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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa

In the imperial Gazetteer of India 1878, Pusa was recorded as a government estate of about 1350 acres in Darbhanba. It was acquired by East India Company for running a stud farm to supply better breed of horses mainly for the army. Frequent incidence of glanders disease (swelling of glands), mostly affecting the valuable imported bloodstock made the civil veterinary department to shift the entire stock out of Pusa. A British tobacco concern Beg Sutherland & co. got the estate on lease but it also left in 1897 abandoning the government estate of Pusa. Lord Mayo, The Viceroy and Governor General, had been repeatedly trying to get through his proposal for setting up a directorate general of Agriculture that would take care of the soil and its productivity, formulate newer techniques of cultivation, improve the quality of seeds and livestock and also arrange for imparting agricultural education. The government of India had invited a British expert. Dr. J. A. Voelcker who had submitted as report on the development of Indian agriculture. As a follow-up action, three experts in different fields were appointed for the first time during 1885 to 1895 namely, agricultural chemist (Dr. J. W. Leafer), cryptogamic botanist (Dr. R. A. Butler) and entomologist (Dr. H. Maxwell Lefroy) with headquarters at Dehradun (U.P.) in the forest Research Institute complex. Surprisingly, until now Pusa, which was destined to become the centre of agricultural revolution in the country, was lying as before an abandoned government estate. In 1898. Lord Curzon took over as the viceroy. A widely traveled person and an administrator, he salvaged out the earlier proposal and got London’s approval for the appointment of the inspector General of Agriculture to which the first incumbent Mr. J. Mollison (Dy. Director of Agriculture, Bombay) joined in 1901 with headquarters at Nagpur The then government of Bengal had mooted in 1902 a proposal to the centre for setting up a model cattle farm for improving the dilapidated condition of the livestock at Pusa estate where plenty of land, water and feed would be available, and with Mr. Mollison’s support this was accepted in principle. Around Pusa, there were many British planters and also an indigo research centre Dalsing Sarai (near Pusa). Mr. Mollison’s visits to this mini British kingdom and his strong recommendations. In favour of Pusa as the most ideal place for the Bengal government project obviously caught the attention for the viceroy.

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Subject: Extension Education × Author: Sudhamini, Yedida × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2019 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Study on coconut production technology among the growers of east Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, 2019) Sudhamini, Yedida; Singh, Ashok Kumar
    The coconut palm which is commonly recognized as KALPAVRISHA, botanically known as “Cocus nucifera” is economically very important horticultural plantation crop as it provides a variety of products like copra, tender nuts, coconut water, coir, shell-based products, fuel, toddy, coconut leaf for roofing and thatching purposes in rural areas. Globally India ranks third in the area of coconut after Indonesia and Philippines and first in production and productivity. In India more than 90% of the total coconut production is from four major coconut growing southern states i.e., Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh occupies fourth place in area and production but supersedes the top three states in productivity. Among the major coconut growing districts in Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari district stands first in area and production. Coconut is an important cash crop as well as crucial in shaping the social livelihood of people of East Godavari district. The present study entitled “A study on coconut production technology among the growers of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh” elucidates the extent of knowledge of coconut growers and paves the way to access the adoption of recommended coconut practices. Post-graduate degree Programme : M.Sc. (Ag.) Department : Extension Education Name of the Student : YEDIDA SUDHAMINI Major Subject : Extension Education Minor Subject : Agronomy Major Advisor : DR. ASHOK KUMAR SINGH Registration No. : M/EE/185/2017-2018 Title of the research problem : A STUDY ON COCONUT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AMONG THE GROWERS OF EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Year of submission : 2019 Total pages in the thesis : 106+i-xiii(Bibliography) An ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. Ainivilli and I.Polavaram mandals from East Godavari district were purposively selected and four villages namely Chintana Lanka, Madupalle, Yedurulanka, Pasuvullanka were identified for the study. A total of 100 respondents, 25 respondents from each village constituted the sample. The socio-personal and economic characteristics of the coconut growers, their extent of knowledge and adoption regarding production practices of coconut, perceived constraints in adoption and suitable strategies suggested by them were studied through this research efforts. The analysis of the collected data revealed that majority of the coconut growers were middle aged (45%), belonged to general category (46%), having agriculture alone as their main occupation (46%), pursued primary to middle school level of education (29%) and high school to intermediate level (28%) and were medium farmers (39%), having medium area under coconut (43%) and medium levels of scientific orientation (69%), economic orientation (59%), management orientation (65%), extension contacts (68%) and communication behaviour (67%). It also depicted that majority of the selected respondents possessed medium level of knowledge (70%) and medium level of adoption (69%). It further exposed that higher levels of knowledge and adoption were observed pertaining to practices like cropping system and intercultural operations. Multiple linear regression analysis portrayed that all the selected variables put together accounted for 70.60% variation in extent of knowledge and 69.20% variation in extent of adoption. The study depicted that labour and marketing constraints were perceived as major constraints. It also emphasized that the scarcity of labour during peak period, high cost of the labour and middle-men exploitation were more other important constraints. During the study, majority of the respondents suggested the strategies like direct marketing (71%), labour availability (67%), better transport facilities (63%), mechanization (58%), better remunerative prices (51%), providing financial subsidies (49%), promoting extension activities (47%), providing processing and storage facilities (43%) for enhancing coconut production.