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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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    Gender dimension of poverty and well being in rural households
    (CCSHAU, 2013) Ella Rani; Kaushik, Sushma
    The present study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state 400 household from two small village viz: Bir Babran from Hisar-II block and Kirara village from Agroha block of Hisar district were selected including 283 males and 70 females headed households. A set of twelve independent variables and two dependent variables were selected for the study. Poverty status was measured with the help of three tools viz: BPL Survey (Govt. of India, 2002), Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (NSSO, 2005) and Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (IFAD, 2009). Socio-personal profile of the respondents revealed that majority of the households were headed by males, belonged to lower middle age group, matriculate, married, had medium size joint families and were from middle caste, almost nil social participation, had monthly income between Rs. 20,000-30,000, farming as their family occupation, mixed type of housing, having medium size of land holding and had green cards. As regards of communication profile of the respondents, majority had low mass media exposure, high utilization of localite resources and medium cosmopolite source of information. As preference of poverty indicators, the cut off points for identification of BPL was perceived differently by the BPL and APL respondents on various prevalent indicators. The scores of APL respondents were higher as compared to BPL respondents for all the indicators. Availability of meals was most important criteria as perceived by BPL respondents whereas income/ expenditure was most preferred criteria of APL families. In Overall, 55 percent of respondent were satisfied and 45 percent were not satisfied with BPL Survey, However, ‘high proportion of non-poor or non- eligible are BPL card holder’ ‘high level of corruption’ were the reasons for the dissatisfaction with the BPL survey. Poverty mapping of rural household as per the prevalent 13 point criteria of Govt. of India, revealed that none of the household was found below poverty line and majority of respondents scored high on these indicators. None of the sampled population was deprived on six out of total thirteen indicators. The level of deprivation on other criteria ranked between 9.5 to 22 percent, maximum with respect to means of livelihood and minimum for ownership of consumer durables. Majority had monthly expenditure of Rs. 1001-2000/ person/month in both the village and 14.5 percent of respondents had Monthly Per Capita Expenditure below Rs. 1000/ person/ month. Only 8 per cent had per capita expenditure below Rs. 26/day which means they fell into the criteria of BPL. However, per capita per day expenditure for majority of households was much higher than the BPL criteria of Rs. 26/day/person. Majority of the respondents had maximum expenditure on cereals and pulses, milk and milk products and fruits and vegetables as a food items while clothing and footwear and other non-food items as a non-food items. Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) showed excellent score on Food and Nutrition Security, Housing , Clothing and Energy, Farm Assets and Gender and social equality while Health and Healthcare, Non-Farm Assets and Exposure and Resilience to Shocks was rated as average on both the villages. There were marked differences in various dimensions of MPAT among landless and other farmers although medium and large farmers did not differ much. The male and female heads of households differed on aspects of Food and Nutrition Security, Domestic Water Supply, Health and Healthcare, Education and Gender and Social Equality. Very few females owned land, property and household assets except jewellary. Majority of males were highest educated in comparison to females, though, majority of females and males were enrolled, however, dropout rate was more in females as compared to males. Educational aspirations were higher for male children in comparison to female children. Occurrence of serious illness was more in females as compared to males in all categories and they could afford treatment for males with some difficulty while for females with much difficulty. Non significant association of MPCE was found with head of household and level of education while significant association was formed with type of house, family occupation, type of family and size of land holding.
