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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 Embargo A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION LEVEL OF RECOMMENDED CULTIVATION PRACTICES AMONG THE RAINFED FINGER MILLET GROWERS IN MANDYA DISTRICT(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-03-30) NAGESH, G .S.; Ranganatha, A. D.The Present study was conducted in Mandya district of Karnataka during the year 2021-2022 by keeping productivity of finger millet as criteria. In Mandya district, Nagamangala, and Krishnarajapete taluks were selected. Further, from each taluk 60 rainfed finger millet growers were selected randomly making a total sample size of 120. The findings of the study revealed that, More than two-fifth (45.83%) of the rainfed finger millet growers having medium level of knowledge and More than one-third (39.17%) of rainfed finger millet growers comes under medium level of adoption regarding recommended cultivation practice of finger millet. Nearly half of the rainfed finger millet growers had medium (47.50%) level of yield gap. Variables like education, annual income, area under finger millet, experience in finger millet cultivation, achievement motivation, management orientation, scientific orientation, innovative proneness, cosmpoliteness, extension agency contact, extension participation and mass media exposure had positive and significant association with Knowledge and adoption level of the rainfed finger millet growers respectively. Major constraints expressed by rainfed finger millet growers were exploitation by middlemen during marketing of produce, high cost of inputs, non-availability of labour during peak season. Major suggestions expressed by rainfed finger millet growers are providing remunerative price for the produce, providing regulated market facilities and supply of inputs at reasonable and subsidized rates.ThesisItem Embargo IMPACT OF PRADHAN MANTRI FASL BIMA YOJANA ON LIVELIHOOD SECURITY OF FARMERS IN KOLAR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-03-27) Imrankhan Jiragal; GANESAMOORTHI, S.India is the land of farmers with maximum proportion of population depends on agriculture contributing 19.90 per cent of Indian GDP. Indian agriculture is highly susceptible to risks like droughts, pests and disease and floods. To safeguard farmers, the Government of India modified earlier insurance schemes and introduced the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in 2016 with the objective of providing financial support in the unforeseen event of crop losses. Since, the scheme has resulted in varied performance and response among farmers, a study was conducted in Kolar district of Karnataka during 2021-2022 to assess farmers’ attitude towards PMFBY and their livelihood security. The data was collected from each 30 PMFBY beneficiaries and 10 non–beneficiaries from the five taluks of Kolar district with a sample size of 150 beneficiaries and 50 non–beneficiaries. The results revealed that 42.00 per cent of the respondents belonged to most favourable attitude, followed by 32.00 per cent and 26.00 per cent of the respondents had least favourable and favourable attitude respectively. It was observed that 38.00 per cent of the farmers were having better livelihood security, followed by 33.50 per cent and 28.50 per cent of the respondents had poor and average livelihood security respectively. Further the results revealed that variables family size, livestock possession, source of information, extension contact, cosmopoliteness, scientific orientation, deferred gratification, fatalism-scientism, innovative proneness, mass media participation, economic motivation, management orientation, institution linkage and credit orientation were having significant association with both attitude towards PMFBY and livelihood security. Major problems faced by beneficiaries were delay in getting the claims and inadequate compensation. Major reason for not availing benefits by non-beneficiaries were lack of documents in their name. The beneficiaries suggested concrete measures for timely payment of insurance claim amount and non-beneficiaries suggested creating adequate awareness about PMFBY scheme.ThesisItem Embargo IMPACT OF KISAN CALL CENTRE (KCC) ADVISORIES ON FARMERS IN CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA - A STUDY(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-03-27) PUNEETH RAJA R.; K. VENKATARANGA NAIKAKisan Call Centre (KCC) is an ICT initiative with the aim of answering farmers' queries through telephone call in their own dialect. KCC offer services through Toll-Free number 1800-180-1551 at free of cost. This study was carried out in Chamarajanagar District to study the impact of Kisan Call Centre advisory services on farmers during 2021-22. Totally 100 dryland and 100 irrigated farmers were considered and well-structured interview schedule was used to collection of the data. The results revealed that, while 44.00 per cent of the dryland farmers and 45.00 per cent of irrigated farmers had most favourable attitude, 48.00 per cent of the dryland farmers and less than half (43.00 %) of irrigated land farmers had high level of knowledge and same per cent (44.00 %) of dryland and irrigated land farmers were highly satisfied related with the services of KCC. Variables like education, farming experience, family size, mass media exposure, extension participation, social participation, scientific orientation, risk orientation, decision making ability and management orientation were highly significant at one per cent level of significance with attitude. Education, family size, mass media exposure, extension participation, scientific orientation and risk orientation were highly significant with knowledge and variables like education, family size, mass media exposure, extension participation, social participation, scientific orientation, risk orientation, decision making ability and management orientation were