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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 Economics × End date: 2012 × Start date: 2012 ×
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    PERFORMANCE OF COTTON PRODUCTION AND EXPORT IN THE MAJOR PRODUCING COUNTRIES
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) DHUMISANI MOYO; Dr. Y. C. Zala
    The present investigation was conducted to study the growth rates and instability indices in production, area, productivity and export of cotton, the components of output growth and the relationship among production, export and price of cotton in the major cotton producing countries. To achieve the objectives, the secondary data related to area, production, productivity and export of the major cotton producing countries (China, India, USA, Pakistan, Brazil and Australia) were collected from different published sources covering a period of 29 years i.e.1980-81 to 2009-10. The analyses were carried out country wise separately for the five specific periods viz., overall study period (1980-81 to 2009-10), pre-liberalization period (1980-81 to 1993-94), post-liberalization period (1995-96 to 2009-10), pre-Bt introduction period (1995-96 to 2001-02) and post-Bt introduction period (2002-03 to 2009-10).
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    A MARKET ANALYSIS OF COTTON SEED IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) RAVI SHANKAR; Dr. Y. C. Zala
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the market structure, farmers’ buying behaviours, effect of dealers’ margin on sales and problems faced by the farmers and dealers in marketing of cotton seed in middle Gujarat. A multi-stage sampling design was applied for the study and 120 cotton growers (26 marginal, 19 small, 30 medium and 45 large) spread over 12 villages of six talukas, covering three districts of middle Gujarat were selected for agriculture year 2011-12. Also, 30 dealers from the three selected districts were chosen on cross sectional basis. The major methods employed for the analysis were Lorenz coefficient of inequality technique, Bain’s classification for market structure, linear multiple regression models and Garrett ranking technique. The study revealed that Lorenz coefficient of inequality
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF PAPAYA (Carica papaya L.) IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (AAU, Anand, 2012) SAGAR SACHINKUMAR BHIKHABHAI; Dr. K. S. Jadav
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the cost and return, resource use efficiency, marketing cost and price spread and constraints in production and marketing of papaya in Middle Gujarat. A multistage random sampling design was used for selecting the sample. The study covered 4 talukas, 12 villages and 120 papaya growers (37 marginal, 18 small, 25 medium and 40 large) from Anand and Vadodara districts. For studying price spread in marketing, 5 functionaries from each category of papaya marketing were randomly selected from Anand and Vadodara markets. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, cost concept, production function analysis (using SPSS software) and price spread. The reference period of this study for farmers was August-2009 to January- 2012 and for market functionaries it was April-2012.
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    ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF INVESTMENT ON LIME (Citrus aurantifolia) ORCHARD IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (AAU, Anand, 2012) CHRISTIAN RICHARDSAN RAMANBHAI; Dr. Y. C. Zala
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the profitability and economic feasibility of investment on lime plantation as well as to examine the pattern of disposal, marketable surplus, price spread and marketing efficiency of lime in middle Gujarat