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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 Extension × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    CONTENT ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION IN SELECTED MALAYALAM DAILIES, READING BEHAVIOUR OF FARMERS AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2010-08-25) SAMEER, V.M.; D. NANJAPPA
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    AN ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF MAIZE SEED PRODUCING FARMERS OF HAVERI DISTRICT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-09-11) BANGARAPPA, S. MATTIHALLI; NARASIMHA, N
    The present study was conducted during 2014-15 in Haveri district of Karnataka. Total sample of 120 Maize seed producing farmers were selected from 8 villages of Hirekerur and Ranebennur taluks. Majority of the respondents were found to be middle age, having primary school, small farmers, agriculture as main occupation, small sized family, low income category, high farm implements possesing group, medium cosmopoliteness, low extension participation, low economic motivation, low mass media exposure, low social participation. Majority of maize seed producing farmers were having high innovativeness, high decision making ability, medium information seeking ability, low risk orientation, high management orientation, medium level leadership ability, medium achievement motivation, high level scientific orientation, overall 40 per cent of maize seed producing farmers were of high entrepreneurial category. It was found that positive significant relationship between occupation, annual income, social participation and extension participation with entrepreneurial behaviour. Kaiser-Mayer- Olkin measure of sampling adequacy of 0.582 indicated that all the variables were necessarily measuring different components. More number of respondents expressed lack of electricity for irrigation supply and high labour cost as main constraint and suggested for proper and timely supply of electricity and to develop labour saving technologies.
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    A STUDY ON AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY THE FARMERS OF EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-08-20) VIDYADHARA, B.; SURESHA, S. V
    The present study was conducted in the year 2013-14 in Bengaluru, Chickballapura and Tumkur districts of eastern dry zone of Karnataka to study the knowledge and adoption levels of the farmers to manage the risks in agriculture. Ex-post facto research design was employed to elicit the data from 120 respondents. Major findings were; more than half (53.33 %) of the farmers had medium level of knowledge and less than half (44.17 %) of the farmers had medium level of adoption on risk management strategies in agriculture. Land holding, annual income, scientific orientation and innovativeness by the respondents had significant association with the knowledge and adoption of risk management strategies at 1 per cent level whereas, social participation, cosmopoliteness, training undergone, extension contact and extension participation had significant association at 5 per cent level with both knowledge and adoption. Private agency representatives were found to be most preferred information source by the farmers.Production risk is the major risk faced by the farmers. Wrong methods of plant protection measures followed by increased cost of cultivation and inputs, pest and disease attacks and uneven rainfall distribution, insufficient market knowledge were the factors responsible for different risks in agriculture. To overcome the different types of risks farmers suggested use of pest and disease resistant varieties, advance crop loans from the agencies, adoption of crop insurance and contract farming, use of market information. Hence, the department of agriculture, developmental agencies and other private agencies need to encourage the adoption of above suggested risk mitigating techniques.
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    AN ANALYSIS OF TRAININGS ORGANIZED BY STAFF TRAINING UNIT, UAS, BANGALORE AND ITS IMPACT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-08-07) MIARKA R, D’SOUZA; Nagaraja, N.
    With a view to developing a comprehensive methodology to organize and assess the impact of training, a study was conducted during 2014-15 by obtaining judges opinion. A comprehensive methodology constitutes three phases and 20 steps. In the first phase (pre-training), the steps considered were training need assessment, setting objectives, development of content, preparation of session plan, method of instruction, requirement of training support material, requirement of needed resources; Training phase (second phase) comprise pre-test, use of suitable resource persons, appropriate logistics, organizing training as per plan, training approach, supply of reference material, monitoring, and preparation of training completion report; and the third one, Post training phase comprise post-test, post training contacts with trainees, feedback on utility of training at the field level, feedback on extent of application of lessons learnt, consequential effect on intended clients, and impact assessment strategies. Using the developed training methodology, a study was conducted in Staff Training Unit of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore considering 25 trainings organized for the extension staff of Dept. of Agriculture. The findings of the study revealed that, the mean training efficiency score was found to be 76.40 indicating a better quality of imparting training. However, there was no emphasis on post training phase. The second level of assessment of trainings regarding application of technologies learnt in training was done considering 250 trainee respondents. The findings revealed that about 25 technologies were applied by the trainees in varying degrees indicating fair level of adoption of technologies learnt.
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    CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ADOPTION PATTERN AND PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS OF POMEGRANATE GROWERS IN KOPPAL DISTRICT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-07-10) MEHABOOB, PASHA; RAGHUPRASAD, K.P.
    The study was conducted in Koppal district of Karnataka during 2011-12 to know the adoption pattern and production constraints of pomegranate growers about recommended cultivation practices. The data was collected through personal interview method and analyzed by using suitable statistical measures. The findings of the study revealed that 38.33 per cent the respondents were found in high level of overall adoption category, followed by low (31.67%) and medium (30.00%). The independent variables studied viz. cosmoploliteness, extension participation, risk orientation, management orientation, achievement motivation and information seeking ability were positive and significant relationship with adoption. Production constraints were the major problems faced by the pomegranate growers followed by Labour, Technical, Marketing, Input and Financial problems. Further, existing marketing pattern of revealed that majority of pomegranate growers (85.00%) sold their produce through middlemen or retailer at the farm. Further, Source of market information followed by pomegranate growers were, visited to market intermediaries (58.33%), personally visiting the market (66.67%), television (50.00%), internet (37.50%), radio and newspaper (26.17%). A new market strategy (model) was suggested based on the results of the study which includes formation of growers’ organization, producers companies, direct sale, grading, branding, packing etc., to enhance the profit margin of the produce.
