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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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    Occupational health hazards among bamboo handicraft workers: a study in Samastipur district of Bihar
    (G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 2022-10) Ankita Renu; Sandhya Rani
    Among the various categories of unorganized sector, there exists a class of craftsman who specializes in bamboo handicraft making. Bamboo handicraft is the traditional craft using bamboo as raw material. A range of items can be handcrafted from bamboo, often needing few or basic tools. The making of bamboo handicrafts is a crucial activity which involves several labour intensive processes like in any other employment sector, workers involved in craft making process goes through an equal higher risk of being injured as a type of work they do. The work process of making bamboo handicraft involved tedious activities in different stages; it starts from the stage of cutting and lifting of bamboo logs to handicrafts making stage. They work without taking care of their health and without any safety measure. They suffer from many problems related to occupation, health and safety. The present study was taken up, in order to assess the occupational health hazards of rural bamboo handicraft workers and to gather some information about their perceived health needs in six rural communes of Pusa Block of Samastipur District of Bihar, India. A descriptive research with the sample size of 120 rural bamboo handicraft workers selected through simple random sampling was planned. The data was collected through personal interview technique. The findings of the study revealed that a major fraction of the population was in the age group of 34-41 years old with mean age 39.083. Literacy was found to be low in the study population. Monthly family income from bamboo handicraft work was found of Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 15,000 with mean income of 9843.33. Bamboo handicrafts were mainly produced by workers engaged in semiskilled work with more than 15 years of experience. Most of workers reported that they work for 6 to 10 hours per day frequency of twice a day. More of them carried load between 10-15kg with erect standing mostly on their head. Most common health problem among worker were found cold, cough, fever, fatigue, headache, muscles tightness and work related stress. The most commonly affected regions among the workers are shoulders, one or both anklets/feet, one or both hips/thighs and both knees in last 12 months. At baseline, symptoms severe enough to reduce activities during work were most common in the shoulders, one or both anklets/feet, one or both hips/thighs and both knees. Based on the results of hazards and risk identification checklist, 17 potential hazards are identified from all stages of the bamboo handicraft making process, and 15 health and safety risks are identified from all potential hazards. These risks must be prioritized for control, originating from the potential hazards of ergonomics and chemicals. For this, recommendations on risk control were suggested to reduce these risks and hazards at workplace ad to improve their work. A significant relationship was found between age and work experience (p<0.01) and a significant association was found in the hazards/risks and work process of making bamboo handicrafts (p<0.01).
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    Ergonomics assessment of risk factors among farm workers in vegetable production system
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. PIN - 263145, 2022-08) Pundhir, Kamna; Singh, Divya
    India is the second-largest vegetable-producing country. Vegetable-producing operations are extremely labor intensive; throughout the activities, farm workers often adopt various postures such as bending, twisting, semi-bending, standing and sitting. which are directly associated with drudgery and occupational health problems. The present study was designed with the following objectives: to study the demographic and activity profile of farm workers engaged in a vegetable production system, postural analysis of farm workers involved in a vegetable production system, to identify the work-related health hazards experienced by the farmworkers during different types of work activity and to suggest the importance of correct postural techniques of doing work. The aim of integrating ergonomics with farm workers involved in the vegetable production system is to solve the issues and to increase worker productivity and efficiency. The present study was carried out in the Vegetable Research Center, Pantnagar which is situated in the premises of GBPUAT, Pantnagar at Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. The cent percent population (i.e., 100 percent) of respondents were selected for descriptive and subjective data on different activities from land preparation to harvesting of vegetable production system. The three crops were selected for the study i.e., tomato (Solanaceae family), broccoli (Brassicaceae family), and garlic (Amaryllidaceae family) vegetable production system. The descriptive and subjective data was collected with the help of an interview schedule and Body Part Discomfort (BPD) scale. ERGO Fellow software (version 2.0) were used to analysed data of RULA, REBA, and OWAS method to identify the postural discomfort among the farm workers those who were involved in vegetable production system. Whereas SPSS (version 26.0) software was used for analysis of statistical data correlation, and multiple linear regression at 5 percent level of significance (2-tailed test). The results revealed that majority of farm workers experienced very severe discomfort during harvesting, transplanting and weeding operations in vegetable production system. Postural discomfort was found to be more during land preparation, nursery preparation and transplanting operations as farm workers adopted squatting and bending postures with the repetitive movement of the hands. The result of RULA method showed that the majority of respondents were found to be from category third, which indicates that further investigation and changes are required soon whereas in REBA method respondents were found from fourth category, which indicate high risk and implement change in their working posture during land preparation, nursery preparation, sowing, transplanting, irrigation and harvesting operations of vegetable production system. Long working hours, uncomfortable body postures, repeated effort and physical stress all contribute to musculoskeletal discomforts in the vegetable-producing system. To create awareness among the respondents’ various aids were prepared such as chart, poster, short film and pamphlet to impart knowledge regarding correct postural techniques during their working hours in vegetable production system which will help farm workers to reduce drudgery and provide an appropriate working environment.
