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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 Extension Education × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 ×
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    A Study on Impact Assessment in Value Addition of Horticultural and Vegetable crops
    (CCSHAU, 2019) Sonia Rani; Shehrawat, P.S.
    This study was conducted to know the impact assessment in value addition of horticultural and vegetable produce. The study was conducted in two districts of Haryana state namely, Hisar and Sonipat, and a total number of 180 farmers were selected and interviewed with the help of well structured schedule. The study revealed that majority of the women were of young age group (21-39 years), acquired schooling education up to higher secondary, submersible was their main source of irrigation, livestock in their farming system, land holding up to 5 acres, attended training less than a week and partial to high level of mass media exposer, extension contact and innovativeness. 62.22 per cent about harvesting at proper stage, 62.22 per cent regarding cleaning and sorting, 60.00 per cent regarding maturity index for fruits and vegetables and 65.56 per cent regarding cleaning : chemical must be removed from produce before packing had high level of knowledge. 66.11 per cent regarding high employment opportunities, 71.11 per cent regarding preserve crop produce to consume in off season and 82.22 per cent regarding good techniques to preserve taste and nutritional value had partial level of knowledge. 79.44 per cent regarding Amla – Jam, Candy, Syrup, Pickles, Chutney, Dried, Preserves, Shred, Triphla, Ayurvedic medicine, Marmalade, Pulp, Sauces and 59.44 per cent regarding Carrot – Canned carrot, Chips, Candy, Kheer, Halwa, Powder, Juice, Beverages, Preserve and intermediate moisture products, Soup, Wine, Stews, Curries, Pies, Jam, Pickles had no knowledge level of knowledge. „Biological : Consumption of food by rodents, birds, monkeys‟, „Storage facilities inadequate‟, „Harvest : The separation of the commodity from the plant that produced it‟, „Non- availability of skillful labour/high labour charge‟, „No support price of produce‟, „Attack of insect-pests‟, „No guidance about post-harvest technology‟, „Lack of technical knowledge about the different steps in value addition of fruits and vegetables‟ and „Inefficient supply chain (involvement of middleman)‟ were ranked Ist with very serious constraints. „Food habits of people are changing‟, „Cordial support and government incentives for value addition of fruits and vegetables‟, „Demand of value added products‟, „Increasing urbanization- lifestyle and aspiration‟ and „Increasing expenditure on health food/health consciousness‟ were ranked Ist with high level of prospects. Farmers were y agree with training need of „Farm level packaging and storage‟ and „Processing and value addition‟ and ranked Ist. „Reduce losses and keeping perishable foods fresh longer‟ weighted mean score of 2.62 was perceived as most important impact by farmers and Ist rank order in value addition of horticultural and vegetable crops.
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    Perception and prospect for implementation of foreign direct investment (FDI) in agricultural retail sector
    (CCSHAU, 2017) Rati Mukteshawar; Shehrawat, P.S.
    This study was conducted to create awareness towards FDI in agricultural retail sector. The study was conducted in two districts of Haryana state namely, Hisar and Sonipat and a total no. of two hundred forty respondents were selected and interviewed with the help of well-structured schedule. The study revealed that majority of the respondents were of middle age group (36-50 years), educated up to post graduate, belonged to a nuclear family up to five members, performed farming and other rhan farming had land holding up to 5 acres. The findings revealed that the overall awareness towards FDI in agricultural retail sector among the producers (20.06%), retailers (22.09%) and consumers (23.45%) were found low aware as per their responses. The study shows that producers (23.06%), retailers (28.16%) and consumers (28.47%) had low level of perception regarding FDI was found Major problems of respondents in conventional markets were ‘cost of cultivation increasing day by day (1.62), Lack of cold storage’ (1.21) and ‘Unavailability of agro-products in off-season’ (1.56) on other side in unconventional markets ‘Lack of awareness among producers’ (2.18) ‘Lack of awareness to market information’ (1.19) and Less or no availability of FDI stores’ (1.25) were found very serious problems with their weighted mean scores. Results pertaining overall prospects of FDI in agricultural retail sector was low. 23.45 percent in producers, Retailers had 28.47 percent and in consumers were found 19.27 percent.