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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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ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN EXTENSION WORKERS AND FARMERS WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PADDY CROP IN THE JIND SUB-DIVISION OF HARYANA STATE(AAU, Anand, 1990) Singh, Prithvi; Patel, H. N.INTRODUCTION: Systematic training and systematic visit are two basic concept incorporated with the T&V Extension System. The main idea behind the systematic training is to develop adequate professional knowledge and skill in extension workers about the specific farm recommendations to be made during the forth coming fortnight to the farmers. Systematic visits to the farmers field and making interpersonal contacts with farmers follow the training. Schedule of visit are closely supervised at all levels of the extension system. The number of farm families per village extension worker is set at a manageable level and specific schedule of visit is rigidly followed. The ratio of supervisory staff is such that close supervision is convenient at all levels.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECTIVENESS OF FORTNIGIHTLY TRAINING CONDUCTED UNDER T AND V SYSTEM AT ANAND SUB DIVISION OF KHEDA DISTRICT IN GUJARAT STATE(1997) Patel, Dinesh K.; Trivedi, J. C.Training in India was as old as the Community Development Programme in the country. A vast infrastructure was created and developed for this purpose. It catered training to different categories of development functionaries from Gramsevak to the Development Commissioners. The basic feature of T & V system of agricultural extension is a systematic programme of training for the Village Extension Workers (VEWs) and Agricultural Extension Officers (AEOs), consider with frequent visits to farmer's field. VEWs and AEOs are working at grassroots level for diffusion of information in farming community. The system is organised to give the training to VEWs and AEOs every fortnight. The fortnightly training is the most important training for VEWs and AEOs. The goal of fortnightly training sessions is to make the VEWs a "subject matter specialists" on the few points of particular relevance and importance to farmers in his circle during the coming fortnight. Considering the importance of fortnightly training the present study was undertaken to know effectiveness of fortnightly training conducted under T & V system at Anand sub-division of Kheda district in Gujarat State.ThesisItem Open Access FARM TELECAST VIEWING BEHAVIOUR OF TV OWNING FARMERS OF SANTRAMPUR TALUKA OF PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE(AAU, Anand, 1996) DANI, R. K.; PATEL, B. B.Information plays an immense role in our society and its large scale dissemination through highly perfected communication media constitute one of the striking development of our time. The present agricultural strategy in India calls for speedy dissemination of agricultural information and technological knowledge to the farming community. The fast changing agricultural technology demands for more and more information to be transmitted to ever increasing volume of clientele. Mass media like radio, television and printed material have been considered as the important tools to communicate farm message to the farmers. Television due to its mass nature promises to satisfy the informational needs of the mass in general and farmer in particular. Agricultural information is disseminated to the farmers through farm telecast.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON THE EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED WEEDICIDE PRACTICES IN TRANSPLANTED KHARIF RICE BY THE RICE GROWERS IN KHEDA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE(AAU, Anand, 1993) Padhi, Kshetra Mohan; TRIVEDI, J. C.Rice is one of the most important food crops of our country. Even with the advancement in the field of agriculture, our goal of self sufficiency in food grain production is yet not achieved. The low yield of rice under Indian condition can be attributed to a wide variety of factors. Among them weed infestation in rice crop is a serious factor. Till recently, weeds were largely controlled in the country through manual operations. Due to increasing cost of labour, the severity of weed competition adding to the limitations of an effective weed control in the conventional practices, the use of weedicides in all possibilities is very likely to become increasingly popular.Hence, the present study entitled A study on the extent of adoption of recommended weedicide practices in transplanted kharif rice by the rice growers in Kheda district of Gujarat State “was carried out.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON TRAINING NEEDS AND KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS WORKING UNDER T&V SYSTEM IN GUJARAT STATE(AAU, Anand, 1991) Sharma, Hari Om; Suryavanshi, V. D.Training and Visit System was introduced in Gujarat State in April, 1978. The main thrust of this system is to have systematic time-bound programme of training to extension personnel and their visit to farmers. The monthly workshop for SPSs and fortnightly training for VEWs/AEOs are channels of technical message flow. Through these monthly workshop and fortnightly training, the extension workers get the opportunities to acquire knowledge about agricultural technology and to develop skill to do the job effectively. Due to the rapidity of technological change in agricultural development, the need for training was felt. The training will become meaningful only if it is need based and field problem oriented, which may bring a total revolution among the farmers to improve their economy.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON MODERNISATION OF AGRICULTURE AMONG THE FARMERS OF KHEDA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT STATE(AAU, Anand, 1994) Jagadeeshwara, K.; Patel, H. L.India has been making many sided efforts in the agricultural sector over the last four decades through prudent planning and arduous accomplishment of agricultural development programmes. Indian population has been estimated to be 100 million by 2000 A.D. Among the prevailing plethora of activities to solve this gigantic problem, modernisation of agriculture is the germane and plausible way. Social scientists suggest modernisation is not in the character of society but in the character of individual. Unfortunately, where the individual (farmer) should be the focus of attention has been very little understood. Thus, a more precise knowledge on how an individual is modernised or what personality traits are crucial towards the acquisition of modern style of life in the modernisation process needs to be studied carefully. Kheda district is being considered as one of the progressive districts of Gujarat State.The irrigation facilities has led to intensive cultivation of all the coiunercial and food crops which facilitated more income, high standard of living and hence more agricultural nodernisation among the farmers. