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Papers by adnan shakeel

GeoJournal, Apr 9, 2023

Achieving socioeconomic growth can be done by enhancing national health. The availability and pro... more Achieving socioeconomic growth can be done by enhancing national health. The availability and provision of health infrastructure in an administrative territory affect the health of ordinary people. People's access to healthcare is inversely correlated with the availability of a region's health infrastructure. This study investigates inter-district health infrastructure disparities in the newly created Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir. Using principal component analysis, this study developed a districtlevel health infrastructure index (HII) for 2018-2019. The study demonstrates the existence of inter-district disparities in the Union Territory's health infrastructure. Regarding health infrastructure, Doda has the highest HII and has been designated a 'developed' district. Doda is followed by Jammu, Kishtwar, Udhampur, Ramban, Samba, Reasi and Kulgam, which also fall into the 'developed' districts category. Backward districts include Kathua,

Journal of Public Affairs

the arab world geographer, Dec 1, 2017

The article examines the causes behind farmers' suicide in India from different perspectives ... more The article examines the causes behind farmers' suicide in India from different perspectives and seeks to explore how a capitalist approach to development through globalisation is the key factor re...

SN Social Sciences

This paper has two broad objectives; the first is to examine the challenges of e-learning faced b... more This paper has two broad objectives; the first is to examine the challenges of e-learning faced by the students keeping in view their place of residence and gender in India, particularly during the second-wave of Covid-19. The second objective is to examine the role of place of residence and gender of students in the acceptance and satisfaction towards e-learning. The data has been obtained through an online survey of the students of University of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, in which a total of 490 students participated. Selection of students has been done through stratified sampling technique. Initially the obtained data was analysed and discussed through simple statistical analysis. Later, a chi-square test of independence was applied to find out the dependency of psychological stress, level of acceptance and level of satisfaction towards e-learning on the place of residence and the gender. The major finding of the paper reveals that the gender and the place of residence of the students is significantly associated with their psychological stress, acceptance and satisfaction towards e-learning. Extra money spent on the purchase of online learning resources was greater in case of rural students.

the arab world geographer, Mar 1, 2018

The concept of food security is dynamic and ever-changing. This article tries to highlight the co... more The concept of food security is dynamic and ever-changing. This article tries to highlight the concept of food security and its changing dimensions with respect to space and time. The article exami...

Contemporary South Asia, 2021

Social Change, 2021

Food insecurity prevails when the availability of sufficient nutritious and safe food is threaten... more Food insecurity prevails when the availability of sufficient nutritious and safe food is threatened. This article examines conditions in Bundelkhand’s Banda district and analyses the reasons behind the conditions of food insecurity prevalent there. On the basis of household-level primary data, body mass index (BMI) and 24-hour dietary recall (24-HDR) have been used to measure the chronic and transitory dimensions of food insecurity. The overall sex specific prevalence of chronic energy deficiency (CED) shows that both males and females are passing through a critical situation with respect to their nutritional status, with females being more underprivileged. Nearly two-fifths of the households remain hungry and are consuming calories less than the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of 1,890 calories, with wasted children being the biggest sufferers of CED. Persistent drought conditions combined with the unavailability of assured means of irrigation and faulty implementation of gover...

GeoJournal, 2020

Present study examines the current situation of food insecurity in Banda district of Bundelkhand ... more Present study examines the current situation of food insecurity in Banda district of Bundelkhand region on the basis of measures of food quality and food quantity. Coping strategy index (CSI) and dietary diversity index has been used as qualitative and subjective measures to capture the dimensions of food accessibility and food vulnerability. Dietary pattern has been taken as a quantitative and objective measure to capture the dimension of food availability. The study emphasize on the coping strategies adopted by the households supported by declining dietary status, dietary diversity and meal pattern of the households. Data used for the analysis were obtained from 240 households that were selected from sixteen villages on the basis of multistage stratified random sampling. Study shows that the frequency and intensity of coping strategies opted by the households increases as the intensity of food insecurity within the household increases. The CSI shows high condition of food insecurity and recommends periodic evaluation and monitoring of food insecurity at different time across the year.

