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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGender Issue in Contract Farming: The Case of Malaysian StudentsHayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jeffrey Lawrence D’Silva, Jegak Uli, Bahaman Abu SamahProblem statement: Agriculture has been proved to be a significant impetus for development in Malaysia. Agriculture offers a number of profitable activities, contract farming is one of it and it is still in infancy stage. Besides being a developed sector in Malaysia, it still has a number of problems to be solved. Gender issue is one of it. Gender issue … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,316 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFinancing Higher Education and Education Loans in India: Trends and TroublesP. Geetha RaniThe paper attempts to investigate the trends in financing higher education which convey that student loans is the dominating source of financing higher education in India. This leads us to explore various factors that influence, viz., enrolment growth, growing private sector, bulging youth population with growing middle class with a wider acceptability of loan culture and increasing earning premium of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 4 · 3 Dec 2016 · 8,644 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractSkills, Schools and Employability: Developing Skill Based Education in Schools of IndiaPrativa Mahapatra, Sandeep SatapathySkill Education in India needs more attention as like the general education imparted at schools. Irrespective of the stage of schooling (primary, secondary and higher secondary) a rise in the employability and industrial skills, ensures a better and productive human resource. With the aim of increasing the employability of the youth it is essential to develop a thorough understanding of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 25 May 2016 · 7,905 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLivelihood Opportunities Through Sericulture a Model of Gharghoda Tribal Block, Raigarh DistS. K. DewanganLivelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericulture has emerged as the most important cash crop with minimum investment, low gestation period, high employment potential and highly remunerative return. It is well suited to the agrarian economy of the Tribal. Suitable for every section of society, a big farmer or a landless, aged person … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 28 Aug 2013 · 7,040 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRelationship between Fathers’ Emotional Intelligence and Their Children’sMojgan Mirza, Ma’rof RedzuanProblem statement: The Emotional Intelligence (EI) construct is a relatively new concept with little empirical research, particularly that related to the link between a father’s emotional intelligence and that of his child’s. Approach: This study attempts to assess the relationship between fathers’ and their children’s EI skills. This study consisted of three groups (N = 107: year 2, n = … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 9 Jul 2012 · 7,919 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMobile Phone and Short Message Service Appropriation, Usage and Behavioral Issues among University StudentsVimala Balakrishnan, Huck-Soo LooProblem statement: This study aims to explore mobile phone and Short Message Service (SMS) usage among urbanized Malaysian youth. Uses and Gratification theory was used to explore mobile phone purchasing factors, reasons to use mobile phone and SMS, usage pattern and behavioral issues related to mobile phone and SMS. Structured questionnaire surveys and 24 h diaries were distributed to 417 … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 9 May 2012 · 8,403 accessesView PDFCite