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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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    A STUDY ON ATTITUDE, COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING PATTERN OF REDGRAM GROWER'S IN BIDAR DISTRICT.
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2000-10-11) NIJAGONDA; SHIVAMURHY, M.
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    PARTICIPATION OF RURAL YOUTH IN FARM AND NON-FARM ACTIVITIES
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) HIREMATH, N.S.; SUNDARASWAMY, B.
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    A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF SUGARCANE GROWERS IN BELGAUM DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) KANAVI, VIJAYAKUMAR P.; CHANDARGI, D. M.
    The study was conducted in Ramdurg taluk of Belgaum district in the year 2000.All the 103 villages in taluk were arranged in discending order based on the total area under sugrance and top ten village were selected. The respondents were selected by following proprotionate random sampling from the selected villages to make the total sample size to 150. The major findings of the study were: majority (68. 00%) of the respondents prosscesed medium level of knowledge about recommended sugarcane cultivation practices, Regarding knowledge about individaul parctices, majorty had knowledge about correct planting time (98.00 %), havesting period (94.00 % ), and number of top dressing with nitrogen (86.00 %). Majority (79.00 %) of the respondents belonged to medium adoption category with respect to recommended sugarcare cultivation partices and most of the respondents adopted practices like top dressing of nitrogen (98.00 %), use of the organic fertilisers (92.00 %), spacing (81.33 %) and planting time (76.00 %) as recommended. Majority (61.33 %) of the sugarcane growers had land holding more than 25 acres. Less than ten per cent of the respondents consulted formal sources regulary. Majority of the respondents (82.00 %) processed radio and television was processed by less than half (42-66 %) of the respondents. A positive significant relationship was observed between level of knowledge and media participation and extension participation. A non- significant like age, education, land holding, annual income, mass media participation organisational participation and extension participation. More than half of the respondents expressed irregular supply of electricity for irrigation (67.33 %), high cost of chemical fertilizers (54.66 %) and delay in cutting order and payment (53.66 % ) as major problems in sugarcane cultivation. The Benefit cost radio in jaggery preparation worked out 1:1.67 and in case of sending to factory it worked to 1:2.24 .
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    A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF TURMERIC GROWERS IN ERODE DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU STATE
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) KARPAGAM, C.; SUNDARASWAMY, B.
    The study on knowledge and adoption behaviour of turmeric growers was carried out during 2000 in Erode district of Tamil Nadu state. following simple random sampling 120 farmers were selected and data were collected by personal interview method. The important findings of the study were; majority of the respondents possessed medium level of knowledge (70.00%) and adoption (65.83%) about recommended cultural practices of turmeric. Less than half of the respondents cultivated recommended varieties (29.17%), application of fungicide (23.33%), application of pesticide (12.50%), earthing up (10.83%) and application of potash fertilizer (5.83%) as recommended. Majority of the respondents practiced application of phosphatic fertilizer (84.17%), application of FYM (78.34%) and application of potash fertilizer (59.17%) more than recommended. A considerable percentage of the farmers were educated upto middle school. Over half of the respondents (53.33%) were fi-om nuclear family. Majority of the respondents (94.17%) possessed television sets. Among them a considerable percentage of farmers regularly viewed the news (65.49%) followed by agricultural programmes (11.50%) and general programmes (4.42%). A fKJsitive and significant relationship was observed between level of knowledge, adoption and socio-economic characteristics like education, land holding and scientific orientation. The relationship of yield was positively significant with the knowledge and adoption level of respondents. Majority of the respondents expressed the problem of rotting of rhizome (98.33%) and leaf blotch (79.17%). Whereas, price fluctuation (71.67%), high cost of labour (63.33%) and scarcity of labour (60.00%) were the constraints expressed by turmeric growers. Majority of the respondents (62.50%) market their produce in the regulated market followed by commission agents (32.50%) and co-operative society (5.00%). Majority of the respondents (73.33%) collected the information on market price from others who visited market, followed by radio (60.83%), newspaper (55.00%) and personally visiting market (54.17%). The benefit cost ratio in turmeric cultivation worked out to 2.12.
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    A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ADOPTION AND MARKETING PATTERN OF POMEGRANATE GROWERS IN BAGALKOT DISTRICT, KARNATAKA STATE
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) ANCADI, SIDDAPPA C.; ANGADI, J.G.
