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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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Author: K C, MARJANA BEEGUM × Start date: 2006 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CROPPING PATTERN IN KERALA
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 41838) K C, MARJANA BEEGUM; H, CHANDRASHEKAR
    Change in cropping pattern implies a change in proportion of area under different crops. The study aimed at analyzing the changes in cropping pattern in Kerala with the help of time series data for a period of 20 years from 1993-94 to 2012-13 and for four sub periods viz. Period I (1993-94 to 1997-98), period II (1998-99 to 2002-03), period III (2003-04 to 2007-08) and period IV (2008-09 to 2012-13) over districts of the state. Data are collected from the Department of Economics and Statistics, Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala state experienced declining trend in area under food crops while the area under cash crops increased during the study period. The state experienced diversified cropping pattern during last twenty years and the inference is supported by Kendall’s coefficient of concordance and rank correlation coefficient. Extent of diversification varies considerably across the districts, while some districts have highly diversified cropping pattern. Certain other districts have shown tendency to move towards specialization. Multiple regression analysis revealed that annual rainfall, number of market, road length and land holdings were the factors responsible for the changes in cropping pattern. Though the environmental factors are more congenial to diversify crops in the state, socio-economic factors do act as barriers in adopting diversified cropping pattern. On the other hand the development of infrastructure like road and markets facilitates to move towards specialization. Ginger, tapioca and sweet potato showed higher degree of maladjustment indicating that districts with higher area under these crops have registered lower productivity.