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Research and Academic Institutes Contribution to Indian Plantation Industry: A Bibliometric

analysis of PLANTERS CHRONICLE 2008 – 2012.

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Research and Academic Institutes Contribution to Indian Plantation Industry: A Bibliometric analysis of PLANTERS

CHRONICLE 2008 – 2012.

K.N. Madhu. I/c Librarian, Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) Jnana Bharthi Campus, Mallathalli Post, Bangalore - 560 056.

E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The present study contains an analysis of Planters Chronicle journal. The study covers five volumes (volume No. 104 – 108) published from 2008 to 2013. The study includes year-wise and subject-wise distribution of contributions in the field of plantation sector in India. Authorship pattern, institutional affiliation and geographic distribution of contributors, prolific contributors to the journal etc. are being taken up for this study. In the field of Indian plantation sector, it is revealed that solo research predominates in the field since 74 out of 129 contributors are single authors. It is also found that the major topics included in the journal are; Tea, coffee, rubber, fertilizers, climate changes, minimum wages, nutritional management, soil health and mechanical harvesting etc.

Key words – UPASI, Planters Chronicle, Authorship pattern, institutional affiliation, Plantation crops.

INTRODUCTION

Bibliometrics is one of the most common areas of study among the library and information scientists. Prichard1 coined the word bibliomatrics and defined it as ‘the application of mathematical and statistical methods to book and other media of communication’. Potter2 defined it as ‘the study and measurement of the publication pattern of all form of written communication and their authorship.

The major plantation crops also called cash crops, some of which come under agriculture sector are also industrial crops. Tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, coconut, areca nut, cashew, cardamom, oil palm, spices which includes some of 63 different crops, sugarcane, tobacco, etc. are generally called plantation crops. Hence the continued multi-disciplinary research and technological innovation and its application in plantation industry help us to have the

sustainability in plantation. Information Communication Technology (ICT) helps to disseminate the right information to right user in right format in right time. India’s plantation agriculture sector is confronting many challenges in the present era of Globalisation, of which those related to prices could be treated as one of the most significant. In India, during 1870-71, Plantation sector contributed around 13 per cent of the total export earnings of the country. But now, it has become highly domestic market oriented with a share in exports of around one per cent during 2010-11. Apart from the erosion of external markets the sector currently faces import threats from other low cost producing competitors especially after the new free trade agreements like the India-ASEAN FTA (Nagoor, 2010)3. Major plantation crops producing states are Tamil Nadu (28%), Karnataka (26%), Kerala (25.5%), Andhra Pradesh (8%) which altogether contributes about



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87.5% of the plantation crops production in the country. The global trade of select plantation commodities is estimated to be of the order of US $ 11 billion in 2002. Whereas combined export of tea, coffee, natural rubber and pepper alone were about US $ 0.8 billion. India’s share in global trade of these commodities is estimated to be over 7%.

About UPASI and Planters Chronicle

UPASI 4 (The United Planters' Association of Southern India) is an apex body of planters of tea, coffee, rubber, pepper and cardamom in the Southern States of India viz. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in existence since 1893. There are 3 State Planters' Associations and 13 District Planters' Association affiliated to UPASI. It is the premier representative body of buyers, sellers, processors, exporters, co-operatives and all other market intermediaries of tea coffee, rubber and spices.

The Association's operations cover economic research, market intelligence, industrial relations, liaison, public relations, scientific research and publication. The very first edition of Planting Opinion, "Written by Planters for Planters" was published on 14th September 1895.

The publication was endorsed by UPASI, which utilized space in its columns on association matters. Starting out as a fortnightly, along with a weekly supplement, that provided market prices of various commodities, including "London" prices, Planting Opinion later became a weekly. Planting Opinion ceased publication with the last weekly issue of December 1902.

The need for UPASI to reach out to its core constituency, the individual district association member, was imperative, and so, in September 1906 was born The Planters' Chronicle. It started out as a monthly, but was so successful, that in

early 1910 it became a weekly, and remained so until 1930 and then to a bimonthly journal during World War II. Currently a monthly journal, the “Planters Chronicle”' as it is fondly known, is possibly one of the oldest industry journals in India exclusive for the Plantations that has been continuously in print.