    The study on knowledge, adoption and marketing pattern of pomegranate growers in Bagalkot district, Kamataka state was carried out during 1998-99. By following proportionate random sampling 160 farmers were selected and data were collected by personal interview method. The important findings of the study were, a majority of the growers (63.73%) had medium level of knowledge about pomegranate cultivation. The findings on adoption of recommended cultivation practices by the pomegranate growers revealed that cent per cent of the pomegranate growers adopted Ganesh variety. Recommended spacing was followed by 61.25 per cent of the pomegranate growers. Recommended filler materials in the pit "Were used by 63.12 per cent of the pomegranate growers. More than half the number of pomegranate growers (53.75%) had grown groundnut as an intercrop. Nearly 62 per cent of the pomegranate growers had applied nitrogen in the range of 450-690 g/plant, whereas 86.88 per cent had applied phosphorus in the range of 400-570 g/plant. In case of application of potasltic fertilizer fifty per cent of the pomegranate growers applied in the range of 180-375 g/plant Basin method of irrigation was followed by 57.50 per cent of the pomegranate growers. A majortiy of the growers (78.60%) were literate,v of which thirty per cent studied up to middle school. Maximum number of growers (62.50%) possessed medium land holding of 10-30 acres. Extension participation and social participation of the pomegranate growers were low. Half the number of growers (50.63%) had medium level of economic motivation. The average maintenance cost incurred on one acre of orchard ranged from Rs. 5,500 to Rs. 8,500. A positive and significant relationship was observed between knowledge, education, land holding, annual income, extension contact, mass media participation, material possession and economic motivation. Age was found to be negatively significant with the knowledge level of the respondents. A majority of the growers (74.77%) sold pomegranate through auction in different market places. Nearly fifty per cent of the growers received market information from farmers who visited market The major constraints faced by pomegranate growers in cultivation and marketing of produce were, irregular supply of electricity (83.75%), costliness of packing material (79.38%) and expensive nature of fertilizer and plant protection chemicals (53.12 and 52.50%) and spoilage during transportation (56.87%)
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    A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF RICE GROWERS IN JAMMU DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) GUPTA, VINOD; SUNDARASWAMY, B.
    The study on knowledge and adoption behaviour of rice growers was carried out during 1998-99 in R.S. Pora taluk of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir state. By following proportionate random sampling 150 farmers were selected and data were collected by personal interview method. The important findings of the study were; majority of the respondents possessed medium level of knowledge (62.00%) and adoption (70.67%) about recommended cultural practices of rice. Cent per cent of the respondents cultivated recommended variety, where as, majority of the respondents adopted practices like green manuring (71.33%), split dose of application of nitrogen (66.00%) and fertilizers to nursery (59.33%) as recommended. Hie extent of adoption was poor in case of potash fertilizers to mam field (81.33%) and plant protection measures (79.33%). The most consulted informal sources were relatives (94.00%) and neighbours (90.66%). With respect to mass media 98.66 per cent of the respondents got the required information from radio and 80.00 per cent from television. Cent percent of the respondents expressed non-availability of inputs in time as Very much a problem". Where as, high cost of inputs (98.00%), lack of finance (93.33%) and lack of technical guidance (49.33%) were the constraints expressed by rice growers. A considerable percentage of the farmers were educated upto middle school. Over half of the respondents (52.66%) had a land holding upto 2.5 acres (small farms) and nearly one-third of the respondents participated in training programmes. A positive and significant relationship was observed between level of knowledge, adoption and socio-economic characteristics like education, land holding and risk orientation. The relationship of yield was positively significant with the knowledge and adoption level of respondents. The benefit cost ratio in rice cultivation worked out to 2.12.
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    A PROFILE STUDY OF FARM OPINION LEADERS AND THEIR FOLLOWERS IN GUNTUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) RAMAKRISHNA, K.; CHANDARGI, D. M.
    The study was conducted during the year 1998-99 in the purposively selected Bapatla mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. Out of 20 villages in Bapatla mandal, 2 villages Murukondapadu and Bhartipudi were selected on progressiveness criteria as progressive and non-progressive villages respectively. Six opinion leaders and 48 followers from each village were selected based on sociometric scores. Selected opinion leaders and followers were inteiwiewed to know their personal, socioeconomic and psychological characteristics and to assess their knowledge and adoption regarding rice cultivation practices. The major findings of the study were : The concentration of sociornclric scon; of the best perceived opinion leader was higher with sociometric score of 318 in the non-progressive village, than that in the progressive village where the best perceived opinion leader had sociometric score of 79 only. In non-progressive village, 50.00 per cent each of the opinion leaders had middle school and high school levels of education. In progressive village majority of the opinion leaders (83.33) had high school level of education. Majority of the followers in non-progressive and progressive village had lower educational levels compared to opinion leaders. Majority of the opinion leaders in non-progressive village (66.67%) and in progressive village (83.33%) belonged to middle age group. Among the followers 66.67 per cent in non-progressive village and 62.50 per cent in progressive village were in middle age group. In both villages, majority of the opinion leaders had medium to high levels of participation in formal organizations, cosmopoliteness, mass media participation, extension participation, extension contact, innovative proneness, economic motivation, scientific orientation and risk preference whereas, the followers belonged to medium to low level. In non-progressive and progressive villages, majority of the respondents (81.48% and 68.52%, respectively) had medium level of knowledge regarding recommended cultivation practices of rice. In non-progressive village and progressive village, majority of the respondents (72.22% and 53.70%, respectively) had medium level of adoption regarding recommended cultivation practices of rice.
