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For Food and Livelihood: Rethinking the Role of Agriculture in Indias Capitalist Development
In India, agriculture continues to provide a source of livelihood to almost half of the employed labour force, and recent evidence (over the last 15 years) clearly indicates that the income from farming is grossly inadequate for basic sustenance for the vast majority of the agrarian population. We start our analysis by establishing some salient features of Indian agriculture, which are key in foregrounding any serious discussion on the subject. First, based on the framework proposed by Dorin, Hourcade and Benoit-Cattin, India is shown to be a country in the so-called Lewis trap zone with a simultaneous increase in agricultural population (albeit at a decreasing rate) and a growing divergence in income between agriculture and the non-agricultural sector over the last 50 years. It is argued that this phenomenon can be understood as one of perverse structural transformation in opposition to the virtuous Lewisian path that is based on the historical trajectory of Western European economies. Second, despite the persistence of low levels of productivity in most segments of agriculture, India has emerged in recent years as a food-surplus country in a net sense with significant food exports. As mentioned earlier, this self-sufficiency in food production has been achieved in a period when the majority of the farming community has undergone severe impoverishment due to the economic unviability of crop production. Based on these two observations, the chapter argues for a fundamental rethinking of agricultures role in the long-term development process in a labour-surplus economy such as India. Unlike the classical/Lewisian process of structural transformation, which is predicated on a rapid rate of labour transfer out of agriculture in combination with a corresponding increase in agricultural productivity, agriculture in countries such as India is likely to play a critical role in providing the means of social reproduction for a large mass of surplus humanity in the foreseeable future. This livelihood function of agriculture, along with its essential role in supplying food for the rest of the economy (which is in line with the Mellor-Johnston thesis), constitutes the defining elements of the future of agriculture in typical labour-abundant economies such as India. The challenge, however, is to improve the economic and ecological conditions under which agrarian livelihoods are reproduced. This will involve a fundamental change in societys recognition and valuation of the functions that farming performs and remunerating farmers appropriately for these functions. This transfer of resources to agriculture should not be seen as a mere subsidy for agriculture but as fair compensation for its essential economic and ecological services. 2026 selection and editorial matter, Sejuti Das Gupta, Shouvik Chakraborty and Taposik Banerjee; individual chapters, the contributors. -
Forbidden Cravings: Exploring socio-cultural ramifications of food practices in Aamis
Food choices represent conscious affirmation and expression of personal, group, ethnic or national identity. Due to its multidimensional role, food that we rely on sustenance is often politicised and used as a tool to create conflict amongst and within diverse social groups. Assamese cuisine includes a rich platter of authentic food varieties, often limited to the north-eastern region. Although food consumption is a subjective experience, cultural taboos within a community might be acceptable practices in another culture, creating conflicting notions of food practices. The balance between the twin axis of culture and politics regarding food is disrupted when heterogeneous cultural patterns and opposing political notions are in discord. Similarly, the solidarity within a cultural group becomes hostile when the authority of the individual concerning food choices is not aligned with the authority of the social structure. This discord from a political and cultural standpoint is evident in the Assamese socio-cultural scenario. Taking Bhaskar Hazarika's Ravening/Aamis (2019) as a case study, this paper proposes to analyse the representational troupe of food, through a structuralist anthropological lens, with respect to food politics to understand socio-cultural ramifications of Assamese food patterns. 2022 Aesthetics Media Services. All rights reserved. -
Forbidden subgraphs and prohibited colorings for vertex identification in graphs
A red-white coloring of a graph G of diameter d is done by assigning the colors red and white to the vertices of the graph such that, there should be at least one red vertex. Then, each of the vertices is assigned a vector of length d called code in which the value of ith coordinate is equal to the number of red-colored vertices at distance i from this vertex, i ? {1, 2, 3,,d}. A red-white coloring when the code assigned to each vertex is different than that coloring is called an ID-coloring and a graph which has an ID-coloring is an ID-graph. The minimum number of vertices required to be colored red to get an ID-coloring is called the ID-number. ID-coloring is not possible for all graphs. There exist many properties which prevent ID-coloring. In this paper, we explore some forbidden induced subgraphs and certain prohibited red-white colorings which prevent the existence of ID-coloring. 2025 World Scientific Publishing Company. -
FORCASTING DEPLOYMENT OF WEB FORENSICS TO AVERT MISINFORMATION SPREAD USING WEFA TOOL
