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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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Subject: Agricultural Extension × End date: 2019 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    A study of knowledge and adoption of soybean production technology by the farmers in Nainital district of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2008-07) Bharat, Barge Hemant; Rathore, Surya
    The study was carried out in Nainital District of Uttarakhand because this district was having highest area under soybean cultivation. Two blocks were selected by simple random sampling using chit method in which one was from Bhabhar region and another from hill region. Two villages from these blocks were selected by simple random sampling using chit method. Data was collected through structured interview schedule. On the basis of this study it can be concluded that majority of the soybean growers under study belonged to middle to old age group, were educated up to high school having small and single family with an annual income up to rupees 63,000/-, possessing marginal land holding and membership of at least one organization with families having medium educational status. Further, majority of the farmers had 16 to 39 years of farming experience but were growing soybean for at least 8 to 21 years and were either belonged to early or late majority and medium level of risk orientation, mass media exposure, change agency contact and sources of information. Whereas, farmers had medium level of knowledge and adoption of soybean production technology. Age, size of family and experience of soybean growing had negative and non significant relationship with knowledge while annual income, land holding, change agency contact, sources of information and risk orientation had positive and significant relationship with knowledge of soybean production technology. Education, type of family, social participation, educational status of family, farming experience, innovativeness and mass media exposure had positive but non-significant relationship with knowledge. Innovativeness had negative and non-significant relationship with adoption while social participation, educational status of family and mass media exposure, annual income, land holding, sources of information and knowledge of soybean production technology had positive and significant relationship with adoption of soybean production technology. Age, education, type of family, size of family, farming experience, soybean growing experience, risk orientation and change agency contact had positive but nonsignificant relationship with adoption. The major constraints reported by the farmers were irregularity of rain fall, insect and disease infestation, high cost of fertilisers, high cost of chemicals used in plant protection, lack of knowledge about plant protection measures, lack of knowledge about weedicides, high cost of seeds, fragmentation of land, high cost of plant protection equipments, lack of knowledge about use of biofertilisers, lack of knowledge about use of recommended variety, lack of knowledge about use of fertilisers, unavailability of recommended variety and lack of market & transport facility.
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    A study on training needs of rural agripreneurs of Udhamsingh Nagar district of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2017-06) Sandeep Kaur; Kameswari, V.L.V.
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    Training needs of rural young girls in selected vocations in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2017-06) Sharma, Sonika; Bhardwaj, Neelam
    India has the largest youth population in the world i.e. 460 million. Out of 66 per cent of youth population in India, about 70 per cent are from rural areas (CIA World Factbook, 2012). The Ministry of Human Resource Development (1985) consider ''youth group'' in India as person within the age group of 15 to 35 years. Rural youth faces the problem of unemployment due to lack of education and skills. Among the rural youth, rural young girls constitute sizable proportion of population. Rural young girls of Uttarakhand are lagging behind to avail opportunities for higher education and better career options. This sizable population if properly channelized and guided; can become an important resource for nation building and development. Hence, training can become an important tool to develop their skills and enhancing their self confidence and self esteem. According to Chinoso (2010), vocational education is the only alternative form of education and training that can avail entrepreneurship development and career opportunities for girls. There is immense need to understand what vocations rural girl preferred for training which will lead to generate self employment and their socio-economic empowerment. Thus, this study entitled 'training need of rural young girls in selected vocations in Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand' was undertaken. This study was focussed to study the profile characteristics of rural young girls, to assess their training needs and to find out the relationship between profile characteristics and training needs of rural young girls in selected vocations. The descriptive research design was used to meet the objectives of the study. The study has been carried out in Uttarakhand. Udham Singh Nagar district was selected purposively. Gadarpur block was selected purposively considering the availability of active and functional young girls. Village Chitranjanpur No. 1, Chitranjanpur No. 2, Basantipur and Haridaspur were selected purposively. Observation and interview schedule were used for the data collection. The data collected were classified, tabulated, analysed and interpreted with the help of appropriate methods and statistical techniques. The findings of the study revealed that majority of respondents were young (22-26 years), unmarried, had education qualifications upto intermediate level and belonged to medium size nuclear family, with monthly family income which ranges between 5000-15000. Majority of the head of household of the respondents were farmers, having land holding upto five acres. Majority of the respondents had medium level of innovativeness, achievement motivation, occupational aspirations, leadership ability, cosmopoliteness, information seeking behaviour, and mass media exposure. Most of the respondents were highly interested to become entrepreneurs followed by fashion designers and teachers. They engaged themselves in household activities, reading books and magazines, television, gossiping. Television followed by radio was used mostly for entertainment and daily updates regarding jobs. Regarding vocational training needs of rural young girls in selected vocations, maximum need in Clothing and Textiles (2.70) was major area identified for training, followed by Others (Computers skills and Beautician courses, 2.66). Foods and Nutrition (2.61), Family Resource Management (2.53), and Agriculture and allied sector (1.88) were the other preferences for training. Training needs in subareas of major vocations were also calculated. Stitching under Clothing and Textiles, Computers training under others, fruit and vegetable preservation under Foods and Nutrition, Event management under Family Resource management and Nursery as well as crop management under Agriculture and allied sector were found to be areas where respondents indicated to have training. It was also found that Village was the most preferred location for receiving training with three months duration and in Kharif season. Afternoon was expressed to be suitable time and scientists were most preferred as trainers. Age, education, family size, marital status, family type, occupation of the head of households, monthly family income, size of land holding, innovativeness, leadership ability, achievement motivation, cosmopoliteness had a non-significant and positive relationship with the training needs. Occupational aspirations and mass media exposure had significant and positive relationship with the training needs of rural young girls.