Determinants of Farm Income in Jorhat District of Assam

Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Market Basket Vegetables of Jorhat District of Assam, India

Five sample of each vegetable in each location per month was collected from three markets of Jorhat districts for three months. Three markets are Jorhat vegetable market, Lichubari vegetable market and Teok vegetable market of Jorhat district. The vegetable species are Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brinjal, French bean, Cow pea and Okra. Individual species of samples were mixed and analyzed in ...

Contribution of Sericulture to Women’s Income in Assam -A Case Study in Goalpara District of Assam, India

Determinants of Choice of Irrigation Technology and Farm Income

For the purpose of the study, it is important to analyse the determinants of irrigation technology choices and farm incomes. Fig. 1 below illustrates how the past condition of power supply and the expectations regarding the future along with farm and region specific characteristics affect the choice of irrigation technologies. The choice of a specific irrigation technology, in turn, together wi...

Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of typhoid fever in Jorhat town of Assam, India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Typhoid fever is a global health problem and is also endemic in India. An outbreak of fever occurred in January 2014 in Jorhat Town in Assam, India. Here we report the results of an investigation done to find out the aetiology and source of the outbreak. METHODS The affected areas were visited on January 23, 2014 by a team of Jorhat district Integrated Disease Surveill...

Concurrent Infection of Salmonella Hepatitis in Lakhimpur District of Assam

Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus which occurs globally and is causing a public health concern, primarily in developing countries. In tropical endemic areas like India common mode of transmission for both enteric fever and hepatitis A are mostly through Feco-oral route. The objective of the study was to find out the source of infection as well as descriptive...