@Short Communication
<#LINE#>Effect of Cement: Bamboo Particle Ratios on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cement Bonded Particle Board<#LINE#>Manish@Ranjan,D.P.@Khali <#LINE#>1-4<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAFS-2016-031.pdf<#LINE#>Composite Wood Discipline, Forest Products Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India@Composite Wood Discipline, Forest Products Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India<#LINE#>22/9/2016<#LINE#>29/10/2016<#LINE#>In this study Bamboo (Dendrocalamusstrictus) particles were taken for making cement bonded particle boards. Portland cement was used as a sizing agent. The amount of bamboo particles was taken on air-dry basis. Different proportion of cement/bamboo particle ratios 2.0:1.0, 2.5:1.0, and 3.0:1.0 were used for study of physical and mechanical properties of cement bonded particle board. 2% of sodium silicate and 2% aluminum sulfatewere used forpreventinghydration and increasing the rate of cement setting. 28kg/cm2 pressure were used for preparation of 10mm thick board. The results showed that physical properties of the board decreases with increase in cement: bamboo particle ratios and the mechanical properties of the board increases with increase in cement: bamboo particle ratios.<#LINE#>Ministry of Environment and Forest Government of India (1988).@National Forest Policy (NFP).@Government of India, www.envfor.nic.in.@No$Lee A.W.C. (1984).@Physical and mechanical properties of cement bonded southern pine excelsior board.@Forest Product Journal, 34(4), 30-34.@Yes$Lee A.W.C. (1985).@Bending and thermal insulation properties of cement bonded southern pine excelsior board.@Forest Product Journal, 35(11/12), 57-58.@No$De Souza M.R., Geimer R.L. and Moslemi A.A. (1997).@Degradation of conventional and Co2 –Injected cement bonded particleboard by exposure to Fungi and Termites.@Journal of Tropical Forest Product. 3(1), 63-69.@Yes$BIS 14276 (1995).@Cement Bonded Particle Board Specification.@Bureau of Indian Standards.@No$Geimer R.L., Souza M.R., Moslemi A.A. and Sumatupang N.H. (1993).@Carbondioxide application for rapid production of cement-bonded particle board.@Moslemi, A. A. (Ed) Inorganic Bonded Wood and Fibre Composite Materials. Forest Prod. Res. Soc. Madison, Wis, 3, 31-4132-34.@Yes$Badejo S.O. (1990).@Sawmill Wood residues in Nigeria and their utilization.@Invited paper, Proceeding of the National workshop on forestry management strategies of self-sufficiency in wood production, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, 12-15.@Yes$Ajayi B. (2000).@Strength and dimensional stability of cement-bonded flake board produced from Gmelinarborea and LeucecinaLeucocephala.@PhD Thesis, Department of Forestry and Wood technology, 11-40.@Yes
@Short Review Paper
<#LINE#>A Study on the Causes and Consequences of Farmers’ Suicides in India<#LINE#>Mahesh@Vanam <#LINE#>5-8<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAFS-2016-033.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Social Work, Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, Telangana State – 508001, India<#LINE#>30/9/2016<#LINE#>27/10/2016<#LINE#>This paper study on the causes and consequences of farmer’s suicide, where in the recent past massive suicides were going on in India mostly in Maharashtra and Telangana State. Since Independence in India the contribution of agriculture share to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been declining, which itself shows that the government and administration had collectively deliberately neglected the agriculture sector. Every Indian feels proud to say that we live in a very large agricultural society where more than 65% of the families depend on this sector. But it is extremely brutal and negligence of government because there was no structured administration and very less in number of human resource in agriculture & its allied sectors to assist, sustain and encourage farmers to overcome the difficulties they face in farming. Services like soil test, proper guidance, crop information, productive seeds, new agriculture techniques, and awareness on mixed crop cultivation were not provided minimally to the farmers. The study analyzed and understood that most of the suicide farmers in India are the farmers who practiced only one crop cultivation and are not aware of mixed crop farming. Also, due to less concentration on courses of agriculture and its allied sectors which is resulting insufficient human resource personal and poor utilization of mechanizations in agriculture sector. Giving more priority to agricultural courses like diploma in agriculture, farm mechanization and others will help the farmers in future in resolving these issues.<#LINE#>Mishra J.P. (2016).@Agriculture and Farmers Well Being.@YOJANA, 60, 11-14.@No$Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (2014).@Data book for Planning Commission.@Central Statistical Commission, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India.@No$FAO (2009).@Global Agriculture towards 2050, High Level Expert Forum - How to Feed the World.@Agricultural Development Economics Division Economic and Social Development Department, Rome, Italy.@No$Government of India (2016).@Pocket Book of Agriculture Statistics in India.@Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi.@No$Loksabha (2016).@Unstarred Question no. 425.@Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, on 26th April, 2016. Retrieved from http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/ Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=39651&lsno=16@No$NCRB (2015).@Accidental deaths & Suicides in India – 2014 report.@National Crime Record Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.@No$Ministry of Rural Development (2011).@Socio Economic and Caste Census.@Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Retrieved from http://www.secc.gov.in/statewiseLandOwnershipReport?reportType=Land%20Ownership.@No