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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 AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT MODES OF PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION ON MUSHROOM CULTIVATION THROUGH TELEVISION(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) ATMARAM SAWANT, PRAMOD; ANSARI, M.R.The experimental study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of two modes of presentation of Information on mushroom cultivation through television. The two modes selected were, 'demonstration' and 'straight talk with visual aids'. Two sample groups, each of 50 respondents from two villages were exposed to selected two modes of presentation, separately. The 'before and after' experimental design was used in the study. The major findings were: Maximum gain in knowledge had occurred as a result of exposure to 'demonstration' mode of presentation (75.33 per cent), followed by 'straight talk with aids' mode (64.58 per cent). Knowledge gained by the respondents was retained to the maximum extent after 15 days and 30 days of telecast (68.58 per cent and 63.79 per cent, respectively) In case of 'demonstration' mode, followed by 'straight talk with visual aids' mode of presentation (56.71 per cent and 49.96 per cent, respectively). The personal and socio-economic characteristics namely, education, credit orientation and innovatlveness exhibited positive and significant relationship with gain In knowledge as well as retention of knowledge after 15 days and 30 days of telecast in both the modes. Majority of the respondents from 'demonstration' and 'straight talk with visual aids' mode, opined that the overall presentation of the mode to which they were exposed was 'excellent' (84.00 per cent and 78.00 per cent, respectively). Majority of the respondents suggested 'use of demonstration mode' (75.00 per cent) as well as'use of good quality (73.00 per cent) and relevant pictures/ scenes (72.00 per cent) to the toplc'for Improving the modes of presentation of farm telecast in general.ThesisItem Open Access PRIVATIZATION OF EXTENSION SERVICE : ATTITUDE AND PREFERENCE OF FARMBRS AND EXTENSION PERSONNEL(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) HANCHINAL, S. N.; SUNDARSWAMY, B.The study was conducted to know the attitude and preference of farmers and extension personnel towards privatization of extension service in 16 villages of Haveri District. Data was elicited from 240 farmer respondents and 60 extension personnel operating in the study area. The major findings were; Less than fifty per cent of farmers (42.08%) and extension personnel (35.00%) had favourable attitude towards privatization of extension service. Majority of the farmer respondents (61.67%) preferred technical service by private agencies in the area of seed production followed by cultivation of fruits (53.33%), vegetables (52.92%) and flowers (52.92%). Eighty three per cent (82.92%) of the farmer respondents were willing to pay towards technical service rendered in the area of seed production followed by irrigation technology (55.67%), cultivation of flowers (56.67%), fruits (55.00%) and vegetables (52.08%). Majority of the extension personnel respondents (70.00%) preferred technical service by private agencies in the area of flower cultivation followed by vegetable cultivation (66.67%), seed production (63.33%) and fruits cultivation (61.67%). Seventy per cent of the extension personnel were of the opinion to collect fee for the technical service rendered in the area of seed production followed by irrigation technology (60.00%), post harvest technology (55.00%), daily and poultry (55.00%), cultivation of fruits (53.33%), vegetables (51,67%) and land development (51.67%). The variables such as annual income (19.94%), cropping intensity (18.24%), attitude (14.17%) and development opportunity (13.24%) had greater contribution towards discriminating the seed producing farmers from that of farmers of non-seed producing categoryThesisItem Open Access SUSTAINABILITY OF NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT>PROJECT(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-08-29) SHRISHAIL S. DOLLI; L. V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARThe study was conducted in Bijapur district to analyse the sustainability of natural resource management and its impact on the livelihood of participating families in watershed development project during the year 2005.Two watershed development projects financially assisted by DANIDA and DFID were selected for the study. One small, medium and big size village in both the projects cind five self help group members and five non self help group members were selected by stratified sampling method constituting the total sample of 240 respondents. Village level institutions and five self-help groups from each village were also selected for the study. The important findings of the study were: Five dimensions of sustainability of Natural Resource Management namely social, technical, environmental, institutional and financial sustainability were identified. Three indicators for each dimension were identified. Higher knowledge level (about 70 %) was found in big and small farmers category while landless and women members had relatively low knowledge level (60 to 70 %) about Natural Resource Management. Non significant difference in the knowledge level between the categories of farmers, between different size villages was observed. The findings revealed that family size, education, socio-economic status and organizational participation had positive and significant association with the overall knowledge index.ThesisItem Open Access STUDY ON INDIGENOUS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ADOUT RICE CULTIVATION AND BOVINE HEALTH MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASHTRA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-08-29) AMOL ASHOK, NIRBAN; S. N. HANCHINALNo AbstractThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON MANAGEMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES BY VEGETABLE GROWERS OF NORTH KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-08-29) SHASHIDHARA, K. K.; L. MANJUNATHA study on management of eco-friendly practices by vegetable growers of north Karnataka was undertaken in Dharwad and Belgaum districts of Kamataka in the year of 2005-06 with 160 vegetable