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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 A CRITICAL STUDY ON FARM LEADERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND ROLES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 1999-04-15) NARASIMHAIAH, K.C.; Narayana Reddy, Dr.G.V.The technological development in the farm front has broadened the information need of Indian farmers. Effective communication of new technologies to millions of farmers in rural areas is essential for accelerated agricultural development. Opinion leaders in villages influence the decision making behaviour of their fellow farmers in respect of agricultural technologies. Since they act as catalysts of change there is a need to identify and use local opinion leaders in the transfer of technology progrmmes. Hence, the present investigation was planned to study the essential characteristics of these leaders and also their followers, the communication behaviour of leaders, the role expectation and role performance of farm leaders as perceived by leaders themselves and their followers, and finally, the relationship between the characteristics of leaders and their role performance for agricultural development.Ex-post-facto research design was followed. The study was conducted in twelve agriculturally progressive villages of Mandya district of Karnataka State. Sixty farm leaders identified through the key informant method and one hundred and eighty follower farmers selected randomly from these twelve villages, formed the respondents for the study. The characteristics of farm leaders were treated as independent variables, while role performance and communication behaviour of farm leaders formed the dependent variables. All the respondents were personally interviewed using the pre-tested interview schedule and data were collected. Appropriate statistical tests were used to analyse the data and interpret the results. The salient findings of the study are as under: The profile analysis of the respondents indicated that farm leaders were better educated, more innovative, more self reliant, and possessed higher socio-economic status, greater social participation, higher management orientation, greater empathy, higher value orientation, more knowledge about agricultural development programmes, higher contact with extension agency and greater mass media exposure than their followers. The findings on communication behaviour indicated that majority of farm leaders consulted Agricultural Assistant of the Department of Agriculture for their technical needs. Majority of them possessed medium level of overall knowledge and medium overall interpretation behaviour on recommended production technologies of rice, sugarcane and dairy enterprises. They possessed a favourable attitude towards agricultural development programmes and evaluated the new agricultural information either 'through discussion with specialists' or 'through discussion with progressive farmers'. All leaders preserved the new information by memory. Majority of them disseminated the new information to their fellow farmers either 'through interpersonal oral communication' or 'through group discussion'. Majority of them possessed medium overall communication behaviour. The results on role expectation and role performance revealed that both farm leaders and their followers perceived all the twentysix roles as important and there was no significant difference in expectation between farm'leaders and their followers regarding the roles to be performed by farm leaders. Both farm leaders and their followers had similar perception on the role performance of farm leaders in respect of certain roles as stated below. Majority of leaders and their followers perceived that the performance of farm leaders was 'regular' in roles namely; promotes group or community action in the village', 'acts as a quick conveyer of severe problems of farmers to government ormass media' and 'considers the past experiences and future potentialities in accepting or recommending new technologies'. Similarly, majority of them perceived that farm leaders 'occasionally' performed the roles namely, 'focusses general and specific problems of farmers in appropriate fora' and 'represents and speaks for the whole village in official circle about agricultural enterprises'. A considerable number of them perceived that farm leaders 'never' performed the roles namely, 'acts as a teacher to train other farmers in learning new skills' and 'participates in farmers' training programmes'. Majority of leaders also rated their performance as 'regular' in respect of eleven more roles. A considerable number of followers perceived that farm leaders 'never' performed the roles namely, 'always keeps group interest above self advantage', 'acts as a front line demonstrator' and 'collects latest information from different sources about agricultural enterprises'. There was a significant difference in perception between farm leaders and their followers regarding the role performance of farm leaders. The characteristics namely, education, socio-economic status, achievement motivation, self reliance and mass media exposure of farm leaders were positively and significantly associated with their role performance. The combined contribution of all the seventeen characteristics of farm leaders was significant in predicting the role performance of farm leaders. All these variables together were able to explain about 53.2 per cent of variation in the role performance of farm leaders. However, the characteristic 'achievement motivation' was found to be the crucial one.ThesisItem Open Access ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF THE SUBORDINATE AND SUPER-ORDINATE WITH RESPECT TO AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND DELEGATION IN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF FLINT AT THE ATTENDANCE CENTER LEVEL(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 1973) Mitchell, Bobby MIn this study the writer sought to determine if significant differences exist between the perceptions of the principals and community school directors with respect to the variables authority, responsibility, and delegation as measured by the following instruments: Responsibility, Authority and Delegation Scales; Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire; The Job Satisfaction and Job Expectations Questionnaire. The RAD Scale measures how the individual perceives his responsibility, authority, and delegation. A (P) value of <.05 would indicate harmony or dissonance based on a significant or insignificant statistic when analyzed. The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire commonly referred to as (LBDQ) is an instrument that measures the perception of one leader in the formal organization by another leader in the formal organization or by himself. The pronoun (I) may be substituted for (He), if one uses the instrument to measure himself. The Job Satisfaction Scale measures satisfaction with school, administration, and recognition. The Job Satisfaction Scale is counted as one variable even though it has three parts. The Job Expectations Scale measures expectations concerning work, advancement, friends' attitudes, pay, freedom on the job, family attitudes, and job security The sample of this study included the entire population of the elementary principals and community school directors in the inner-city of Flint, Michigan. There are 44 elementary principals and 42 community school directors in the elementary schools of Flint, Michigan. Because of the special nature of two of the schools, teachers who acted in the capacity of community school director in their respective building are included in this study. One school was an elementary school for the mentally retarded students, therefore, the board could not justify the employment of a full-time director. Another school was a school for the academically talented, therefore, a full-time director could not be employed for that school. These directors were not performing all of the functions of community school directors, because they had their regular teaching assignments as well. These quasi-directors, however, did assist the principals in working with parents, school activities, other teachers, and the curriculum. For the reasons mentioned above, two teachers at the respective schools were substituted for community school directors. The data was examined by a multi-variate analysis of variance test (programmed by Jeremy Finn). Significance was determined by a confidence level of .05, and a (P) value of <.05 considered significant. The following conclusions were made as a result of this study: 1. There is no significant difference between the perceptions of principals and community school directors with respect to the variable responsibility. 