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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: 2014 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF CAULIFLOWER (BRASSICA OLERACEAE VAR. BOTRYTIS.) IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (AAU, Anand, 2013) PATEL, PALAKBEN HASMUKHBHAI; Pundir, R. S.
    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 cauliflower in middle Gujarat. A multistage random sampling design was used for selecting the sample. The study covered 4 talukas, 12 villages and 120 cauliflower growers (27 marginal, 38 small, 29 medium and 26 large) from Anand and Kheda districts. For studying price spread in marketing, 5 functionaries from each category of cauliflower marketing were randomly selected from Anand and Kheda markets. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, cost concept, production function analysis (using SPSS software) and price spread. Results of the study indicated that average cost of cultivation (Cost C2) of cauliflower per hectare was ₹73232.95. It was highest ₹114511.4 on medium farms and lowest ₹72622.81 on large farms. On an average. Cost A (paid out cost) formed 72.46 per cent, while Cost B accounted for 86.07 per cent of total cost. Out of total cost (Cost C2), human labour cost was ranked first with 15.81 per cent of the total cost followed by fertilizer cost (12.51 per cent), manure and cakes (11.29 per cent), sapling charges (9.86 per cent), rental value of own land (9.27 per cent), managerial costs (9.09 per cent), tractor charges (8.45 per cent), irrigation charges (7.93 per cent), plant protection chemical (6.57 per cent), interest on fixed capital (4.33 per cent) and bullock labour (2.71 per cent) on overall basis. Thus, these major items of expenditure contributed 97.82 per cent of total cost. The average yield of cauliflower per hectare was 333.13 quintals on sample farms which realized ₹ 118994.93, ₹ 66361.70, ₹ 56477.47 and ₹ 56250.72 as gross income, farm business income, family labour income and farm investment income, respectively. The net profit per hectare over Cost C2 was ₹46366.49. It varied from ₹14939.69 on marginal farms to ₹ 54405.55 on large farms. The overall input-output ratio on Cost C2 was about 1:1.64 and it was highest on large farms (1:1.75) and lowest on marginal farms (1:1.20). Looking to the cost, return and input-output ratio, it is concluded that cauliflower cultivation was profitable vegetables crop in Middle Gujarat condition. In order to find out the efficiency of resources used by cauliflower growers, Cobb Douglas production function was employed; taking gross income as dependent variable. This analysis indicates that only cost of bullock labour, plant protection chemical and irrigation were found highly significant influence on the yield. The value of co-efficient of multiple determinations (R2) was 0.96 which showed that 96 per cent variation in the yield was accounted for the independent variables included in the function. The sum of regression co-efficient was (1.071) indicating increasing return to scale therefore more rational use of the inputs leading to get higher returns. As cauliflower is a market oriented crop, on an average about 93 per cent of production was marketed, while negligible portion was utilized for other purposes. The producer to wholesaler-cum-commission agent to retailer to consumer was the major marketing channel as more that 50 per cent of cauliflower moved through this route. The total cost in marketing of cauliflower per quintal was ₹ 337.85 which was 43.19 per cent of the consumers' rupee. Amongst it the highest marketing cost was observed in retailers which accounted for as (₹129.25) followed by wholesaler-cumcommission agent (₹70.63) and growers (₹19.35) per quintal. Results also indicated that commission was the major marketing cost possessed by wholesaler-cum-commission agent while retailer possessed damage cost. The margins in cauliflower marketing amounted to ₹ 224.99 per quintal which was 28.76 per cent of consumers' rupee. The producer's share in consumer's rupee was 43.19 per cent. The marketing efficiency was lower than unity (0.77). The major production, marketing and economic constraints faced by the cauliflower growers were non availability of fertilizer and labour in time, lack of irrigation facility, fluctuation in market price and long distance market. Further, they also faced the problems of high cost of fertilizers, planting material and pesticides.
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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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    COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDY OF GREEN CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUM L.) CULTIVATION UNDER DRIP AND CONVENTIONAL IRRIGATION METHODS IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2013) PATEL JISHNUKUMAR KANAIYALAL; Dr. K. S. Jadav
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the comparative analysis of cost and returns, efficiency of resources and constrains in chilli cultivation under drip and conventional irrigation system adopters. Hence the present investigation was carried out under the title, ‘‘Comparative economic study of green chilli (Capsicum annum L.) cultivation under drip and conventional irrigation methods in middle Gujarat.’’ A multistage random sampling design was used for selecting the sample. The study covered 4 talukas, 12 villages and 120 chilli growers (60 drip and 60 conventional) from Anand and Vadodara districts of the middle Gujarat and data collected the year 2012-13. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, cost concept, production function
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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
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    DYNAMICS OF SPOT AND FUTURES PRICES OF CASTOR IN INDIA
    (AAU, Anand, 2014) BANSAL, RACHANA KUMARI; Dr. Y. C. Zala
    The present investigation was conducted to study the behavior of spot and futures prices of castor crop, which is very important for Gujarat as well as India. Futures trading are still in a very nascent stage in India. Therefore, attempts were made to make critical examination of wholesale price behavior of castor during pre and post futures trading era, volatility in spot and futures prices and their association/cointegration.
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    IMPACT OF MNREGA IN TRIBAL AREA: A STUDY IN DAHOD DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
    (AAU, Anand, 2014) MACWAN, JIGNESHKUMAR DAYALDAS; Dr. Y. C. Zala
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the impact of MNREGA programme on household income, employment generation, agricultural labour supply and migration as well as to examine the developmental works undertaken under MNREGA and problems faced by the MNREGA beneficiaries in Dahod district of Gujarat. The data for the study were drawn from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected from 150 respondents (60 MNREGA beneficiaries and 60 MNREGA non-beneficiaries and 30 farmers who hire the agriculture labour) spread over six villages, covering two talukas of Dahod district for the year 2012-13 by applying multi-stage sampling design. Using beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries approach, tabular analysis was applied with t-test. To study the factors influencing to the household income of the MNREGA beneficiaries, the multiple linear regression model (Income function) was also used.