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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: 2020 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis ×
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LUCERNE AND FODDER BAJRA IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Bavaliya Pooja R.; Dr. K. S. Jadav
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view of the study of socioeconomic profile, cost and return, resource use efficiency and constraints faced by fodder growers in middle Gujarat. The study covered 4 talukas and total 120 (4x30) fodder growers (60 lucerne and 60 fodder bajra growers) from Anand and Kheda districts. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, percentage, ratios, Cobb-Douglas production function and Garrett ranking technique.
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    DYNAMICS OF CROP DIVERSIFICATION DURING RECENT DECADE IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Puneeth Raj C S; Dr. V. K. Gondalia
    Indian rural economy is basically a crop based economy. The level of diversification of crop enterprises reflects the extent of economic development in the rural sector. Diversification is an essential strategy that minimizes risk due to crop failures, increases income from agriculture, increases employment, helps in the environmental conservation and earns foreign exchange. The present study was undertaken with the objectives of estimating the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) and Instability Indices (II) in area, production and productivity of major crops to know the changes in cropping pattern and to analyze the nature and extent of crop diversification in Middle Gujarat. The study area, Middle Gujarat comprises of nine districts viz., Ahmedabad, Anand, Botad, Chhotaudaipur, Dahod, Kheda, Mahisagar, Panchmahals and Vadodara. The present study was based on secondary data, which was collected from the government website for a period of 10 years from 2008-09 to 2017-18. All the major food crops, cash crops and horticultural crops were selected for the study.
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    PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF MILK ACROSS DIFFERENT HERD SIZES OF BUFFALOES AND CROSSBRED COWS IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Maitri Satashia; Dr. R. S. Pundir
    A multistage stratified sampling design was used for selecting the sample. The study covered 6 talukas, 24 villages and 240 dairy farmers (59 marginal, 60 small, 59 medium and 62 large) from Anand, Kheda and Panchmahal districts. For the study of marketing aspects of milk, 10 functionaries at each stage of marketing channel in each selected district were chosen. The primary data were collected for the agricultural year 2018-2019 by personal interview method. In order to fulfill the stipulated objectives of the study, the major analytical tools employed were tabular analysis and cost concepts. Moreover, Cobb-Douglas production function was employed to examine the resource use efficiency in milk production. Marginal value products and marginal factor cost ratios were also calculated for the resources used.
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    COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS AND FARM SUSTAINABILITY OF ORGANIC V/S CONVENTIONAL FARMING IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Roshni M Bhoi; Dr. V. K. Gondalia
    The present study was undertaken with a view to compare the economics of organic v/s conventional farming in middle Gujarat and also to measure and compare their sustainability. Multistage sampling technique was employed for the sample selection. Ahmedabad and Botad districts were purposively selected for the study. Total 80 farmers including 40 organic and 40 conventional farmers cultivating medium staple desi cotton were selected to form the sample. Simple and weighted average, percentage methods, “t” test, Cobb-Douglas production function, Garrett ranking technique and Farm Assessment Index (FAI) were used to achieve the objectives of the study. Primary data on cost of cultivation, yield, price and other relevant information pertaining to the year 2018-19 were collected for organic as well as conventional farming through survey method.
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    POVERTY AND ITS DETERMINANTS AMONG FARM SECTOR IN TRIBAL AND NON-TRIBAL AREA OF CENTRAL GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Macwan Jigneshkumar; Dr. Y. C. Zala
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the poverty trend, extent of poverty and its determinants as well as to examine the income inequality among farm sector in tribal and non-tribal area of Central Gujarat. The data for the study were drawn from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected from total 360 respondents including landless agricultural labour, marginal, small, medium and large farm households covering eighteen villages of six taluka from tribal district as well as non-tribal district for the year 2018-19 by applying multi-stage sampling design. Minimum consumption expenditure per person and fixed poverty line for rural Gujarat (Rs 1102.83) as per Planning Commission of India (2014) was used as poverty line to examine poverty in the study area. To study the determinants of poverty, the logit regression model was used. Lorenz curve and Gini-coefficient technique were used to examine the income inequality in tribal and non-tribal area. To rank principal coping strategies adopted by the households in the food deficit period, Garret’s ranking technique was also used.
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF EGGS IN ANAND DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
    (B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Garval Anilbhai; Dr. A. S. Shaikh
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study economics, marketing, seasonality in price, resource use efficiency of egg production in Anand District. The data were collected from 80 poultry farms and from selected marketing intermediaries during 2018-19. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, percentage, ratios, Cobb-Douglas production function, Break-even analysis, seasonal price index and Garrett ranking technique.
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Changela Priyanka S.; Dr. Ganga Devi
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study socio-economic profile, cost and return, marketing analysis, determinants of farmers’ decision making, impact of eucalyptus on ground water availability and constraints faced by eucalyptus growers in Middle Gujarat. The study covered 6 talukas and total 120 (6 x 20) eucalyptus growers and 60 (6 x 10) non-eucalyptus growers from Dahod, Panchmahal and Anand districts. To test the economic feasibility of investment on eucalyptus plantation, standard economic parameters viz., NPV, BCR and IRR were estimated. Sensitivity analysis was also made to assess the stability of the economic viability in different varying situations. Other major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, logistic regression, percentage, ratios and Garrett ranking technique.
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus) IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) Rami Vikesh H.; 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 in production and marketing of okra in central Gujarat. A multistage stratified sampling design was used for selecting the respondents. The study covered 6 talukas, 12 villages and 120 okra growers (59 marginal, 24 small, 23 medium and 14 large) from Anand, Kheda and Vadodara districts. For studying price spread in marketing, 5 functionaries from each category of okra marketing were randomly selected from Anand, Kheda and Vadodara markets. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, percentage, ratios, cost concept and production function analysis.
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SORGHUM AND MAIZE FODDER CROPS IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) Patel Helika R.; Dr. Ganga Devi
    The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study socio-economic profile, cost and return, resource use efficiency, disposable pattern and constraints faced by fodder growers in Middle Gujarat. The study covered 4 talukas and total 120 (4x30) fodder growers (60 sorghum and 60 maize growers) from Ahmedabad and Vadodara districts. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, percentage, ratios, Cobb-Douglas production function and Garrett ranking technique.