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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, 1986. The University has 5 Colleges, 27 Research Stations, 6 Agriculture Extension Education Centers, 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. Greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. Important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilli, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. Considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University.

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  • ThesisItemOpen Access
    A study on constrant analysis of grape exporting farmers of Maharashtra state
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2008) Atul.B.Patil; K.V.Natikar
    The Study was conducted in Nasik and Sangli districts of Maharashtra during the year 2004-07. Totally, 110 farmers who have exported their grapes in the year 2003-04 were purposively selected for the study. The data were collected from the respondent by using questionnaire and were scored, tabulated and analysed by suitable statistical tools. The results indicated that, majority of the respondents had knowledge about preproduction procedure for export; most of them had knowledge about quality production for the grape export and had low knowledge about post harvest practices for export. Cultivation practices like girdling, thinning, hormone management, nutrient management, water management, disease and pest management practices to meet export standards were adopted by majority of the respondents. The major constraints faced by the respondents were; difficult to replace the varieties after plantation (production constraint), high rate of interest for the loan availed (financial constraint), more incidence of paste and diseases, irregular supply of electricity (general constraints), high initial investment for garden establishment (constraint related to cost), and difficult to meet exports standards of grape (export constraint). It was found that respondents used informal sources with high intensity than formal sources. More than one third of the respondents use MAHAGRAPES as regular source of information. Respondents were depending on private consultant and private exporter for exporting their grape produce. Majority of the respondents used friend as regular source of information. The profile analysis of respondents revealed that, they belonged to the all the three age groups, all of them had education upto middle school and above, more than one third of them belonged to small land holding category, majority of them belonged to medium extension participation category and belonged to medium risk orientation, medium economic orientation, medium innovativeness and medium to high management orientation.
  • ThesisItemOpen Access
    A study on constrant analysis of grape exporting farmers of Maharashtra state
    (UAS Dharwad, 2008) Atul.B.Patil; K.V.Natikar
    The Study was conducted in Nasik and Sangli districts of Maharashtra during the year 2004-07. Totally, 110 farmers who have exported their grapes in the year 2003-04 were purposively selected for the study. The data were collected from the respondent by using questionnaire and were scored, tabulated and analysed by suitable statistical tools. The results indicated that, majority of the respondents had knowledge about preproduction procedure for export; most of them had knowledge about quality production for the grape export and had low knowledge about post harvest practices for export. Cultivation practices like girdling, thinning, hormone management, nutrient management, water management, disease and pest management practices to meet export standards were adopted by majority of the respondents. The major constraints faced by the respondents were; difficult to replace the varieties after plantation (production constraint), high rate of interest for the loan availed (financial constraint), more incidence of paste and diseases, irregular supply of electricity (general constraints), high initial investment for garden establishment (constraint related to cost), and difficult to meet exports standards of grape (export constraint). It was found that respondents used informal sources with high intensity than formal sources. More than one third of the respondents use MAHAGRAPES as regular source of information. Respondents were depending on private consultant and private exporter for exporting their grape produce. Majority of the respondents used friend as regular source of information. The profile analysis of respondents revealed that, they belonged to the all the three age groups, all of them had education upto middle school and above, more than one third of them belonged to small land holding category, majority of them belonged to medium extension participation category and belonged to medium risk orientation, medium economic orientation, medium innovativeness and medium to high management orientation.