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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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    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.
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    Migration Behaviour of Rural Youth in Haryana: A Critical Evaluation
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021-09) Maurya, Abhilash Singh; Malik, Joginder Singh
    The study was conducted in Hisar and Bhiwani districts of Haryana. Two blocks were selected from each district. Sixteen revenue villages at the rate of four from each block were selected. Six fully migrated and six partially migrated rural youth were purposively identified from each of the selected revenue villages. In addition, six non migrant rural youth and six farm households from each revenue villages were also selected. Thus, total of 384 respondents were considered for the study. The significant findings are given here under. More than two-fifth (44.27%) of the rural youth were found to be in the age category of 21-25 years. All the respondents had education ranging from middle to college level. Among the fully migrated rural youth, 64.58 per cent of the respondents were wage earners. Among the partially migrated ones, more than three-fifth (61.45%) were engaged in agriculture on seasonal basis. Nearly half (45.00%) of the respondents possessed small size farm holdings. Majority (87.50%) of the respondents possessed farm skills and almost two-third (68.230%) of them possessed non-farm skills. Approximately 57.00 per cent of the respondents had prior migration experience. More than 77.00 per cent of the respondents possessed moderate to high level of economic motivation. Nearly four-fifth (79.69) per cent of the respondents were belonged to medium to high levels of achievement motivation. The fully migrated rural youth possessed a fairly moderate risk orientation than their counterparts. Almost two- third (63.02%) of the respondents were found to be highly self-reliant. Nearly three-fourth of the rural youth having a less to moderately favourable attitude towards agriculture. Income expectancy, comfort expectancy, stimulation expectancy and affiliation expectancy had shown positive significant contribution with attitude of rural youth towards agriculture at one per cent level of probability. Age, Educational status, farm size, non-farm skills, proximity to town, prior migration experience, economic motivation, risk orientation, self-confidence and self-reliance had shown positive significant contribution with the migration behavior at one per cent level of probability. Lacks of remunerative prices for farm produce (97.39%), lack of finance (81.77%) were the major constraints perceived to be active in agriculture by the respondents. Training on entrepreneurial skill development (84.59%), training on effective farm management (82.29%) were the most preferred empowerment needs on technological domain. Creation of credit and loan scheme for youth in agriculture (94.27%), formation of farm youth self-help groups (91.15%) were the most required social empowerment needs.
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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.