highly significant at one per cent level of significance. Major constraints expressed by farmers were difficulty to explain the symptoms of pests and diseases of plant over phone call (94.50 %) and 97.00 per cent of them suggested that, the publicity and awareness programs to be organized to augment the awareness about KCCs among farmers. In the year to comeThesisItem Embargo A STUDY ON PERFORMANCE OF KRISHI BHAGYA SCHEME AMONG BENEFICIARY FARMERS IN KOLAR DISTRICT(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-03-16) VINOD, S.; M. V. Srinivasa ReddyThe present study was conducted in the Kolar district of Karnataka state during the year 2021-2022 to study the performance of Krishi Bhagya Scheme (KBS) beneficiaries. In Kolar district, two taluks were selected. In each taluk six villages and from each village 10 respondents were selected. Total of 120 respondents were selected from two taluks. Majority of the beneficiaries belonged to the middle age group (52.51 %) and had a small size land holding (36.66 %). Around 45.83 per cent of beneficiaries were found to have high level of economic motivation. After the implementation of KBS majority of beneficiaries used farm pond to provide protective irrigation for crops and the diesel pump set utilisation was increased to 94.13 per cent. 95.00 per cent of beneficiaries practiced drip irrigation and 72.50 per cent practiced sprinkler irrigation after the KBS implementation. Majority of the beneficiaries exhibited medium level of overall performance and social performance. After the implementation of KBS, majority (45.83 %) of beneficiaries purchased low-cost implements. Chi-statistics revealed the positive and significant association of farming experience, achievement motivation, risk orientation, management orientation, extension contact, extension participation with the component wise, social and economic performance of beneficiary farmers. Important constraint faced by the beneficiary farmers is that lengthy time required for completing scheme and the major suggestion given by them was selection process of eligible farmers should be made simple and transparent. The relevant factors brought out by the study could be used by government departments for the upliftment of the farming community through better implementation of scheme.ThesisItem Embargo A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION, KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF SOIL TEST RECOMMENDATIONS BY FARMERS IN DIFFERENT FARMING SITUATIONS(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-04-06) CHANDAN GOWDA H; K. SHIVARAMUThe present study was carried out to analyze perception, knowledge and adoption of soil test recommendations in different farming situations viz. assured irrigation situation, protected irrigation situation and rainfed situation. The primary data was collected personally from 180 farmers using a pre-tested interview schedule comprising of 60 farmers from each of the assured irrigation situation (Mandya district), protected irrigation situation (Chikkaballapura district) and rainfed situation (Tumakuru district). 43.30 per cent of farmers belonged to good perception category followed by better (32.80%) and poor (23.90%) perception category. Chi-square value (1.81) reveals that there was non-significant difference with respect to perception of farmers towards soil testing in different farming situations. 42.20 per cent of farmers belonged to medium knowledge category followed by high (33.90%) and low (23.90%) knowledge category. Chi-square value (5.73) reveals that there was non-significant difference with respect to knowledge of farmers on soil testing in different farming situations. Further, 41.20 per cent of farmers belonged to medium adoption category followed by low (34.40%) and high (24.40%) category. Chi-square value (22.52) reveals that there was a significant difference at 1 per cent significance level with respect to adoption of soil test recommendations in different farming situations. Major constraints expressed by farmers were delay in getting soil test reports, lack of accuracy in soil test results, lack of interest to follow soil test recommendations, insignificant change in the income and non-availability of fertilizers and micronutrients in smaller quantities. Farmers suggested that soil test report should be given on time, demonstrations on importance of adoption of soil test recommendations, accurate results need to be provided in the soil test report and availability of the recommended fertilizers in smaller quantities for effective implementation of soil test results.ThesisItem Embargo IMPACT OF VILLAGE ADOPTION PROGRAMME OF UAS, BANGALORE(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-03-02) SHRIDHAR RONIHAL; SHANKARA, M. H.The study was conducted in Tumkur and Bangalore Rural districts of Karnataka during the year 2021-2022. In each district adopted and non-adopted villages were located where Village Adoption Programmed has been implemented by UAS, Bangalore through respective ’KVK. From each village 30 respondents were selected randomly making a total sample of 120 and data was collected through personal interview schedule. The results noticed that, in adopted village of Tumkur district calculated Z values for ragi (2.99), red gram (2.59) and dairy (3.89) practices were significant at 0.01 level of probability. Whereas in adopted village of Bangalore Rural district calculated Z values for ragi (2.83), red gram (2.74) practices found to be significant at 0.01 level of probability. While, dairy practices (2.40) were significant at 0.05 level of probability. Hence, significant change in impact level of farmers before and after implementation of Village Adoption Programme in both adopted villages was confirmed. In adopted villages education, farming experience, training received, extension contact, innovativeness, social participation, mass media exposure, market orientation, achievement motivation, risk