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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Agricultural Business Management × End date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    TO STUDY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO MINIMIZE THE PACKAGING MATERIAL LOSSES IN AMUL DAIRY PLANT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) TILAVAT ASHISHKUMAR KESHAVDAS; Prof. Y. A. LAD
    Indian economy was not the globalized till 1992; due to recession, the government has to make strategic changes in economic policy during this time. This new economic reforms came into action which leads to globalization and made the Indian market open for world. Reforms raised the competition for even survival of the domestic cooperative dairies. Government realized the need to support the cooperative dairies and decided to protect the cooperative dairies by introducing the Milk Shade Area but it was introduced to groom the domestic cooperatives until it becomes mature to a level where it can face the global competition. When this cooperative sustained for almost a decade, government found them sustainable and they decided to remove such barriers
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    A STUDY OF MADHUR MILK VIS-À-VIS COMPETITOR FOR LIQUID MILK IN GANDHINAGAR MARKET
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) SANDIP N. PATEL; Prof. T. S. Shibin
    As the world’s largest producer of dairy products (by volume) and home to the world’s largest dairy herd, India nonetheless faces a milk supply gap due to increasing demand from a growing middle class population. Industry sources currently estimate that Indian dairy production is growing at a rate of about 4 percent per year, while consumer demand is growing at approximately double that rate, thus contributing to forecasted record growth of domestic production of liquid milk. In response to strong demand for milk products, the Indian dairy industry is raising production in several ways imported genetics products as well as encourages the growth of genetics services throughout the country. Finally, commercial dairies continue to build their presence in India.
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    EMERGING TREND OF TERMITE TREATMENT IN JAIPUR CITY OF RAJASTHAN STATE
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) NAND LAL JAT; Dr. Sanjiv Kumar
    Termites have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. Second only to ants, termites are one of the most numerous insects on earth (number-wise), but due to habitat destruction, and environmental degradation, some species appear to be declining. They have existed for about 50 million years, and today there are close to 3,000 termite species living in most temperate parts of the world. Termites are social insects. They are best known for their wood eating habit. They feed on dead plants, animals, timbers, and anything that contains cellulose. ITEM (Integrated Termite Elimination Method) Secure, founded in the year 2001- 2002, is an independent entity affiliated to PESTCONE PEST CONTROL SERVICES, Baroda. It is one
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    STUDY OF AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION ON CHAMPION AGRO WORLD AMONG THE FARMERS IN RAJKOT DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) JHA RUCHIKIRAN ARUNKUMAR; Dr. SANJIV KUMAR
    Agriculture and retail are the world largest industries. Driven by the huge opportunities for profit, Indian corporations too are aggressively expanding into the agriculture and retail sector. Agro retail industry has recently put its footsteps, a couple of years back in India. Champion Agro Ltd. is the first organized retail to provide a complete range of one stop solution for agro products as well as services to the farmers, in the agro retail segment in Gujarat. A study was thus essential to ascertain the proper functioning and success of this new concept, in particular for Champion Agro Ltd. being among the initial organized Agro Retail Companies in Gujarat
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    COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF AMUL BAKERY PRODUCTS IN ANAND AND VIDYANAGAR CITIES
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) GADHAVI MONABEN DHIRUBHAI; DR. R. S. PUNDIR
    The bakery industry in India is the largest of food industry with an annual turnover of about ` 4,000 crore. Market for bread segment has increased with a growth rate of 6.0% during the period 2004-05 to 2009-10. The sector is predominated by the unorganised sub sector accounting for about 85 per cent. The per capita consumption of bread in the country is 2 kg per annum. The Product variation involves 85% of milk bread, 10% of brown bread, 3% of fruit bread, and 2% of nutritional and other speciality. Major players for bread production in the country are Britannia and Modern Industries Ltd.
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    STUDY OF PROCUREMENT, INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY OF ENGINEERING GOODS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) DHWANI DINESH JOSHI; Dr. SANJIV KUMAR
    Dairy industry is of crucial importance to India. The country is world’s largest milk producer, accounting for more than 18% of world’s total milk production around 118 million MT. It is world’s largest consumer of dairy products, consuming almost 100% of its own milk production. Inventory management is very necessary for the firm because if the firm has lesser investment in inventory, this would lead to unavailability of materials when required which would ultimately lead to interruption in production process. Also, if the firm has higher investment in inventory this would lead to unnecessary locking up of funds in inventory, thus reducing the working capital. Hence, the inventory should be properly managed in every organization. As
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    “TO STUDY THE MARKET POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIC AND BIO-FERTILIZERS IN NALGONDA & ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) D.SAICHAND; Prof. Y. A. Lad
    The total geographical area of India is 328.7 million hectares of which 140.3 million hectares is net sown area, while 193.7 million hectares is the gross cropped area. In 2025, it is estimated that the requirement of food in India will be approximately 300 million MT and for this 45 million MT nutrients will be required, it is interesting to know that only 35 million MT will provided through chemical fertilizers which indicate the high scope for organic and bio-fertilizer which can reduce the use of chemical fertilizers up to 20% and increase the yield up to 10-15% in all crop
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    EXPLORING THE NEW MARKETS FOR HYBRID PADDY IN COOCH BEHAR & JALPAIGURI DISTRICTS OF WEST BENGAL
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) BIBHUJIT ROUT; Dr. R.S. Pundir
    The study entitled “Exploring The New Markets For Hybrid Paddy In Cooch Behar &Jalpaiguri Districts of West Bengal” was taken up with the basic objectives of finding out the potential market under hybrid paddy in Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri district, studying the customer preference in hybrid paddy segment, making a SWOT analysis for this new hybrid markets and executing a marketing strategy to increase the sale of hybrid paddy in this potential markets. Both primary as well as secondary data were used to achieve the stipulated objectives of the study. West Bengal is one of
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    PROCESSING AND BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR MANGO PULP
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) Raju Kushwaha; Dr. SANJIV KUMAR
    Mango with many versatile properties has naturally found application for processing into various products unparalleled by any other fruit. It is however estimated that 0.22% of mangoes produced in the world is only utilized for processing. Green mangoes are processed into traditional products like pickle, brine stock and chutney. Instant mango pickle, drumdried green mango powder, production of raw mango beverage base is the new developments.