As fake news or misinformation is becoming more prevalent, it is distorting people's understanding and decisions by influencing their perceptions and knowledge. Since long before the Internet, misinformation and hoaxes have existed. News outlets and social media websites publish false news to increase readership or as a psychological warfare tactic, especially during times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Social networks gener ated large amounts of multimedia data due to the ubiquitous nature of social media platforms. Misinformation, also called rumors, may cause severe damages due to its unverified nature. Let me start by saying there is a big problem of fake news currently affecting societies, nations, and individuals. For example, a fake news story about alleged medicine in the United States or Brazil was part of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., misinformation on fake medicines); misinformation has negatively impacted democratic elections and the statuses of individuals and organizations. Misinformation must be addressed; and we have to find reliable solutions that are agile and reliable. In this sense, it provides a serious assessment of the current knowledge state in misinformation detection, both in order to describe probable solutions as well as to inspire upcoming research. Our study is extended to focus on means to avert this misinformation spread with the help of forensic web based tools along with ML that can extend its application to identifying systems and websites responsible for this malicious attempt. 2026 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. -
Forced Labour, Global Supply Chain and TNCs: Recent Trends and Practices
The abolition of forced labour is a fundamental element of contemporary international human rights law, but the idea has undergone a protracted and complex history, and the scope of the various international mechanisms that handle different aspects of it is not always precisely defined. Slavery, forced labour, and related practices are strictly prohibited under international law. Forced labour is a longstanding and complex obstacle in global supply chains, frequently associated with the desire for inexpensive products and the outsourcing of manufacturing processes to nations with lax labour regulations. The growing power of transnational corporations (TNCs) poses significant challenges to workers at the bottom of supply chains. However, disagreements have made it unclear how to deal with new forms of forced labour, or modern forms of slavery. This confusion highlights the need for a comprehensive approach to combating these issues. Efforts to stop or restrict forced labour will be made easier with a clear legal definition at both the national and international levels, particularly with an emphasis on the human rights perspective. 2024 Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands -
Forecasting a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Company's Customer Repurchase Behavior via Classification Machine Learning Models
With numerous businesses offering clients equivalent products, the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry is very competitive. Retaining client loyalty and encouraging them to return to make product purchases is a big concern for businesses in this sector. One of the main issues this bleak business needs to overcome is customer retention. Failure to repurchase by customers is a sign that they do not trust the brand, which will increase attrition rates and have an adverse effect on the company's revenue. These issues were addressed by attempting to predict the customer repurchase rate and approaching the target segments in accordance with that prediction, but this was done entirely from the perspective of the consumer and not from the retailer, and it ignores other factors like location, the salespeople they work with, the wholesaler they are affiliated with, and the customer programme they have chosen. The retailer's repurchase pattern must be predicted using a more accurate and effective model that considers all the variables. Retailers play a significant role in the supply chain for FMCG businesses. Different models like KNN, Nae Bayes and Logistic Regression was explored to find the best fit. By keeping them, the business can forge enduring connections that are crucial for preserving stabilityand dependability in the distribution network and having the resources necessary to serve its clients. 2023 ACM. -
Forecasting Bitcoin Price During Covid-19 Pandemic Using Prophet and ARIMA: An Empirical Research
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are the alternative and speculative digital financial assets in today's growing fintech economy. Blockchain technology is essential for ensuring ownership of bitcoin, a decentralized technology. These coins display high volatility and bubble-like behavior. The widespread acceptance of cryptocurrencies poses new challenges to the corporate community and the general public. Currency market traders and fintech researchers have classified cryptocurrencies as speculative bubbles. The study has identified the bitcoin bubble and its breaks during the COVID-19 pandemic. From 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2021, we used high-frequency data to calculate the daily closing price of bitcoin. The prophet model and Arima forecasting methods have both been taken. We also examined the explosive bubble and found structural cracks in the bitcoin using the ADF, RADF, and SADF tests. It found five multiple breaks detected from 2018 to 2021 in bitcoin prices. ARIMA(1,1,0) fitted the best model for price prediction. The ARIMA and Facebook Prophet model is applied in the forecasting, and found that the Prophet model is best in forecasting prices. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. -