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to know how modernisation characteristics influence overall modernisation and extent of adoption of different agricultural practices namely, extent of use of improved varieties, chemical fertilizer,pesticides , fungicides, improved agricultural implements, improved irrigation practices in major commercial and food crops followed by use of improved dairy practices. The research study was planned with the following specific objectives. (1) To study the differences in the modernisation characteristics among different categories of farmers. (2) To study overall modernisation and extent of adoption of selected technologies among different categories of farmers. (3) To find out the relationship between socio-psycho, communication, economic and situational modernisation characteristics of farmers with overall modernisation and extent of adoption among different categories of farmers. (4) To find out the differences in the contribution of selected socio-psycho, communication, economic and situational modernisation characteristics with overall modernisation and extent of adoption among different categories of farmers. (5) To study the direct and indirect effects of selected socio-psycho, conaunication, economic and situational modernisation characteristics with overall modernisation and extent of adoption among different categories of farmers. METHODOLOGY The present study was conducted in Kheda district of Gujarat state. Four talukas namely Anand, Borsad, Nadiad and Petlad were purposively selected. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 216 respondents from four categories of farmers from among twelve villages namely, Gopalapura, Mogar, Vadod, Asodar , Kavitha, Kinkhlod, Kanjari, Narasanda, Vadthal, DevataJ, Morad and Simurda Virol. Design of the study Ex-post-facto research design was adopted for the present study. Two dependent variables namely, overall modernisation and extent of adoption were selected for the purpose of conducting this study. Twenty three modernisation characteristics (independent variables) were selected namely age, educationl caste, family type, social participation, cosmopoliteness, mass media participation, contact with extension agency, achievement motivation, innovativeness, scientific orientation, risk preference, rationality attitude towards modernisation of agriculture, commercialisation, market perception, market orientation, income, farm size, farm power, material possession, livestock possession and level of living. The attitude scale developed by the researcher of this study was utilised for measuring the attitude of the farmers towards the modernisation of agriculture. The other dependent and independent variables were measured by utilising the developed scales of other research workers. The data were collected with the help of structured schedule by personal interview method. The data so collected were coded, classified, tabulated and analysed in order to make the findings meaningful.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FORTNIGHTLY TRAINING OF VLWs CONDUCTED IN T&V SYSTEM IN NADIAD SUB-DIVISION OF KHEDA DISTRICT (GUJARAT)(AAU, Anand, 1991) Sharma, Ram Kumar; Patel, H. L.Introduction: Agriculture is the most crucial and pivotal sector of Indian economy in the current phase of its development. To increase agricultural production is the prime need of the day to feed the increasing number of mouths. Transformation of Indian agriculture, therefore, from a subsistance to a modern scientific farming is a must. This has been brought out primarily by laying down a solid foundation of careful scientific research and planning in agriculture, providing the right resources at right time at right place, the technical know-how of using them in the right way.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON RESEARCH MANAGEMENT ABILITY OF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WORKING AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT/STATION /PROJECT/SCHEME IN GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY(AAU, Anand, 1993) Patel, Arunkumar A.; Patel, H. L.Management of the organisation has attained paramount importance for the achievement of goals in modern time. We can define research management as 'an effective and efficient utilisation and coordination of resources to achieve the objectives of research,programmes'. The agricultural research management in India is relatively a new area. The head of departments/stations/projects/schemes of the agricultural university have to perform many research management functions. Thus, to make a research organisation more productive, the proper research management practices should be adopted by the research leaders. However, it is observed that the scientists who are working as the head have neither education nor experience in the field of management before they become head, eventhough, they have to carry the responsibilities of management aspects too. Thus, to measure extent and manner of research management ability of scientists who are working as head in Gujarat Agricultural University, the present investigation was undertaken with the following, objectivess 1. To study the selected personal job related, organizational and socio-psychological characteristics of the head of research department/station/project/scheme of Gujarat Agricultural University. 2. To measure the research management ability of the heads of research department/station/project/scheroe of Gujarat Agricultural University. 3. To develop the scales to measure; (a) research management ability of the heads, (b) attitude of research scientists towards research work. 4. To findout the relationship between selected independent variables and research management ability of the research head of the Gujarat Agricultural University. 5. To explore the inter-correlation of selected variables of heads. 6. To predict the extent of variation in research management ability caused by selected variables. 7. To know the direct and indirect effect of the independent variables on the research management ability of heads. 8. To study the constraints faced by research heads in research management. 9. To elicit the suggestions in overcoming the existing constraints for making the effective research management. The study was conducted in Gujarat Agricultural University. All the independently working heads of the agricultural research departments/stations/projects/ schemes of the university were selected. Moreover for measuring research management ability of the selected heads two immediate subordinates of each head were randomly selected from respective department/station/ project/scheme. Thus in all, 69 research heads and 138 their subordinates were selected. The respective questionnaire to the heads and subordinates were separately mailed to each person. Finally 86.95% responses were received. In order to measure research management ability of the head the scale developed for the purpose was used. The attitude scale to measure their attitude towards research work was also developed. Other seven scales developed by different investigators in past were also used to measure different independent variables selected for the study. In all, one dependent variable i.e. research management ability and 27 independent variables were studied.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED MULBERRY CULTIVATION AND SILKWORM REARING PRACTICES BY THE FARMERS OF SURAT AND BHARUCH DISTRICTS OF GUJARAT STATE(AAU, Anand, 1991) Naik, Bharat C.; Trivedi, J. C.Sericulture is an important agro based industry which plays a predominant role in the economy of rural India and rank second in raw silk production. The President of Surat Jilla Panchayat is taking much interest in sericulture from 1982-83, and introduced mulberry plantation in Surat district for raw silk production. At present nine districts of Gujarat State adopted sericulture with the help of Central Silk Board, Bangalore. So the scientific adoption of the mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing practices is important. Therefore the present study entitled "A study on the adoption of recommended mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing practices by the farmers of Surat and Bharuch Districts of Gujarat State was undertaken with the following specific objectives. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 1. Tb study the personal, socio-economic and psychological characteristics of the sericulturists. 2. To determine the source of information utilized by the sericulturists