Review of Literature on Plantation Crops

Lovath Heather (1953)5 reviewed the transition of plantations crops in India during late 1800s and early 1900s. The first plantation crop which was developed and exported from south India was coffee. It appears that coffee was exported from South India as early as 1659 when the Dutch East India Company ordered consignment on a trial. Langley W.K.M. (1954)6 made a comparative study about the development of coffee and tea in India. The area where tea was first developed in Kerala was Wayanadu and Peermade. Many of the British companies which developed tea plantations in India had first entered Coffee trading and cultivation. The record of Parry and Company shows that as far back .as 1823 they were trading in Mysore coffee. This led to their involvement in the planting of coffee in the Kalpetta district and by 1850 they were well established in the Wayanadu coffee plantations. Their subsequent turn over to tea and finally the sale of their tea properties to the Harrisons and Crosfield is a more recent history. As an international commodity there is an international significance for plantation crops. Greaves ( 1959)7 analysed the significance of plantation sector in the world economy. Historically and economically plantation system is international in character. Because of this character, the plantation crops have been associated with most political and international development of modern times, mercantilism and free trade; slavery and independence, capitalism and imperialism. The plantation crops have played a crucial role in the development of tropical economies.



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Wickiser V.D. (1958)8 evaluated the significance of plantation crops in tropical underdeveloped countries. Plantation agriculture has been generally ignored in the rapidly expanding literature on underdeveloped agriculture. To a large extent this expresses a view that plantation agriculture is efficient and modern; it is particularly suited to bring previously isolated areas into the modern world economy. The large scale plantation units make possible economies of operation by the use of labour saving machinery. Scope of the Study

The present study is a bibliometric analysis, of the articles and other information’s published in the journal - Planters Chronicle, between 2008 and 2012, in order to identify the following variables.

1. The number of contributions published during 2008-2012

2. The nature and extent of authorship 3. The average length of paper published in

the journal 4. The subject-wise breakup of

contributions 5. Geographic distribution and institutional

affiliation of authors 6. Prolific contribution to the journal.

Limitation of the Study

The major limitations of the present study are;

The study is limited to the articles of Vol. 104 to 108 of planters chronicle from 2008 to 2012. It is a monthly journal, so naturally 60 issues have been analysed.

Sources of Data

In order to analyse the journal Planters Chronicle’ the primary sources used by the investigator are the issues of the journal volume 104 to 108 for the period 2008 -2012. Sixty

issues of the journal are taken as the sources of data. All the issues are minutely scanned to collect the necessary data.

Variables Considered for Analysis

The following variables were considered for analysis to draw meaningful conclusion:

1. Total number of articles appeared during the period 2008-2012

2. Subject-wise breakup articles 3. Authorship pattern and collaborative

authors 4. Institutional and Geographical

distribution of authors 5. Number of pages per article 6. The prolific contribution to the journal

Objectives of the Study

The study aims to determine the following:

1. Year-wise distribution of the contribution

2. Subject-wise distribution of contribution 3. Authorship pattern 4. Institutional affiliation and geographical

distribution of contributors 5. Prolific contributors to the journal 6. Average length of the article per volume

Techniques and Tools for Data collection

Document analysis was the major techniques used by the investigators for the current study. A specially prepared data sheet was used for analysing the 60 issues of the Planters chronicle journal manually. Data items for source contributions included authors’ name, number of authors, institutional affiliation and geographical location of authors, number of pages, and subject of articles. After collection of all these data, the analysis was done manually.

Techniques for Analysis



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The method used by the investigators for the analysis of data collected, was purely manual. To draw meaningful conclusions various techniques have to be used for the analysis. They are documental analysis, calculation of percentages and averages, preparation of frequency tables, diagrammatical representation and statistical analysis.

