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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: Home Science Extension Education × Author: Akanksha × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2015 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Media Development and Its Impact on Production and Processing of Button Mushroom in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2015) Akanksha; Batra, Asha
    The present study was conducted in Haryana state. One eighty male and sixty female comprising of total sample of 240 respondents from Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Jhajjar districts were selected randomly for assessing impact of mushroom growers and female respondents regarding mushroom production and processing. The results shows that growers have sufficient gain in knowledge and had most favourable attitude towards mushroom production whereas in case of mushroom processing female respondents have gain in knowledge but they had favourable attitude regarding processing. Constraints were measured in terms of personal, technical, financial, infrastructural, marketing and health. Weighted mean scores were calculated and ranks were given on the basis of WMS and result shows that both mushroom growers and female respondents assigned 1th and 6th rank to financial and infrastructural constraints. All the production messages and on the basis of weighted mean scores and ranks messages for processing were finally selected for media preparation. Standard procedures for development of media were followed. The effectiveness of printed manual was assessed through several parameters that accuracy, coverage, objectivity, writing style, content presentation, illustration and compatibility. Overall weighted mean scores were perceived to be high for all the messages. Effectiveness of Compact Disc (CD) was assessed through of audio quality, video quality, presentation of message, content importance, suitability and text was rated as high. The content validity ratio for all the attributes of CD and printed manual was found to be significant. Inter consistency reliability for CD and printed manual was found to be statistically significant at 5 per cent level of significance. Field applicability was also found to be high for all the messages. The impact of CD was found to be significant for gain in knowledge and change in attitude. The impact of CD on growers and on female respondents was of moderate level.
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    Media Development and Its Impact on Production and Processing of Button Mushroom in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2015) Akanksha; Batra, Asha
    The present study was conducted in Haryana state. One eighty male and sixty female comprising of total sample of 240 respondents from Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Jhajjar districts were selected randomly for assessing impact of mushroom growers and female respondents regarding mushroom production and processing. The results shows that growers have sufficient gain in knowledge and had most favourable attitude towards mushroom production whereas in case of mushroom processing female respondents have gain in knowledge but they had favourable attitude regarding processing. Constraints were measured in terms of personal, technical, financial, infrastructural, marketing and health. Weighted mean scores were calculated and ranks were given on the basis of WMS and result shows that both mushroom growers and female respondents assigned 1th and 6th rank to financial and infrastructural constraints. All the production messages and on the basis of weighted mean scores and ranks messages for processing were finally selected for media preparation. Standard procedures for development of media were followed. The effectiveness of printed manual was assessed through several parameters that accuracy, coverage, objectivity, writing style, content presentation, illustration and compatibility. Overall weighted mean scores were perceived to be high for all the messages. Effectiveness of Compact Disc (CD) was assessed through of audio quality, video quality, presentation of message, content importance, suitability and text was rated as high. The content validity ratio for all the attributes of CD and printed manual was found to be significant. Inter consistency reliability for CD and printed manual was found to be statistically significant at 5 per cent level of significance. Field applicability was also found to be high for all the messages. The impact of CD was found to be significant for gain in knowledge and change in attitude. The impact of CD on growers and on female respondents was of moderate level.