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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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Subject: Forest Product and Utilisation × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    MARKET STATUS OF HONEY AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FOOD PRODUCTS IN BENGALURU CITY
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2010-07-10) SAVITA, HULAMANI; SHIVALEELA, H B
    Honey is the prime value added product of bee keeping both from quantitative and an economic point of view. Consumers concern over the quality and safety has intensified in recent years, followed by need for healthy and alternate sweetener. The present study was undertaken in Bengaluru city to study the market status, consumer’s preference and product development utilizing honey as a sweetener. randomly 120 shops were selected and honey related products, different brand names of honey that are available in marketing shops, cost, label information and type of packaging were studied. Information regarding consumption and purchasing pattern of honey by the selected 100 consumers was collected using structure questioner developed and pre tested. It was observed from the study that among different brand names of honey in Bangaluru, dabur is the only brand, marketed in both food bazaars and pharmaceuticals which accounts to 90 per cent which indicates insufficient value chain of honey, cost and quality which is lagging behind in meeting the market demand. Analysis of the consumer’s responses revealed that nearly 37 per cent of the respondents were partially aware of honey and its benefits and 63 per cent of the respondents were fully aware. Higher weightage was given to health benefits followed by nutritive value of honey. An attempt to develop commercially viable honey product part of the study under which, honey paan beeda, potato sticks, puffs, omum biscuits and swiss role were developed using different proportion of honey and found acceptable when subjected for sensory evaluation.