Forecasting Breast Cancer with Integrated Pre-trained CNN and Machine Learning Framework from CT Images
This article investigates machine learning techniques effectiveness at using computed tomography (CT) images to forecast breast cancer, hoping to expedite early identification and plan treatment. Drawing on many different machine learning models, such as CNN, SVM, VGG16, RNN and RF, we did extensive work to measure their performance distinguishing between malignant and benign breast tissue regions. The dataset includes 2,430 CT pictures, with 70% for training and 30% for testing. It has been carefully selected and prepared in order to guarantee robustness and consistency. The precision, and in-sensitivity measure the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity is used as analytic indicators to measure the models ability to predict regions of breast cancer accurately. Our findings show that the proposed CNN model achieved an accuracy of 98.75%, superior performance. Other machine learning models are also highlighted in this study, demonstrating how breast cancer can be predicted using various methods. This research will determine the forms and technologies suitable for breast cancer forecasting. Medical imaging and clinical decision-making can move forward because of this research, offering a glimpse into how integrated machine-learning systems can bring greater precision to diagnosis and prognosis. By careful experimentation and analysis, we hope to prepare people for early intervention and personalized treatment methods. This will make for improved patient outcomes in fighting breast cancer. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025. -
Forecasting Demand for Paddy and Cotton in India: Empirical Analysis Using Machine Learning Models
India has a thriving and varied agricultural sector, which has long served as the foundation of the economy. Agriculture contributes significantly to Indias economy and is essential to the nations food security because a sizable percentage of the countrys agricultural population works in farming and associated industries. Indian farmers have managed to successfully produce a variety of commodities, including cash crops like cotton and sugarcane as well as staples like rice and wheat, despite confronting numerous obstacles like small landholdings, poor infrastructure, and unpredictable weather. In this context, it is crucial to examine the status of Indian agriculture at the moment, its advantages and disadvantages, and the possibilities and difficulties confronting farmers and policymakers. 2024 Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Preethi Nanjundan and Tejaswini Kar. -
Forecasting Flight Delays with a Multilayered Memory Fusion Network
One of the biggest worldwide sectors is aviation, hence delays in flight services not only perturb customers but also result in large losses for airlines. Forecasting these delays is still difficult because of the erratic character of elements like climate. Accurate projections are challenging even using accepted analytical methods. This work employs sophisticated deep learning methods to enhance the forecast of aircraft delays - more especially, those resulting from weather-related causes.We investigate their effect on aircraft delays using datasets from both the United States and India, including meteorological fluctuations. Built on a Multilayered Memory Fusion Network, the model captures intricate temporal patterns in the data by merging Bidirectional LSTM (Bi-LSTM) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). This network generates more accurate forecasts and is meant to effectively manage several factors. For the United States dataset, the proposed network attained a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) score of 72.41 and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) scores of 118.87 and 11.83 and 21.82 for India respectively. Our deep learning methodology clearly predicts flight delays as these performance measures are far better than those attained by conventional machine learning techniques, including linear regression. By using these cutting-edge algorithms, the research provides a more accurate way to forecast flight delays, hence perhaps lowering passenger discontent and airline financial losses. 2025 The Author(s). -
Forecasting Global Microplastic Exposure from Processed Foods: Data-Driven Forecasts and Detection
Microplastics are one of the major contaminants of processed foods at a global scale and they contain high risks for human health. Even though the public understanding of the issue has become wider, the knowledge of individual levels of exposure is still very much limited together with the practical tools which can estimate microplastic ingestion. This study proposes a complete data pipeline and a machine learning framework for predicting microplastic contamination and estimating personalised exposure to microplastics depending on country, specific consumption patterns and contamination trends of a long, term nature. The dataset consisted of approximately 18 food groups across 109 countries. So far the data has been through a very thorough preprocessing stage, exploratory analysis, and feature engineering was undertaken, which among other things, included microplastic load aggregation, the addition of lagged variables, and mixing serving sizes information. Random Forest and XGBoost regressors models were trained to predict the levels of contamination from 2019 to 2030. Polynomial Regression delivered the highest accuracy on the training data of R2= 0.9897. While XGBoost gave the best generalization result of R2 = 0.9469 and was therefore chosen as a final forecasting model. The consumption of microplastics through the global food chains is predicted to keep increasing. The originality of this study is in the combination of the long, term contamination data with the selective food, category modelling that allows to generate a reliable framework for the forecasting of the individual intake and to provide to the policy makers EBP (Evidence, Based Policy) advice. 2025 IEEE. -
