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Item ASSESSING PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF HYBRID MAIZE USING NUTRIENT EXPERT® MODEL SET IN JHAPA.(Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Lamjung, 2015-06) Chauhan, SwastikaMaize is second important food crop in Nepal and its demand is increasing year by year. However, its productivity is constrained by a number of problems out of which site specific nutrition management is the most important one. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted on a farmer’s farm land at two district of Jhapa viz.Dhukurpani and Gauradha using Nutrient Expert® Maize model from 28th November 2014 to 17th May 2015. The research design was Randomized Completely Block Design with 3 treatments and 11 replication. Three treatments are NE (Nutrient Expert recommendation), GR (Government recommendation), and FP (Farmer practices). Significant difference in terms of no. of plant/m2, kernel no. /row, shelling%, test wt. and Yield at 15.5% moisture was found. Heighest yield (11.99 ton ha-1) was obtained from NE field which was followed by GR (8.67ton ha-1) and FP (7.31ton ha-1). NE based practices gives (4.68 ton) more yield and (Rs. 93545.05) more gross revenue than FP andwith comparision to GR it produced (3.32 ton ha-1) more yield and (Rs. 66404.24) more gross revenue. Comparison of Nutrient Expert® (NE) estimated attainable maize yield and gross revenue given by Nutrient Expert® hybrid maize model versus actual maize yield and gross revenue in farmer field trail NE-based fertilizer recommendations proved to be successful in reaching the yield targets estimated by the software. The actual maize yields recorded in farmer fields were higher than the NE estimated attainable yields. NE recommendation was found better over GR and FP. Higher yield and profitability from hybrid maize was obtained from NE based recommendation.Item A Comparative Study Of Management Practices Of Commercial And Subsistence Goat Farming Of Dhading, Nepal(Department Of Animal Science And Aquaculture, 2020-11) Thapaliya, AnjanGoat farming is one of the most important subsectors of Nepalese Agriculture with the involvement of 75% of total population of Nepal. Goat production is prolific and well adopted by people of all caste, ethnic groups and all climatic zones. Poor feeding and husbandry practices have hindered the overall management and production of goat in Nepal. The study was carried out to access the comparison of husbandry practices practiced during goat production under subsistence and commercial goat farms. Total of 60 farms, 30 commercial and 30 subsistence farms were surveyed by convenience sampling and snowball sampling respectively using structured questionnaire in Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality of Dhading district during May 2019. In majority of subsistence farms (70%), the major source of income was agriculture except goat farms whereas most of the commercial farms (56%) goat rearing was the major source of income followed by agriculture except goat (44%).Majority of subsistence farms (70%) followed intensive system of rearing but commercial farms (81%) followed semi- intensive system of rearing. Both types of farms were not much successively forward in good management practices. Knowledge of housing system has been lacking in almost all the farmers. Separate housing for kids, male and female was seen highly significant in commercial farms. There is significant effect of availability of pasture in commercial production of goat. Only 20% of goat farmer involved in tours and trainings whereas there was almost negligible help from GOs and NGOs to the farmers. From this study, we may conclude that both commercial and subsistence goat farmers must be provided with skills enhancing programs so that they can upgrade themselves in better management and increased goat production.