orientation, scientific orientation, extension participation were significantly related to impact level of the respondents. Majority of the respondents encountered constraints like high fertilizer costs, involvement of middlemen in marketing system, delay in announcement of MSP by government. Major suggestions by respondents are provision of fertilizers and pesticides at high subsidized rates, provision of MSP by government at the time of harvesting period, measures to refill the water tanksThesisItem Embargo A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OF GROUNDNUT GROWERS IN BAGALKOTE DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2023-01-30) MANJUNATH., PATIL .; NAGESHA., G.The study was conducted in the Bagalkote district of Karnataka during the year 2021-2022 by keeping the productivity of groundnut as a criterion. In the Bagalkote district, Badami, Bilagi, and Bagalkote taluks were purposively selected considering the area under groundnut. Further, from each taluk 40 groundnut growers were selected randomly making a total sample of 120, and data was collected through a personal interview schedule. It was observed from the results that more than half (54.17 %) and nearly half (49.16 %) of the groundnut growers fell under the medium level of knowledge and adoption respectively, regarding recommended production technologies of groundnut. Education, annual income, farming experience, achievement motivation, risk orientation, management orientation, economic motivation, cosmopolites, innovative proneness, scientific orientation, extension contact, extension participation, and mass media exposure were significantly related to their knowledge and adoption levels of the groundnut growers respectively. The majority of the groundnut growers got price information from friends, relatives, neighbors, and middlemen. More than half of the groundnut growers followed storage and sold their produce on spot to the local market by using tractors. Groundnut growers process a medium-level yield gap (35.83 %) and a cost-benefit ratio of 1.48. The majority of groundnut growers encountered the production constraints such as the high cost of seeds and lack of awareness about nutrient management. Regarding marketing constraints, all the respondents faced fluctuations in market prices. Major suggestions of groundnut growers are the availability of inputs on time, timely crop loan at a lower interest rate, provision of crop insurance, and good Minimum Support Price (MSP).ThesisItem Open Access GENDER PARTICIPAITON AND DECISION MAKING IN SERICULTURE: A STUDY IN RAMANAGARA DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2022-12-08) SHIVANANDAGOWDA G.R.; Lakshminarayan. M.T.The present study was undertaken in Kanakapura and Channapatana taluks of Ramanagara district in Karnataka state to analyze the gender participation and decision making pattern in sericulture technologies. Sixty farm men and 60 farm women formed the sample of the research study. The results revealed that farm men (63.34%) were belonging to high decision category, while 20.00 and 16.66 per cent of a majority of farm men were belonging to medium and low decision category of sericulture technologies, respectively. In respect of women, a majority were belonging tolow decision category (60.00%) followed by 26.66 and 13.34 per cent of farm women belonging to medium and high decision category, respectively. Forty-five per cent of farm men were having high level of participation in sericulture activities, while 30.00 per cent and one-fourth (25.00%) of farm men were having medium and low level of participation. More than one-thirdof farm women(35.00%) were having medium level of participation followed by one-third (33.34%) and 31.66 per cent of farm women werehaving high and low level of participation in sericulture activities. Further, the results revealed that age, education, experience in sericulture, innovativeness, achievement motivation, management orientation, risk orientation, attitude towards sericulture, farming commitment, economic motivation, training in sericulture, extension agency contact, extension participation, mass media exposure, and farm scientist contact of both farm men and women had significant association with their decision making and participation level.ThesisItem Embargo AN ANALYSIS OF LIVELIHOOD SECURITY OF TRIBAL FAMILIES IN CHANDEL DISTRICT OF MANIPUR STATE(2023-01-20) JENITA PANGEIJAM; KRISHNAMURTHY, B.Livelihood security is a state wherein people get sufficient and credible access to income and capital to meet the dynamic needs for a better lifestyle. The study was conducted in Chandel district of Manipur state during 2021-2022 to analyze the livelihood systems and livelihood security of tribal families. A total of 120 respondents were randomly selected. Personal interview method was used to collect the data and appropriate statistical tools were applied to analyze the data. The findings revealed that more than two-fifth (41.67 %) of the tribal families predominantly follow handloomweaving as their livelihood systems followed by (33.34 %) handicraft, (16.66 %) piggery and (8.33 %) crop production. It was also found that two-fifth (40.00 %) of them belonged to average livelihood security followed by (31.67 %) poor livelihood security and (28.33 %) good livelihood security. Variables such as land holding, social participation and achievement motivation were found to be positively significant with livelihood security at 1% level. Also, variables like age, annual income, extension contact were found to be positively significant and ethnocentrism was found to be negatively significant with livelihood security at 5% level. More than three-fourth (71.66 %) of the respondents expressed problems regarding low size of land holding followed by flood problem (60.83 %). Nearly half (48.33 %) of the tribal families suggested to create proper transport facilities followed by creation of proper market facilities (45.83 %).
