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
Micro Finance Awareness and its Impact in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of microfinancing in Saudi Arabia. One hundred participants were polled to gauge the general public's knowledge about microfinance. In addition, the information was culled from secondary sources, which included various books, periodicals, newspapers, and electronic books. The results show that the notion of microfinancing was foreign to the respondents. In addition to helping out entrepreneurs and unfortunate individuals, microfinancing was also in line with Islamic Shariah law. Furthermore, the majority of respondents remained neutral or gave inappropriate answers, suggesting they were unfamiliar with microfinancing and its concept. There have been several suggested financial programmes, some of which have been successful and others which have been unsuccessful. The importance of solid individual society empowerment and firm maintenance cannot be overstated. People were encouraged to strive for the betterment of society and themselves through the microfinancing concept.
Impact of public investments on the growth of agricultural sector in Meghalaya
The paper examined the past trend and pattern in public investments under Agriculture as represented by the capital expenditure made in Agriculture & Allied, Major & Minor Irrigation and Flood Control, Rural Development and Special Area Development Programmes, and its impact on the growth of agriculture sector. The Bounds test approach to cointegration and Autoregressive Distributed lag (ARDL) model was used for finding the long run relationships. The shares of the expenditures under these heads to the total expenditures for developmental purpose were found to be decreasing during the period 1990-91 to 2019-20. Among the components of expenditure under Agriculture & Allied, Crop Husbandry received the highest share over the years. Soil and Water Conservation and Animal Husbandry are other components which received comparatively higher investments. Other sub-sectors like Fisheries, Agricultural Research and Education, Food Storage and Warehousing, Cooperation have steadily received around 2% of the total Developmental expenditures over the years, which is quite low. The results for long run estimate of ARDL model showed that expenditure on Irrigation and Flood Control had a significant negative effect on agricultural GSDP. Since Meghalaya is a developing state, with economy primarily dependent on agriculture, the public investments in terms of basic assets and infrastructure creation is prerequisite. Maintaining a mechanism to monitor implementation of expenditures through projects at different levels will be effective measures to enhance returns to public investments in Agriculture.
Evaluation of popular sugarcane varieties for quality, yield and energy potential under subtropical climates
Sugarcane is a crop grown for its sugar, ethanol, and energy. It is a C4 crop that is primarily used in the agroindustry and has a high potential for biomass production. The best performing clones in a few environments or genotypes that consistently yield well across environments can be found by evaluating genotypes over a variety of environments and years. The current study was undertaken to evaluate the set of 136 clones including 6 checks in the augmented RCBD with 5 blocks in three years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2019-20 for yield and quality traits at ICAR-SBI, RC Karnal. A set of 24 popular released varieties were used to evaluate for the energy potential. Statistical analysis revealed that significant genotype main effects and genotype by year interaction effects. Analysis for energy identified the CoPb 9181, CoBln 9008, CoP 9702 and Co 0118 best sugarcane varieties. The study pinpointed the superior clonal varieties for quality, yield and energy were Co 0118 and CoPb 9181 in comparison to the standard checks Co 0238, Co 0239 CoJ 64, CoS 767, CoS 8436 and CoPant 97222.
Real-time Apple Quality Inspection on a Sorting Machine Using YOLOv7 and SORT
Apples, a popular fruit, require thorough quality inspections to enhance their commercial value. To assess apple quality in terms of the presence of defects, this study proposes a real-time apple sorting system that combines a single RGB camera with the YOLOv7 object detection model and the SORT tracking algorithm. Using images from the apple sorting machine, the system trains the YOLOv7 model to detect five defect types, stems, and calyxes while differentiating between defective and non-defective apples. The SORT algorithm integrates multi-frame data, tracks, and keeps apple labels. With YOLOv7 achieving 71.7% mAP and 69.4 fps in defect detection and SORT achieving 91.2% MOTA and 85.2% MOTP, the proposed system demonstrates high efficiency. Combining detection and tracking yields an overall quality rating of 95.8% F1 and 60.9 fps. However, defect-specific detection, such as insect damage (46.9% mAP) and physical damage (38.3% mAP), requires improvement. This system—effective for apple quality inspection, shows potential for broader agricultural product sorting applications.
Marketing Pattern and Marketing Efficiency of major spice in Meghalaya: A value chain Mapping
The study was conducted in Ribhoi district and West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya to examine the marketing costs, price spread, marketing efficiency and the major constraints in marketing of the major spice in Meghalaya. The marketable surplus was found to be more than the marketed surplus and it shows no distress sales. The majority of ginger producers (61.73%) utilized channel-I (Producer → Local Trader/collection centre → Traders), while raw turmeric was mainly sold through channel-II (Producer → Processor-cum-wholesaler-cum-Retailer (SHGs/Co-operatives Society) → Consumer). In sliced turmeric channel-I (60.71%) was the preferred channel and in the case of powder turmeric channel-I (Producer → Consumer) was the most preferred channel. The marketing efficiency for ginger was high in Channel-IV, whereas raw turmeric (Channel-II), sliced (Channel-III) and powered turmeric (Channel-I) showed the greatest marketing efficiency. The major constraints faced by producers in marketing major spices included price fluctuations and low prices, while intermediaries faced challenges due to scattered production patterns and climate variability, followed by a lack of human resources. The price fluctuations and low prices faced by producers can be addressed by implementing market intelligence systems and price stabilization measures and investing in infrastructure for storage and processing to reduce post-harvest losses can improve the overall value chain. It was observed that through the intervention of the Mission Lakadong scheme the turmeric farmers benefited. Encouraging investors to the establishment of the oleoresin plant to tap the potential of the high curcumin content of the Lakadong turmeric varieties is the call of the hour.