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FACTORS AFFECTING ORGANIC FARMING CULTIVATION AND THEIR ROLE IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)
Objectives: The paper aims to explore the factors which influence the organic farming cultivation in India and how they lead towards attainment of SDG. Theoretical Framework: This paper has adopted Theory of Planned Behavior to identify the factors which influence the organic farming and define their relationship with SDG. Method: The paper attempts to explore the factors which influence the organic farming intention among the farmers. It further explores the relationship between intention for organic farming and adoption of organic farming. The data was captured through detailed questionnaire which was captured through 347 respondents. The data analysis was performed with the help of SPSS 29 and AMOS 29 The mediating role of motivation was also explored using process Macro 4.2. Results & Discussions: The findings revealed that environment and cost influence the organic farming intention while attitude and perception had no effect on organic farming intention. Adoption of organic farming shared a positive relationship with organic farming intention The Cultivation of organic products lead to attainment of following goals No Poverty (SDG 1), zero Hunger (SDG2), Good Health and Well Being (SDG3) and Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12). Research Implications: The study reveals that there is a need to raise the awareness level among the farmers regarding the role of organic farming, its environmental impacts and health benefits associated with it. The findings underscore the importance of implementing additional training and awareness programs targeted at novice and less-experienced farmers. Such initiatives aim to familiarize them with diverse aspects of marketing, economics, and social factors associated with organic farming. 2025, Editora Alumni In. All rights reserved. -
Factors affecting luxury brand consumption and its impact on consumer purchase intentions: An India fashion luxury goods sector perspective
This study identifies and analyses the psychographic and demographic factors that influence luxury brand purchase intention in the Indian context. It discusses the existing knowledge pertaining to luxury brand consumption and a conceptual framework is developed based on the review of literature. India's favorable demographic profile, the growing middle class, high disposable income and young population, has helped the Indian luxury market witness a tremendous growth. The research identifies what drives the luxury brand purchase intention for the Indian consumers amidst this growth and analyses how it differs based on demographic variables such as age, gender and income. Based on the model thus created, the research seeks to segment the Indian luxury fashion brand consumers according to the significant demographic and psychographic variables thus identified. A questionnaire on a Likert scale was administered to 250 respondents of different age, income and gender groups within the city of Bangalore. The data was then analyzed using correlation, regression, cluster and frequency analysis in SPSS. The functionality is the major value factors effecting purchase intention of Indian luxury fashion consumer. The other identified value factors are correlated to self and others directedness. Age and income also have a significant influence of purchase intention. It was also found that purchase intention varies between different age and income groups. Finally, it was found that Indian consumers can be segmented as Superficial Luxury seekers, Luxury-Indulgers, Luxury-Avoiders, Attention and approval seekers. 2021 Ecological Society of India. All rights reserved. -
Factors affecting intra-relations of backend cost drivers in multi-brand retail domestic super market under convenience stores format: A customer aligned model of supply-chain optimisation framework /
Asian Journal Of Management, Vol.8, Issue 1, pp.78-86, ISSN: 0976-495X (Print), 2321-5763 (Online). -
Factors Affecting Intra-Relations of Backend Cost Drivers in Multi-Brand Retail Domestic Super Market Under Convenience Stores Format : A Customer Aligned Model of Supply-Chain Optimism Framework
Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 78-86, 2321-5763 -
Factors Affecting Digital Visibility of Small and Medium Enterprises in India
This study sketches the importance of social media, integrated marketing communication, social customer relationship management and its transformation in the small and medium enterprises (SME). These factors can increase interaction and communication of SMEs with its customers. This study incorporates empirical method to elaborate how SMEs can increase visibility and reachability by gaining value through the usage of social media. Findings of the study highlight the challenges faced by SMEs with respect to visibility, examines the usage of different digital platforms by Indian SMEs which can resolve these difficulties and its impact on the business for improved visibility of SMEs when competition is hitting hard on all businesses. 2021 Management Development Institute. -
Factors Affecting Data-Privacy Protection and Promotion of Safe Digital Usage
