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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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ThesisItem Open Access DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURAL INTERDEPENDENCE AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA An Analysis in Input-Output Framework(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BANGALORE, 1993) SURYAPRAKASH, S; SRINIVASA GOWDA, M VABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLEThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF TECHNICAL CHANGE ON OUTPUT, EMPLOYMENT AND FACTOR SHARES IN RAINFED COTTON IN MAHARASHTRA STATE : AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD, 1993) DEOGHARE, B L; SHANKARA MURTHY, H GAbstract not availableThesisItem Open Access INVESTMENT IN REGULATED MARKETS AND ITS IMPACT ON MARKET STRUCTURE, CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE IN KARNATAKA - AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD, 1992) BANAKAR, BASAVARAJA; SHANKARA MURTHY, H GAbstract not availableThesisItem Open Access PRODUCTION AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE OF PULSES IN KARNATAIiA - AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 1999-08-30) HANDIGANUR, SHARANESH S.; KUNNAL, L.B.The study was conducted in three major pulse growing districts of Karnataka with an overall objective of studying production and marketing performance of pulses during the year 1997-98. The pulse crops selected were pigeonpea, chickpea, greengram and blackgram. The secondary data pertaining to area, production, productivity, arrivals and prices were collected for a period of 20 years. The primary data were collected from 240 randomly selected farmers and 210 market functionaries. The statistical techniques such as Compound Growth Rates, Decomposition, Principal Component, Orthogonal Polynomial Regression, Seasonal Indices, Correlation and Regression Analyses were employed to fulfill various objectives. The results revealed the highest positive growth rates of area and production of total pulses in Dharwad (3.05 and 2.08%) and Bidar (1.90 and 3.5 %) districts whereas, in case of yield, positive but non-significant growth rate (1.47%) was noticed only in Bidar district. The principal component analysis revealed that lagged price and yield of the crop under consideration and the competing crops, gross cropped area irrigated, rainfall and area under the crop were the variables which influenced the most the production of the pulses. There was a dominance of few large traders who performed the triple functions of commission agents.wholesale traders and dal millers who controlled the major share of the pulse trade in the study markets. The wide seasonal fluctuations in the arrivals had their consequential unfavourable impact on prices in some regulated markets over differeni monlhs of the year. The trend pattern in prices exhibited a continuous upward swing for all the crops in the study area except Gadag market (for greengram). The producers' share in the consumer's rupee was more (90%) in Channel-Ill irrespective of crop and market. The study suggests the establishment of a Karnataka pulse growers federation and provision of credit to the farmers through co-operative societies by linking of credit with marketing.ThesisItem Open Access FARMING SYSTEMS IN UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT - AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 1999-08-30) Naik, Balachandra K.; RANGANATHA SASTRY, K. N.This study was conducted in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka with an overall objective of identifying and analysing for optimality under different situations for different farming systems. The relevant data collected from both primary and secondary sources for the year 1995-96 were analysed through tabular, cluster and linear programming techniques. The aneilyses delineated the entire district into three agro climatic regions viz,, Coastal, Malnad and Plains based on 30 different parameters. Research in agriculture could be more appropriate and extension recommendations would be much successful if one considers smaller administrative areas for delineating agro climatic regions. Three different linear programming models for optimization, viz., under existing resource base and technology, under recommended technology but existing resource level and under recommended technology employing enhanced resources were developed. The analysis revealed that present net farm returns would range depending on size of farm, from Rs. 17,000 to Rs.65,000, Rs.51,000 to Rs.75,000 and R8.18,000 to Rs.58,000 on rainfed farms in Coastal, Malnad and Plains regions respectively, from Rs.56,000 to Rs.l,45,000, Rs.1,60,000 to Rs.2,03,000 and Rs.24,000 to Rs.76,000 on irrigated farms in the same situations. The farmers were operating closer to optimality under existing resource levels as increases in net farm returns were marginal. However, with introduction of new technology, the net farm returns would increase in the range of 25 to 150 per cent over existing plan across the situations. With availability of additional resources for inclusion of new technologies, the net farm returns were further enhanced (40 to 170 per cent). The problems for operationalization of recommended technologies are identified and suitable suggestions have been made.ThesisItem Open Access GROUND WATER USE IN KARNATAKA -AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 1999-08-30) HIREMATH, G. M.; RANGaNATHA SASTRY, K.N.Ground water is the important renewable natural resource for irrigation and domestic purposes. However, its renewability depends on many factors. The present study was taken up in karnataka state and main issues covered are the development and regionalisation in different sources of water, utilization of ground water, formal efforts, behaviour of water table and factors influencing it and investment required for commissioning borewell. