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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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    Gender wise participation and adoption of recommended technologies in mustard and pearl millet crops in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08) Anju; Kundu, Poonam
    Present study was conducted in Hisar and Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana state . Two blocks namely Hisar-2 and Badhra selected randomly. Total four villages i.e. two from each block namely Kharia and Dobhi from Hisar -2 block and Nandha and Kadma from Badhra were selected randomly. Total 240 respondents i. e. 60 respondents were selected from each village by covering 30 male and 30 female respondents from each village, thus comprising a sample of 240 respondents were selected randomly.A set of Independent variables and five dependent variables viz. gender wise participation, assessment of knowledge, adoption, adoption gap and attitude of recommended mustard and pearl millet production technology. Socio- economic profile of the respondents revealed that majority of the respondents belonged to age group between 36-51, had small size nuclear families belong to general caste, middle and high school education. Material possession profile of the respondents found that majority of the respondents possessed medium level domestic items, agriculture implements and high level means of transportation. In communication source accessibility & utilization observed that low level localite & cosmopolite sources. Whereas in mass media communication sources had medium level communication source accessibility & utilization respectively. In Crops growing pattern found that majority of the respondents had high level rabi and kharif crops grown. The data regarding credit acquisition indicated that majority of the respondents acquired credit in short term duration had taken credit from nationalized bank faced difficulty in procuring credit.Psychological variable in gender wise decision making participation in agricultural activities indicated that all male members had taken decision pertaining to land preparation, sowing, manure application and marketing in both districts. Cultivation practices adopted by the farmers observed that all respondents always used plain leveler, Blade hand hoe (Kasola), Spade, Sickle, and Gandasi in both dictricts. Majority of the male members participated in land preparation, sowing, manure application and marketing in both districts. Data regarding gender wise participation found that in ploughing, leveling, seed drill, cultivator, chemical and farm yard manure mechanical spray, irrigation and marketing activities were always performed by all male members in both districts. The majority of the respondents had more knowledge and adoption in Hisar district and male respondents had favourable attitude.
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    Prevalence of stress related to work and family among farm women
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-09) Diksha Rani; Verma, Vandana
    The present study was conducted in Haryana state to analyse prevalence of stress related to work and family among farm women. To draw representative sample, four districts from two agro climatic zones of Haryana state was drawn. Further, two villages from each selected district were selected randomly. Out of each selected village, 25 unpaid farm women were selected at random thus making a total of 200 respondents. Various socio- personal, economic and communication variables constituted the independent variables. Work and family task load, major stressors related to work and family, role perception and perceived role conflict constituted the dependent variables. Socio- personal, economic and communication profile of the respondents revealed that Maximum number of the respondents were 40-50 years of age, educated up to primary level followed by up to senior secondary level were married and having 0-2 children. Majority of the respondents were unemployed and homemaker/unpaid farm labour in both zones with no income with medium level of social participation. Most of the agricultural activities related to manual operations such as cleaning seeds, cleaning fields, winnowing, threshing, and storage practices were carried out by the majority of the respondents while participation of respondents was very low in activities related to buying and selling such as buying equipment or selling production in both zones. Medium level of task load was found in maximum number of respondents. The study revealed that financial risk, time pressure and uncontrollable natural forces were major stressors among farm women related to farming. Strain in household chores and balancing work and family responsibilities was found as a major stressor for respondents. Regarding role perception majority of the respondents reported only females had social pressure and family obligations. Majority of the respondents perceived medium level of fatigue with farm and household work. Medium level of physical stress, emotional stress, mental stress was perceived by the most of the respondents. Farm task load, total task load, perceived stress, fatigue and self-esteem were found to be significantly different in both zones.