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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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    A STUDY ON PERFORMANCE AND PERCEPTION OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS IN KALABURAGI DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE
    (2022-02-14) POOJA; PANKAJA, H K.
    The present study was conducted to analyze the performance of Farmer Producer Organizations and perception of FPO members in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka state. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study, total sample size was 125. Out of five FPOs selected for the study, 25 respondents were selected randomly from each FPOs. Personal interview method was used to collect the data. The study revealed that most of the respondents were belonged to middle age category (53.60%), small farmers category (44.00 %), 35.00 per cent of them have completed their high school level of education, majority of them had medium level of achievement motivation (53.60 %), management orientation (49.60 %), cosmopoliteness (56.80 %), mass media exposure (44.00 %), extension contact (52.80%) and organizational participation (52.80%). Most of the FPOs (47.20%) were having an average level of performance, followed by better (27.20%) and poor (25.60%) level of performance. With respect to perception of members, the study revealed that most of the members (43.20 %) were having average perception followed by better (30.40 %) and poor (26.40 %) level of perception about functioning of FPOs. The major constraints faced by FPO members were lack of processing units, custom hiring services and poor credit facilities. Establishment of fully equipped processing units and custom hiring services and ensuring credit facilities for the members were major suggestions expressed by FPO members. There has been substantial increase in number of FPOs in India, hence infrastructural and logistic facilities shall be provided for growth of FPOs.
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    ECONOMIC IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON IRRIGATION WATER PRODUCTIVITY, MIGRATION AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RURAL-URBAN INTERFACE OF NORTH BENGALURU
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2022-05-25) POOJA; Umesh, K.B
    Urbanization and migration in India are influenced by major differences in the patterns of social and economic development. Since urbanization has been identified as a key global concern in the coming decades, research on the rural–urban interface has expanded. The present study is a systematic approach to investigate how urbanisation, migration, and irrigation water productivity affect livelihoods of farm households in Bengaluru. The villages around the Bengaluru city were selected randomly and categorized into three gradients like urban, transition and rural gradients. The sample frame consisted of 260 farm households representing 60 from urban and 100 each from the transition and rural gradients. The result showed that highest rate of migration was in rural gradient with 52 per cent of households migrating followed by urban (46.67 %) and transition (35 %) gradient. The rural-urban migration pattern was the most important and dominating one among the four migration streams found in the study. In rural gradient, the migration was higher (41.76 %) because of prevalence of more wages at the destination than in origin followed by availability of better jobs (31.87 %). The result of the probit model showed that, among significant factors, education, household size, non-farm income and outstanding debt of the family had positive effect while, farm income alone had negative effect on the probability of household migration. Calculations on irrigation water productivity of major crops showed that the irrigation water productivity of tomato was higher compared to ragi, carrot and mulberry. The findings of the fractional probit model demonstrated that urban households had a positive and substantial effect on the livelihood security. The livelihood security index showed that urban households (0.61) had greater livelihood security than transition (0.55) and rural (0.52) households.
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    IMPACT OF IRRIGATION WATER SHORTAGE ON INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND FOOD SECURITY OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN TUNGABHADRA COMMAND AREA OF KARNATAKA-AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2018-08-01) POOJA; Umesh, K.B.
    The study examined the impact of irrigation water shortage on income, employment and food security of farm households in Tungabhadra command area of Karnataka. Based on the extent of net irrigated area under canal, Gangavathi taluk of Koppal district was selected for the study. A total of 120 households, 40 each from different water access regimes (head reach, mid reach and tail-end reach) were selected and the required field data pertaining to the year 2016-17 was collected through personal interview. The secondary data was collected from various institutions and published sources. The data was analysed using compound growth rates, Markov chain technique, cost and return concepts, Gini co-efficient index, nutritional security ratio and descriptive statistics. Results revealed that, the area under paddy crop is decreasing over the years mainly due to water shortage. In Gangavathi taluk, the annual household income of head reach farmers before and after water shortage was ` 6,35,293 and ` 5,59,970, respectively. Whereas, in tail-end reach, the annual household income before and after water shortage was ` 5,66,263 and ` 4,19,895, respectively. The annual household employment in all the three regimes was affected due to irrigation water deficits but it was more significant in middle-reach regime. Bore wells and ponds acted as a supplementary source of irrigation in periods of water shortages. Tail-end reach farmers (66 %) were vulnerable to food insecurity than that of middle (65 %) and head-reach (53 %) farm households measured in terms of proportion of food consumption expenditure.
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    STUDIES ON DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHY AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF EMERGING SPIDER MITE PEST SPECIES OF TETRANYCHUS
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BANGALORE, 2019-08-16) POOJA; SRINIVASA, N.
    DNA barcode data generated for Tetranychus okinawanus, T.truncatus and T.udaipurensis are complimentary to conventional morphological identification. Development and demography of three emerging spider mite pests were studied on host plants, Amaranth, Maize, Ridge gourd and French bean at four different constant temperature (22º-34ºC) and humidity conditions (67-80%). Development of T.okinawanus, T.truncatus and T.udaipurensis female was faster (6.16 days on Amaranth and 6.56 on Ridge gourd; 6.67 days on Amaranth and 6.91 on Maize; 7.31 days on French bean and 7.42 days on Ridge gourd, respectively) at the higher temperature of 34ºC. Effective Temperature Threshold and Thermal Constant for the corresponding mite species on their more preferred host plant were, 13.92ºC; 122.22 degree days, 14.39ºC; 116.67 dd and 10.28ºC; 155.65 dd. For reproduction (female longevity, fecundity & sex ratio) and demography of mite species, the favourable temperature range was 26º-30ºC. Chief demographic parameters viz., Mean Generation Time, Doubling Time, Net Reproduction Rate and Intrinsic rate of Natural Increase of different mite species on the preferred host plant were: T.okinawanus ex. Amaranth -19 to 25 days, 3.14 to 3.94 days, 63 to 84 females and 0.180 to 0.229 females/day; T.truncatus ex. Amaranth–15 to 27 days, 2.9 to 4.5 days, 42 to 64 females and 0.160 to 0.268 females/day; T.udaipurensis ex. French bean-16 to 20 days, 2.98 to 3.80 days, 42 to 48 days and 0.200 to 0.248 females/day, respectively. In the event of changing climatic conditions, T.okinawanus & T.truncatus on Amaranth and T.udaipurensis on French bean might emerge as potential pests.