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS

Year-wise Distribution of content of information

Category of Contents No. of items appeared & its %in each year Total 5 years

contents and its percentage 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Annual budget 1

1

1

2

2

7 2.04%

Articles 21

35

22

31

20 129 37.71%

Discussion Paper - Inter governmental group

1 1 1 1 4 8 2.33%

District News 9 7 10 8 0 34 9.94% Golden Leaf India award

0 0 1 1 1 3 0.8%

Personalia 4 6 4 3 1 18 5.26%

Photo Glimpses 1 2 4 3 2 12 3.50%

Plantation Act 1 0 0 3 0 4 1.16%

Plantation commodity stock taking

1

1

0 1

1

4 1.16%

press clipping 5 7 4 2 1 19 5.55%

Reports - plantation 2 0 3 1 1 7 2.04% Speech of Experts & VIPS

11 11 13 10 19 64 18.71%

Symposium/seminar 1 5 1 5 5 17 4.97%

Training Programme 0 0

1

1

2 4 1.16%

Tribute 2 0 0 0 3 5 1.46% UPASI sports competition

1 1 1 1 2 6 1.75%

UPASI Proposal 12th plan

0 0 0 1 0 1 0.29%

Total 61 76 66 73 64 342 100% Table 1 – Year-wise Distribution of content of information



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Table 1- presents the content analysis of publications included in Planters Chronicles during the study period. Analysis of 342 contents showed that there are 129 (37.71%) articles authored by scientists and experts were published. 64 (18.71%) contents were appeared on Speech of Experts & VIPS, 34 (9.94%) contents were appeared on District news, 19 (5.55%) contents on press clippings, 18 (5026%) contents were appeared on Personalia, 17 (4.97%) contents were appeared on symposium / seminar, 12 (3.50%) contents were appeared on Photo Glimpses, 8 (2.33%) contents were

appeared on discussion Paper - Inter governmental group, 7 (2.04%) contents each appeared on Reports – plantation and Annual budget respectively. 6 (1.75%) contents were appeared on UPASI sports competition. 5 (1.46%) contents were appeared on Tribute, 4 (1.46%) contents were appeared on Training Programme, Plantation commodity stock taking and Plantation Act respectively. 3 (0.8%) contents were appeared on Golden Leaf India award. 1 (0.29%) was appeared on UPASI Proposal about 12th plan.

Subject-wise Distribution of Articles

SL No Subject (Article ) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total %

1 Black pepper 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.55%

2 Carbon Cycle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77%

3 Cardamom 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77%

4 Climate change 0 2 3 2 1 8 6.20%

5 Certification Agency 0 2 0 2 0 4 3.10%

6 Coffee 2 5 2 1 2 12 9.30%

7 Crop productivity 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.55%

8 Cut Flower 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.55%

9 Different Farming System 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.55%

10 Drought Management 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77%

11 Energy Conservation 1 0 1 0 0 2 1.55%

12 EPF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.77%

13 Fertilizers 1 1 4 0 3 9 6.97%

14 Herbal crops 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.55%

15 History of Estate ( Margoly Estate)

1 0 0 0 0 1 0.77%

16 Human Resource Development 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.77%

17 IPR 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77%

18 Mundakayam Tennis Tournament

0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77%

19 Minimum Wage 4 0 0 0 0 4 3.10%

20 Mechanical Harvesting 2 0 0 0 1 3 2.32%

21 National Science Day 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77%

22 Nanotechnology in Agriculture 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77%

23 Nutritional Management 0 0 1 0 3 4 3.10%



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24 Organic Cultivation 1 0 2 0 0 3 2.32%

25 Package of Practices 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77%

26 Plant Biotechnology 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77%

27 Plantation 0 0 1 2 0 3 2.32%

28 Pest & Diseases 0 0 2 0 0 2 1.55%

29 Plantation Act 0 0 0 4 1 5 3.87%

31 Rubber 2 2 1 1 0 6 4.65%

32 Shade tree Management 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77%

33 Shear Harvesting 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.77%

34 Sprayers & Spraying Techniques 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77%

35 Soil Health 0 2 0 1 0 3 2.32%

36 Tea 1 9 3 9 8 30 23.25%

37 Tea Mosquito 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.55%

38 Value chain management 1 0 0 1 0 2 1.55%

39 Weed control 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.55%

Total 19 31 25 33 21 129 100% Table 2 – Subject-wise Distribution of Articles

Table - 5 presents the subject-wise analysis of articles included in Planters Chronicle during the study period (2008-2012). The analysis shows that the higher percentage of paper (23.25%) fall under the subject Tea with 30 articles. 12 (9.30%) article on coffee, 9 (6.97%) articles on fertilizers, 8 (6.20%) articles on climate change, 6 (4.65%) articles on Rubber, 5 (3.87%) articles on plantation Act. 4 (3.10%) articles each on nutritional management, Minimum Wages and Certification Agency, respectively. 3 (2.32%) articles each on Soil Health, Plantation, Organic Cultivation and Mechanical Harvesting respectively. 2 (1.55%) articles each on Weed

