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 (2025)
07 Dec 2025 (Vol - 56 , Issue- 12 )
31 Dec 2025 (Vol - 56 , Issue 12 )
Aim and Scope :
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
Molecular validation of markers linked to rust resistance (leaf and yellow) and grain quality genes in a UP 2338-derived BIL population of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell.)
The widespread use of DNA markers has created new opportunities for plant breeding to protect plants from biotic and abiotic stress. The development of rust-resistant wheat varieties is aided by the use of DNA markers, which are helpful in the fight against rust infections in wheat and are essential for the identification, characterization, and expression of rust resistance genes. It is imperative to combine rust resistance with grain quality features. Genes related to grain quality and rust resistance, such as GPC-B1, HMW-GS, Lr34, Lr19, Lr24, and Yr15, are crucial for preventing rust disease-related declines in grain quality and maintaining wheat productivity. Significant correlations were detected between the goal attributes and the molecular validation of markers associated with rust resistance (leaf and yellow) and grain quality genes in a BILs population of bread wheat. The expression of genes such as GPC-B1, HMW-GS, Lr34, Lr19, Lr24, and Yr15 was validated via the use of molecular markers in the validation of rust resistance and grain quality genes within wheat cultivars. In addition to being present alone and in combination with other rust and quality genes, the GPC-B1 gene was found in 82 BIL populations. However, the HMW-GS gene coexisted with additional genes in 169 BILs population. The Lr34 gene was found in 69 populations and was found in different combinations with Lr34/Yr18. Resistance genes to Lr19, Lr24, and Yr15 were also identified; these combinations included two, three, four, and five genes, respectively. Among the 217 chosen BILs, 23 also exhibited all of the genes GPC-B1, HMW-GS, Lr19, Lr24, Lr34, and Yr15. The confirmed common lines will be used for further development of wheat breeding.
The Impact of Financial Development and Economic Growth on the Economy of Kingdom Saudi Arabia.
The purpose of this study is to use the fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) method to examine the connection between financial development and economic growth in Saudi Arabia from 2013 to 2023. The growth of the credit market (bank loans to the private sector) and the stock market (the general stock market index) have been the manifestations of the evolution of financial markets. According to the findings, domestic bank credit to the private sector influences economic growth in the long run, but in the short run, it has little effect and even has a negative impact. In contrast, the stock market index has an unexpectedly small but positive impact in the short term, but a long-term beneficial effect that is barely noticeable. Lastly, there is good and substantial evidence that increasing industrial production will contribute to economic growth, both now and in the future.
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.