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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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    Changes in cereals economy of karnataka: pre and post-wto analysis
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2007) B.K.Vinayakumar; N.N.Karnool
    The present study intends to analyze the global competitiveness of cereals (rice and maize) and their economics of production over the period of time in Karnataka. In this study, an attempt has been made to estimate NPC, DRC, direction of trade, integration between domestic and international prices and supply response of rice and maize. The findings of the study will help the planners and the policy makers to formulate appropriate agricultural development, export and stabilization policies for the state as a whole. Data for the study were collected from various published sources. Techniques used for the analysis were, Growth functions, Supply response model, Markov chain analysis, Policy analysis matrix and Co-integration analysis. The performance of maize with respect to area, production and yield in Karnataka was impressive as compare to overall Indian performance for the reference period. Structural changes in costs are due to changes in quantity and quality of inputs associated with the technological process and also due to their prices. The area allocation decision of rice and maize crops in the Karnataka state were determined by the lagged area, lagged yield, lagged price and rainfall. The productivity of selected crops was influenced by lagged yield, lagged price and rainfall. The Dummy variable that is WTO factor was negative and non-significant to the both area and yield levels for the selected crops. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE were found to be major importer of Indian basmati rice where as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were found to be the major importer of Indian maize. Selected crops showed a less competitive advantage in the pre WTO period. But in the post WTO period, the competitiveness had increased. The co-integration tests showed that there is integration between domestic and world prices of selected crops.