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    PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF CONTRACT FARMING IN BABY CORN AND SWEET CORN
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2011) Anil Kumar
    The study entitled “Prospects and problems of contract farming in baby corn and sweet corn” was undertaken to know the awareness, satisfaction, prospects and problems of contract farming in baby corn and sweet corn in Ludhiana and Jalandhar districts of Punjab. The farmers having contractual arrangements for cultivation of baby corn and sweet corn with contracting agency- ‘Field Fresh Foods Private Limited’ were the respondents. A sample of 50 farmers from Ludhiana and 30 from Jalandhar was taken randomly by using probability proportional to number of farmers in each district. The data were collected through personal interview method. Findings of the study revealed 47.50 per cent of the respondents were in age group of 36-45 years; 26.75 per cent of the respondents were educated up to senior secondary; 63.75 per cent of the respondents belonged to nuclear family; 51.25 per cent of them had 3-5 family members; 52.5 per cent of the respondents had medium (10-25 acres) operational land holding; 40 per cent of them had 7-11 lacs annual income; 26.25 per cent and 27.5 per cent of the respondents had one year experience in contract farming of baby corn and sweet corn respectively; 46.55 per cent of the respondents had 2-6 acres area under baby corn and 53.12 per cent of them had 1-5 acres of operational area under sweet corn. A little more than half of the respondents (51.25%) had high risk bearing capacity and 86.25 per cent of them motivated for this venture due to expectation of more income. Majority of the respondents (93.75%) were not aware about the other companies involved in contract farming of baby corn and sweet corn and retail market of it. Nearly half of the respondents (52.50%) had heard about contract farming from extension workers of contracting agency. Majority of the respondents were satisfied with quality and quantity of seeds, quality and timeliness of advisory services, price and procurement method of the produce. Nearly 30 per cent of the respondents wanted to increase area under baby corn whereas nearly half of them (46.88%) intended to increase area under sweet corn cultivation. Intensive labour, transportation, lack of skilled labour and maintenance of quality were the main problems faced by the respondents, whereas difficult to motivate farmers to grow baby corn and sweet corn, lack of technical knowhow amongst the farmers and lack of awareness regarding contract farming among farmers were the major problems faced by the contracting agency. Contract farming, awareness, status, prospects, problems and satisfaction.
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    Evaluation of F1 hybrids of pansy (Viola tricolor L.) for better growth and quality flower production
    (Punjab Agricultural University, 2011) Anil Kumar; Dhatt, K.K.
    Studies were carried out at research Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscaping to evaluate pansy hybrids for various growth parameters and floral characteristics and these accessions were used for there suitability as garden decoration, pot culture, bedding and exhibition purposes. The maximum plant height of 37.49 cm and plant spread of 36.99 cm was recorded in A-12. The minimum plant height of 20.16 cm was recorded in Accession A-18 and minimum plant spread of 20.14 cm was recorded in Accession A-19. The Accession A-13 with plant spread of 35.08 cm can be used for exhibition purpose and Accession A-8 with spread of 24.86 cm can be used for bedding purpose. Higher number of branches (21.60/plant) was recorded in Accession A-1 and the maximum number of flowers i.e. 91.16 per plant was recorded in Accession A-11. The longer flowering duration of 96.16 days was recorded from Accession A-5 followed by 95.83 days in Accession A-12. The flowering duration was shorter that is 86.66 in Accession A-9. The maximum stalk length (11.0 cm) was recorded in Accession A-20. All the hybrids took 56.56 to 63.95 days to bloom after transplanting. The maximum time from transplanting to flowering was recorded in Accession A-5 i.e. 63.95 days and minimum 56.56 days in Accession A-14. The bigger size of flower was recorded in Accession A-3 i.e. 4.83 cm and it was smaller i.e. 3.12 cm. From the 20 hybrids of Pansy, most of the Accessions recorded the chocolate blotch colour. The petals of Accession A-2, A-5, and A-6 were of plain yellow colour. The Accession A-1, A-5, A-15 and A-20 were of Yellow colour and Accession A-3, A-8, A-13 and A-16 were of Purple colour