control, Value chain management, Tea Mosquito, Pest & diseases, Herbal crops, Energy Conservation, Different Farming System, Cut Flower and Crop productivity respectively. 1 (0.77%) articles each on Sprayers & Spraying Techniques, Shear Harvesting, Shade tree Management, Plant Biotechnology, Package of Practices, Nanotechnology in Agriculture, National Science Day, Mundakayam Tennis Tournament, IPR, Human Resource Development, History of Estate (Margoly Estate), EPF, Drought Management, Cardamom and Carbon Cycle respectively.

Year - wise Authorship pattern of the contribution

Year-wise Authorship pattern of the contribution 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total %

Single Author 14 12 13 22 13 74 57.36%

Two Author 2 8 5 4 2 21 16.27%

Three Author 2 4 2 3 2 13 10.07%

Four Author 0 0 4 2 1 7 5.42%

Five Author 0 4 1 1 1 7 5.42%



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Six Author 0 3 0 1 0 4 3.10%

Seven Author 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Eight Author 1 0 0 0 1 2 1.55%

Nine Author 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77%

Total 19 31 25 33 21 129 100% Table 3 – Year-wise Authorship pattern of the contribution

Table – 3, Analysis of the 129 contributions (articles) showed that there are 74 contributions (57.36%) by single authors, 21 contributions (16.27%) by two authors, 13 contributions (10.07%) by Three authors, 7 contributions (5.42%) by four and five authors respectively, 4 contributions (3.10%) by six authors, 2 contributions (1.55%) by eight and 1

contribution (0.77%) by nine authors. Thus the analysis reveals that more number of authors writes individually and only less number of people likes to produce collaborative work of more than two authors. i.e. the trend towards single authorship or solo research predominates in the field of plantation industry in India.

Institutional Affiliation of Authors

SL No

Institutional Affiliation of Authors 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total %

1 Agricultural University – Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77% 2 Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur

Rahman Agricultural University 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77%

3 Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedker University

0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77%

4 Cafnet Project College of Forestry, University of Agriculture

0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77%

5 CIRDA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77% 6 Consolidated Coffee ltd 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.77% 7 CSKHPKV 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.77% 8 Coffee Board & CCRI 1 3 3 0 1 8 6.20% 9 Faisal Sultan Al Essa Estd: Al-

Faisaliya Farm 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77%

10 FIP 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77% 11 Food safety and standards

Authority of India 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77%

12 Harison Malayalam Ltd 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77% 13 Indian Institute of Spices Research 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77% 14 IMT Technologies Ltd. 0 0 1 0 2 3 2.32% 15 Jaya Shree Tea & Industries ltd 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77% 16 Kerala Forest Research Institute 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77% 17 Kannan Devan Hills Plantation

Company Pvt. Ltd. (KDHP) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.55%



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18 Karnataka Planters Association 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.77% 19 Nature Conservation Foundation 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77% 20 Netafim Irrigation India 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 21 Organic farming consultant 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77% 22 Parry Agro Industries ltd 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.55% 23 Providence College of Women 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.55% 24 Plantation Crops Agri Agency 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 25 Rubber Board and RRI 2 2 1 0 0 5 3.87% 26 Ramesh Export Pvt. Ltd. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77% 27 Rainforest Alliance Winchester

House 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77%

28 BBSMR Agricultural University 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 29 Bangladesh Tea Research Institute

(BTRI) 0 0 1 2 1 4 3.10%

30 BSMRAU 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 31 SGS INDIA PVT LTD 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77% 32 Tea Board 0 1 0 0 1 2 1.55% 33 TRI 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 34 Tea Research Association 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.77% 35 Tata Coffee Limited 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 36 Tamil Nadu Agriculture Institute 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.77% 36 University of North Bengal 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.77% 38 UPASI KVK 2 1 0 4 0 7 5.42% 39 UPASI TEA Research Foundation 11 14 7 20 12 74 57.36% 40 University of Bangor, 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.77%

Table 4 - Institutional Affiliation of Authors

Institutional affiliation (Table - 4) refers to the institutions such as universities and academic institutions and research institute /research center, in which the authors are working.

