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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 INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENT FOR FLOWER TRADE IN KARNATAKA-AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2008-03-13) B. S.PRASANNA, KUMAR; M. S. JAYARAMThe present study on Infrastructure re.quirements for flower trade was conducted in the state of Karnataka in the year 2006-07 with the objectives to study the present infrastructure, inadequacies in infrastructure for flower trade and improvements needed to establish a model marketing system. Both primary and institutional secondary information was used to fulfill the objectives of the study. Area and production of flowers in state have been steadily increasing. The production of loose Jasmine, Chrysanthemum, Crossandra and Marigold have shown annual CGR of 12.34, 3.16, 12.47 and 9.50 per cent respectively. There was a slight decrease in the production of Aster, whereas the production of Gerbera has increased. The only organized market for flowers in the entire state is IFAB, located at Hebbal, Bangalore. In flowers production and marketing Fluctuation in the prices was the major constraint. The cost of establishing a flower market in an area of 200 square feet was estimated to be around Rs.3 crore. Frequency of visit and quantity brought for the market were found to be significant, influencing the farmers' willingness to pay for utilization of market infrastructure. Though the production of flowers has increased over the years there is no specific market infrastructure for flower trade as such. Therefore, government should develop the market infrastructure for flowers in major markets of the state on a priority basis. Public Private Partnership (PPP) model proves to be a viable model for developing and operation of flower markets. Producers of flowers around Bangalore are positively responding to government policies and programs which are aimed at promotion of floriculture in the state. This is evident from the increased arrivals of flowers in Bangalore market.ThesisItem Open Access COMMODITY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT OF COLD STORAGE UNITS IN HYDERABAD (A.P.)(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) PANKAJ, ASHWANI; H. S. VIJAYA KUMARHorticulture has emerged as the focal commercial sector among all agricultural activities in the coimtry, which has witnessed a pacy growth. The present scenario of cold storage industry in India in general and Andhra Pradesh ia particular, has been moderately encouraging. The study was taken up purposively in Hyderabad district of Andhra Pradesh, where the total installed capacity was 32,530 MT covering 11 units out of which 4 were selected based on their installation capacities. Performance and good working nature. The primary and secondary data pertaining to the study was elicited from Farmers, traders, cold storage operators, NHB, DES, MANAGE, Rainbow revolution and Annadaatha etc. From the study, it revealed that there were 119 cold storage units in Andhra Pradesh and the state was divided into three important regions such as Telangana, Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra Pradesh occupying different number of cold stores with varied installed capacities. The major commodities stored were turmeric, tamarind, chilli, Apple and orange with varied relative humidities, temperatures and storage duration. The study also revealed that cost on installation of selected units, buildings occupied major share followed by machineries. Evaluation pattern of investment noticed that at 4% rate of interest all the units showed positive NPV'S, and at 12% rate of interest, only unit-II was found positive, and total variable cost was high when compared to total fixed cost. Composition of users group comprised of both farmers and traders, but farmers share to the storage was comparatively high, and the problems encoimtered by the users group and operators were high power charges, high rate of interest, paucity of working capital and lack of awareness among the users, and to rectify the constraints necessary measures were taken up.ThesisItem Open Access PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT OF MARKET INTERVENTION SCHEME FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) DEEPA, S.A.; M.S. VIJAYAKUMARMinimum support price (MSP) programme of Government of India covers 24 commodities which covers 82 per cent of the given gross cropped area. Apart from this there is a scheme called Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for the commodities which are not covered under MSP. The present study makes an attempt to assess the performance and impact of MIS for the commodities considered under the scheme from 2000-01 to 2004-05. The main objectives of the study was to assess the commodities covered under MIS since inception, quantity procured, proportion of procurement to total production and market arrivals, effect on price and resultant impact on economic benefits to farmers. Simple tabular analysis and coefficient of variance was used to arrive at the meaningful conclusion. The scheme came into operation in the year 1993-94 in Karnataka and was not operated continuously from its inception. The number of commodities considered, number of procurement centers opened and the quantity procured was increased over the years in almost all years. The share of procurement in the case of maize varies from 0.03 to 10.04 per cent to its total production and 0.02 to 23.22 per cent of market arrivals in the study period. Similarly, in the case of ragi it varies from 1.97 to 3.07 per cent, for Bengal gram 0.46 to 1.06 per cent of total production. However, tur, onion and potato were procured in only one year. The scheme has a positive impact on price movement in all the commodities except in tur. Benefits accrued to the farmers by selling their produce in the procurement centers was found to be positive and ranges from Rs. 261.21 to Rs. 14.63 per quintal in almost all crops except in tur and potatoThesisItem Open Access IMPACT OF ItKSIiARCn ON PULSES ECONOMY IN CULBARCA