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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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    ECONOMICS OF SHEEP AND GOAT REARING IN MANDYA AND MYSURU DISTRICTS OF KARNATAKA
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) SIDDARAJU, KIRAN.; Honnaiah
    The study was undertaken in Mandya and Mysuru disticts of Karnataka to analyze the economics of sheep and goat rearing under three different management methods, namely extensive rearing, semi-intensive rearing and intensive rearing method. The required data was collected from randomly selected 60 farmers each under three methods. And further 60 farmers was divided into 30 sheep and 30 goat farmers with each rearing methods. The results of the study revealed that, annual growth in sheep (0.01%) and goat (1.62%) population in Mandya district increased marginally and sheep (-1.40%) and goat (-2.08%) in Mysuru district decreased marginally during 1990 to 2012. Under the three rearing methods the net returns per animal was more in intensive rearing both in sheep (3983/annum) and goat ( 4186/annum) compared to other two rearing methods. In case of wool marketing, the price spread ( 49.7/kg) was more in channel-2 where, farmer, local trader and distant trader were involved in the market channel compared to the channel-1 (37.9/kg), where farmer, village trader and distant trader were involved. The livelihood support for farmers from sheep and goat rearing was more in case of intensive rearing method where the majority of annual income of the farmers was between 2,00,001- 3,00,000 (66.6%), compared to semi-intensive rearing farmers 1,00,001-2,00,000 (50 %), and in case of extensive rearing farmers was upto 1,00,000 (83.33 %). Farmers should be encouraged to go for intensive rearing method in which they can get more returns per animal and the wool marketing practices should be regulated.
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    ECONOMICS OF SEED PRODUCTION OF SELECTED FOOD GRAINS IN KARNATAKA
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) THEJASHREE, H.N.; Umesh, K.B.
    The study examines the economics of seed production to compute the cost and returns and resource use efficiency across varieties in different crops of seed production. The present study was based on primary data collected from Mysuru and Chikkaballapura districts in Karnataka of the agricultural year 2016-2017. Sample of 30 farmers in each variety viz., IR-64 and Jyothi varieties of rice, BRG-1 and BRG-2 varieties of redgram and KBSH-44 and KBSH-53 hybrids of sunflower were selected. The per hectare cost of cultivation (Rs. 87,900), gross returns (Rs. 1,65,507) and net returns (Rs. 77,607) in Jyothi variety was higher than IR-64 variety in which the cost of cultivation, gross returns and net returns were Rs. 85,509, Rs.1,53,631 and Rs. 67,809, respectively. Since Jyothi variety fetches high market rate, the study reveals that seed production of Jyothi variety is profitable. The per hectare cost of cultivation (Rs. 58,989), gross return (Rs. 92,935) and net return (Rs. 33,946) with yield of 15.4 quintals in BRG-1 variety was higher than BRG-2 variety. Hence, production of BRG-1 variety has resulted in a win-win situation with higher yield and increased returns. In case of sunflower, KBSH-44 found to be superior than KBSH-53 realising gross returns of Rs. 1,90,890 and net returns of Rs. 87,941 with the yield 15.7 quintals, where as in case of KBSH-53 the gross returns and net returns were Rs. 1,78,460 and 75,131, respectively. The major benefits and constraints faced by seed producing farmers were assured market and non-availability of labour.
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    IMPACT OF IRRIGATION WATER SHORTAGE ON INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND FOOD SECURITY OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN TUNGABHADRA COMMAND AREA OF KARNATAKA-AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) POOJA; Umesh, K.B.
    The study examined the impact of irrigation water shortage on income, employment and food security of farm households in Tungabhadra command area of Karnataka. Based on the extent of net irrigated area under canal, Gangavathi taluk of Koppal district was selected for the study. A total of 120 households, 40 each from different water access regimes (head reach, mid reach and tail-end reach) were selected and the required field data pertaining to the year 2016-17 was collected through personal interview. The secondary data was collected from various institutions and published sources. The data was analysed using compound growth rates, Markov chain technique, cost and return concepts, Gini co-efficient index, nutritional security ratio and descriptive statistics. Results revealed that, the area under paddy crop is decreasing over the years mainly due to water shortage. In Gangavathi taluk, the annual household income of head reach farmers before and after water shortage was ` 6,35,293 and ` 5,59,970, respectively. Whereas, in tail-end reach, the annual household income before and after water shortage was ` 5,66,263 and ` 4,19,895, respectively. The annual household employment in all the three regimes was affected due to irrigation water deficits but it was more significant in middle-reach regime. Bore wells and ponds acted as a supplementary source of irrigation in periods of water shortages. Tail-end reach farmers (66 %) were vulnerable to food insecurity than that of middle (65 %) and head-reach (53 %) farm households measured in terms of proportion of food consumption expenditure.