Journal of Rural Development, 2019

GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, 2018

Present article follow up the recent debates that is being discussed in the country with respect ... more Present article follow up the recent debates that is being discussed in the country with respect to the National Food Security Act – 2013. Present article is based on the secondary sources of information collected through various books, magazines, journals, newspapers, government and non-governmental reports. The purpose of the article is to trace the discussion among various economist, planners, researchers and policy makers in order to analyse whether National food Security Act is a triumph for those who are in desperate need of it (poor and destitute), or a tragedy for those officials speaking against the Act. The main emphasis of the article is to discuss the cost of implementation of NFSA because it was believed that after its implementation it will put heavy burden on the government exchequer due to subsidies provided under it. Article also examines the challenges related to Food Corporation of India with respect to procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains. Moreove...

The COVID-19 pandemic spread over the world like the wind with more than 400,000 documented cases... more The COVID-19 pandemic spread over the world like the wind with more than 400,000 documented cases as of March 24th, 2020. In this regard, strict lockdown measures were imposed in India on the same date to stop the virus spread. Thereafter, various lockdown impacts were observed and one of the immediate effects was a reduction in air pollution levels across the world. In this study, we have selected 14 major hotspot places where the COVID-19 cases were >1000 (as of 1st June 2020) that represents more than 70% mortalities of India. We assessed the impact of lockdown on different air quality indicators including ground (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, O3, and AQI) and tropospheric nitric oxide (NO2) concentrations through ground monitoring stations and Sentinel-5 satellite data respectively. We have found highest reduction in NO2 (-48.68%), PM2.5 (-34.84%) and PM10 (-33.89%) air pollutant (unit in µg/m3) levels post-lockdown. Moreover, tropospheric NO2 (mol/m2) concentrations were also impro...

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide, such as wind, with more than 400,000 documented cases as ... more The COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide, such as wind, with more than 400,000 documented cases as of March 24th, 2020. In this regard, strict lockdown measures were imposed in India on the same date to stop virus spread. Thereafter, various lockdown impacts were observed, and one of the immediate effects was a reduction in air pollution levels across the world and in India as well. In this study, we have observed approximately 40% reduction in air quality index (AQI) during one month of lockdown in India. The detailed investigations were performed for 14 major hotspot places where the COVID-19 cases were >1000 (as of 1st June 2020) and represents more than 70% associated mortality in India. We assessed the impact of lockdown on different air quality indicators, including ground (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, O3, and AQI) and tropospheric nitric oxide (NO2) pollutants, through ground monitoring stations and Sentinel-5 satellite datasets respectively. The highest reductions were noticed in NO2 (-48.68%), PM2.5 (-34.84%) and PM10 (-33.89%) air pollutant (unit in μg/m3) post-lockdown. Moreover, tropospheric NO2 (mol/m2) concentrations were also improved over Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Thane, and Ahmedabad metro cities. We found strong positive correlation of COVID-19 mortality with PM10 (R2=0.145; r=0.38) and AQI (R2=0.17; r=0.412) pollutant indicators that significantly improved next time point. The correlation finding suggests that long-term bad air quality may aggravate the clinical symptoms of the disease.

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2021

Covid‐19 pandemic has affected every sphere of life specially the education sector observing a pa... more Covid‐19 pandemic has affected every sphere of life specially the education sector observing a paradigm shift in the nature of pedagogy from offline face‐to‐face to online‐virtual mode of learning. The biggest challenge in online‐learning was the conduction of online examination for student's assessment specially in Indian context where digital divide is rampant. Thus, present study examines and compares the challenges faced by the students in two most widely accepted modes of examination by Indian universities and institutes of higher learning, that is, take home/unrestricted/assignment‐based examination (ABE) and highly time restricted/open‐book examination (OBE). Primary data was collected through questionnaires prepared by using Google forms to measure adaptability, satisfaction, and challenges using 5‐point Likert's scale. Cronbach's α test was performed on question items to check the reliability and internal consistency of the items. χ2 test has been applied in order to check whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the gender and place of residence in the acceptability of ABE and OBE. The findings suggest that both modes of examination have their own challenges largely governed by the digital and economic divide. The acceptance level of ABE and OBE is not associated with gender. However, we found the level of acceptance association of ABE with the place of residence of the students but not with OBE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Human Behavior & Emerging Technologies is the property of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Springer, 2020