The analysis reveals that 74 (57.36%) out of 129 contributions are contributed by authors who are affiliated to UPASI TEA Research Foundation (UPASI TRF), 8 (6.20%) contributions are contributed by Coffee Board and Central Coffee Research Institute, 7 (5.42%) contributions are contributed by UPASI KVK, 5 (3.87%) contributions are contributed by Rubber Board and Rubber Research Institute, 4 (3.10%) contributions are contributed by Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI), 2 (1.55%) contributions are contributed by Tea Board, Providence College of Women, Parry Agro

Industries Limited and Kannan Devan Hills Plantation Company Pvt. Limited. (KDHP), respectively. 1 (0.77%) contributions are contributed by University of Bangor, University of North Bengal, Tamil Nadu Agriculture Institute, Tata Coffee Limited, Tea Research Association, SGS INDIA PVT LTD, BSMRAU, BBSMR Agricultural University, Rainforest AllIANCE Winchester House, Ramesh Export Pvt. Ltd., Plantation Crops Agri Agency, Organic farming consultant, Netafim Irrigation India, Nature Conservation Foundation, Karnataka Planters Association, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Jaya Shree Tea & Industries ltd, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Harison Malayalam Ltd, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India,



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FIP, Faisal Sultan Al Essa Estd: Al-Faisaliya Farm, Agricultural University – Sri Lanka, Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman Agricutural University, Baba Saheb Bhim Rao

Ambedker University, Cafnet Project College of Forestry, University of Agriculture, CIRDA, Consolidated Coffee ltd and CSKHPKV respectively.

Geographical Distribution of Authors

SL No Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total % 1 India 14 23 18 37 23 114 94.21%

2 France 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.82%

3 London 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.82%

4 Australia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.82%

5 Kuwait 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.82%

6 Greece 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.82%

7 Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.82%

8 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.82%

Total 121 100%

Table 5 - Geographical Distribution of Authors

Table – 5, An analysis of the geographical distribution of contributors indicate that, out of 121 contributors from 8 countries, (114) 94.21%

are from India alone and (1) 0.82% contributor from each rest of the contributed countries.

State wise Author contribution in India

State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total %

Karnataka 1 3 4 2 2 12 10.52%

Kerala 1 4 2 4 3 14 12.28%

Tamil Nadu 11 15 9 31 12 78 68.42%

West Bengal 0 1 0 0 2 3 2.63%

Himachal Pradesh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.87%

New Delhi 0 0 2 0 1 2 1.75%

Maharashtra 0 0 1 0 2 3 2.63%

Uttar Pradesh 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.87%

Total 14 23 18 37 23 114 100%

Table 6 - State wise Author contribution in India

Table 6, shows the state wise authors contribution in India. 78 (68.42%) contributors out of 114 are from Tamil Nadu, 14 (12.28%)

are from Kerala, 12 (10.52%) are from Karnataka, 3 (2.63%) from West Bengal and Maharashtra state. 2 (1.75%) from New Delhi.

Most Prolific Contributors to Planters Chronicle



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A rank list of contributors to Planters Chronicle with more than three articles, during the period

2008 – 2012 has been prepared.