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    MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF BT COTTON GROWERS IN BELAGAVI DISTRICT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-07-31) RAHUL, PAWAR; Madhu Prasad, V. L
    The study was conducted in two taluks of Belagavi district selected based on maximum area under Bt cotton. A total of 120 Bt cotton growers were selected by using simple random technique from three villages from each taluk. The results revealed that majority of Bt cotton growers belonged to medium level of management efficiency (40.83%) and economic performance (63.33%). The characteristics such as education, land holding, extension contact, extension participation and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with management efficiency. Whereas experience in Bt cotton cultivation, land holding, annual income, extension participation, mass media exposure, economic motivation and innovative proneness had positive and significant relationship with economic performance. Major constraints faced by the Bt cotton growers were high cost of plant protection chemicals, inadequate credit and lack of market information. Hence, the Department of Agriculture should plan to educate the Bt cotton growers on functions of management and recommended Bt cotton cultivation practices. Further, motivate the farmers to adopt these practices in their fields. The positive and significantly related characteristics of farmers needs to be considered while selecting the farmers for the extension educational programmes. Also it should plan the strategies to minimize the inputs cost, provide adequate credit and market information to the Bt cotton growers to enhance their management efficiency and economic performance.
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    KNOWLEDGE LEVEL, ROLE PERCEPTION AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF FARM FACILITATORS UNDER BHOOCHETANA PROGRAMME OF KSDA IN CHICKBALLAPUR DISTRICT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-07-10) TANWEER, AHMED, M.; Narayana Swamy, B. K
    The study was conducted in Chickballapur district of Karnataka during 2014-15 to know the knowledge level, role perception and job performance of farm facilitators under Bhoochetanaprogramme. The data were collected through personal interview method and analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools. The findings of the study revealed that 43.00 per cent of the respondents were found to possess medium level of overall knowledge, followed by high 32.00 per cent and low 25.00 per cent. The role perception of farm facilitators found that 42.00 per cent of farm facilitators belonged to medium role perception category followed by 31.00 per cent and 27.00 per cent of farm facilitators belonged to high and low role perception category respectively. Further, regarding job performance of farm facilitators it was found that 41.00 per cent of facilitators belonged to high job performance category followed by 31.00 per cent and 28.00 per cent of facilitators belonged to medium and low job performance category respectively. The independent variables like land holding, training undergone, social participation, mass media participation, extension participation, risk orientation, scientific orientation and leadership ability were positively significant with knowledge level of farm facilitators. A significant relationship was observed between role perception and variables like training undergone, material possession, social participation, extension participation, risk orientation, scientific orientation, leadership ability, achievement motivation, job autonomy and job satisfaction. However, variables like training undergone, material possession, extension participation, risk orientation, scientific orientation, leadership ability, achievement motivation, job autonomy and job satisfaction were significantly related to job performance of farm facilitators.
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    A STUDY ON ATTITUDE AND EMPOWERMENT OF MGNREGA BENEFICIARIES IN KALABURAGI DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-07-15) SUNIL; Shivalinge Gowda, N. S
    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the world’s largest employment programme enforced on 2nd February 2006 with the objective of providing 100 days of wage employment to rural households. The study was conducted in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka state during the year 2013-14 with the total sample size of 120. The study revealed that 38.33 per cent of the beneficiaries were belonging to undecided attitude followed by unfavourable (33.33 %) and favourable (28.33 %), whereas 39.17 per cent of the beneficiaries were belonging to low level of empowerment followed by middle level (31.67 %) and high level (28.33 %). Results also revealed that 39.17 per cent of the sample was belonging to high level of socio-political empowerment. The dimensions of economic empowerment before and after the MGNREGA revealed the change in income (192.22 %), expenditure (64.77%), assets possession (74.25%), savings (192.22 %), credit availed (-55.50%), value addition in education (189.43 %) and migration (-71.35 %). Among problems faced by the beneficiaries, low wage rate was the major (73.33 %) followed by delay in issuing job cards (71.67 %), legal guarantee of 100 days if employment is not adequate (65.83 %), whereas among the suggestion the major was to increase the wage rates (80.83 %) followed by delay in payment of wages (76.67 %). The MGNREGA has significantly empowered the beneficiaries socio-politically and economically.
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    RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) GADGETS ON KNOWLEDGE AND SYMBOLIC ADOPTION OF TOMATO CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS OF KARNATAKA - An experimental study
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-07-10) SHIVANI, DECHAMMA; GOVINDA, V. GOWDA
    Twenty first century is characterized as an age of information technology. Some of the ICT gadgets like television, computers, mobiles, internet and many others are effectively used by technologists to disseminate agricultural related information to the large number of farmers. The study was conducted in Hoskote taluk of Bengaluru rural district. Total sample size of the study is 90 farmers comprising 30 each under television, Agri- portal and DVD treatments. The before and after experimental research design was used in the study. The three treatments namely television (T1), e-krishi Agri-portal (T2) and DVD (T3) were tested for their effectiveness. The effectiveness was studied in terms of knowledge gained and symbolic adoption through these three treatments. With respect to knowledge gain, Television (T1) was found to be most effective and superior in imparting knowledge with the enhancement of 49.86 per cent, followed by DVD (43.35%) and e-Krishi Agri portal (43.03%). With respect to symbolic adoption, Television (T1) was found to be most effective and superior in imparting symbolic adoption with the enhancement of (42.42%), followed by DVD (37.18%) and e-Krishi Agri portal (35.10%). All the three treatments were effective in gaining knowledge and symbolic adoption with considerable variation in their effectiveness The paired ‘t’ test revealed that their exist a significant difference in knowledge level and symbolic adoption of tomato crop production practices among the television (T1), e-krishi Agri-portal (T2) and DVD (T3) farmers at 1 per cent level of significance.