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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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    COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BORE-WELL AND OPEN-WELL IRRIGATION IN THE NORTH KARNATAKA REGION
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BANGALORE, 1976) Kulkarni, Shirish PrahladaRao; Ramanna, K
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    IMPACT OF CREDIT AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY FARMERS’ SERVICE SOCIETY Ltd., HESARAGHATTA ON NET FARM RETURNS
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1978) SURYAPRAKASH, S; VENKATARAM, J V
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    ECONOMICS OF SILK COCOON PRODUCTION WITH IRRIGATED MULBERRY IN DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BANGALORE DISTRICT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1977) MURTHY, S R S; RAMANNA, R
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    IDENTIFYING, DEVELOPING, AND ADOPTING TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT WITH APPLICATIONS TO HUARI PROVINCE IN PERU
    (1975) LUND, MARK ALAN; TIMMONS, JOHN F
    THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS THE RURAL POOR IN LESS ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED NATIONS.
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    IMPACT OF BANK CREDIT AND TECHNOLOGY ON NET RETURNS OF FARMERS IN COIMBATORE TALUK, TAMIL NADU
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1976) SUBRAMANIAN, R; VENKATARAM, J V
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    ECONOMICS OF HYBRID JOWAR SEED PRODUCTION IN DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BANGALORE DISTRICT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1976) ARUN KUMAR, K S; RAMANNA, R
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    INSURANCE STRATEGIES OF WEST KENTUCKY FARMERS
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1966) CRISWEEL, JAMES EARNEST; JENSEN, HARALD R
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    DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE BEADED ROOTLETS, MYCORRHIZAE, AND ASSOCIATED ROOT FAN STRUCTURES OF RED MAPLE (ACER RUBRUM L.)
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 1968) JOHN, RICHARD
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    ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CONTROLLING WATER QUALITY IN AN IRRIGATED RIVER BASIN
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1976) PFEIFFER, GEORGE HAMILTION; HAMILTION PFEIFFER, GEORGE
    The nature of non-point discharges of effluents into the environment makes direct control of environmental quality impossible. Economic theory suggests, however, that efficient pollution abatement is possible by controlling the use of those inputs functionally related to environmental degradation rather than controlling the effluents themselves. Water quality degradation caused by irrigation return flows is an example of the effects of non-point discharges which can only be controlled by restrictions on input use. The objective of this study was to examine the economic impacts of policies affecting agriculture which would improve water quality in the Yakima River. The Yakima River Basin is an intensively cultivated river basin in which the major user of river water is irrigated agriculture. Approximately 80 to 90 percent of the water in the lower reaches of the Yakima River during the late summer is irrigation return flow discharges. Consequently, water quality in the river is largely a result of irrigation return flow water quality. Three environmental quality parameters were identified for evaluation: nitrate nitrogen concentration in the river, water temperature in the river, and annua~ sediment lost for fanms in the Basin. A linear programming model was used to represent the agricultural sector of the Yakima Basin and the hydrology of the Yakima River. The linear programming model was fortran-linked to a simulation model which calculated values for the environmental quality parameters in each of 7 reaches resulting from the solution to the linear programming model. The effectiveness, producer cost, and social cost of alternative environmental standards were examined by changing agricultural input relationships. Policies included were an improvement of irrigation efficiency, tax on nitrogen fertilizer, charge for irrigation water, uniform reduction of water rights•, combination nitrogen tax and water charge, combination nitrogen and water rights reduction, and the prohibition of irrigation water runoff. These policies were compared with a benchmark solution representing currently existing agricultural organizationand environmental quality. The policy which most efficiently controlled nitrogen pollution was a combination nitrogen tax and water charge because nitrogen concentration is a function of water and nitrogen use. River water temperature was most efficiently reduced by a water charge, while sediment loss was most efficiently reduced by prohibiting surface runoff of irrigation water. However, prohibition of runoff had almost no effect on the other water quality parameters and required substantial capital expenditure for irrigation systems. Policies which involved income transfers through input charges resulted in larger reductions of net farm income than policies limiting input use. Consequently, environmental improvements resulting from uniform reductions of water rights were less costly to producers, although the efficient allocation of resources was adversely affected. Agricultural impacts were measured primarily by reductions of net farm income. Income reduction would clearly be reflected in reduced land value, livestock numbers, and volume in agricultural processing and supply industries. The results shoot that substantial improvements in environmental quality in the Yakima River are possible, but only at significant social and producer costs. These costs must be compared with the benefits of improved environmental qual ity in order to determine appropriate abatement policies and water quality standards.