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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: Ajay Kumar × End date: 2014 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    A study of farm management decisions of vegetable growers in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2012) Ajay Kumar; Suhag, K.S.
    The cultivation of vegetables is most suitable in a country like ours with preponderance of small land holdings, varied climatic conditions and surplus family labour. However, the level of profitability of the vegetable crops depends upon farm management decisions taken by vegetable growers. To study socio-economic profile, farm management decisions and problems faced by the growers in vegetable production, the research problem entitled ‘A study of farm management decisions of vegetable growers in Haryana’ was undertaken covering three districts (Gurgaon, Kurukshetra and Mahendergarh), six villages and 90 vegetable growers. It was found that literacy rate and average per annum family income was lower in Mahendergarh district than Kurukshetra and Gurgaon districts. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (91 percent) were married and only 9 percent were unmarried. More than 75 percent of the respondents were living in nuclear type of families and were growing vegetables for the last 15 to 20 years. The marketed and marketable surplus were almost similar across categories of vegetable growers and the selected districts. Largest size of the operational holdings were in Kurukshetra district. Area under Kharif vegetables was more than the area under Rabi vegetables in Haryana. Among all the vegetables, tomato crop provided highest human labour employment. Majority of the vegetable growers decided to grow timely maturing varieties in the study area. Only few large vegetable growers were processing and storing the vegetables. Majority of the vegetable growers were found selling their vegetables to the wholesalers. High cost of labour was found as the main production related problem of the selected vegetable growers and too much fluctuation in prices as the biggest and main market related problem of the vegetable growers in the study area. However, provision of technical trainings to the labour, proper and timely supply of packaging materials, quality seeds, more markets and price regulations may help to solve the problems of the vegetable growers in Haryana.