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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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    A study on socio-economic profile of dairy farmers and prevalent animal husbandry practices in U. S. Nagar district of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. PIN - 263145, 2022-04) Bansod, Kamal; Palod, Jyoti
    Present study was carried in five clusters involving 250 farmers from 25 villages in U.S. Nagar district of Uttarakhand from December 2020 to June 2021to study the socio-economic profile, scientific management practices followed, the constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of scientific dairy husbandry practices and involvement of human resources and awareness level of farmers in animal husbandry practices. The data were collected by personal interview technique. The results of the study indicated that socio-economic profile of farmers were 45.20 per cent middle age group, 48 per cent educated high school and above,72.80 per cent having combined agriculture and animal husbandry as main occupation, 48.80 per cent had large land holding, 42 per cent had large herd size, 42 per cent had medium annual income, 54.40 per cent had medium experience of dairy farming, 71.60 per cent had joint family, 82.80 per cent got information in dairy farming by A.I workers, 85.20 per cent had care of their farm animals by family members. Regarding housing, 82.40 per cent had shed type of house, 88 per cent east-west direction, 47.20 per cent bricked floors, 58 per cent slope towards back,66.80 per cent half walled, 76.40 per cent had pucca type floor, 46 per cent pucca roof system, 78 per cent had optimum manger space,72.40 per cent had good ventilation, 72.40 per cent had clean houses, 71.20 per cent had manure pit at distant place, 68 per cent had proper drainage. With respect to feeding 87.60 per cent gave chaffed green fodder,57.60 per cent fed concentrate, 90.40 per cent grazed their animals on community land, 56.40 per cent fed dry fodder in chaffed form,63.60 per cent fed twice or more, 80 per cent fed common salt, 88.40 per cent fed mineral mixture. For breeding 83.20 per cent made heat detection, 56.80 per cent detected heat during morning time,55.60 per cent bred females within 12 hours of heat, 83.20 per cent bred animals by artificial insemination,45.20 per cent had parity of cow twice,76.80 per cent followed treatment of repeat breeders, 62 per cent bred cows in second heat after calving,86.80 per cent cleaned calf at birth,64.40 per cent took care of navel cord ,77.60 per cent left the milk for calf @ 10% of the calf weight,59.60 per cent weaned calf up to 30-day age, 60.80 per cent allowed calf to suckle after milking, 73.20 per cent provided calf starter from 15th day, 77.60 per cent castrated the male calf at 2 months age, 77.60 per cent used bardizzo castrator for castration, 59.60 per cent followed deworming, 75.20 per cent fed calf with antibiotics, 81.20 per cent kept milking environment clean and dry, 66.40 per cent farmers cleaned animal before milking,58 per cent were aware about udder washing practice,70 per cent used completely dome shaped pail, 74.80 per cent milked cows at equal interval, 82 per cent followed milking frequency twice, 58 per cent used full hand milking ,87.20 per cent sold milk in the market, 80.80 per cent took more than 7 minutes for milking,76.40 per cent maintained good hygiene, 76.40 per cent provided good comfort to the cow,90.40 per cent not facing lameness problem in their animals,90.80 per cent maintaining a good condition of the animal, 66 per cent had proper feeding and watering spaces, 73.20 per cent followed microclimate protection measurements inside animal houses for their animals, The results related to involvement of men and women in various animal husbandry practices clearly showed that the role of women in animal rearing was predominant. The association between clusters and involvement of human resources in feeding, breeding, milking operation, cleaning of shed, care of sick animals’, sale of milk, disposal of cow dung, collection of fodder was nonsignificant and only care of calf and social participation was significantly affected. Majority of farmers were aware of scientific calf management practices i.e. cutting of navel cord, knowledge about common diseases, disbudding of calves, antiseptic application, cleaning of calves after birth, housing management practices like shape of roof, ventilation , proper drainage, feeding practices like chaffed fodder feeding, time of concentrate feeding, important of mineral mixture and salt feeding etc., milking management practices like frequency of milking, cleaning the udder and teats before milking, ideal method of milking, best method of drying cattle, types of milking pan use, breeding management practices like heat detection, importance of breeding method, pregnancy diagnosis etc. Different constraints faced by farmers in survey area included some of the feeding, health care, breeding and socio-economic practices in certain animals of all the five clusters of study. To overcome these constraints, awareness and motivation camps should be organized.