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Subject: Agricultural Economics × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2017 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Dynamics of Labour Employment in Agriculture and Socio-Economic Impact of Mgnrega
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 2017-07) Wader, Deepa. G.; Kulkarni, G.N.
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    Efficacy of Weather Based Crop Insurance As An Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2017-07) Dupdal, Ravi; Patil, B.L.
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    Performance of National Horticulture Mission (Nhm) and its Impact on Horticulture Economy of North Karnataka – An Economic Analysis
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2017-09) Patil, Bheemanagouda O.; Hosamani, S.B.
    The study was conducted to investigate the performance and impact of NHM in north-Karnataka under UAS, Dharwad jurisdiction du ring 2016-17. Primary data on three crops namely, grapes (Vijayapura), mango (Dharwad) and pomegranate (Koppal) in three districts were collected using random sampling technique. The total sample size was 360 (270 beneficiaries, 60 non-beneficiaries and 30 officials of NHM). Secondary data on different components of NHM (2005-06 to 2013-14) and the data on area, production and productivity of the selected crops (1998-99 to 2013-14) were used. Descriptive statistics, instability index, Markov chain, Herfindahl index, principal component analysis, growth rate analysis, Benefit Cost ratio and Garrett’s ranking technique were employed. Area coverage, creation of water resources, protected cultivation, horticulture mechanization, post-harvest management and rejuvenation were important components influencing the performance of NHM. The instability in area, production and productivity of horticulture crops reduced during NHM period in the study area, it showed positive impact of NHM but growth was slightly reduced but significantly positive. During same period crop diversification was significant towards horticultural crops in Karnataka (diversification index decreased from 0.39 to 0.29). Investment in selected fruits was found to be economically viable even without subsidy i.e., B:C ratio was 2.85, 2.66 and 2.41, respectively. Initial investment in grape (` 9.09 lakhs/ha), mango (` 4.63 lakhs/ha) and pomegranate (` 4.29 lakhs/ha) was higher and the subsidy provided formed a negligible amount to the total investment (6.30 %, 5.76 % and 7.33 %, respectively). Insufficient subsidy and delay in getting the subsidy were the major constraints faced by the farmers. Lack of adequate financial sanctions, procedural delay in release of budget and interference of local politicians were the major problems faced by the officials of NHM. Hence, it is recommended to take care of these problems and need to revise policies of NHM accordingly.
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    Agro-Socio-Economic Dimensions of Solid Waste Management in Karnataka – An Economic Analysis
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2017-06) Chowti, Shilpa P.; Kulkarni, Girish N.
    The present study attempted to analyze the pattern of generation, collection, storage, transportation, disposal of municipal solid waste and impact of open dumping of solid waste on human health among households residing near dumping yards in Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) and Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika (BBMP). The secondary data on all aspects of solid waste was collected from selected Municipal Corporations from 2001-02 to 2016-17 and the primary data was obtained from 270 sample respondents through multistage random sampling. The municipal solid waste generated in the twin cities was 400 t/day of which, 360 t was collected (90.00 %) while, in Bengaluru it was about 4,500 t/day of which 4,000 t of waste was collected (88.89 %). Nearly 62.00 to 65.00 per cent of solid waste generated was biodegradable. Among the family type, joint families have generated more solid waste (1.66 and 1.70 kg/households/day in Hubballi-Dharwad and Bengaluru, respectively) as compared to nuclear families. Out of the total solid waste generated in Hubballi-Dharwad, about 390 t of waste was dumped in two open dumping yards while, only 10 t (2.5 %) was processed through vermicomposting whereas in Bengaluru, about 3,200 t of solid waste per day was landfilled in three sites and only 1,000 t (22.22 %) and 300 t (6.67 %) was processed using vermicompost and biomethanation process. The recycling of bio-degradable solid waste into vermicompost has high scope and was found to be financially feasible as implied by high IRR (26.12 % in Hubballi-Dharwad to 32.34 % in Bengaluru) and B:C ratio ( 1.50 and 2.04, respectively) with a recovery period of just two years. The major health problems among respondents residing near dumping yards were asthma, nose irritation and respiratory problems in adults and in case of children, frequent omitting, fever and malaria. Therefore, infrastructure needs to be built to recycle and dump the remaining waste in the sanitary landfill that are not suitable either for recycling and biological decomposition.