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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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    RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ADOPTED BY THE FARMERS IN GINGER CULTIVATION
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND COMMUNICATION B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Ban Shrikant Hari; Dr. J. B. Patel
    In the world India is the leading country for production, consumption and export of spices. Ginger is one of the most important spices crop grown in India which contribute in high foreign exchange. The productivity of ginger crop is high as compare to other crops. But there is uncertainty in production because of it is susceptible to so many risks, viz., disease and pest infestation, climatic conditions, storage problems, weed problems, post- harvest losses and high fluctuation in market prices etc. The factor like climatic condition is uncontrollable, but there are some other deleterious factors such as selection of improper planting materials, poor irrigation management, improper plant protection measures, improper soil health management practices, poor post harvesting management practices etc. are manageable, only when proper measures are adopted.