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    Impact assessment of national agricultural technology project (NATP) on women farmers
    (CCSHAU, 2006) Ella Rani; Yadav, Lali
    The study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state covering 2 blocks and 8 villages purposively drawing a sample of 360 farm women. Personal, social, economic, psychological and communicational parameter were taken as the independent variables and impact was taken as the dependent variable. The study revealed that majority of the respondents hailed from young age category had high education, medium family education, status, 4-6 members in family, high caste, social participation in SHG only, farming as family occupation monthly, income of Rs. 4000/-, up to 2 milch animals and marginal land holding.. Majority of the respondents had medium scores on change proneness, risk orientation and entrepreneurial motivation.. Vermicomposting, milk and milk products/dairy mushroom cultivation, kitchen gardening and fruit and vegetable processing. Majority of the respondents were motivated to undertake as entrepreneurial activities. Easy raw material, require less space and easy to produce for project selection were the reason. Economic need and resource availability motivated majority of the respondents. Majority of the respondents had medium ability, high capacity and high potential to undertake entrepreneurial/technological/ empowerment activities. The knowledge level of the respondents about various requirements had higher in marketing of produce, location and market. Majority of the actual beneficiaries expressed training needs in the areas of drying, transplanting, manure fertilizer application. Majority of the potential beneficiaries showed training needs for processing, storage, transplanting and drying. Majority of control group expressed training needs in processing, cleaning and grading, seed treatment and storage. Majority of the actual beneficiaries had higher knowledge in cleaning, processing and storage in agriculture. Majority of the potential beneficiaries had higher knowledge in cleaning, leveling and ploughing. Control group respondents showed higher knowledge in the areas of leveling, cleaning and ploughing, in agriculture. Most needed trainings areas were disinfecting cattle shed, preparation of feed and feeding for actual beneficiaries. Majority of the potential beneficiaries showed training needs for cleaning cattle shed, vaccination and processing of milk. Control group respondents training need was for marketing of milk, disinfecting cattle shed and processing of milk. Majority of the actual beneficiaries had higher knowledge in the areas of preparation of cow dung cakes and cleaning of utensils used for milk and cleaning. Potential beneficiaries showed higher knowledge in cleaning of utensils used for milk, identifying diseased animals and disinfecting. Majority of the control group respondents reported higher knowledge of cow dung cakes, cleaning/bathing and care of animal at the time of delivery. Dall mill, papad and wadi making and soap and detergent making were training need areas of actual beneficiaries. For potential beneficiaries these were masala making, low cost nutritious recipes and candle making respectively. Training needs for control group respondents were vermicomposting, floriculture and lactometer/milk testing. The knowledge of the actual beneficiaries were higher in lactometer/milk testing, vermicomposting and milk and milk products. Potential beneficiaries showed higher knowledge of nursery raising, low cost nutritious recipes and masala making. The control group respondents expressed higher knowledge of fruit and vegetable preservation, kitchen gardening and soap and detergent making. Majority of the actual beneficiaries showed training needs for conservation of nutrients, importance of green vegetable and balanced diet. Potential beneficiaries showed training needs for importance of green vegetable, health and sanitation and balanced diet. The control group respondents showed their training needs for drudgery reducing technology, women empowerment and improved chulla. The knowledge of the actual beneficiaries was higher in drudgery reducing technology, women empowerment and improved chulla. Regarding potential beneficiaries, majority of the respondents showed higher knowledge of conservation of nutrients, women literacy and immunization. The control group respondents showed high knowledge of women literacy, balanced diet and health and sanitation. Impact points indicated by majority of the respondents were an increase in their income and expenditure by the actual beneficiaries. Unique recognition in family, understanding and solving problems, confidence to deal family issues, buying and selling valuables, expanses on health care, expenditure on food items, communication skills, using of improved agricultural implements; improve efficiency of work in agriculture, disinfecting cattle shed and using shovel among animal husbandry management, income, expenditure and saving on economic aspect. Most of the respondents marked increasing understanding and solving problems independently risk taking ability and visualizing things, respect/person worth/unique recognition, self-respect in the community and securitym, confidence to deal with family issues, dealing to talk in SHG meetings and dealing society and other issues, decision-making in buying and selling valuables like grain, animal etc., children's education and family resource planning, expenses on health care, sale of food items (milk/ghee/grain etc.) and availability of milk for family consumption, in communication skills, participation in group activities and leadership aspects regarding social empowerment. NATP had impact in the form of increase in using of improved agriculture implements, improvement in efficiency of work and knowledge and skill, disinfecting cattle shed using shovel, quality of milch animals, linkages, marketing and control over income, awareness about health of family, feeling of exertion and fatigue indirectly.