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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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    FARMERS’ INCLINATION TOWARDS FARMERS INTEREST GROUP UNDER ATMA PROGRAMME
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A.COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Ninama Mugdha Dipsinh; Dr. Arun Patel
    In many developing countries including India, agricultural extension system transforms and looks forward to a participatory approach that responds to the farmers’ multifarious and site specific needs. The district level ATMA would be primarily responsible for all the district level technology dissemination activities and foresees a paradigm shift in planning and implementation from top to bottom up approach. It would have ties with all the line offices, research organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and agricultural development- affiliated agencies in the district. Collectivization can be achieved by mobilizing farmers into groups called Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs). Farmer interest groups (FIGs) are an unused model for farmers to learn and innovate in spite of the tremendous benefits that farmers have achieved by joining these groups, their sustainability is a major concern of extension agencies, relevant organizations and farmers.
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    FARMING WORKABILITY OF THE FARMERS' SONS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B.A.COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Khatri Krishna Deepakkumar; Dr. Narendrasinh B. Chauhan
    The agriculture sector employs nearly half of the workforce in our country. It contributes 17.50 per cent of India’s GDP. The experts’ opinion state that for the sustainability of farming as an important source of income for rural people, it is necessary to address and encourage concept of family farming in India by encouraging young generation to adopt farming as livelihood occupation. India is reportedly having its large size of the population in age below 35 years. It is obvious that youth are the vanguard of their family and the future custodians of their family farm and farming. However in the coming years, one of the biggest challenges for Indian agriculture would be retaining its youth in agriculture. Unless youth become both intellectually interesting and economically rewarding with practicable farming workability, it will be difficult to attract or retain rural youth in farming to its sustainability. It is highly essential not only to achieve India’s expected ambitious goal of doubling farm income in near future but also important to sustain development of farmer, farming and rural India. Considering this, it was decided to undertake a study on farming workability of the sons of practicing farmers of middle Gujarat with following specific objectives.
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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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    EFFECTIVENESS OF ATMA AS PERCEIVED BY BENEFICIARY FARMERS OF AHEMADABAD DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Pravinkumar P. Kharade; Dr. J. K. Patel
    The National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) has framed for pilot testing new institutional arrangements for technology dissemination at the district level and below, through establishment of district Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) as an autonomous organization providing flexible working environment. In Gujarat State, all districts have been selected for ATMA project as a part of the Innovations in Technology Dissemination (ITD) component of the project.
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    E-EXTENSION EMPLOYABILITY OF SCHOLARS PURSUING POST GRADUATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN SAUs OF GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B.A.COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Nilesh M. Vegad; Dr. Narendrasinh B. Chauhan
    The e-extension is a collaboratively built internet based learning environment delivering science based information providing system recently made available for farmers and human resources involved in agriculture on a 24/7/365 base. The e-extension makes use of the power of online computer networks with the help of communication channels to deliver the content in the form of text, graphics, audio and video either passively or interactively to facilitate process of dissemination of agricultural technology. Considering marvellous advantages of e-extension, it is in recent times advocated to apply in the process of transfer of technology process. Modern extension is not easier to manage as it was done before conventionally without incorporating e-extension. It is therefore expected that modern human resource involved in the transfer or technology process as extension personnel need to be capable or employable to manage process of ICT mediated e-extension in linking research, extension and education for agriculture and rural development. The current and upcoming generation of agricultural extension should have workabilityin terms of working familiarity, ability, mind-set and experience of all those fundamental elements and devices which are unswervingly or ultimately needed to use, run and manage e-extension in the process of development. Considering this in view, a present research study on “E-extension employability of scholars pursuing post graduation in agricultural extension in SAUs of Gujarat”was undertaken with following objectives.
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    EXTENSION EMPLOYABILITY AMONGST THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARS OF SAUS OF GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Naveen Kumar Gattupalli; Dr. Narendrasinh B. Chauhan
    The new generation of workforce with great workability and employability for any systems of development is the need of our country; agriculture is not exempted from them. The postgraduate scholars studying in agricultural extension and communication as a future generation of extension systems are expected to handle modern farmers, current challenges and recent cyber technologies oriented systems of transfer of agricultural technology to accomplish a variety of extension related functions at different levels. For this, they should have remarkable intensity of extension employability. The extension employability refers to the positivism amongst the postgraduate scholars in terms of knowledge, skill, attitude, participation, handling experience, capability, qualification and possession of useful elements that make them competent in gaining, managing, maintaining and nurturing agricultural extension related functions. Nowadays one of the biggest problems faced by the extension organizations is the unavailability of professionally competent self-motivated extension personnel with great qualities to handle modern clients, situations, systems and challenges.
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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.