India is facing the problem of the digital divide. Being developing countries and with low literacy rates, digital knowledge among the public is weak. Those who know a bit about digital operations on smartphones and computers are not having complete knowledge of data security and its peculiarities. Therefore, this study aimed to find determinants of data-privacy anxiety among Indians and to understand their stress and anxiety during the use of digital applications in their daily routines, especially amid the COVID-19 scenario. The current study adopted an inductive qualitative exploratory approach to delve into the above issues. This study employed a reflexive thematic analysis method to analyse interview data of 10 participants across young-adult to middle-adult age groups of male and female gender. Participants belonged to middle socio-economic status having urban background. The study found 6 themes and 26 subordinate themes as determinants of data-privacy anxiety. Emerging themes from the data indicated at the systemic determinants of data-security anxiety, the paradox of learned helplessness and convenience preference among participants. This paper employed the Foucauldian lens of bio-power to discuss the circumscribing function of ill-structured knowledge dissemination approaches. This paper argues in favor of a critical pedagogy approach in educating people about digital security, dealing with data-privacy anxiety, and promoting safe digital usage among all generations of Indians. It also suggests measures of modifications in policies and documentation processes of major online platforms and apps to curb uncertainty and sense of insecurity among users. 2022 Copyright for this paper by its authors. -
Factors Affecting Consumer Buying Behaviour, Consumer Satisfaction and Consumer Loyalty in the Ghee Industry- A Perspective of Bangalore Ghee Market
Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 18-34, ISSN No. 2249- 7307 -
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Factor investing: evidence of long-only factor portfolios from the Indian market
The study examines the performance of long-only factor portfolios in the Indian market. An extended 8-factors model and well-known factor models are used to analyse the exposure and risk-adjusted performance of factor portfolios. The results reveal a mixed portfolio performance: market-driven factors like illiquid, winner, stable, and small offered better performance than those based on fundamental data like value, strong, and conservative. While the market factor is the primary return driver, the SMB and HML factors are the other standard return drivers. The portfolios showed exposure to the specific factor they are constructed upon, except for the strong portfolio. 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. -
Factor Analysis for Portfolio Returns: Investigating How Macroeconomic Factors Impact the Performance of the equity Portfolio
This paper investigates the complex relationship between macroeconomic factors and equity portfolio performance using regression analysis. In today's volatile financial environment, it emphasizes the importance of understanding how variables such as interest rates, inflation, money supply and GDP influence investment outcomes. Exact statistical techniques and historical data from a specific time period are used to uncover hidden factors affecting portfolio returns, with a particular focus on interest rates, inflation, money supply, and GDP. The goal of the research is to provide a comprehensive understanding of how these macroeconomic factors influence the equity investments. 2024 IEEE. -
Facilitating the New Normal: Challenges and Opportunities of Facility Management Companies in India
Covid 19 has brought the world to a standstill. The hospitality, Travel and tourism being affected the most due to travel restrictions across the world and within India. One of the sectors that have been affected majorly are the industries providing Facility Management services to core businesses. FM is dependent on the type of client business, the client organisation's structure and the market sector. This paper aims to gauge the impact of the pandemic on the Facility management companies in India. This also captures the positive and negative aspect of pandemic on the FM. An empirical research design has adopted to address the study objectives. This research involves both primary and secondary data. Primary data for the study have been collected in the form of structured questionnaire distributed among 300 respondents who are senior executives heading selected Facility Management companies in India. The target respondents have been selected based on simple random sampling to ensure the normal distribution of data. The Electrochemical Society -
Facilitating Faculty Development for Training in Multicultural Competence in Health Service Psychology Graduate Programs Through an International Collaboration
A critical aspect of strengthening graduate-level clinical and counseling psychology training in cultural competence is to build capacity among faculty teaching in these programs to provide effective training. We addressed this need through an international collaboration between a university in India and another in the United States that included faculty travel to another country, peer mentoring groups, and review of curricula. This article describes faculty perceptions of this program and its perceived impact on their professional development and outlines curricular and research outcomes that resulted from the program. Across 4 years, a total of eight faculty visits took place with Indian faculty (n = 13) visiting the United States and US faculty (n = 11) visiting India. After each visit, faculty at both institutions responded to open-ended questions about the usefulness of these visits and completed a rating scale at the end of the program through an online survey. Faculty from both countries indicated that the visits contributed to enhanced cultural awareness and sensitivity by broadening their perspectives and learning about cultural similarities and differences. Indian faculty described learning about new pedagogical methods and enhanced motivation to engage in research and publish, along with new collaborative opportunities. US faculty described incorporating cultural competence more centrally in their teaching and clinical supervision through increased commitment, as well as inclusion of more global and diverse content and assignments aimed to increase students cultural competence. These responses provide preliminary support for the usefulness of cultural immersion experiences for faculty professional development. 2024 American Psychological Association Inc.. All rights reserved. -
