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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: Singh, Arjun × End date: 2003 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Raticnal Adjustemnt of Farm Situations Under Risk and Uncertainty Conditions in haryana
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar, 1985) Singh, Arjun; Nandlal, D. S.
    Indian agriculture is exposed to various types of risks and uscertaies . is fact there have been a pervasive in agriculture. many factor including weather events
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    Rational Adjustment of Farm Situations under Risk and Uncertainty Conditions in Harayana
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar, 1985) Singh, Arjun; Nandal, D. S.
    Indian agriculture is exposed to various types of risks and uncertainties. In £act there have been a pervasive phenomenon in agricultural sector. Many factors including weather events, diseases, insect-pest infestations, general economic conditions. changing prices.. development and adoption of technological innovations, public and private institutional policies interact to create a unique decision making environment for agricultural producers. Stability in farming is rather a binomial situation, while change in variables and adjustments to such Chances are Normal. Haryana is an agriculture dominated state comprising of twelve districts at present. It is comparatively smaller state with an area of 44,222 Square kilometers. It lies between 28°3 to 31°9 north latitude and 74°5 to 77°6 east longitude. The state has a semi-arid climate in the south West and a genetic type in rest of the state. The rainfall Over-most most of the state is unreliable, aberrant, meager and often turant. The average rainfall in the state is 580 mm which varies from 310 mm in Sirs district to 1140 mm in Ambala district The monsoon period from middle of June till September accounts for over 80 per cent of annual rainfall. The winter rains although are very rare in quantity yet they materially affect the prospects of rabbi harvest particularly in dry attaining areas like Bhiwani, Sirsa, Mahendergarh, some parts of Gurgaon and Hisar, districts.