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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: Extension Education × End date: 1989 × Start date: 1984 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AMONG TRIBAL FARMERS OF PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT GUJARAT STATE
    (AAU, Anand, 1984) TRIVEDI, J. C.; PATEL, H. N.
    Objective of the study: The overall objective of the study was to study transfer of agricultural technology among tribal farmer of Panchmahale district, Gujarat State. The specific objectives of the study were as follows:- (1) To study the personal and socio-psychological, situational and communication characteristics of the tribal farmers. (2) To study the cropping pattern followed by the tribal farmers. (3) To identify and study the technological gaps as against recommended technologies of major crops among the tribal farmers. (4) To analyse and study the constraints associated with technological gaps among the tribal farmers. (5) To study the level of yield of major crops on tribal farms. (6) To ascertain suggestions of the tribal farmers to overcome the constraints associated with technological gaps.