Facile synthesis of preformed mixed nano-carbon structure from low rank coal
Coal is a natural energy resource which is mainly used for energy production via combustion. Coal has nanocrystals embedded in it, formed during the coalification process, and is an ideal precursor for nano-carbon dots and diamonds. Herein, we report a facile top-down method to synthesise nanodots and diamonds of the size of 5 nm to 10 nm from three different types of coal by simple chemical leaching. TEM analysis revealed the formation of a mixture of carbon dots, graphene layers, and quantum dots in bituminous coal and sub-bituminous coal. Raman analysis confirmed the existence of synthesized nano-diamond and nano-carbon mixed phase with defects associated with it. It is concluded that graphene quantum dots, nano-diamonds, graphene sheets and carbon dots present in coal can be extracted by simple chemical treatment. These structures can be tuned to photoluminescent material for various optoelectronic applications or energy harvesting devices like super capacitors. 2018. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License. -
Facile Synthesis of Polymer Dot and Its Antibacterial Action Against Staphylococcus aureus
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rising from nosocomial infections is an escalating threat to human life nowadays due to the overuse of drugs. The multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria have increased morbidity and mortality rates, becoming a crucial global clinical challenge. Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus bacteria is one of the nosocomial pathogens that cause severe invasive diseases and skin infections to human health worldwide. Herein, a non-conjugated polymer dot (NCPD) was synthesized from less toxic and biocompatible polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) via hydrothermal treatment. The fluorescence of the polymer dots was enhanced by nitrogen doping. The as-synthesized nitrogen-doped polymer dots (PDs) exhibit excitation-dependent luminescence emission and show green color fluorescence under UV light. The average size of the synthesized functionalized non-conjugated polymer dot is obtained as 4.08nm, and they exhibit an amorphous structure. No antibacterial property was observed for bulk polymer, but the doped polymer dots showed antibacterial activity against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2024. -
Facile synthesis of novel SrO 0.5:MnO 0.5 bimetallic oxide nanostructure as a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors
Perovskite bimetallic oxides as electrode material blends can be an appropriate method to enhance the supercapacitor properties. In the present research, SrO 0.5:MnO 0.5 nanostructures (NS) were synthesized by a facile co-precipitation method and calcinated at 750800C. Crystal structure of SrO 0.5:MnO 0.5 NS were characterized by X-ray diffraction, surface chemical composition and chemical bond analysis, and dispersion of SrO into MnO was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectral studies. Structural morphology was analyzed from scanning electron microscopy. Optical properties of SrO 0.5:MnO 0.5 NS were studied using UV-Visible spectrophotometer and SrO 0.5 and MnO 0.5 NS showed ?75nm grain, ? 64nm grain boundary distance, with two maxima at 261nm and 345nm as intensity of absorption patterns, respectively. The synthesized SrO 0.5:MnO 0.5 NS exhibited high specific capacitance of 392.8F/g at a current density of 0.1A/g. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results indicated low resistance and very low time constant of 0.2s ?73% of the capacitance was retained after 1000 galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) cycles. These findings indicate that SrO 0.5:MnO 0.5 bimetallic oxide material could be a promising electrode material for electrochemical energy storage systems. The Author(s) 2022. -
Facile synthesis of novel antimony selenide nanocrystals with hierarchical architecture by physical vapor deposition technique
Stoichiometric antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3 ) nanocrystals have been successfully engineered by a facile physical vapor deposition method, employing a single precursor of polycrystalline Sb 2 Se 3 charge in a closed quartz ampoule under high vacuum without any foreign seed or extraneous chemical elements. This work underscores the efficacy of the vapor deposition process and provides synthetic strategies to scale down bulk Sb 2 Se 3 into novel nanostructures. The morphological evolution of the tailored architecture was examined on micro and nano size scales by scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The intrinsic mechanism governing the nanostructure formation is revealed as layer-by-layer growth, related to the unique layered structure of Sb 2 Se 3 . The optical properties of the grown crystals were probed by UVvisNIR and photoluminescence tools. The band-gap values of the microfibers, nanorods, nanooctahedra and nanospheres estimated from UVvisNIR analysis are found to be 1.25, 1.47, 1.51 and 1.75 eV, respectively. Powder X-ray diffraction, energy-dispersive analysis by X-rays, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence studies confirmed the quality, phase purity and homogeneity of the as-grown nanostructures. The adopted physical vapor deposition method is thus shown to be a simple and elegant route which resulted in the enhancement of the band gap for the Sb 2 Se 3 samples compared with their counterparts grown by chemical methods. This approach has great potential for further applications in optoelectronics. International Union of Crystallography, 2019 -