SL No Rank Author Name No of Papers Percentage 1 1 Muraleedharan, N 13 10.07%

2 2 RadhaKishanan, B 12 9.30%

3 3 Mohan Kuma, P 10 7.75%

4 3 Sankaranarayanan 10 7.75%

4 4 Raj Kumar, R 9 6.97%

6 5 Anjali Pathak 6 4.65%

7 6 Dorai raj, J 4 3.10%

8 6 Siby Mathew 4 3.10%

9 7 Ramaswamy, V 3 2.32%

10 7 Saha Abhijit 3 2.32%

11 7 Suguna, M 3 2.32%

12 7 Shaha JK 3 2.32%

13 8 Chandrashekar, M 2 1.55%

14 8 Gagnesh Sharma, 2 1.55%

15 8 Jacob Thomas, K 2 1.55%

16 8 James Jacob 2 1.55%

17 8 Krishan, KVS 2 1.55%

18 8 Verma, D.P. 2 1.55%

19 8 Victor J Illango, R 2 1.55%

20 8 Murugesan, S 2 1.55%

21 8 Ramamoorthy, G 2 1.55%

Total 98 75.96% Table 7 - Most Prolific Contributors to Planters Chronicle

Table – 7 shows that the list contains that the name of 21 authors with more than two articles by each. The contributions from all of them when taken together constitute 75.96% of the total articles (129).The author Dr. Murulidharan N has obtained first rank and he has contributed

13 (10.07%) articles. Mr. Radha Kishanan, B was in second rank and he has contributed 12 (9.30%) articles. Mr. Mohan Kumar P. and Mr. Shankarnarayan were in 3rd rank and they have contributed 10 (7.75%) articles each.

Length of the Article

Sl No pages 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total %

1 1-5 7 10 9 19 10 55 42%

2 6-10 9 15 5 8 7 44 34.10%


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3 11-15 2

4 16-20 1

5 21& above 0

Total 19

Table 8 (Figure-1) reveals that among the 129 articles, 55 articles are of 1-5 pages and these contribute 42% of the total. 44 articles having 6 to 10 pages occupy second position (34.10%). 17 articles having 11 to 15 pages occupy the third position (13.17%). 11 articles having 16 to 20 pages occupy the forth position (8.52%). Two contribution with more than 21 pages which has the longest number of pages has also appeared during the period in the year 2010 and 2012 (Vol. 106 & Vol. 108) Average length of an article is 10.5 pages per article.

Conclusion

The analysis of the articles in the 104volumes of the Planters Chronicle shows

44 (34%)

(6-10 pages)

17 (13%)

(11-15 pages)

11 (8%)

(16-20 pages)

Figure - 1, Page Length of Articles between 2008 and 2012



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4 1 6 4 17

1 9 0 0 11

0 1 0 1 2

31 25 33 21 129

Table 8 - Length of the Article

that among the 129 5 pages and these

contribute 42% of the total. 44 articles having 6 to 10 pages occupy second position (34.10%). 17 articles having 11 to 15 pages occupy the

%). 11 articles having 16 to 20 pages occupy the forth position (8.52%). Two contribution with more than 21 pages which has the longest number of pages has also appeared during the period in the year 2010 and 2012 (Vol. 106 & Vol. 108) Average length of

the 104 to 108 hronicle shows the

various characteristics of the published literature. The authorship trend is towards single author which confirms that solo research predominates in the areas covered by the journal. The analysis of the subject-wise distribution of the context shows that the journal includes contributions which are of multidisciplinarynature and tea, coffee, rubber are the most predominant area of the study.contributions of articles are towards tea, coffee, rubber, fertilizers, Plantation Act, nutritional management, Minimum Wage and Certification Agency etc. The most of the contributed authors hailed from UPASI TEA Research Foundation (UPASI TRF), UPASI KVK, Coffee Board and CCRI, Rubber Board & RRII and contribution

55 (43%)

(1-5 pages)

44 (34%)

10 pages)

11 (8%)

20 pages)

2 (2%)

(above 21

pages)

1, Page Length of Articles between 2008 and 2012


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13.17%

8.52%

1.55%

129 100%

of the published literature. The authorship trend is towards single

at solo research predominates in the areas covered by the journal.

wise distribution of the context shows that the journal includes contributions which are of multidisciplinary in

rubber are the most predominant area of the study. Major contributions of articles are towards tea, coffee,

fertilizers, Plantation Act, nutritional Minimum Wage and Certification

The most of the contributed authors from UPASI TEA Research Foundation

(UPASI TRF), UPASI KVK, Coffee Board and CCRI, Rubber Board & RRII and contributions



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from authors from Tamil Nadu are more compared to other states. The scope of the journal is slowly expanding to international level.

Acknowledgement

I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to my colleague Mr. Arvind Kumar M. for his exemplary and constant encouragement for writing this research paper.

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