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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 End date: 2020 Ɨ Start date: 2020 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.
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    Impact of Happy Seeder on Socio-economic status of farmers in Haryana
    (CCSHAU,HiSAR, 2020-08) Pooja; Tyagi, Rashmi
    Wheat is major cropping system in North West India with cropping intensity of nearly 200 %. The huge quantity of paddy straw after the combine harvesting of paddy is to be managed in 15-20 days to plant next succeeding wheat crop. Keeping in mind this short window of time, farmers prefer to burn rice residue after combine harvesting of crop because residues interfere with tillage and seeding operations for the next crop. According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers welfare (2018), total paddy straw produced in Haryana and Punjab together is 28.10 million tonnes (2018 estimates) out of which 11.3 million tonnes was burnt in the fields.. Though a number of machines are available for straw management, Happy Seeder is one of the unique techniques which is used for sowing wheat in standing stubbles of crop residue. The study was conducted in two agro-climate zones of Haryana namely dry zone and wet zone. Two districts i.e. Kaithal and Fatehabad were randomly selected from both the zones. From each of two selected districts, one block was i.e. Pundri from Kaithal & Ratia from Fatehabad were randomly selected for the purpose of the study. After the selection of blocks, a cluster of villages were randomly selected for the purpose of the study. 30 adopters and 30 non-adopters respondents were selected from each block on the whole 120 respondents were selected for the purpose of the study. The findings of the study revealed that Knowledge level of adopters was more as compare to non -adopters. From the discussion and data it was also found out that the major reasons for adoption were that happy seeder is a environment friendly technology, reduce fuel and labor cost, improves soil health & increase yield than conventional method whereas shortage of information, more hiring charges, more complex technology, not beneficial and not affordable were the reasons for non-adoption. Regarding socio-economic impact expenditure on social ceremonies increased after adoption of Happy Seeder such as expenditure on marriage, expenditure on children education. To increase the rate of adoption of Happy Seeder technology the extension activities should be increase among farmers.
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    Socio-economic impact of combine harvester on farmers in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2020-08) Punia, Dharmveer; Subhash Chander
    The study was conducted in Kurukshetra and Hisar districts of Haryana state with following objectives 1.To assess the nature and extent of combine harvesting. 2. To know the factors associated with level of knowledge and adoption of combine harvester. 3. To study the socio-economic impact of combine harvester. It was found from the field of the study that maximum number of the respondents (47.50%), who belong to semi-medium category of land holding had adoption of combine harvester in wheat crop. less than one-fourth of the respondents (22.50%), who belonged to semi-medium category of land holding, had adoption of combine harvester in paddy crop.Benefit: cost ratio was higher with combine harvesting (18.91) and (38.25) as compared to manual harvesting (6.73) and (10.40) in wheat and paddy respectively. Reasons for the adoption of combine harvester that. All respondents reported that combine harvesting was faster than manual, less costly, time saving and combine harvester was capable of harvesting at large area of land in a short time period. Reason for non-adoption of combine harvester was Overwhelming majority of the respondents (90.00%) responded that non-availability of machine on time in time during harvesting period and lack of knowledge. Overwhelming majority of the respondents (93.75%) faced the problem more expensive custom hiring services in adoption of combine harvester and lack of adequate training program (91.25%).More than three-fourth of the respondents (76.25%)increased livestock and social mobility followed by more expenditure on social ceremonies, education of their childrens and increased land area on lease (73.75%). It was concluded that combine harvester was beneficial for the farmers. Adoption of combine harvester help to improved their socio-economic status of the farmers. It was also suggested that Training programme should be organizing to increase the knowledge about benefits of combine harvester.