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Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (renamed as Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in June, 2001) was established on 1st November, 1978.The College of Agriculture (established in May, 1966) formed the nucleus of the new farm University. It is ICAR accredited and ISO 9001:2015 certified institution. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has ranked this University at eleventh place among all farm universities of the country. The University has been given the mandate for making provision for imparting education in agriculture and other allied branches of learning, furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research and undertaking extension of such sciences, especially to the rural people of Himachal Pradesh. Over the years, this University has contributed significantly in transforming the farm scenario of Himachal Pradesh. It has developed human resources, varieties and technologies and transferred these to farming community enabling the State to receive the “Krishikarman award” of Govt. of India four times in row for food grain production among small states of the country. Today, the State has earned its name for hill agricultural diversification and the farming community has imposed its faith in the University.

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    CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIALOF ORGANICALLY GROWN PADDY-WHEAT CROPPING SYSTEM
    (CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2018-12-18) Meghna; Punam
    A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2016-17 at Holta, Organic Farm of Department of Organic Agriculture & Natural Farming, CSKHPKV, Palampur to study the carbon sequestration potential of organically grown paddy-wheat cropping system. The experiment consisted of 8 treatments comprising of combinations of four nutrient management practices i.e. organic nutrient management [(Vermicompost (VC) 10t/ha + Jeevamrit (3 drenchings: one before sowing and two after sowing at one month interval)], inorganic nutrient management (recommended NPK), integrated nutrient management (50% VC and 50% recommended NPK) and farmer’s practice (25%VC + 25% recommended NPK) with two conditions i.e. rainfed and irrigated. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with conditions in main plot and nutrient management in sub plot using three replications. Results revealed that growth, grain and straw yield of paddy and wheat, organic carbon sequestered in plant parts, soil moisture, microbial biomass carbon and soil organic carbon were increased with irrigated condition and nutrient management practices. Irrigated condition significantly increased the grain and straw yield of both paddy and wheat over rainfed condition by 32.9 and 41.41 per cent respectively. Among nutrient management treatments, organic nutrient management practice produced 55.41 and 48.1 per cent higher grain yield than inorganic nutrient treatmentin paddy and wheat crops respectively. Under irrigated condition, paddy-wheat cropping system produced significantly highest biomass and sequestered highest carbon. Organic nutrient management resulted in 51.3 and 51.7 per cent higher biomass and sequestered carbon respectively in comparison to inorganic treatment.
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    EVALUATION OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN PALAMPUR TOWN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2018-07) Pawan Kumar; Chauhan, Ramesh C.
    The municipal solid waste management has been of major concern due to its high risk for human and environmental health. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to characterize and quantify the solid waste generation and document the existing solid waste management practices to know the overall municipal solid waste status in Palampur committee area. During the present investigation the maximum total (110.040 Kg/day) MSW was recorded in ward-7 and minimum (25.582 Kg/day) in ward-4. In Palampur town’s municipal committee area, the total solid waste generation of 425.614 Kg/day, 13.194 MT/month and 155.349 MT/year has been recorded. Whereas the average biodegradable generation (91%) and non-biodegradable (9%) of solid waste has been recorded during the study period. However, the maximum biodegradable waste (439.165 Kg/day) and minimum (328.185 Kg/day) has been recorded during summer and winter season respectively with averaged municipal solid waste generation 0.120 Kg/capita/day which was found to be influenced by population density, commercial and other anthropogenic activities. During the period of investigation it is observed that town municipal authority has not even a well-defined and permanent disposal site. The committee adopted open dumping and burning even within the committee area which is against the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) rules instead of land filling as a method of the disposal. As a result the whole committee area in and around the dumping and disposal sites has become unhygienic and posing serious threat to the public health and environment