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    A COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CAPSICUM CULTIVATION UNDER OPEN-FIELD AND PROTECTIVE CONDITION IN CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) PAVITHRA, K.N.; Murtuza, Khan
    Capsicum (Capsicum annum L. var. grossum sendt) production is concentrated in districts of south Karnataka like Chikkaballapura and Kolar districts. The study was conducted to analyze the comparative economic analysis of capsicum under open-field and protective condition(net-house and polyhouse). The establishment cost in net-house and polyhouse was Rs.58377 and Rs.283496 per acre respectively. The cost of cultivation was Rs.166375, Rs.388297 and Rs.829975 per acre respectively in open-field, net-house and polyhouse. Variable cost accounted for highest proportion in all three cases, cost on labour was the major component followed by cost on plant protection chemicals under these methods. Cost of production per quintal was worked to Rs.1205, Rs.1152 and Rs.1322 in open-field, net-house and polyhouse respectively implying efficiency of the modern technology. Yield levels were 138, 337 and 628 quintals per acre under openfield, net-house and polyhouse respectively. Net returns obtained were Rs.28481, Rs.187973 and Rs.632564 respectively in open-field, net-house and polyhouse. Similarly, returns per rupee of expenditure was 1.17 in open-field, 1.48 in net-house and 1.74 in polyhouse indicating higher profitability in protected condition. Resources were optimally used in protected condition compared to open-field. The channels of marketing were identified in all three cases, of which Channel-I in open-field (producer-consumer) was most efficient, as farmers got 93.56 percent share in consumer’s rupee. Besides these, the specific problem faced by farmers in open-field was high incidence of pest and diseases followed by high cost on pesticides; and in protected condition, high initial investment was the major constraint.
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    IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME ACROSS RURAL-URBAN INTERFACE OF BENGALURU NORTH: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) SHOBHA, K.A.; VENKATARAMANA, M.N.
    The study aimed at analysing the impact of livestock enterprises on household income. Urbanization around Bengaluru city has influenced on the size of holding of different livestock species and its production. Using purposive random sampling method 50 sample farm households each from rural, transition and urban areas of Bengaluru north were selected for the study. Correspondence analysis revealed that the net income of livestock farmers was highest in the combination of dairy, goat and poultry compared to that of other livestock combinations and it was higher in the rural (` 97,995) followed by transition area (` 95,625). The net revenue realized by small, medium and large sized dairy units varied positively with a herd size of the dairy farm. Thus, large sized dairy units availed the benefit of scale economies as income per cow was highest at ` 22,267, ` 23,837 and ` 24,870 in rural, transition and urban areas respectively. Net returns from small sized sheep flock was higher in the rural as compared to transition area, where as net returns from large sized sheep flock was higher in the transition than the rural area. Net returns from small and large sized goat flock was higher in the rural compared to transition area. In the rural and transition areas, the highest share in the total income contributed by agriculture, followed by livestock, non-farm activities and off-farm activities, whereas in the urban area, the total income was comprised of income from livestock and income from non-farm activities.
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    ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CONJUNCTIVE USE OF IRRIGATION WATER IN CAUVERY COMMAND AREA OF KARNATAKA
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) MURALIDHAR, L.; Venkataramana, M.N.
    This study to analyse the economics of irrigation among the farms across the surface water (SW), groundwater (GW) and conjunctive use (CU) situations was undertaken in Cauvery command area. The primary data was collected from 60 farmers each under three irrigation situations selected using random sampling method. Dummy regression and natural resource economics were used for analysis. The results indicated that the CU farmers realized higher net returns per acre (` 39,270) followed by SW (` 17,608) and GW (` 11,166) and farmers using micro irrigation were obtained higher returns (` 21,446) than those under conventional irrigation system (` 11,124). The annual cost of irrigation per acre was highest for GW (` 10,002) followed by CU (` 5,763) and SW regime (` 933). The cost per acre inch of groundwater was ranging from ` 232 to ` 466. Water use efficiency was lowest in SW situation (` 305/acre inch) compared to farmers under GW (`473/acre inch) and CU (` 751/acre inch). The annual cost of negative externality was higher for farmers using sprinkler irrigation (` 7,627) and least for farmers using conventional method (` 1,682). The share of energy cost in total cost of irrigation was highest under GW regimes with 26 to 38 per cent and lowest under CU regimes with 24 to 33 per cent. Given the economic superiority of conjunctive use of irrigation, it is necessary to incentivize, wherever feasible by capacity building of farmers about cropping pattern, irrigation systems and encourage micro irrigation methods.
