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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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    Problems and prospects of flower crops in India
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University hisar, 2022-12) Ritu; Bhatia, Jitender Kumar
    The present study was carried out with the objectives to analyze the trends and growth in area, production and production and productivity of flowers in India, to examine costs involved, returns attained, various marketing channels, value added products from flowers and to identify various constraints in flower cultivation, marketing and export of flower crops in Haryana. The study was based on primary as well as secondary data. The time-series data related to area, production, productivity, export and import of flowers in different zones of India as well as in different zones of Haryana was collected for years 2001-21; the growth rate and trends were computed. The study has been restricted to three crops only i.e. marigold, rose and gladiolus due to availability of reasonable number of flower growers. The study pertains to two districts Sonipat and Gurugram of Haryana. From the selected districts, one block of Sonipat (Rai) and one block of Gurugram (Pataudi) were selected based on highest number of flower cultivators. For marketing data, Delhi flower markets were selected. The outcome of study revealed an increasing trend in the area and production and productivity with CGRs values of 7.86, 8.43 and 3.65 per cent, respectively. Whereas, in Haryana, the trend in area, production of cut flowers and productivity indicated declining trend (-1.04%, -4.64% and -4.54%) over the study period while production of loose flowers illustrated increasing trend with CGRs value of 1.35 per cent. The trends in export indicated declining trend (-2.76%), while import illustrated increasing trend (12.02%). The results of direction of trade of export of flowers from India through Markov value chain resulted that USA was the most reliable country with high probability of retention (0.6217). Per acre total cost of cultivation in French and African marigold worked out was ₹ 65948.48 and ₹ 45495.37, respectively. The corresponding figures for rose were 132874.91for 1st year and ₹ 123884.7 for 2nd year and for gladiolus it was ₹ 318096.63 for 1st year and ₹ 82960.16 for 2nd year. Further, the net returns for French and African marigold were ₹ 177651.52 and ₹ 128504.63, respectively. The corresponding figures for rose were ₹164620.36 for 1st year and ₹ 404866.99 for 2nd year and for gladiolus were ₹170595.87 in 1st year and ₹ 405732.34 in 2nd year. It was found that channel-I was the most efficient among all the marketing channels in disposal of flowers. While considering marketing of value-added products then found that processor’s margin was highest and marketing efficiency was highest among shortest marketing channels for marketing of all floricultural products. Attack of insects-pests, high input prices were major cultivation problems, while transportation cost and high commission charges were major marketing constraints and lack of lack of exporting agencies, coordination among flower growers and exporters and lack of role of FPO’s dealing with flower crops were major export problems faced by farmers in the study area.
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    Risk Perception and Capacity Building of Women in Diversified Agriculture for Entrepreneurship
    (CCSHAU, 2014) Ritu; Yadav, Lali
    The study on, “Risk perception and capacity building of women in diversified agriculture for entrepreneurship” was conducted covering 200 randomly drawn respondents from four villages of purposively selected Hisar district of Haryana. Most respondents played active participation, showed information seeking behavior and consulting role in decision making for diversified agricultural activities. Most respondents perceived training needs for dairy at commercial level, taking measures for clean milk production, vermicomposting, food processing and purchase and sale of milch animals. Majority respondents perceived risk in terms of uncertain whether condition, inadequate knowledge and skill of innovative appropriate irrigation technology, rising price of agricultural inputs, problem of middleman and high and varying interest rate. Most respondents were willingly to undertake diversified entrepreneurial agricultural activities, were highly willing to change the existing pattern of farming diversification. Huge majority respondents were willing to pay to undertake specified training with rider to undertake diversified agricultural activities as an entrepreneurial. The perceived entrepreneurial attributes to undertake diversified agricultural activities were creativity, innovativeness, achievement motivation and rationality for dairy, ability to motivate others, self-confidence, skill competence and foresightedness for floriculture, creativity, environmental scanning, change proneness and goal setting skills for vermicomposting, communicability, environmental scanning, skill competence and goal setting skill for food processing, creativity, self-confidence, change proneness and rationality in thinking for medicinal and aromatic plants. Majority scored high on perceived attributes for all the technologies (serrated sickle, coat bag and capron) except sag cutter. Significant knowledge gain on all activities was observed. Significant association was observed for independent and dependent variables.
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    Impact Of Nutrition Intervention Package On Iron Status Of Pregnant Women And Outcome Of Pregnancy
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University; Hisar, 2008) Ritu; Borra, P
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    Enhancement of functional value of kulfi by addition of probiotics
    (CCSHAU, 2005) Ritu; Yadav, B.S.
    The kulfi mix was prepared as per standard methods. L. acidophilus was added in it before freezing and survival of L. acidophilus was studied just after the preparation of kulfi by freezing. The surviving population was found 22-36% of the viable cells added. Two cryprotective agents - Glycerol and mannitol were also added at different levels (0.5% and 0.1%) before freezing the kulfi at -20ºC. Two freezing methods - directly deep freezing and softy freezer followed by deep freezing and softy freezer followed by deep freezing were used. The counting of surviving L. acidophilus was done during storage at 0, 10, 20 and 30 days intervals by pour plating method in Lactobacillus MRS Agar medium. A significant decrease in the no. of viable cells was observed during storage for 30 days. During this study mannitol used @ 0.5% was found to be the more effective, as cryprotectant, as compare to glycerol (0.5 and 1%) and mannitol (@ 1%). The sensory scores indicated that there was no significant effect of all the treatments on the sensory quality pertaining to colour & appearance, flavour, body & texture, sweetness & overall acceptance of kulfi. It was observed that after storage of 30 days at -20ºC the kulfi was containing considerably high numbers of L. acidophilus.