growers and 60 consumers. The data was collected by personal interview method. The results revealed that medium knowledge level about environmental hazards (65.00%) and eco-friendly management practices (51.87%). Medium adoption of eco-friendly technologies by 68.75 per cent. Majority of the respondents were practicing cultural management and weed management practices. Majority of the respondents were not practicing applying of organic manures, selection of crops and cropping pattern, mixed cropping, inter cultivation practices, application of biofertilizers to soil and use of limited inorganic fertilizers. In case of socio-economic characteristics middle age, pre-university education, medium level of income, higher achievement motivation, medium innovative proneness (52.50%), medium scientific orientation (55.00%), medium cosmopoliteness (58.13%) and medium economic motivation categories, (59.38%), deferred gratification (64.38%), medium attitude towards chemical fertilizers (70.63%) and medium risk orientation (71.25%). More than fifty per cent of respondents were members of co operative society (51.87%) and majority (61.44%) of them participated in various activities regularly. Radio and T.V were possessed by 89.38 per cent and 80.63 per cent of the respondents, respectivelyThesisItem Open Access AN ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE CULTIVATION PRACTICES FOLLOWED BY SUGARCANE GROWERS IN KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-08-29) GIREESH, N. MARADDI; L V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARNo AbstractThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF DAIRY FARMERS(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-08-29) CHAUDHARI, RATAN RANUJI; L. V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARThe investigation was conducted to study the entrepreneurial behaviour of trained and untrained dairy farmers in Dharwad and Belgaum districts of Kamataka during 2005-06. Hundred trained dairy farmers were selected from sample of 208 respondents by proportionate random sampling and matching sample of 100 untrained dairy farmers was selected randomly from same area to constitute the total sample size of 200. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the information through personal interview. Data was analysed by using frequency, percentage, correlation co-efficient, multiple regression and Z-test. Trained (58%) and untrained (49%) dairy farmers had medium and low entrepreneurial behaviour, respectively. The socio-economic profile of dairy farmers revealed that trained (68%) and untrained (66%) dairy farmers belonged to middle age, educated from primary to college level (100% & 79%, respectively), engaged in agriculture alongwith dairying (85% & 91%, respectively), medium size of family (62% & 59%, respectively), semi-medium size of landholding (54% & 37%, respectively), medium annual income (47% & 51%, respectively), low and medium experience in dairying (81% & 68%, respectively), high and medium economic motivation (64% & 53%, respectively) and medium market orientation (59% & 54%, respectively). Trained (57%) and untrained (64%) dairy farmers had high and medium knowledge regarding improved dairy management practices (56% & 51%)ThesisItem Open Access "A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE OF GRAM PANCHAYAT MEMBERS ABOUT IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR ROLE PERFORMANCE IN KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASHTRA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 2005-06-17) DILIP MANIKRAO MANKAR; L. V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARA study on knowledge of gram panchayat members about IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR ROLE PERFORMANCE IN KONKAN REGION OF MAHaSlMT^ D. M. MANKAR 2003 Dr. L. V. HIREVENKANGOUDAR MAJOR ADVISOR ABSTRACT durmign 2^0M0o2-f0n3? i nTvol-vi ng 95 female and 220 male memberosf, aM taohtaarla osfh 3t1r5a member from 45 Gram Panchayats.ThesisItem Open Access A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION AMONG BENEFICIARIES IN NORTHERN KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 2005-06-17) M. SUDHEENDRA; L.V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT ON KNOWLEDGE AND FERCEFTION AMONG BENEFICIARIES IN NORTHERN KARNATAKA SUDH! KNDRA 2003 MAJOR ADVISOR •D. STUDENT DR. L.V. HIREVENKANAGOUDAR ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Dharwad and Belgaum districts to know the knowledge and perception about Joint Forest Management Programme among the beneficiaries during the year 2002. Totally 360 beneficiaries were selected from 18 villages. The important findings of the study were. The socio-personal profile revealed that majority of the beneficiaries were in middle aged group(52 %), primary education (38%), nuclear family (62%), big farmers (33%), below poverty line (97%), live stock possession w.r.t. bullocks (42%), medium extension contact (55%), low social participation, (37%), high cosmopoliteness (48%) and medium level of aspiration (46%). Majority of the beneficiaries had medium level of knowledge (39.17%) about Joint Forest Management Programme. JFM component analysis revealed that objectives of JFM with average score (4.08) ranked first and least knowledge about role of different departments with average score (1.61) ranked the least. Majority of the beneficiaries had medium level of perception (47.73%). Perception towards the usefulness ranked first with an average score (11.24), and management plan with an average score (3.02) ranked the least. Extension contact and employmef.^ generation were found to have a positive and significant association with the knowledge level of the beneficiaries. Regression analysis revealed that extension contract was most important variable in influencing the knowledge and perception level of beneficiaries. Fodder, firewood and i crease in employment were major benefits derived by beneficiaries. Lack of confidence and uncertainty about the programme and lack of power to village forest committee members were some of the problems expressed by the beneficiaries. Suggestions for better implementation of Joint Forest Management Programme were views and knowledge of local people while formulating management plan should be considered and follow up by senior forest officers about worldng of Village Forest Committee is appropriate.