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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: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Technological gap in adoption of sugarcane production technology in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08) Agarwal, Disha; Chahal, Pardeep
    This study was conducted to assess the extent of adoption of the recommended production technology for sugarcane among the sugarcane growers in Haryana. The present study was conducted in three districts of Haryana, namely Yamuna Nagar, Kaithal and Rohtak. One block from each district was selected; from each block, two villages were selected and from each village, 20 farmers were selected randomly. Thus, a total of 120 farmers were selected and interviewed with the help of a well-structured schedule. The findings of the study revealed majority of the sugarcane growing farmers were middle-aged (36-50 yrs.), belonged to the general category, were educated up to high school, had agriculture as their only occupation, annual family income below Rs. 2,40,000, medium level of social participation, land holding 5.1 acre to 10 acre, medium level of material possession, joint family type with more than 5 members, were engaged in sugarcane mono-cropping, had medium level of extension contact, mass-media exposure, risk orientation, economic motivation, innovativeness as well as extension participation. Regarding knowledge level, majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge about recommended cultivars, seed rate, planting distance, manures and fertilizers, time and method of fertilizer application, intercultural operations, insect-pest control, disease control and overall knowledge about sugarcane production technology, except for time of planting and irrigation, where the majority had full knowledge. In case of the adoption of sugarcane production technology, majority of the respondents exercised partial adoption of each aspect. The overall technological gap was found to be 30.19 per cent with maximum technological gap in insect-pests and their control, followed by diseases and their control then manure, fertilizers and their quantities. Majority of respondents (56.70%) were found in medium constraints group and high labour charges during harvesting, high transportation charges, labour shortages at peak time, uneven agro-climatic conditions and high prices of plant protection chemicals were the major constraints faced by the farmers.