AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA) (issn: 00845841) is a peer reviewed journal first published online after indexing scopus in 1982. AMA is published by Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp and Shin-Norinsha Co. AMA publishes every subjects of general engineering and agricultural engineering.
WOS Indexed (2026)
07 May 2026 (Vol - 57 , Issue- 05 )
31 May 2026 (Vol - 57 , Issue 05 )
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AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (ISSN: 00845841) is a peer-reviewed journal. The journal covers Agricultural and Biological Sciences and all sort of engineering topic. the journal's scopes are in the following fields but not limited to:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication
Electronic Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Civil and architectural engineering
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Industrial and Commercial Design
Information Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Food Engineering
Unlocking the Potential of Internet of Things (IoT) and Agritech – A Case of Agritech Startup Model
Internet of Things (IoT) is the recent buzzword widely applied in the domain of agriculture and was first coined by Kevin Ashton in the year 1999. According to NITI Aayog, 2023, it was reported that India's current market size of agritech sector was valued at USD 204 Million and has significantly low market penetration of one percent of the overall agritech market potential (USD 170 billion). Primary data (30) were collected from different stakeholder’s viz., Startups and technology experts in the domain of IoT agritech startups were telephoned, interviewed, focus group discussions and through online interactions to identify the gaps. Simple table and percentage analysis techniques were employed for this study. IOT applications in Agriculture are implemented in entire supply chain (i.e) Pre harvest (83.33 %) and post-harvest including marketing (16.67%). Agritech startups innovate products and processes in entire agriculture supply chain. Majority of the respondents reported that IoT devices were owned by startups in case of pay per usage, subscription, platform based and monetize your data model except own your device model.
An Empirical Investigation of Agricultural Output and Employment Generation Nexus in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector: A Gender Perspective
One of the factors contributing to the agricultural sector's underperformance in the majority of developing nations is the fact that women do not have equal access to resources and opportunities like their male counterparts. Against this background, this study examines the impact of agricultural output on female employment in the agricultural sector in Nigeria. The main research question is whether increased agricultural output leads to increased female employment opportunities in Nigeria`s agricultural sector. Data from 1990 to 2021 were extracted from the World Bank database with the application of DOLS and Granger causality techniques in estimating the objective of the study. The results of the study found that government spending on agriculture had a negative but significant influence on female employment in the Nigeria`s agricultural sector. Whereas, agricultural output had a favorable but insignificant impact on female employment in the country`s agricultural sector. Furthermore, there is one-way feedback between government spending and female employment in the Nigerian agricultural sector. Therefore, this study recommends that a more holistic approach is needed if the Nigerian government is to effectively address the issue of female employment in the agricultural sector. Also, the Nigerian policymakers should embark on massive disbursement of funds on agricultural sector if female employment in agriculture is the goal of the policymakers.
Insecticidal mycotoxin strains as bio-weapon in insect pest management: A review
Insecticide opposition and the adverse consequences of chemical pesticides on non-target organisms have propelled scientists to materialize alternative eco-friendly strategies. Entomopathogenic fungi are successfully devoted as an alternative to chemical spokespeople in supervising agricultural insect nuisances. It has an integral role in an endurable pest management program. With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, many fungal genes have been identified that are potentially useful for treating oral infections. Contaminating species from Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera are diasporic fungi genera such as Beauveria, Lecanicillium, Metarhizium, and Isaria species. Fungal spores can enter an insect's body through several natural openings, including its mouth, respiratory system, integumentary system, antennae, reproductive appendages, anus, glands open on the outside body wall, and wounds. Insect cuticles are a noteworthy barricade against fungal sickness, and internal defense mechanisms following entomopathogenic fungus invasion are poorly understood. Infestation usually occurs by growing an appressoria hyphen on the epicuticle and penetrating the hypodermis. Moreover, we depicted the mycotoxins of full potential in insect integrated governance, assuming all the factors exploiting their virulence and what conditions need to be met to make them more virulent against insects with some opposition to familiar illnesses. Mycotoxins should be integrated with nanotechnology and used as bioweapons for pest control in the future.
Evaluation of per se performance of parents on grain yield and its component traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Selection of parents based on per se performance and gca effects is of great relevance in breeding programme, in the event of the characters being under the complicated genetic control such as epistasis and linkage. Evaluation of parents based on per se performance and gca effects separately might lead to contradiction in selection of promising parents since per se performance of parents was not always associated with high gca effects [1]. Combination of both per se performance and gca effects would be able to identify parents with good reservoir of superior genes. So, the parents were evaluated for high per se performance as well as for high gca effects together. Considering the trait single plant yield the lines ACK 09009, IR 8 and CO 43 showed desirable gca effects combined with high per se performance. Along with high per se performance and good combining ability for yield the line IR 8 was also found to be good for grains per panicle, grain weight and plant height. The line ACK 09009 recorded high per se performance and gca effects for number of productive tillers per plant and panicle length along with yield. The line CO 43 which was found to possess desirable per se performance along with gca effects for yield exhibited the same trend for the traits grains per panicle. Among the testers ASD 16 recorded desirable per se performance along with significant gca effects for yield.
Development and characterization of saline tolerant mutants through in-vitro mutagenesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
The present investigation was conducted to develop mutants of rice varieties namely ADT43 and Kalinga for salt tolerance through in-vitro mutagenesis. The embryonic calli were produced and were treated with different doses of gamma irradiations and EMS concentrations and untreated calli was maintained for control. LD50 value of both the mutagen treated calli was found and the mutated calli of the two varieties were transferred to the media with optimum EC level. It was observed that the survival response of both gamma irradiated and EMS treated calli decreased under the optimum EC level. The rice cultivar ADT 43 recorded the maximum survival percentage of 32% at 30 Gy and 30% at 0.05% EMS under the optimum EC 10 dS/m, while the cultivar Kalinga recorded the maximum survival percentage of 28% at 20 Gy and 15% at 0.01% EMS under the optimum EC 10.3 dS/m. The in-vitro regenerated plantlets of ADT 43 and Kalinga obtained after in-vitro mutation were screened at the optimum EC level of the respective cultivars. After critical evaluation, the survived salt tolerant plants of M1 were forwarded to M2 where selection was made and identified six mutant lines viz., A-M2-15-1, A-M2-15-2, A-M2-15, K-M2-5-1, K-M2-5-2 and K-M2-5-3 from ADT 43 and Kalinga which exhibited better performance in biometrical observations and biochemical parameters like proline content, chlorophyll content, Na+/K+ ratio, APX activity, and SOD activity.