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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: Extension Education × Author: Pawan Kumar × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis ×
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    A study of soil health management practices for sustainable agriculture
    (CCSHAU, 2019) Pawan Kumar; Shehrawat, P.S.
    The present study aims at dealing with the farmers‟ awareness towards soil health, causes responsible for soil degradation, constraints, training needs of farmers and strategies for keeping the soil healthy and sound. The study was conducted in Haryana state. Haryana is divided into two Agro-Climatic zones such as North Eastern Zone and South Western Zone. From each zone two districts were selected purposively viz. Kurukshetra and Karnal from North-Eastern zone and Bhiwani and Rewari from South-Western zone. Further two blocks Thanesar and Babain from Kurukshetra; Karnal and Indri from Karnal; Siwani and Kairu from Bhiwani; and Khol and Bawal from Rewari were selected purposively having highest nutrient deficiency and 30 respondents will be selected randomly from each block. Thus, a total of 240 farmers were interviewed for this study. Majority of respondents (72.92%) belonged to productive age group and acquired education (90.00%) up to post graduate. Majority of the farmers had land holding up to 5 acres with rice-wheat (50.00%) cropping system. Majority of the respondents had low to medium level of mass media exposure and extension contact. It was observed that farmers‟ were well aware about soil texture, canal water is best for crops, nearest soil and water testing laboratory, SHC helps to indicate the soil health, zero tillage reduce the field preparatory, labor and fuel cost, timely irrigation enhance crop yield, INM increase the crop yield, excess pesticides use hazards, weed competes for light, water and nutrients etc., IFS helps to reduce the cost of production, crop diversification helps to reduce risk of crop failures, water harvesting reduces soil erosion, compost and vermin compost is best for vegetable crops, agro forestry provide healthy environment and extra income and organic farming reduces input cost. The major causes responsible for soil degradation were excessive use of chemical fertilizers and straw burning. Lack of soil and water testing facilities, inputs, high fertilizer cost, lack of knowledge about ETL, optimum climatic condition for biological agents, high rate of interest, lack of training and educational facilities, deteriorate of water quality in water harvesting, non-availability of earthworms, small and fragmented land holding, lack of interest among respondents due to long duration of returns were the major constraints in soil health management practices. The major training needs of farmers in crop residue management and in-situ residue management. The application of gypsum for sodic soil, land leveling, land use configuration and contour farming for sloppy land were found the most effective remedies for keeping the soil healthy and sound.
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    Prospects of Citrus sinensis cultivation in Haryana state
    (CCSHAU, 2015) Pawan Kumar; Shehrawat, P. S.
    The study was conducted in Bhiwani district of Haryana state during 2014-2015. Three blocks Dadri, Badhra and Loharu were selected purposively. A total number of 120 respondents constituted the sample of the study. The information about respondents’ sociopersonnel traits, Knowledge level, Adoption level, Constraints and prospects regarding Citrus sinensis (Masumbi) cultivation were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. The study revealed that knowledge level of Masumbi growers regarding time of planting, irrigation, recommended cultivars and manure and fertilizer were high. The study indicates that 42.50 per cent of respondents had medium level of knowledge and 22.50 per cent of respondents possessed high knowledge level. Regarding adoption level of time of planting, recommended cultivars and fruit drop were highly adopted practices by the farmers whereas, they had least adopted or not adopted practices like Insect-pest/disease and their control and packaging. The study indicates that about 69.17 per cent of the farmers had low to medium level of adoption of masumbi cultivation practices. Regarding constraints faced by farmers included high price of insecticides/pesticides and fungicides, absence or scarcity of agroprocessing units, aberrant climatic condition and unawareness about proper and balanced fertilizer application and time of application, lack of guidance of post-harvest technology. Pertaining to prospects perception of farmers about masumbi cultivation practices in Haryana, majority of farmers agreed that better market facilities, purchasing power of people is increasing and better fruit quality. The prospects of masumbi cultivation practices was medium to high since 77.5 per cent respondents belonged medium to high category. The state govt. /centre govt. /horticulture department should look into the problems faced by farmers in adoption of masumbi cultivation practices. So why, constraints can be minimized by providing special trainings and technical knowledge to the farmers on various aspects of masumbi cultivation. Major