2. There is a significant difference between the perceptions of the principals and community school directors with respect to the variable authority. 3. There is a significant difference between the perceptions of the principals and community school directors with respfct to the variable delegation. 4 . There is no significant difference between the perceptions of the principals and community school director with respect to the variable initiating structure.ThesisItem Open Access ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF THE SUBORDINATE AND SUPER-ORDINATE WITH RESPECT TO AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND DELEGATION IN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF FLINT AT THE ATTENDANCE CENTER LEVEL(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1973) BOBBY, M MITCHELL Sr; MCMILLAN, JOSEPH HIn this study the writer sought to determine if significant differences exist between the perceptions of the principals and community school directors with respect to the variables authority, responsibility, and delegation as measured by the following instruments: Responsibility, Authority and Delegation Scales; Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire; The Job Satisfaction and Job Expectations Questionnaire.ThesisItem Open Access DISTRIBUTION OF AUTHORITY IN KASETSART UNIVERSITY, BANGKOK, THAILAND(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 1974) KANOKVICHITRA, PULSRIABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLEThesisItem Open Access AN INTERORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS OF COORDINATION OF SERVICES BETWEEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SELECTED SOCIAL AGENCIES ON ONE COMMUNITY(RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, 1975) BLUMENKRANTZ, DAVID; HALSTED, DONALD LABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLEThesisItem Open Access PERCEPTIONS OF POWER AND AUTHORITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS(The University of Arkansas, 1975) STEFFERUD, JOHN ANTHONY; VANZANDT, BILL RABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLEThesisItem Open Access THE INFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN SELECTED VILLAGES OF KAIRA DISTRICT(GUJARAT, INDIA)(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 1970) HOGLE, HOMER LEFEVRETbit study attempts to identify the varied results of extension efforts In agriculture and to determine hew and vhy these results have varied. The basic problen therefore vas to determine the Influences of three extension agencies and to account for the differential effects of their influences on agricultural practices and production in selected villages of Kalra district in Gujarat state, India. The three major agricultural change agencies under study are l) the Anand Institute of Agriculture; 2) the Kalra District Panchayat—Agriculture Branch, a department of the Block Development Programme; and 3) the Kalra District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Limited. To Identify and isolate the Influences of the three agencies, It vas necessary to Identify and Isolate the differing influences emanating fro* the farcers and their villages. As a Beans tovard resolving the basic problem, four major objectives are pursued throughout the study—to determine and compere l) village adoption of improved farm practices, 2) village production of crops, 3) the Influences of farmer characteristics on adoption •nd production, and k ) the Influences of village characteristics on adoption and production. A purposive sample of eight villages vas selected to represent all possible combinations of Influences from the three agencies. Then a 5 to 10 percent stratified, randoa sample of farmers was selected from each village and administered a pretested-retested, structured interview schedule to determine personal characteristics, rates of adoption of lnproved faro practices, and comparative crop yields. Further data were collected by observation, report, and records. Analysis and Interpretation of the data indicate that the Institute of Agriculture has had the greatest Influence oc the adoption of lnproved far* practices, especially on the use of plant protection Materials, the employment of superior implements, the spread of dairy innovations, and the vide use of lnproved strains of tobacco. The Block Development Programme was found to be next most effective, especially in encouraging the use of high-yielding varieties of paddy and bejra, and the use of chemical fertilizers. Anul Dairy, when operating as the sole agency In a village, has not had a significant influence on the adoption of general farm practices, though It has had considerable success vlth Introducing dairy Innovations and developing cooperation vlthln and among the villages. An analysis of the production data Indicates that the Block Development Programme has had by far the cost significant Influence on increasing total agricultural production. The Institute has been next cost influential In Increasing total output, and Anul Dairy least so. The varying effectiveness of the agencies Is explained by the nethods •■ployed by each. The Block has been reasonably successful in employing extension techniques such as l) demonstration plots, 2) night meetings In the villages, end 3) crop competitions. The Institute has benefited the farmers most by conducting Farmers' Days co the Institute farms. In addition, it has had considerable success vith village Meetings and radio broadcasts. The Dairy has been most effective by scheduling educational excursions, sponsoring intensive village campaigns co specific practices, and running a highly successful Secretarial Training Programme. Despite strong evidence favoring the agencies' Joint presence In the village, the findings also reveal that the differences among farcers and villages have had a acre significant Influence on farcer performance, in teras of greater adoption of improved practices and production of crops, than the single or combined Influences of the three agencies. Howerer, all Of the villages under study have been influenced to sooe extent by all three agencies.ThesisItem Open Access THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL TELEPHONE NETWORK AND FACE-TO-FACE LECTURES FOR UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN-SERVICES TRAINING(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 1970) PELLETT, VERNON LLANO; THIEDE, WILSON BABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLEThesisItem Open Access Discriminant Function Analysis of Probationary And Nohn-probationary Students' Measured Values. Personality Needs And Socio-economic Background Factors(University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 1970) Thomas, Russell Eorle; Scott, William