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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 × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2023 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Production and export scenario of major fruits in India vis-à-vis Afghanistan
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-01) Mohammad Hussain; Kavita
    Fruits play a significant role in creating jobs, boosting the economy and emerging as the highest foreign exchange revenue products among agricultural products in recent years for both India and Afghanistan. Hence, the present study "Production and export scenario of major fruits in India vis-à-vis Afghanistan" was carried out with the objectives: i) to analyse the trends of area, production, productivity and export of major fruits in both countries; ii) to study the export potential of major fruits in both countries; and iii) to determine instability in export of major fruits in both countries during the study period (1985-86 to 2019-20). Exponential growth function, Balassa Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA), coefficient of variation (CV) and Cuddy-Della Valle instability index were employed for analysing the data. The growth rates of area, production, export quantity and export value of all selected fruits from both India and Afghanistan were positive and favourable during the study period, with the exception of non-significant growth for the export quantity of Indian mango and non-significant growth for the export of both quantity and value of Afghanistan’s peaches and pears. While the growth of productivity for all selected fruits from both countries was non-significant and almost stagnant, with the exception of favourable growth for productivity of pomegranates and bananas in India and grapes in Afghanistan. High comparative advantage and market position in exporting mangos and moderately comparative advantage was observed for both pomegranates and grapes of India, while in Afghanistan high comparative advantage reported for export of apricots, grapes and apples to international markets. Instability in exports of both quantity and value of all selected fruits from both counties were high. As compared between export quantity and value, fluctuation in export value was higher than export quantity; similarly, Afghanistan’s selected fruits experienced higher variation than Indian selected fruits during the period of study.
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    Production and export performance of spices in India
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-01) Sayed Sanaullah Habibi; Sumit
    Present study was conducted to examine the growth rate of area, production and productivity and instability and trade direction in export of major spices viz., coriander, cumin, chilli, garlic, ginger and turmeric during the years 1985-86 to 2019-20. The data was collected from India stat, Spices Board of India and some other reliable addresses. The CAGR, CV, CDVI and Markov Chain models were applied to analyze the results. The growth rate of coriander, cumin, garlic and turmeric recorded positive and significant trend during the study period while, there was found negative values during some periods as such the negative growth rate of coriander in Andhra Pradesh was rooted from changing crop pattern and varied climatic conditions and the negative growth rate of cumin was due to excessive use of nitrogen and unseasonal rainfall. The negative growth rate of chilli in Karnataka, Maharashtra and India as a whole was due to traditionally growing method of chilli and high labour cost. Export quantity and export value of coriander, cumin, chilli and turmeric had recorded positive and increasing trend during all sub periods as well as whole period of study, while the decline in growth rate was experienced during post-WTO period due to inverse effects of agriculture trade globalization on spices export. The growth rate in export quantity and export value of ginger was negative during the second period viz., post-WTO, which was originated from intense competition of other ginger exporting countries such as China, Nepal, Nigeria and Thailand. Export quantity and value of coriander, cumin, chilli and turmeric had recorded high to low instability from first to fourth period, respectively indicating good performance of spices during the study period with some volatile exceptions which was due to domestic & exchange rate and competitive prices. The high instability in export of ginger was due to high instability in production and productivity. The most stable market for coriander was Malaysia and Singapore; for cumin Malaysia, Vietnam and Nepal; for chilli Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and others; for ginger Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and others; and for turmeric Japan, UAE, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Iran and others. The negative and lower growth rate of spices in some states and India as a whole were remarkable points that require providing and implementing of suitable policies.
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    An economic analysis of production and processing of groundnut in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-10) Nisha; Pawar, Neeraj
    The present study was carried out with the objectives of working out costs and returns of groundnut cultivation, to study processing costs and returns of groundnut and to identify the constraints in production and processing of groundnut. The study was based on collection of primary data. The primary data from selected farmers for the year 2021-22 were collected by survey method through personal interview with the help of a well-structured interview schedule. For collection of data multistage purposive sampling technique was used. The selection of districts formed the first stage of sampling. Out of major groundnut growing districts of Haryana, Fatehabad, Hisar, Sirsa and Rewari districts were selected purposively based on the area under groundnut for the present study. Selection of farmers and processing units formed the ultimate unit in the sample. From seven selected villages from four selected districts, total 84 farmers were selected, comprising 21 farmers from each district. A total of 7 processing units were selected from the study area as per availability. The outcomes of the study revealed that the average total cost of cultivation of groundnut in four districts came out to be Rs. 98275. The total cost incurred by the farmers of Rewari district was higher (Rs. 106886/ha) compared to that of Sirsa (Rs. 100271/ha), Fatehabad (Rs. 93789/ha) and Hisar (Rs. 92155/ha). The average yield of the groundnut was 24.61 q/ha which was highest in Rewari district being 29.15 q/ha as compared to Sirsa (25.17 q/ha), Fatehabad (22.30 q/ha) and Hisar (21.83 q/ha).The gross return obtained after inclusion of value of by product, per hectare was again highest in Rewari district (Rs. 169376) as compared to Sirsa (Rs. 145692), Fatehabad (Rs. 129242) and Hisar (Rs. 127695). The average net return of the groundnut for selected respondents as a whole was Rs. 44997 per hectare. As B: C ratios are greater than one, this indicates that groundnut cultivation is economically viable in all the districts, with Rewari district having the highest profitability. Total cost per quintal of groundnut processing was higher in oil processing units (Rs.17289.33/q) when compared to decorticating units (Rs.8273.57/q). In respect of net returns, it was also higher in case of oil processing units (Rs. 161.55/q) compared to decorticating units (Rs. 130.59/q). On an average a minimum quantity of 342 quintals of groundnut kernel and 813 quintals of groundnut oil should be processed so as to continue the production process without sustaining losses at average level in decorticating units and oil processing units respectively. The identified constraints, such as less availability of improved varieties/ seeds and high cost of seeds, high incidence of pest and disease infection and problem of uncertain weather/ climate, pose significant challenges for groundnut farmers, impacting their productivity and profitability. The scarcity and high wages of skilled labour during peak seasons, high machinery costs, erratic power supply, repair and spare parts problems, complex bank finance procedures, expensive raw materials, and high transportation costs were all identified as significant challenges.