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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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    Study on green consumerism towards sustainable development
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2022-12) Santosh Kumari; Dua, Kavita
    Green consumer is environmentally and socially conscious and very concerned about the environment and, therefore, only purchases products that are environmentally-friendly or eco-friendly. The present study was conducted in two districts of Haryana state i.e. Hisar and Bhiwani. Two blocks from each district were randomly selected. Further, 75 respondents from each village was selected randomly. Thus, total 4 villages were selected to conduct the study thus making total sample size of 300 respondents for objective 1. For objectives 3twenty five respondents having low pre-exposure knowledge and also who were willing to attend the trainings were purposively selected from each village. Thus, total respondents were 100 (25 from each village). Knowledge was imparted to 100 respondents by imparting trainings through lecture-cum-demonstration and through multimedia (booklet, leaflet, poster and videos) prepared by the researcher. After a period of one month, impact of trainings on these 100 respondents was assessed in terms of gain in knowledge. A well structured and pretested interview schedule was developed according to the objectives of the study. It was found that majority of respondents regarding socio economic status showed that 43.0% of respondents belong from upper middle class. Maximum of respondents (44.7.3%) had medium family education status. This shows that more than half (51.2%) of the respondents had overall low knowledge and awareness at pre-exposure stage. Majority of respondents did not follow the eco friendly practices while purchase products at pre exposure stage. The results show that highly significant gain in knowledge was observed in all the respondents regarding all aspects of green consumerism at post exposure stage and highly gain in knowledge was found in awareness about ordinary products responsible for environmental degradation (9.76) and eco friendly home appliances (12.82). Positive correlation was found in all independent variables at 1% level of significant with gain in knowledge.
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    Financial Literacy: Determinants and Implications in Financial Well-Being of Elderly
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University hisar, 2022-07) Kavita Rani; Kiran Singh
    In recent years, financial literacy has become a major area of concern in India. People at large lack basic knowledge about financial matters concerned with day-to-day money management and saving for long term. Keeping in mind concern for elderly, the present study was conducted in two phases. The study was conducted in three districts i.e. Hisar, Fatehabad and Karnal of Haryana state. Further, five localities from each district were selected randomly and equal number of elderly people (150 from each district) in the age group of above 55 years of age, thus comprising of 450 elderly for Phase I. Out of 450 elderly, 140 were found to have low level of financial literacy and subjected further for financial education in Phase-II. Results revealed that majority of (61.33%) were having 55-65 years of age, were male (72.00%), graduated (37.11%), retired (56.44%) and had monthly income between 20,000-50,000. Living arrangement mostly (34.67%) was with spouse and family. All had saving accounts and even two third of them had 3-4 saving accounts. Google pay was found to be more in usage (46.00%) and majority (44.89%) availed Senior Citizen Saving Scheme. The male respondents (68.83%) had medium level of financial literacy in comparison to female respondents (22.22%). Financial literacy showed highly significant association with age, education, occupation, monthly income, assets and liabilities (p<0.01). Mostly male respondents (73.46%) had medium level of financial well-being on the contrary female respondents (38.89%). Majority of the respondent‟s primary short-term goal was paying for the property tax (MS 1.91) and in long-term goal was large estate for children (MS 1.70). The study further unveils that more number of the elderly had medium level of financial stress and prefer to discuss and take money from family as a adaptive coping strategies to relieve stress (MS 2.46). Highly significant difference was seen in financial literacy in male and female respondents in all the districts. The results found that highly significant association of financial stress with age, family type, family size, and occupation (p<0.01). Living arrangement were found to be highly significant associated with financial literacy (χ2=20.17**), financial well-being (χ2=23.46**) and financial stress (χ2=25.55**). Correlation of financial literacy with financial well-being was found to be positively significant. Financial stress showed high negative significant correlation with financial literacy and financial well-being in elderly from all districts. In Hisar district female respondents (Z=4.37**) found that maximum gain in knowledge in comparison to male respondents (Z=2.22*) after media mix approach.
