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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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Subject: Agricultural Business Management × Author: AHMADULLAH BARYALAI × Start date: 2009 × Type: Thesis ×
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    STUDY ON BRAND PREFERENCE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS BY FARMERS IN KANDAHAR PROVINCE OF AFGHANISTAN
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BANGALORE, 2019-07-11) AHMADULLAH BARYALAI; Shashidhara, B. M.
    Vegetables are recognized as essential food for nutritional security. Vegetables are grown in almost all around the world and make up a major portion of the diet of humans in many parts of the world. Seeds are the basic and most important input in the vegetable production. The productivity and response of all other inputs depends on quality of seeds to a huge extent. The study was conducted to document various types of branded vegetable seeds, to assess the market share of different brands of vegetable seeds and to analyse the factors influencing farmers’ preference for various brands of vegetable seeds in Kandahar province. The study is based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected from 60 vegetable growers and also from 15 dealers who were selling branded vegetable seeds in Kandahar province. The study has clearly revealed that the imported branded seeds are highly preferred by the farmers compared to local branded seeds. The study reveals that a vast majority (91.64%) of the farmers are happy about the branded seeds due to good yield, quality, suitability of vegetable seeds to the region, influence of neighbouring farmers, timely availability, proximity of outlets and satisfactory after sales service. Besides, the study revealed that USAID was the leading training provider for farmers (38.89%) about the awareness of branded seeds followed by United Nation (22.22%). It is observed from the study that Afghanistan is mainly dependent on other countries for vegetable seeds. This is mainly due to non-availability of local branded seeds. Hence, there is need give thrust to R&D in the development of high yielding hybrid seeds to reduce the dependency on imported vegetable seeds.