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    OPTIMAL PRODUCTION TIMING AND LAND ALLOCATION FOR SUMMER TOMATO IN EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA -AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2016-10-26) VASANTH KUMAR, C.; Sreenivasa Murthy, D.
    The study was undertaken to assess the optimal production timing and land allocation for summer under different tomato transplanting groups based on the timing of transplanting of seedlings, viz, TA1 (April 1st to 15th), TA2 (April 16th to 30th), TM1 (May 1 st to 15th) and TM2 (May 16th to 30th). The data was collected from 120 sample farmers of Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts using Multi-stage purposive-cum-random sampling procedure and analysed using simple tabular, production function and Data Envelopment Analysis. Economic feasibility analysis indicated that summer tomato production in Karnataka is both capital and labour intensive and is economically viable to the growers particularly more to the farmers of group TM1. Time series analysis of price data revealed two ideal crop seasons in a year i.e., crop harvest coinciding with the late kharif crop (November month) and crop harvest coinciding the summer crops (late June and July) as these would fetch farmers highest returns. The study validated that May month especially the first fortnight was the best time for farmers to transplant tomato to maximize the profit. Majority of farmers (75 %) in summer production are yet to achieve the technical efficiency level of 0.90 and above suggesting a great scope to reduce the use of present inputs by about 20 per cent and still maintain the same level of tomato yield. Allocative efficiency in tomato production is about 33 per cent and suggests majority of farmers are not yet applying the inputs in optimal proportions with respective prices.
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    ECONOMICS OF CULTIVATION OF SMALL MILLETS FOR MEETING FOOD, NUTRITION, FODDER SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE WAKE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2019-11-28) AMRUTHA, T.; CHANDRAKANTH, M. G.
    The present study endeavoured to estimate the small millets economics, their impact on food, nutrition and health security, existing processing and marketing facilities and constraints in production and consumption of small millets in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka during 2016-17. The study was taken up in Chitradurga and Tumkur districts. The data was collected from a sample of 120 farmers, 10 primary processors and 30 households each from rural and urban small millets consumers. The compiled information was analyzed using different statistical and econometric methodology. The results showed that over the years the area under small millets has been declining trend and high instability was observed in both area and production. The average area devoted for small millets cultivation is 0.84 acre. The per acre cost of cultivation of small millets worked out to be around Rs. 9833 to Rs. 12080, while per quintal cost of production is around Rs. 2166 to Rs. 2840. Gross returns realized from small millets cultivation is ranges from Rs. 14192 to Rs. 20220 per acre. Returns per rupee of expenditure worked out to be more than one (ranges from Rs. 1.37 to Rs. 1.64) for all small millets indicating the profitability of small millets cultivation in rainfed area. About 67 per cent in urban and 30 per cent of consumers in rural area felt that small millets consumption helped in maintaining blood sugar levels in diabetic patients. Therefore, there is need to expand area and increase production of small millets by increasing productivity. Hence, Government should invest in developing high yielding verities and provide price support in the form of Minimum Support Price to increase demand thereby increases the area under small millets.
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    PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MAJOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES TRADING UNDER UNIFIED MARKET PLATFORM -AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AT APMC, RAICHUR
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, GKVK, BENGALURU, 2019-08-17) APEKSHA, B.A.
    Agricultural markets in India are characterized by various shortfalls like inadequate marketing infrastructure, existence of malpractices in marketing system, no transparency trading practices, lack of market information, etc. Unified Market Platform (UMP) trade is implemented as an initiative by ReMS (Rastriya e- Market Service) in 2014. In this context the study is an attempt to evaluate the performance of major agricultural commodities trading under UMP. A sample of 100 farmers, 30 traders, 20 commission agents and 10 market officials totaling to 160 samples were selected randomly. Among 11 lakhs registered farmers under UMP trade in the State, 1200 farmers belong to APMC, Raichur. About 57 per cent of farmers were aware of UMP trade, whereas it was more than 90 per cent in the case of traders. The preference for UMP trade was significantly influenced by area under crop, education level and experience in e-marketing. It was found that, with the inception of UMP trade, the arrivals of a few crops have increased whereas a few other crops have declined. On the other side, prices of all the other commodities have increased due to the better price discovery. Increase in market competition, transparency in tender declaration and updated information about the prices were the advantages to the stakeholders under UMP. Delay in marketing process and lack of awareness on market fees were the major problems faced by the stakeholders. Infrastructure pertaining to quality assaying is needed for better functioning of UMP trade.