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    Development and evaluation of head load manager for construction workers
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2020-08) Yadav, Garima; Rana, Kusum
    Women construction workers at construction sites are primarily involved in various unskilled tasks like cleaning building sites, carrying bricks, gravel, mortar and water up to the skilled masons. The present study was conducted on women workers at construction sites to indicate work complexity in actual field conditions and ergonomic assessment of existing ergo solutions to address their issues related to musculoskeletal disorders. In Phase I, work profile of 30 women workers of 20-40 years of age engaged in head load carrying activity was evaluated and their ergonomic assessment done by providing them with existing ergo solutions, viz. HLM, HLC, HLH. In Phase II, the problems reported in Phase I were utilized for designing and development of Head Load Manager with the help of simulating software ANSYS. In Phase III, ergonomic assessment of 30 women workers was done by providing them the modified Developed Head Load Manager. In Phase IV, feasibility testing of the Developed Head Load Manager was done with the help of modified Rogers and Shoemaker Scale and User Assessment Sheet. The study revealed that majority of the respondents were in the age group of 30-40 years (66.67%), married (63.33%), illiterate (60%), belonged to nuclear family (70%), and hailed from West Bengal (30%). Majority of the respondents (60%) were employed on daily basis. More than half of the respondents (60%) received wages in between 250-350, and 50% were getting their wages on daily basis. The WHR (120.14b/min) of the respondents before activity was significantly lesser than that observed with Conventional Method (137.67 b/min), HLC (132.80b/min), HLM (134.86b/min) and HLH (133.77b/min). On the other hand, RHR (107.51b/min) was also significantly lesser in comparison to the other methods with respect to grip strength of right hand. In Phase II, Stainless steel, Gray cast iron, and Aluminium alloy were compared to obtain a low cost, durable and lightweight product. A 3D model was created with the help of ZWCAD software and their strengths were compared with the help of ANSYS by applying a force of 98N, 196N, 294N, and 392N. All of them had an acceptable level of deformation and von Mises stress. Gray cast iron material was preferred in making the final product, as it was cheaper than stainless steel and Aluminium alloy. The product was modified to decrease the discomfort while carrying bulky load on head and was designated as Developed Head Load Manager (DHLM). During Phase III, ergonomic assessment was done on 30 respondents and a highly significant decrease was observed in WHR (12.79b/min), RHR (10.84b/min) and EER (2.03kJ/min). Oxygen consumption rate also decreased up to 23.25 percent with DHLM. TCCW and PCW decreased by 821.55 beats, 13.69 b/min while using DHLM. Grip strength of right hand (14.61%) as well as left hand (17.68%) were reduced after performing the activity with DHLM. There was a significant reduction in the discomfort at head, neck, shoulders, upper back, upper arms, mid- back, chest, lower arms, wrists, lower back, buttocks, thighs, knee, legs, and feet. On the basis of various attributes i.e. relative advantage, compatibility, simplicity/complexity and practicability, practicability got the first rank (2.31) followed by relative advantage (2.15), while compatibility and simplicity/complexity got the third rank (2.07) each. The DHLM was acceptable to the women workers as it was found easy to handle, reduced their physiological and biomechanical stress and contributed to reduce their overall discomfort while carrying heavy load on the head. The findings of the study shall be helpful for the manufacturers and product designers to develop a prototype DHLM on mass scale for the benefit of workers engaged in construction industry, thereby mitigating the incidence of occupational hazards.
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    Working conditions & economic feasibility of floriculture in open cultivation & polyhouses: A comparative study
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2019-12) Komal; Sehgal, Binoo
    India is an agricultural country and floriculture is an important branch of horticulture which is a major discipline of agriculture. It includes growing of flowers, foliage, ornamental plants and their marketing. The major floriculture crops in the global market are flowers such as carnation, rose, gerberas, lilium, chrysanthemum, rose, gaillardia, marigold, aster, tuberose etc. Presently, floriculture in different types of poly houses provides a great opportunity to farmers in terms of income generation and empowerment. Present study was planned in the four districts of Haryana state with four objectives. (i) To find out the farmers‟ knowledge about flower cultivation technology in the different types of polyhouses, (ii) To assess the working conditions in open cultivation and polyhouses,(iii) To compare the quality and quantity of flowers grown in open cultivation and polyhouses and (iv) To compare the economic feasibility of floriculture in open cultivation and polyhouses. For the first objective, 100 farmers having floricultural units were selected randomly from the four districts i.e. Hisar, Gurugram, Panipat and Sonepat. For the 2nd, 3rd and 4th objectives, three districts i.e. Hisar, Panipat and Sonepat were selected randomly and total four floriculture units i.e. one open cultivation and three different types of polyhouses: AISNH, WIT and NVPH were selected randomly for each flower i.e. english rose and lilium. Data were collected through the pre tested interview schedules and observation sheets. Results revealed that majority of farmers (87%) had the knowledge about AISNH type of polyhouses, all farmers had knowledge about structure/frame, insect net, shade net, 87 per cent farmers had knowledge about drip irrigation system and 77 per cent farmers had knowledge about covering sheet used in polyhouses. It was found that light in NVPH i.e. 374.6 lux was found to be significantly higher and temperature and humidity were significantly higher in WIT (34.6oC & 85.2% respectively) with CD 2.31 and 6.50 respectively. CO2 level was found to be significantly higher in WIT (1366.9ppm) with CD 168.03. It was concluded that quality and quantity of llium flowers and english rose were higher in all types of polyhouses as compared to the open cultivation. In case of lilium flower, maximum percent profit and benefit-cost ratio were found in NVPH polyhouse i.e. 57.31 per cent and 1.57 respectively followed by, AISNH (54.26% and 1.54), WIT (38.08% and 1.38) and open cultivation (11.19% and 1.11). Percent profit of english rose was highest in NVPH i.e. 62.17 percent followed by AISNH (53.49%), WIT (39.52%) and lowest in open cultivation (22.90%). Benefit-cost ratio was high in all type of polyhouses i.e. NVPH (1.62), AISNH (1.53) and WIT (1.39) as compared to open cultivation (1.30).