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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 Extension × End date: 2020 × Start date: 2019 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    ROLE PERFORMANCE OF GRAM PANCHAYAT MEMBERS FOR VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT IN TRIBAL AREAS OF GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Surkal Binalkumaree R.; Dr. Sunil R. Patel
    The Panchayati raj system was introduced for the first time in India in 1959 based on the recommendations of Balwant Rai Mehta committee report (1958) which advocated three-tier structure of local self-government, of which the gram panchayat is the first tier at village level, taluka panchayat samiti at the sub-district level and zilla parishad at the district level. Gram Panchayat is the most important basic institution for village development, the effectiveness of which rests on the role performance of its members. Thus, for better development of the village, it is essential that the gram panchayat members, who are the formal leaders of the village, should understand their role clearly and carry out it effectively. This role performance by the members may be affected by various characteristics of the members. Hence, it is also worthwhile to study the relationship between the profile of the gram panchayat members and their role performance. Further, the members face many problems while performing their role in village development; hence, such problems should also be studied.
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    DEVELOPMENT OF TEST TO MEASURE THE KNOWLEDGE OF DAIRY FARMERS ABOUT DEWORMING AND VACCINATION IN BUFFALO
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Rathavi Bhavesh M.; Dr. M. R. Patel
    Animal husbandry plays a vital role in the socio-economic progress of rural people. For a number of reasons, control of animal diseases is very important. Disease tolerance improves animal welfare, makes livestock farming more proficient and helps to protect people from those animal-borne diseases capable of infecting humans too. Now a day in every village, method of disseminating knowledge of the scientific techniques of animal husbandry has been started, but sufficient care has not been taken to maintain animal health leading to poor or minimal output in rural areas. People of the rural belt aren't conscious of superior animal health practices. Knowledge is understood information possessed by dairy farmers regarding deworming and vaccination and it's a basic character which determines the particular adoption. So, it's highly essential to know existing knowledge level of dairy farmers regarding deworming and vaccination. However, till now there's no any test or tool to measure the level of knowledge of dairy farmers about deworming and vaccination. Keeping in sight these facts, present investigation entitled “Development of test to measure the knowledge of dairy farmers about deworming and vaccination in buffalo” with the subsequent objectives was undertaken.
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    EXTENT OF PARTICIPATION OF DAIRY WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ACTIVITIES
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Patel Yaksh M.; Dr. J. K. Patel
    In India, women with the varied social, economical, political, regional and linguistic backgrounds constitute half of the nation's population. Traditionally, women's roles are confined to household chores, farming and animal husbandry activities for longer hours than men each day. The dairy women have a lot of potential for the development but they require motivation to participate in economic activities. They can become a great resource in the development process if they are properly organized and mobilized to make them self-reliant by encouraging them to participate in decision making in animal husbandry also. Keeping this in view, an attempt was made to study “Extent of participation of dairy women in decision making process with special reference to animal husbandry activities” with following objective
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    RURAL AREA WORKING ZEAL OF THE POSTGRADUATE AGRICULTURAL SCHOLARS
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B.A.COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Elvis Munetsi; Dr. Narendrasinh B. Chauhan
    The State Agricultural Universities have been established in India as academic institutions of higher learning with added responsibility for transforming the lives of rural people through its functions of teaching, research and extension. The SAUs perform the functions of imparting education in agriculture and allied science for improving manpower quality in consonance with the needs of rural and farming community. Thus, the higher agricultural education is a very important system for the development of farming and rural areas of the India. The development of farmers and farming is only possible through the development of rural India. It is important to develop human resource through higher agricultural education with positive feelings and zeal to work for farmers while residing with them in rural area as trainers, extension personnel, entrepreneurs, researchers, educationists or workforce in any of the developmental organizations.