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Growth rate, cluster, percentage and ratio, regression, tabular and financial analysis were employed. The results revealed the positive and significant growth with respect to ground water and canal sources and decning trend in tank irrigation. The parameters like density of dugwells and borewells, stage of development and shift in crops indicated the increased exploita tion of ground water in the state. The increase in number of critical blocks from mere seven during 1983 to 43 in 1994 also indicated the increasing burden on ground water resource. The level of water table decline in 13 districts and in six district the upward trend was observed. The semi-log funptional analysis revealed that rainfall, gross area irrigated by canals, area under ground water irrigation, number of tanks, number of ground water structures and area under forest as the important factoqjinfluencing the level of water table. Nalabund, checkdam and vented dam had the beneficial effect on ground water in watershed areas of Raichur, Daksina Kannada, Bellary and Belgaum district} The total investment required per borewell worked out to Rs.45,2(X) in Khanapur(high rainfall ) and Rs.55,800 in Ranebennur(plain and low rainfall) taluk. The cropping intensity on borewell forms was 271.45 per cent in Khanapur and 238.50 per cent in Ra;iebennur taluk. The feasibility measures viz.,NPW,BCR,lRR and PBP indicated the viability of investment on borewell in both the taluks. Further, the study focussed the need for adhering to spacing norms, adoption of in proved methods(drip, sprinkler) of irrigation and enhancing the recharge through watershed development to ensure sustained availability of ground waterThesisItem Open Access PERFORMANCE OF SUGAR INDUSTRY IN KARNATAKA -AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 1999-08-30) AVINASH, VILAS ALIAS; KUNNAL, L.B.Sugar industry is an important agro-based industry in India. There were 408 sugar factories in the country during 1994-95, producing 146.43 lakh tonnes of sugar. Considering its importance in the development of rural-led economy, the present study analysed the performance of the sugar industry in Karnataka. The data were collected from eight sugar factories over a period of time. The analysis of data included compound growth rate analysis, ratio analysis, principal component analysis, computation of cost of processing, break-even level of sugar production and capacity utilization and SWOP(T) analysis. The results of the study revealed that, due to economies of large scale production, the above average sugar factories were better than their counterparts with respect to crushing activity and financial performance. All the sugar factories had a recovery percentage, above 10 per cent, which is satisfactory. The current ratio was greater than unity in all the sugar factories except in the c^e of Kampli sugar factory. Due to high exit rate of the stock and its management, the turnover ratios were found to be better in above average sugar factories. The profitability ratios were found to be negative in cooperative sugar factories. However, the cooperative sugar factories had better networth than public and private sector sugar factories due to creation of huge assets with less borrowings. The installed capacity was under-utilised in all the sugar feictories during 1995-96, except Ugarkhurd and Davangere sugar factories. The cane cost formed the prime share in the total cost (71.79%), followed by the other variable costs (16.60%). It was also found from the study that, to be a viable factory, a below average sugar factory with a crushing capacity of less than 2100 TCD has to produce 333,900 quintals of sugar and an above average sugar factory (5000 TCD) has to produce 1078,330 quintals of sugar. The results of principal component analysis revealed that, equity, owned funds, borrowings, liabilities, inventories, assets, total sales, sugar sales, total income, total purchases and total expenses highly influenced the performance of sugar factories.ThesisItem Open Access GROWTH DIMENSIONS OF AGRICULTURE IN KARNATAKA(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1983) RAIMGANATHA SASTRY, K N; RAMANNA, RAbstract not availableThesisItem Open Access AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MUSHROOM PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND EXPORTS : A STUDY IN KARNATAKA(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK ,BANGALORE, 1998-10-28) MAMATHA, B. G.; SRINIVASA GOWDA, M.V.