Forecasting gold prices based on extreme learning machine
In recent years, the investors pay major attention to invest in gold market because of huge profits in the future. Gold is the only commodity which maintains its value even in the economic and financial crisis. Also, the gold prices are closely related with other commodities. The future gold price prediction becomes the warning system for the investors due to unforeseen risk in the market. Hence, an accurate gold price forecasting is required to foresee the business trends. This paper concentrates on forecasting the future gold prices from four commodities like historical data's of gold prices, silver prices, Crude oil prices, Standard and Poor's 500 stock index (S & P500) index and foreign exchange rate. The period used for the study is from 1st January 2000 to 31st April 2014. In this paper, a learning algorithm for single hidden layered Feed forward neural networks called Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) is used which has good learning ability. Also, this study compares the five models namely Feed forward networks without feedback, Feed forward back propagation networks, Radial basis function, ELMAN networks and ELM learning model. The results prove that the ELM learning performs better than the other methods. 2006-2016 by CCC Publications. -
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Forecasting intraday stock price using ANFIS and bio-inspired algorithms
The main focus of this study is to explore the predictability of stock price with variants of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and suggests a hybrid model to enhance the prediction accuracy. Two variants of ANFIS model are designed which includes genetic algorithm-ANFIS (GA-ANFIS) and particle swarm optimisation-ANFIS (PSO-ANFIS) to forecast stock price more accurately. The standard ANFIS is tuned employing GA and PSO algorithm. The experimental data used in this investigation are stocks traded per minute price of four companies from NSE. Sixteen technical indicators are calculated from the historical prices and used as inputs to the developed models. Prediction ability of the developed models is analysed by varying number of input samples. Numerical results obtained from the simulation confirmed that the PSO-ANFIS model has the potential to predict the future stock price more precisely than GA-ANFIS as well as other earlier methods. Copyright 2021 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. -
Forecasting Market Turbulence: A Multi-model Study Using GARCH, Random Forest, and LSTM in the Indian Stock Market
The dynamic and unpredictable nature of the Indian stock market presents significant challenges in forecasting return behavior and managing financial risk. This study explores market turbulence through a comparative analysis of three distinct modeling approaches: the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model, Random Forest, and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks. By analyzing historical return data from Indian Nifty indices, the research captures both linear dependencies and complex nonlinear patterns associated with market volatility. The results highlight the GARCH models strength in modeling conditional volatility, while the machine learning and deep learning techniquesRandom Forest and LSTMexhibit enhanced predictive power in capturing intricate fluctuations in stock returns. The findings suggest that integrating traditional econometric methods with data-driven approaches offers a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of market dynamics. This multi-model framework is valuable for investors, financial analysts, and policymakers aiming to anticipate and navigate periods of heightened market uncertainty. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026. -
Forecasting NIFTY 50 in Volatile Markets Using RNNLSTM: A Study on the Performance of Neural Network Models During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how the market can be highly uncertain and volatile at certain times. This brings a new level of challenges to all the investors and active traders in the market, as they have not seen such a movement in the past. However, as technology is evolving, highly sophisticated tools and techniques are being used by hedge funds and other investment banks to track down these movements and turn this into an opportunity. In this paper, we try to analyse how recurrent neural network (RNN) with long- and short-term memory architecture performs under volatile market conditions. For this study, we tried to perform a comparative analysis between two models within two successive time periods, where one is trained in a volatile market condition and the other in a relatively low volatile market condition. The results showed that the RNN model is less accurate in predicting the prices in a volatile market compared to a relatively low volatile market. We also compared these two models to a separate model where we trained using the combined data from the two successive time periods. Even though the addition in data points for the neural network produced a better result compared to the model trained under volatile conditions, it did not significantly perform better than the model, which was trained in the low volatile period. 2022 Management Development Institute. -
