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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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    Value Chain Management in Major Fruit Crops in North Karnataka
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2016-02) Shwetha M. K.; Naik, Balachandra K.
    The focus of the present study was on value chain analysis of major fruits of North Karnataka. Based on highest area and production under the fruit crops and also based on the concentration of processing units, five major fruits i.e. mango, banana, sapota, grapes and pomegranates were selected. A total size of 440 value chain players and 74 different value addition units of these five fruits were selected using multistage random sampling method. Primary data were elicited for the agriculture year 2012-13 through personal interview method. The secondary data on area, production and productivity of the selected fruit crops were collected from Directorate of Horticulture and various published sources. For analyzing the data, tabular analysis, forecasting techniques like ARIMA model, growth rate analysis and Garrett ranking technique were used. Grading, cleaning, ripening, drying, storage, processing, packing, advertising and transportation were the different value addition processes which were found common in all the five fruit crops. The exploitation by wholesaler cum commission agents, retailers and other middlemen in the value chain and marketing of fruits was too much evident by the smaller portion of processor’s share in consumer rupee. So, processors can go for pre contract agreement with the farmers in order to avoid higher commission charges and higher processing costs which will increase the efficiency of value addition process in these fruits. Since, the cost of packing material was found the maximum; there is a need to think economically by using flexible packages like sachets, pouches, blisters, skin wraps aseptic, modified atmosphere packaging materials. Non-availability of infrastructure facilities like cold storage, grading and processing were the major factors contributing to lower returns to the processors from the value added products of these fruits. Therefore, suitable infrastructure facilities are essential to stabilize the returns of fruit value chain players by creating the form utility and increasing the storage life of the fruit.
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    Priority Sector Financing by Public, Private and Co-Operative Banks in Karnataka –A Comparative Analysis
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2016-01) Kumar S.; Sonnad, J. S.
    Finance is the key element which almost all activities revolve around. A sound financial system is a symbol of sound economy. It performs the role of intermediary between savers and investors. Priority Sector Lending (PSL) is a scheme which is intended to give loans to the important priority sectors of the economy. For the present study, three districts Belagavi, Davanagere and Kalaburgi were selected. In order to analyze the data, tools such as Compound Growth Rate, ANNOVA, Markow Chain were employed. Priority sector financing in all the three districts from all the three different category of banks namely public, private and cooperative registered a positive growth in lending. In activity wise performance, ANNOVA analysis inferred that there was no relationship between the banks in lending towards different priority sectors. Through Markow Chain Analysis, it was observed that among the priority sectors, agriculture sector was given a prime importance which retained a major share in all the selected banks. Non-Performing Asset (NPA) Level indicated low growth rate for agriculture sector in Public sector, followed by Private and Cooperative sector banks. In case of short falls in priority sector lending, cooperative banks were the only banks which failed to achieve the targets in majority of all the sectors in all the three districts. In Public and Cooperative sector banks, the borrowers faced problem of cumbersome procedures in lending loans and delay in sanctioning of the loans. Bank officials were faced the problem of identification of right beneficiaries in all categories of banks in all the selected districts.
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    Management of Sugar Factories in Karnataka – an Economic Analysis
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2015-06) Patil, Ganeshagouda I.; Mahajanashetti, S.B.
    Karnataka state is the fourth largest producer of sugarcane and third largest producer of sugar in the country acting as a major livelihood provider in rural areas. In recent years, Karnataka state witnessed considerable fluctuations in area and production of sugarcane, sugar output and sugar prices. Hence, present study was undertaken to understand the performance of sugar industry in Karnataka. The industry in the state was compared with that in other major sugar producing states. Further, the study investigated several dimensions of sugar factories in the state such as procurement, production and pricing of sugar and their financial strength and the problems faced by the factories and farmers to understand how sugar industry can be made more viable. Ten sugar factories were selected for the study with four each from private and co-operative and two from public sector. Farmers were also interviewed. The results indicated that Karnataka ranked first in capacity utilization, second in sugarcane yield and third in sugarcane area, number of sugar factories, crushing duration, sugar production and recovery percent. The analysis showed increasing trend in sugarcane price, sugarcane supplied to factories, sugar price and sugarcane production with growth rate of 8.39, 6.29, 5.48 and 2.10 percent respectively. For fixation of cane prices, all the factories took FRP as the base, while also considering sugar recovery percent, profits etc. With respect to procurement, production and financial management, all four private and two cooperative factories showed better progress compared to two below average co-operative and two public sector factories. Two major problems faced by the cane growers were unsatisfactory price paid by sugar factories and long waiting at the factory gate. The major problems of the factories were convincing the farmers for appropriate staggering planting of sugarcane, inadequate or excess cane supply and high cost of production of sugar.
