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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a Rural University on the land-grant pattern of USA. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of USA, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country.

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  • ThesisItemOpen Access
    An economic analysis of small millets in Chamba Block of Tehri-Garhwal district (Uttaranchal)
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2005-06) Sharma, Gaurav; Sharma, M.L.
    The study conducted in Chamba block of district Tehri-Garhwal in Uttaranchal was based on data collected from 60 farmers for the agriculture year 2004-05. The study aims at examining input used pattern and farm productivity, yield gap and level of technology adoption, cost and returns and constraints of small millets on different altitudes. The study revealed that in general that levels of input use was low and there was a significant difference in level of input use per hectare and output per ha among the farmers of valleys, mid-hills and high-hills in both the millets under study (Barnyard millet and finger millet). Farmers in the area were harvesting average yield for below them potential yield (40 per cent) of millets in the area. Farmers were found to use input like seed in excess than of the recommended quality. The use of fertilizer, plant protection chemical were found to be very low. The total cost incurred by the farmers for barnyard millet was estimated to be Rs. 15,536 for high hills, Rs. 14,171 far valleys and Rs. 13,354 for mid-hills. The per ha cost of cultivation for finger millet was estimated dot be Rs. 18,907 for high hills Rs. 16,335 for valleys and Rs. 14,176 for mid hills. The net returns were found to be positive only on variable cost and on cost B2 (variable cost + rental value of land). This indicates the subsistence nature of there millets. Lack of irrigation facilities, poor marketing facilities, scattered and fragmented land holdings, high cost of inputs, Lack of rain fed technologies appeared the major constraint that affect the profitability of the millets in the study area. Strengthening input supply system, development of marketing infrastructure, proper technology dissemination integrated with proper technology dissemination integrated with proper extension services are the important implications emerged from the study for making cultivation of millets remunerative to the farmers in the study area.
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    Harvest losses and value addition of vegetables in Kumaon division of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2009-08) Sharma, Gaurav; Singh, S.P.