Forecasting of Environmental Sustainability through Green Innovation of E-Vehicle Industry
E-mobility sustainability forecasting is getting more detailed with study, taking into account social cost in addition to technological, economic, or environmental factors. One solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is to implement green innovation in the transportation sector. The citizenrys view and acceptance of electric cars must be improved, more research into the social cost of these innovations is required. Consequently, the transportation industry might decarbonize more quickly. Another approach to do it is to advocate for more all-encompassing green innovations that can enhance sustainable development. Using Our Common Future, published in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development [1], the commission emphasized the importance of sustainability while integrating social and economic development. Additionally, it recommended that governments take environmental factors into account while making decisions. The significance of sustainability was then increased and institutionalized, which meant that nations began passing laws that promoted sustainability. Consumer awareness of sustainability is rising largely from an economic and environmental standpoint. This also has an impact on the transportation industry and poses significant environmental, social, and economic difficulties. However, given that it generates close to 5% of the GDP and employs almost 11 million people, transportation is crucial from an economic standpoint. 2024 Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Preethi Nanjundan and Tejaswini Kar. -
Forecasting of foreign currency exchange rate using neural network
Foreign exchange market is the largest and the most important one in the world. Foreign exchange transaction is the simultaneous selling of one currency and buying of another currency. It is essential for currency trading in the international market. In this paper, we have investigated Artificial Neural Networks based prediction modelling of foreign exchange rates using five different training algorithms. The model was trained using historical data to predict four foreign currency exchange rates against Indian Rupee. The forecasting performance of the proposed system is evaluated by using statistical metric and compared. From the results, it is confirmed that the new approach provided an improve technique to forecast foreign exchange rate. It is also an effective tool and significantly close prediction can be made using simple structure. Among the five models, Levenberg-Marquardt based model outperforms than other models and attains comparable results. It also demonstrates the power of the proposed approach and produces more accurate prediction. In conclusion, the proposed scheme can improve the forecasting performance significantly when measured on three commonly used metrics. -
Forecasting Prices of Black Pepper in Kerala and Karnataka using Univariate and Multivariate Recurrent Neural Networks
Our country has a high level of agricultural employment. Price swings harm the economy of our country. To combat this impact, forecasting the selling price of agricultural products has become a need. Forecasts of agricultural prices assist farmers, government officials, businesses, central banks, policymakers, and consumers. Price prediction can then assist in making better selections in this area. Black pepper, sometimes known as the "King of Spices, " is a popular spice farmed and exported in India. The largest producers of black pepper are Karnataka and Kerala. For black pepper in Kerala and Karnataka, this study provides a univariate and multivariate price prediction model using Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU). The data is denoised using Singular Spectral Analysis (SSA). The most accurate method is the multivariate variate LSTM technique, which uses macroeconomic variables. It has a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 0.012 and 0.040 for Kerala and Karnataka, respectively. Grenze Scientific Society, 2022. -
Forecasting Stock Market Indexes Through Machine Learning Using Technical Analysis Indicators and DWT
In recent years, the stock market prices have become more volatile due to refinement in technology and a rise in trading volume. As these seemingly unpredictable price trends continue, the stock market investors and consumers refer to the security indices to assess these financial markets. To maximise their return on investment, the investors could employ appropriate methods to forecast the stock market trends, taking into account the nonlinearity and nonstationarity of the stock market data. This research aims to assess the predictive capability of supervised machine learning models for the stock market regression analysis. The dataset utilised in this research includes the daily prices and additional technical indicator data of S&P 500 Index of US stock exchange and Nifty50 Index of Indian stock exchange from January 2008 to June 2016; both the indexes are weighted measurements of the top companies listed on respective stock exchanges. The model proposed in this research combines the discrete wavelet transform and support vector regression (SVR) with various kernels such as Linear, Poly and Radial basis function kernel (RBF) of the support vector machine. The results show that using the RBF kernel on Nifty 50 index data, the proposed model achieves the lowest MSE and RMSE error during testing are 0.0019 and 0.0431, respectively, and on S&P 500 index data, it achieves 0.0027 and 0.0523, respectively. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.