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    DYNAMICS OF COTTON MARKETING AND EXPORT- AN AGRIBUSINESS APPROACH
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 2015-05) CHADACHAL, SHREEDEVI B.; KULKARNI, VILAS
    Cotton is an important agricultural commodity, heavily traded in more than 150 countries. The present investigation was conducted on export dynamics, economics of value addition and efficiency of each stake holder in value chain of cotton. The primary data were collected from cotton growers (120) and cotton processors (20) to analyze the economics of production, marketing and value chain of cotton from selected districts for the year 2014-15. The secondary data on area, production and productivity of different types of cotton were collected from Cotton Corporation of India and various published resources from the year 1994 to 2013. Co-integration, ARIMA, CAGR, NPC and Markov chain techniques were employed for the study. The results revealed that, the area, production and productivity of cotton in India were growing at the rate of 1.70, 7.53 and 5.72 per cents per annum respectively. The results of functional analysis indicated increasing returns to scale for cotton in both Haveri and Dharwad districts. The ginning, spinning, weaving and dyeing processes could add substantial amount ( 2,873.02/qtl) of value to the cotton. Hence, the cotton growers can take advantage by establishing processing units of their own on co-operative basis. The NPC technique indicated that among five destinations China was the most remunerative market for cotton export. Since cotton exports have significantly increased and exports of cotton could be encouraged by reducing government regulations on export quota allocations and by improving productivity in order to maintain India’s position in the world cotton exports. Transitional probability matrix inferred China was the most loyal importer although it is major producer which imports good quality medium and long staple cotton from India. Markov chain analysis indicated concentration of cotton exports to China and Pakistan which would increase the trade risk in the long run. Hence, there is need to diversify the geographical concentration.
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    Behaviour of spot and futures prices of agricultural commodities vis-à-vis policy impact
    (UASD) Chidanand Patil; Basavaraj Banakar
    Futures prices for agricultural commodities are the main source for price determination in many spot markets. Futures markets help in price discovery, provide price risk management and bring about spatial and temporal integration of markets. Wheat, sugarcane, chana and turmeric are the important cereal, commercial and pulse crops of our country. Variation in the prices of these commodities will have adverse impact on both producers and consumers. The study is a modest attempt to analyse the growth in production of wheat, sugar, chana and turmeric and examines the behaviour of spot and futures prices of these commodities. The study also endeavors to know the interrelationship among production, spot and futures prices and impact of volume of transactions on futures prices of these commodities. Besides, an attempt is made to know the impact of futures ban on spot prices of these commodities. The growth in production was analysed using growth rate analysis and the results indicated that the production was highly significant in the selected agricultural commodities. The instability in spot and futures prices was highest in turmeric when compared to the remaining three commodities considered for the study (wheat, sugar and chana). The strong interdependence between spot and futures prices in wheat, sugar, chana and turmeric reveals that the futures prices provide transparency for spot price determination rather than causing rise in spot prices. The volume of transaction of selected agricultural commodities did not have much influence on their respective futures prices. The impact of policy intervention on a time series was assessed by chow test which showed that there was a structural break in daily spot prices before and during futures ban of wheat, sugar and chana.
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    Dynamics of coffee marketing and export : an agribusiness approach
    (UASD) Ashoka N.; Balachandra K. Naik
    In India, Coffee occupies a pride position among plantation crops grown. The investigation was conducted in Karnataka state with overall objectives of studying dynamics of coffee marketing and export from India. The secondary data were collected mainly from Coffee Board of India, Bangalore and primary data from 30 coffee curing units of Chikmagalur, Kodagu and Hassan districts. The analytical techniques included trend analysis, co-integration technique, ARIMA, CAGR, NPC, Markov chain and descriptive statistics. The results revealed that, Arabica coffee growing regions witnessed declining trends in area, production and productivity except in non-traditional areas. Annual increase in price of Arabica and Robusta coffee was highest at ICO and similar trends witnessed in case of domestic prices during the study period. An international coffee price determines Indian coffee prices to a greater extent for both Arabica and Robusta coffee but not the other way round. The wholesale and retail prices of seed and powder coffee in Hyderabad and Chennai markets heavily depend on Bangalore market prices. Chikmagalur is the lead market for farm gate prices of uncured coffee as it influences the rest of farm gate markets. The forecast prices shown an increasing trend in the next months in different markets studied. Robusta cherry coffee forms lion share in export market from India both in quantity and value terms. Coffee exports in terms of quantity and value terms increased at the rate of 1.60 and 12.10 per cent per annum respectively, during the study period. Italy is the most competitive destination for major types of coffee in India. Italy and Germany are the most stable importers of Arabica coffee and Robusta parchment coffee with greater retention of previous imports. Russian Federation is the most competitive and stable destination for export of Instant coffee from India.