Facile synthesis of nickel nanoparticles and its efficient dye degradation
The present investigation involves the synthesis of nickel (Ni) nanoparticles (NPs) by the chemical reduction of nickel chloride using hydrazine hydrate without the need for an inert atmosphere from an external source. The photocatalytic activity, structure and morphology of the NPs were studied by employing UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Degradation of methylene blue(MB) and rhodamine B(Rh-B) dyes using Ni NPs was investigated to see the feasibility in degrading these dyes from polluted water at low cost. Ni NPs showed a good photocatalytic activity of 84.1% under visible light for the degradation of MB when compared to Rh-B which showed an efficiency of 47.3 %. 2020 World Research Association. All rights reserved. -
Facile synthesis of Mn-Ni bimetal organic framework decorated with amine as an electrode for a high-performance supercapacitor
In the recent years, the whole world is looking for better energy storage devices. Supercapacitors are among the mostpromising high-capacity energy storage devices. Manganese-based material has gained more importance among transition metals due to its cost, easy fabrication, and wide potential applications. Here, we report the synthesis of a novel MOF using metal centers, dicarboxylate ligand, and aminoterephthalic acid as a co-ligand {Mn-Ni-NH2(h2fipbb)}MOF. The synthesized material has a unique hierarchical morphology consisting of manganese and nickel connected with NH2 through h2fipbb ligand linkage, which is highly efficient for the permeation of the electrolyte and electron transfer. The {Mn-Ni-NH2(h2fipbb)}MOF shows an excellent specific capacitance of 711.60 F g?1 using 2M KOH at a current density of 1 A g?1. The two electrode system material exhibitsa high-power and energy density of 743.99Wkg?1 and 20.49 Wh kg?1, respectively. From the above results, the synthesized {Mn-Ni-NH2(h2fipbb)}MOF can be considered a promising material for electrochemical energy storageapplications. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. -
Facile synthesis of graphene-tin oxide nanocomposite derived from agricultural waste for enhanced antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antibacterial screening of graphene-tin oxide nanocomposites synthesized from carbonized wood and coconut shell is investigated against Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the first time. Efficient and facile one step hydrothermal process adopted in the present work for the synthesis of graphene-tin oxide nanoparticles provides an ideal method for the economic large-scale production of the same. Graphene-tin oxide nanocomposites derived from wood charcoal possess a spherical morphology whereas rod like structures are seen in the case of coconut shell derivatives. An excitation independent fluorescence response is observed in graphene-tin oxide nanohybrids while graphene oxide nanostructures exhibited an excitation dependent behavior. These hydrophilic nanostructures are highly stable and exhibited no sign of luminescence quenching or particle aggregation even after a storage of 30 months. Bactericidal effects of the nanostructures obtained from coconut shell is found to be relatively higher compared to those procured from wood. This variation in antibacterial performance of the samples is directly related to their morphological difference which in turn is heavily influenced by the precursor material used. MIC assay revealed that coconut shell derived graphene-tin oxide composite is able to inhibit the bacterial growth at a lower concentration (250 ?g/mL) than the other nanostructures. Nanocomposites synthesized from agro-waste displayed significantly higher antimicrobial activity compared to the precursor and graphene oxide nanostructures thereby making them excellent candidates for various bactericidal applications such as disinfectants, sanitary agents etc. 2019, The Author(s). -
Facile Synthesis of Few-Layer Graphene Oxide from Cinnamomum camphora
Abstract: This study presents a facile synthesis technique to produce few-layer graphene oxide from Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor L.). Camphor upon carbonization and chemical oxidation leads to the formation of few-layer graphene oxide sheets of around ten layers with a lateral size of 4.14 nm and stacking height of 3.10 nm. AFM and SEM analysis results reveal the wrinkled morphology of the graphene oxide sheets formed. The sharp G band and the relative intensity of the defect to the graphitic band in the Raman spectrum indicate the formation of nanocrystalline graphene oxide sheets with fewer defects. The FTIR spectrum and the deconvoluted C 1s XPS spectrum of graphene oxide synthesized reveal the presence of predominant sp2 hybridized carbon along with carbon bound to various oxygen functionalities. In brief, the formation of high-quality few-layer graphene oxide from an abundant, low-cost, and readily available botanical precursor is herein reported. 2021, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.