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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: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Nagarkoti, Vineeta × End date: 2008 × Start date: 2005 ×
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    A study on health status of hill farm women and the physical and motor development of their children
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2008-07) Nagarkoti, Vineeta; Maurya, Suman Prasad
    Women have always played a pivotal role in our society in general and in agriculture, particular. In their varied roles as agricultural labourers, dejure landowners, defacto household heads, or as self cultivators and 􀂶manager􀂷 of their homesteads. Women are the invisible backbone of Indian agriculture. Among the many problems faced by the women their health status remains a major concern. The issues of health for women are a natural and organic concomitant of their lives. Women health is therefore, of crucial importance. The present research study was taken up with the objective to assess the health status of status of hill farm women in Dotiyal gaon of Takula block in Almora district of Uttarakhand state. The descriptive ex-post facto research design has been conducted with the total sample size of 100 respondents comprising of 50 mothers and their 50 children under four years of age. An open ended interview schedule consisting of different sections was used to elicit information on hill farm women pertaining to their knowledge, health and practices. The Body Mass Index (BMI) and haemoglobin level of hill farm women were assessed to determine the health profile of hill farm women. Weights of their children were taken for assessing the physical development. Bayley Scales of Infant Development II was administered to assess the motor development index of hill farm women children. It was found that hill farm women were lacking proper knowledge regarding nutrition and health. Hill farm women (60%) did not have knowledge about balanced diet, 42% were not aware of nutrients namely calcium, vitamin A and iron; 68% did not have knowledge about anaemia; while 90% were unaware of their blood group. Majority of hill farm women (80%) were found to spend 15-16 hours per day in performing household and farm chores. They had poor health profile with low BMI and low haemoglobin level. Only 26% had normal BMI i.e., 20.0-25.0 and 90% had haemoglobin <12gm%.More than half (66%) women delivered their baby at home and 64% had deliveries under the supervision of trained aaya of the village. Some unhealthy practices were found like certain food items were abstained during pregnancy and lactation period. Majority of farm women (86%) breast fed their child on demand. All hill farm women initiated weaning of their child at the age of five to six month. Only 22% fed colostrum to their child. Farm women (80%) spent only one to two hours per day with their child. Hill farm women children (42%) were moderately malnourished and 82% children were found within normal limits of motor development on Bayley Scales of Infant Development. A positive and significant relationship between nutritional and health knowledge and health profile of mothers (hill farm women) with physical and motor development of their children was found at 0.01% level of significance (df 2). For the development of hill farm women an awareness regarding health care practices is required. Study suggests improvement in the health status of hill farm women through intervention in different health related areas.