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    Comparative study on the effect of papaya, banana and pointed gourd fruit on growth and reproductive profile of Amur Common Carp
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. PIN - 263145, 2022-06) Tomar, Pallavi Singh; Ram, R.N.
    The present study was carried out to compare the effect of papaya ,banana and pointed gourd fruit on growth and reproductive profile of amur common carp for period of 180 days .A total of 168 fishes of average weight of 135g divided into four groups of 42 fishes each viz. Group C1 (Control), Group T1(2%Banana fruit),Group T2(2%Pointed gourd fruit),Group T3(2%Papaya fruit).A total of 48 fishes stocked in 3 tanks with 14 fishes per tank. After one week of acclimatization period, banana, papaya and pointed gourd was given in pellet form twice a day at the rate of 2% each in a divided dose at a rate of 5% of the fish's total body weight till 180 days post group (DPT) to groups T1,T2 and T3.In this study Growth and reproductive profile histological parameters studied at different interval i.e.,0ͭʰ,30ͭʰ,60ͭʰ,90ͭʰ,120ͭʰ,150ͭʰ,180ͭʰ DPT. The best results for growth parameters like mean weight gain (318±1.15g),mean length gain (37±.57cm),lenght weight relationship (174±3.88) Since the value of regression coefficient (b) is less than 3 over the course of the entire experiment for each group at each time interval, growth is allometric, condition factor (1.82±.03), specific growth rate (0.2±.004%)and for morphometric study of ganoad and liver the best reault for gonadosomatic index of male(9.89±.42%) and hepatosomatic index in females and males (3.7±.07% and 0.8±.04% )respectively were recorded in group T1 in comparison with the group C1 (control) .According to the findings of this study, groups fed with banana @2% (T1) produced superior results than their counterparts. The findings show that all three fruits had no negative impact on the physicochemical qualities of water, allowing the fish to be less stressed and perform better physiologically. Histologically, there were no notable alterations in the liver, muscle, ovary, or testis of the Control group C1. The liver parenchyma showed considerable vacuolar degeneration of hepatocytes at all time intervals in the T1, T2, and T3 groups. Despite the fact that group T3 on the 30ͭʰ, DPT indicated fragmentation in many muscular fiber bundles, muscle fiber loss also occurred, resulting in the creation of space. A considerable reduction in the size of the muscle fiber bundle was seen on the 60th DPT. On the 120ͭʰ, DPT, the muscle fiber bundle had severe fragmentation and necrosis. A significant hemorrhage was observed in T3 group on the 60th DPT in ovary. In testis no significant changes were observed in any of the groups, T1, T2, or T3, at any time interval between the 0th and 180ͭʰ DPT. As a result, it is suggested that the efficacy of banana as a growth enhancer be investigated as a cost-effective, readily available, and environmentally friendly package for enhancing aquaculture productivity.