased in 2014-2015, to 5,238,39,000 hectares. The overall population of the state grew by 13,84 percent during 2001 and 2011 census year. It means that people and NCA shift at the national level as a whole, particularly in this state, in the opposite direction. In this case, farm production per unit area should be raised in order to feed all. The first step in resolving this situation will be the regional recognition of predominant crops using the crop concentration system and agricultural output assessment using the agricultural efficiency index. In this regard, the research focussed primarily on spatial-time shifts in agricultural concentration and productivity in West Bengal and in Egra with the formula of Bhatia.Moreover, the study tried to find the optimal crop combination using Weaver's formula for each district. The study's result suggests the Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur, of a wide spatio-temporal difference between crop concentration and agricultural production. Over time, geographic shifts in crop mixes have come to light. Additionally, a comparative study is made with Purba Medinipur and other parts of West Bengal.
IJRAR, 2021
This paper looks at theoretical and empirical study regarding agricultural innovation adoption ov... more This paper looks at theoretical and empirical study regarding agricultural innovation adoption over the last ten years and the effects of technology policy interventions in India, especially in the region Egra subdivision, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The study of the Green Revolution cycle's final stage shows that the agricultural and climate conditions are the most important determinants of variations in acceptance rates at the location of the population. To better understand diffusion patterns, a relation between micro-adoption and the aggregate diffusion process must be strengthened. Several studies have shown that the results of policy interventions in order to encourage technology adoption depend on the extent and length of the policy intervention, technology type and market structure.
THE JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH MADRAS, 2021
The second most populous country in the world, India, is under huge pressure. Since the corona pa... more The second most populous country in the world, India, is under huge pressure. Since the corona pandemic left deep wounds around the world, India is awaited for the depth of the socioeconomic
The second most populous country in the world, India, is under huge pressure. Since the corona pa... more The second most populous country in the world, India, is under huge pressure. Since the corona pandemic left deep wounds around the world, India is awaited for the depth of the socio-economic
Journal of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 2021
Pollution was predominantly a metropolitan and agricultural area of concern until the middle of t... more Pollution was predominantly a metropolitan and agricultural area of concern until the middle of this century (mainly air pollution, water, soil pollution). Changes in pollutant dispersal and rises in vehicle pollution have contributed to larger environmental effects in more isolated rural zones in the past three decades. Present losses of agricultural productivity by air pollution globally are limited compared to other causes, but they may have significant local impacts on vulnerable crops. Current international developments indicate that farming should be the most severe problem now and in the future rather than the ones in which most research activities are focused on recently developed and emerging countries. This study captures both the pollution due to agriculture and the pollution effects on agriculture.
Sambodhi, 2021
This paper presents an in-depth sociological study of how the interplay of climate conditions, ag... more This paper presents an in-depth sociological study of how the interplay of climate conditions, agricultural technology and markets shapes smallholder farmers' subsistence in Egra, Purba Medinipur in West Bengal. It aims to challenge the technical ambition of the popular debate on climate change policy by pointing out the many sources of weaknesses among small-scale farmers of Egra. Qualitative analysis results show how the Egra farmers experience climate change with their daily activities and the impact on their livelihoods of climate change alongside the degradation of the habitats from new farming technologies. Based on the current literature on sustainable adaptation, this document argues that any agricultural adaptation strategies in Egra should examine farming communities' limitations, the degree of their business presence and the socio-ecological effect of their use of technology, where their geographically specific vulnerability to climatic threats is intersected. It concludes that a potential deviation from the established rice monoculture, based on chemical reliance and inefficient use of natural resources, is important to achieve sustainable agriculture adaptation.
Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress, 2020
Although there is a lot of literature from the viewpoint of natural or technological science on v... more Although there is a lot of literature from the viewpoint of natural or technological science on various ways of digitalization in agriculture (big data, internet of things, virtual reality, robots, cameras, 3D printing, device convergence, universal communication, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and blockchain among others), social science scholars have recently started exploring different facets of digital agriculture in relation to farm production processes, value chains and food systems. This has contributed to a burgeoning but dispersed social science body of literature. Hence, there is a lack of analysis of how this area of study is evolving and the existing, emerging, and current trends and topics. This is where this essay seeks to make a contribution, beyond presenting this special issue social, economic and structural complexities of precision farming, modern agriculture, smart farming or agriculture 4.0. An exploratory literature review reveals that five thematic clusters of extant social science literature on digitalization in agriculture can be identified: 1) Implementation, uses and adaptation of digital technology on farm; 2) Impact of digitalization on farmer identification, farmer skills, and farm work; 3) Control, ownership, privacy and ethics in digitalizing agricultural production systems and value chains; 4) Digitalization and agricultural information and innovation processes (AKIS); and 5) Economics and management of digitalized agricultural production systems and value chains. The key contributions of the special issue papers are mapped against these thematic clusters, revealing new perspectives on the relation between digital agriculture and farm diversity, new economic, business and institutional structures both on-farm, in the value chain and food system, and in the innovation system, and evolving ways to ethically regulate digital agriculture. Emerging lines of social science enquiry within these thematic clusters are established and new lines are proposed to build a potential research agenda on digital agriculture, smart farming and agriculture 4.0. Also, four possible new thematic social science clusters are also identified, which so far seem weakly developed: 1) Digital agriculture socio-cyber-physical-ecological systems conceptualizations; 2) Digital agriculture policy processes; 3) Digitally activated agricultural transformation pathways; and 4) Global geography of digital agriculture growth. This future research agenda offers ample space for future interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary science on precision farming, modern agriculture, smart farming and agriculture 4.0.
Over the past four decades, agricultural extension services have improved considerably. What and ... more Over the past four decades, agricultural extension services have improved considerably. What and why have the extension of agriculture changed? Will these developments affect farmers' adoption of innovations? What, if anything, particularly in developed countries, should policymakers and extension agencies do otherwise? In agriculture, new types of agriculture technology, tight public budgets, decentralization initiatives by the government and evolving technologies of information and communication (ICT), the extension of public and private funding structures and expansion of operations were pluralized and, in some instances, lowered in costs and advisory services combined. Farmersand virtual networks play an increasing role in the spread of technology, and extension services may use the new ICT methods to leverage these networks. This study focuses on the changes in farming activities in the area of Egra, WB, India due to weather conditions.
Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 2019
Over the past four decades, agricultural extension services have improved considerably. What and ... more Over the past four decades, agricultural extension services have improved considerably. What and why have the extension of agriculture changed? Will these developments affect farmers' adoption of innovations? What, if anything, particularly in developed countries, should policymakers and extension agencies do otherwise? In agriculture, new types of agriculture technology, tight public budgets, decentralization initiatives by the government and evolving technologies of information and communication (ICT), the extension of public and private funding structures and expansion of operations were pluralized and, in some instances, lowered in costs and advisory services combined. Farmersand virtual networks play an increasing role in the spread of technology, and extension services may use the new ICT methods to leverage these networks. This study focuses on the changes in farming activities in the area of Egra, WB, India due to weather conditions.
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