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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 Ɨ Author: Yadav, Nisha Ɨ End date: 2020 Ɨ Start date: 2020 Ɨ Type: Thesis Ɨ Thesis Type: M.Sc Ɨ
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    Socio economic determinants of adopting organic and conventional farming in haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2020-08) Yadav, Nisha; Kathpalia, Jatesh
    Indian agriculture contributes to about 17.4 % in gross domestic product (GDP) and support over 58 percent of nationā€˜s population for livelihood. The present study` Socio economic determinants of organic and conventional farming in Haryana was planned with objective on the basis of above consideration the present study was conducted with the following objectives: i) To know the nature and extent of organic and conventional farming ii ) To assess the knowledge and adoption level of organic and conventional farming iii) To find out the socio economic factors associated with level of knowledge and adoption . With regard to nature of adoption of organic farming , majority of the respondents i.e. 56.66% were growing main crop and rest were growing fruits and vegetables .It was found that most of the organic respondents 46.66% were using low land (up to 1.5 acre) for organic farming and 16.67% were using high land(above 3 acres ) for organic farming. The result revealed that knowledge level majority of the respondents ( 50%) had medium knowledge about organic farming where as 38.33 % of conventional farmers had low knowledge about the organic farming . It was found that majority of the farmers were doing organic farming since more than three years. Regarding Socio Economic impact, expenditure on social ceremonies, income and profit, urban contact and expenditure on children education were increased after adoption of organic farming. Lack of government subsidy, low yield, problem regarding labour , lack of purchasing agencies ,poor communication channel were the major constraints . There should be proper market purchasing agencies available for farmers and respondents should be encouraged to adopt organic farming by giving subsides.