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    PERCEPTION OF FARMERS TOWARDS TECHNICAL CAPABILITY OF KVK SCIENTISTS
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) DHANANJAYA J. P.; Dr. D. D. PATEL
    The Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are of national importance which would help in accelerating the agricultural production and also in improving the socio-economic conditions of the farming community. KVK is an innovative institution providing for (i) effective linkage among researchers, farmers and extension workers (ii) practical approach to training through “Learning by doing”. KVKs are playing a proactive role in transferring new technology at field level with beneficial impacts. KVKs are the down to earth institution enormously working for vocational training, on farm research training and transfer of latest technologies to farmers. Thus, KVKs serve as the light house for the overall rural development in the district. Today, KVK stand with revised mandate aims at technology assessment, refinement and front-line demonstration of technology and it’s distinguishing through training of farmers and extension personnel. It is proved that the demand made upon transfer of technologies for increasing agricultural production is enormous & most formidable and for that Government of India has applied multidisciplinary and multi institutional approaches through KVKs by recruiting various scientists.
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    ATTITUDE OF FARMERS TOWARDS KRISHI MAHOTSAV
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Boppana Jagadeeswari.; Dr. J. B. Patel
    Farming is the most important enterprise and farmers are an integral part in the development of our country. India is self-sufficient in production but, Indian farmers are not self-reliant. The average monthly income of farmers is far less than the income of his non-agriculture counterpart (Ramesh, 2017). Thus, there is a need to increase and sustain the income of farmers. Their income can be increased by increasing productivity of land and good marketing intelligence. Scientific research has no meaning unless it reaches the stakeholders on time and according to their needs. Extension plays an important role in bridging the gap between the researcher and the farmer. There are many extension approaches in our country each having its own set of drawbacks and advantages. Government of Gujarat has introduced a proactive extension mode i.e. Krishi Mahotsav in 2005. Krishi Mahotsav has a universal outreach covering almost all the villages of Gujarat. It is a demand led extension approach aims to bring all the line departments personnel to the door steps of the farmers.
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    ROLE ASSESSMENT OF SCIENTISTS WORKING IN KVKs OF GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Rahul Dundesh Bellagi; Dr. H. B. Patel
    In the transfer of technology to farmers in their respective areas, scientists working in KVKs play an important role. Despite the fact that they have so many technologies for farmers’ development, they cannot achieve the expected productivity and production of the target required to meet the demand of the world’s fast-growing second largest populated countries. This is because the researcher-extension agents-farmers are inappropriately linked. This is the main problem hence the scientific evaluation is carried out, i.e. “Role assessment of scientists working in KVKs of Gujarat” was carried out and the various factors affecting the scientists are understood. This study has enabled us to understand the various limitations of the system and helps to link the missing links between scientists and farmers in the transfer of technology to the farming community, and it will also help policymakers to bring desirable changes to the agricultural system in order to help the farming community.
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    ROLE OF DAIRY COOPERATIVES IN EMPOWERING FARMWOMEN AS PERCEIVED BY THEIR WOMAN MEMBERS
    (Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication B. A. College of Agriculture Anand Agricultural University Anand, 2019) Katara Priyanka R.; Dr. Mukesh R. Patel
    Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy and important occupation for most of the Indian families. Agriculture sector, a space which employs more than 50 per cent of the total workforce in India and contributes around 17-18 per cent to the country’s GDP. Animal husbandry and agriculture are the twin occupations. Since ancient time have played a significant role in improving the rural economy. Livestock rearing provides meaningful occupation both full time and subsidiary at the location itself and provides assured income and ensures better utilization of human resources. It provides employment especially self-employment to a substantial number of rural and urban populations.
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    DEVELOPMENT OF SCALE TO MEASURE ATTITUDE OF FARMERS TOWARDS DD KISAN CHANNEL
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Pithiya Neetaben D.; Dr. Narendrasinh B. Chauhan
    The DD Kisan is an Indian agriculture 24-hour television channel, which is owned by Doordarshan and has been in function since 26 May 2015. The channel has been dedicated to agriculture and related sectors, which disseminates real-time inputs to farmers on innovative agricultural techniques, organic farming, dairy farming, poultry, fisheries, agricultural implements, food technology, value addition in farm and dairy products, experiences of innovative farmers, water conservation and other useful information to develop farmers and rural India. Thus, DD Kisan has good and practical potential to be an excellent instrument for agricultural communication to transfer agricultural information to the farmers. To achieve desirable success in the implementation of DD Kisan to strengthen agricultural communication, there is a need to understand feeling or attitude of its users towards the potentiality of this channel.