Present study examines the current situation of food insecurity in Banda district of Bun-delkhand... more Present study examines the current situation of food insecurity in Banda district of Bun-delkhand region on the basis of measures of food quality and food quantity. Coping strategy index (CSI) and dietary diversity index has been used as qualitative and subjective measures to capture the dimensions of food accessibility and food vulnerability. Dietary pattern has been taken as a quantitative and objective measure to capture the dimension of food availability. The study emphasize on the coping strategies adopted by the households supported by declining dietary status, dietary diversity and meal pattern of the households. Data used for the analysis were obtained from 240 households that were selected from sixteen villages on the basis of multistage stratified random sampling. Study shows that the frequency and intensity of coping strategies opted by the households increases as the intensity of food insecurity within the household increases. The CSI shows high condition of food insecurity and recommends periodic evaluation and monitoring of food insecurity at different time across the year.

Economic Affairs, 2014

The study of cropping pattern is very important because it provide evidences about the changes th... more The study of cropping pattern is very important because it provide evidences about the changes that are taking place in landuse related to agriculture. The vast, extensive and densely populated state of Uttar Pradesh, while generally backward and predominantly agriculture is marked by considerable changes in cropping pattern. The study focuses on Eastern Uttar Pradesh, which is still identified as backward region in comparison to Western Uttar Pradesh. Changes in cropping patterns are examined from the pre-Green Revolution period (1950-53) to post-Green Revolution period (up to 2006-09) on the basis of data obtained from the Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Statistics and Economics, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Patterns of changes in the study area are shown by the proportions of land occupied by the respected crop to total cropped area and their proportion of production to the total agricultural production. The data shows that, area and production of certain crops such as fine cereals (wheat and rice) increased through out the study period and on the other extreme the area and production of our traditional crops like pulses, coarse cereals and small millets decreased. Some of the cash crops like oilseeds and sugarcane are also increasing, showing that cropping pattern is shifting from traditional to market oriented value added crops, which are more profitable and less risky to grow. Moreover, this shift in cropping pattern also affects the food and nutritional security of the masses. Cropping pattern according to some agricultural economist means, the proportion of the area under various crops at a point in time as indicated by cropping intensity in percentage. Kanwar (1971) define cropping pattern as the time and space sequence of crops. Earlier cropping pattern of a region was mainly determined by the agro-climatic factors i.e., only those crops were grown in a region which was suitable to the climate and are known as traditional crops. Now, farmers are influenced by changes in economic, technological, and institutional and policy induced factors (Gulati and Kelly, 1999). From the beginning of widespread agriculture until the 1960 s when Green Revolution was not applied in Indian agriculture, wheat, rice, pulses, coarse cereals and small millets accounted for most of the

Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 2012

Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 2012

Inspite of being the major source of protein and staple food for the majority of population the p... more Inspite of being the major source of protein and staple food for the majority of population the production of pulses is stagnated at all India level between 12 and 15 million tonnes. It is believed that the demand of pulses will increase upto 20 million tonnes during 2020 A.D. Thus, a need arise to find out the causes for such stagnation and to suggest some remedial measures for increasing the area and production under pulses. The objectives of the present study is to analyze the trend and spatial pattern of area, production and yield of pulses in Eastern Uttar including the regional imbalances in the availability of pulses per head per day in grams on the basis of recommendations given by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Hyderabad. Changes in the area and production of pulses are compared to those of major cereals to draw conclusions to ascertain, whether the trend is in the same direction or opposite. Finally, the study concluded that the area (except lentil) and production (except black gram and lentil) of the pulses has been decreased during the study period.