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    A STUDY ON OPINION OF WOMEN BENEFICIARIES TOWARDS DWCRA AND BENEFITS DERIVED IN VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT - A. P.
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) USHA RANI, R.; ANSARI, M. R.
    DWCRA scheme was launched in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh during 1988-89. So far about 2003 groups of rural women were provided with revolving fund. The study was conducted during the year 1998-99 in Parvatipuram division of Vizianagaram district. Based on the criteria of maximum number of beneficiaries, 4 mandals and 16 villages from these four mandals were selected. P>om each selected village 10 beneficiaries were selected randomly thus the total sample size was 160. A majority of the women beneficiaries were having favourable opinion towards various aspects of DWCRA like general, procedural, financial and employment whereas, 66 per cent had unfavourable opinion towards marketing aspects under DWCRA and also about provision of material help. 70.63 per cent of the women beneficiaries had medium level of knowledge about various aspects of DWCRA. Nearly 26.25 per cent of the women beneficiaries had taken-up vegetable vending. Maximum income of Rs.8400/- was generated from tailoring by two women beneficiaries. A majority of the women beneficiaries were grouped under income level of Rs. 1001 to 2000 and 2001 to 3000 rupees. Regarding personal, socio-psychological and economic characteristics of the women beneficiaries 56.75 per cent belonged to young age group and 65 per cent of them were illiterate. Nearly 91.87 per cent of the women beneliciaries belonged to nuclear families and 76.87 per cent of them were landless. Only 36.25 per cent of women beneficiaries were members of Mahila Mandal. Three fourth (72.50, 75.00%) of the women beneficiaries possessed medium level of achievement motivation and self confidence. Education, family size, social participation, mass media exposure, self confidence and sources of information had positive and significant relationship with knowledge of women beneficiaries about DWCRA. Major problems encountered by the women beneficiaries were less loan amount, difficult to maintain group, marketing of produce. Common suggestions made by them were to increase the loan amount, single outlet for marketing of produce and to provide subsidy.
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    A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF GRAPE GROWING MEMBER FARMERS OF MAHARASHTRA RAJYA DRAKSHA BAGAITDAR SANGH, SOLAPUR
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) BIRAJDAR SOMSHEKHAR, R.; ANSARI, M.R.
    The study on knowledge and adoption behaviour of grape growing member farmers of Maharashtra rajya draksha bagaitdar sangh, Solapur was carried out in Maharashtra during 1998-99. By following proportionate random sampling 160 member farmers were selected and data were collected by personal interview method. The important findings of the study were; majority of the grape growers had medium level of knowledge about recommended practices of grape cultivation. Nearly fifty four percent of grape growers adopted Thompson seedless variety. Spacing was adopted by majority of grape growers. Majority of the grape growers applied nitrogenous fertilizers close to recommended dose and nearly 42.0 and 50.0 per cent of grape growers applied phosphatic and potassic fertilizers close to the recommended dose during summer season. Where as in winter season 80.62, 67.56 and 55.00 per cent of grape growers applied nitrogenous, phosphatic and potassic fertilizers close to the recommended dose. Drip irrigation method was followed by majority of the grape growers. 42.50 per cent of the grape growers prepared raisin, cent per cent of them followed cold dip method. All the grape growers were literate and majority belonged to middle age. Nearly 90.0 per cent of grape growers possessed land between 10-30 acres. While majority of grape growers were having medium level of extension participation, mass media participation, social participation, economic motivation, risk orientation and scientific orientation. The total maintenance cost incurred on one acre of grape garden was Rs.39,222.00, of which Rs.27,859.00 and Rs.11,363.00 were incurred on inputs and labour with a gross income of Rs. 1,14,147.00 per acre. A positive and significant relationship was observed between knowledge level and socio-economic characteristics like age, education, extension participation, mass media participation, social participation and scientific orientation. The major constraints in grape production faced by more than 50.0 per cent of the grape growers were high cost of fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, irregular supply of electricity for irrigation and rain during pollination and harvesting stages