DISTRICT, KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) SANTOSH, S. PARMA; N. N. KARNOOLThe present study was made an attempt to study the growth in area, production and productivity of redgram, technologies released by research institutions and their spread, and factors responsible for adoption or rejection of technologies in the study area by using both primary and secondary data. The growth rate in area of redgram production recorded positive and significant growth rate whereas, productivity recorded positive but not significant growth rate. In case of production, except Yadgir taluk, all other taluk shown positive and significant growth rate. Among the various technologies released, the release of wilt resistant variety Maruthi ICP-8863 in 1985 as revolutionized pulse production in the study area; it has occupied more than 60 per cent of the redgram growing area. The refined technology released for pod borer management by spraying ovicides like Methomyl 40 SP @ 0.6 g/litre or Protenophos 50 EC @ 2 ml per litre was included in IPM with integration biorationals because of its eco-friendly nature. It was observed from the study that due to the adoption of Maruthi variety, the increase in yield was Rs. 3667.74/ha as an additional returns, indicating the suitability of the variety to the region over local variety. In case of IPM plots, yield increased per hectare was giving additional returns of Rs. 3543.65 showing the effectiveness of this technology. Regular technical guidelines by ARS/KSDA, low cost, effective increase in yield and timely supply of inputs by ARS/KSDA were the reasons for adoption of biofertilizers by all the farmers. High yield, drought tolerant, resistant to pest and diseases and convinced by the ARS Scientists and low cost of production were the major reasons responsible for adoption of improved varieties by almost all the farmers.ThesisItem Open Access MARKET INTERVENTION SCHEME IN KARNATAKA: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS USEFULNESS TO THE FARMERS(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) RAJKUMAR, P. KOUDAL; S.B. MAHAJANSHETTINo AbstractThesisItem Open Access POST LIBERALIZATION SCENARIO OF COFFEE INDUSTRY - A CASE STUDY OF COORG DISTRICT(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) PAVITHA, M. T.; H.S.S KHANNo AbstractThesisItem Open Access MARKETING MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY PRODUCTS - A CASE STUDY ON IMPACT OF BIRD FLU IN DHARWAD DISTRICT(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) AJAY J., RAMDURG; Dr. H.S.S., KHANNo AbstractThesisItem Open Access MARKETING MANAGEMENT OF BIOFERTILISERS IN NORTH KARNATAKA(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) PEERSAB, M. PINJAR; R. A. YELEDHALLIBiofertilisers are the low cost and high value agricultural inputs play a vital role in maintaining the sustained agricultural production. Looking at the importance the study highlighted present trend of biofertiliser production, demand, supply and their gap, utilization pattern of biofertilisers, marketing management covering four important elements of 'marketing mix' (viz., product, price, place, promotion), and problems /constraints in marketing of biofertilisers. A total sample of 90 farmers and 30 dealer/retailers were randomly selected from 15 villages in selected taluks. The data was subjected to conjoint analysis, compound growth rate (CGR) and tabular analysis. The results revealed that there is a growing trend of biofertiliser production with 2.52 per cent CGR and the entire district shows deficit supply biofertilisers with -112.53 tonnes of gap in supply. Utilization pattern of biofertiliser shows that agricultural assistants were the major source of information (27.98%) for availability of biofertilisers and usage was concentrated more in case of pulse production. Jaggery solution treatment, mixed with compost and seedling dip methods were the extensively adopted methods of biofertiliser application.ThesisItem Open Access ANALYSIS OF EXPORT AND PRICING OF BLACK PEPPER(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore, 2007-01-05) VARUNA, V. S.; R. A. YELEDHALLIBlack pepper is a 'King of Spice', the export performance and pricing of black pepper were analyzed by highlighting the growth in area, production and productivity. The growth in export quality, value and unit value, the direction of trade and the relationship between domestic (Cochin) and international (New York) market prices have been analysed. Secondary data for the period from 1980-81 to 2002-03 was made use for the study. Further, the analysis is made for both pre and post-liberalization period. The exponential growth function, Markov Chain analysis and Co-integration techniques were used. The results revealed that a significant growth in area, production and productivity of black pepper. The results for pre and post-liberalization period showed that during pre-liberalization period, the growth rates recorded were higher and significant for area (5.64) and production (8.06) compared to post-liberalization period due to the stiff competition from different black pepper, producing countries, which lead to decline in the growth rate. The export quantity of pepper showed a negative growth rate (-0.197). Whereas, export value (10.07) and unit value (10.29) of pepper showed positive and significant growth mainly due to the increasing quality consciousness at international market. Compared to the pre-liberalization period, the post-liberalization period showed lesser growth in both export quantity and value, due to existence of stiff competition from different black pepper exporting countries at the international market level. The Markov Chain analysis revealed that Canada and USA were the major importers of Indian pepper mainly due to their preference for the high quality Indian pepper compared to the pepper of other exporting countries. Co-integration between black pepper prices in Cochin and New York markets showed negative and significant at the order of integration 1 and both the market were integrated and also the law of one price (LOP) holds good.