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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 AN ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF BYADAGI CHILLI GROWERS IN HAVERI DISTRICT, KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2022-12-18) VEENA, BUSHETTI; KRISHNAMURTHY, BThe study was conducted in Haveri district of Karnataka to study the entrepreneurial behaviour and economic performance of Byadagi chilli growers during the year 2021-22. The Ex-post-facto research design has been adopted in the present study. Haveri, Hangal and Byadagi talukas were selected based on high, medium and low productivity of Byadagi chilli, respectively. From each taluka five villages selected based on availability of more number of Byadagi chilli growers and from each village 12 farmers were selected, thus total sample size encompassed to 180 farmers from 15 villages. It can be noticed that, less than half of the Byadagi chilli growers (47.22 %) belonged to middle age category, 30.55 per cent of Byadagi chilli growers were educated up to PUC, little more than half (56.67 %) of the Byadagi chilli growers belongs to joint family system. Equal number (40.00 %) and more than one third (37.78 %) of the Byadagi chilli growers belonged to medium category of extension participation, social participation and mass media exposure respectively and only 34.44 per cent of the farmers have undergone training programmes. The study also reveals that the overall entrepreneurial behaviour score based on the cumulative raw scores of all the six dimensions revealed that, more than two third of (68.33 %) of the Byadagi chilli growers had medium level of entrepreneurial behaviour followed by 19.45 per cent under low category and remaining (12.22 %) had high entrepreneurial behaviour. More than one third (38.33 %) of the growers had medium overall economic performance followed by low (32.78 %) and high (28.89 %) category. This might be due to the reason that the cost of production and profit are in inverse proportion.ThesisItem Open Access IMPACT OF RURAL AGRICULTURAL WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME (RAWEP) ON ATTITUDE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF AGRICULTURE STUDENTS(University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) PARISA AQDAS, KARIMI; Shivamurthy, MThe study was conducted at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2017-18 by selecting a sample of 90 agriculture students by applying simple random sampling technique. The findings revealed that, after undergoing the RAWEP, 57.77 per cent of the students with sensitization and 51.11 per cent of the students without sensitization had favourable attitude towards RAWEP. With respect to overall knowledge gained, 53.33 per cent of the students with sensitization had high level of knowledge and 62.22 per cent of the students without sensitization had medium knowledge level. With respect to overall skills, 55.55 per cent of the students with sensitization and 51.11 per cent of the students without sensitization had medium level of skills. It was also found that, variables such as, achievement motivation, self- confidence and leadership qualities had positive and highly significant relationship with the attitude of students with sensitization and without sensitization. Further, it was revealed that, variables such as, achievement motivation, reading habits and information seeking behavior had positive and highly significant relationship with overall knowledge gained by students with sensitization and without sensitization. Besides, variables such as, self confidence and leadership qualities had positive and highly significant relationship with overall skills of students with sensitization and without sensitization. The major constraint expressed by the students was inadequate stipend and suggestions offered by the students were providing good accommodation facilities in the villages and enhancing stipend.ThesisItem Open Access KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF BENEFICIARY FARMERS TOWARDS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTRE, UAS, BANGALORE(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2019-08-19) CHITRASHREE KANNUR; Nagaraj, K. H.A study on ‘Knowledge and Attitude of Beneficiary Farmers towards Agricultural Technology Information Centre, UAS, Bangalore’ was conducted during 2019. Ninety beneficiary farmers who visited ATIC during the last three years were selected purposively to elicit knowledge level and attitude of beneficiary farmers towards Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC). Ex-post-facto research design was followed for the study was. The results revealed that nearly half (42.22 %) of the beneficiary farmers belonged to medium level of knowledge category while more than half (51.11 %) of the respondents had more favourable attitude towards ATIC. Further, a great majority of beneficiaries (91.11 %) possessed knowledge that ATIC provides consultancy services followed by 87.78 percent of them having correct knowledge with respect to areas of services provided by ATIC. Only few beneficiary farmers had correct knowledge with respect to agri portal service (16.67 %) and availability of feedback services (17.78 %). A great majority of the beneficiary farmers (95.60 %) opined that ATIC personnel attend the visitors properly but expressed that diagnostic services of ATIC were poor (72.2%). The results indicated that the variables such as scientific orientation and achievement motivation had significant association with knowledge and attitude of beneficiary farmers towards ATIC. More than 69.00 per cent of total variation in the knowledge was explained by the 16 selected independent variables put together. Beneficiary farmers faced constraints of lack of subsidy on inputs and non-acceptance of digital payment. Hence, ATIC should consider these constraints and efforts should be made to overcome these constraints.ThesisItem Open Access PARTICIPATION OF RURAL YOUTH IN FARM AND NON-FARM ACTIVITIES(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) HIREMATH, N.S.; SUNDARASWAMY, B.ThesisItem Open Access 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 .ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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%)ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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.
