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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: Sociology × Author: Bidhan, Shikha × Start date: 2011 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Socio-economic factors affecting inter-gender role of dairy farmers in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-04) Bidhan, Shikha; Tyagi, Rashmi
    The present study entitled "Socio-economic factors affecting inter – gender role of dairy farmers in Haryana" was conducted in Department of Sociology, CCS HAU, Hisar during the year 2021 to 2022. The study was conducted in two districts namely, Karnal and Hisar with the objectives to study the nnature, extent and participation in decision making of inter gender in dairy farming; knowledge and awareness of inter gender in dairy farming; and factors affecting dairy farming along with the socio-economic impact. The survey was made with well structure questionnaire in 12 villages and 180 respondents were selected out of 360. The study revealed that majority of the respondents was of middle age group (36-50 years), belonged to general caste (41.11%). Most of the respondents were illiterate (37.22%), having joint family (55%) with a medium family size (5-7 members) having a land holding of 2.51 – 5 hectare. The annual income of the dairy farming respondents was medium (Rs. 1-3 lac). The socio-economic status, level of participation, level of knowledge, level of awareness of most of the dairy farming was medium. The major constraints related to dairy farming among the inter-gender community were non-availability of land for fodder production, lack of scientific knowledge, and low price milk. Independent factors like age, education, land holding, experience in dairy farming, mass media exposure, extension contact and socio-economic status were found significantly associated with participation in dairy farming, level of knowledge, level of awareness and extent of decision making. Seeing the above facts, it can be concluded that women are participating in dairy farming in Haryana a lot starting from the milk management, breeding, economic decisions and there is need to educate at the village level for awareness of dairy farming new technologies that should economically feasible, socially accepted and having low risk.