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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: Family Resource Management × Author: Arya, Nisha × End date: 2024 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Household waste management through the production of Vermicompost
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Arya, Nisha; Kala, Shishir
    Couple of things that are undeniable in natural life for example death, change and the other one is waste. Nothing we can do with the first two, but the waste can be managed and reduced by applying proper management strategies. ‘Waste’ is considered as a global issue. As per the data revealed by the World Bank (2018), stated that 90 per cent of the waste amenably discarded in the landfill sites. The organic waste fraction varies between 40 and 60 per cent of the total solid waste streams of India. By knowing all these things modern science has been proved that there’s no material in the world which is not useful in one way or other and change the definition of waste. Vermicomposting, as a tool of Household Waste Management, is organized conversion of household’s organic waste into a bio-fertilizer (vermicompost) with the help of earthworms. The present study was conducted in University’s residential area Pusa, Bihar. This study was examined to identify the feasibility of vermicomposting in the University residential area and its benefits as a Household Waste Management methods in Pusa. Therefore, by keeping all the aspects into consideration, the following objectives have been taken to study: To study the socio-personal and economic profile of respondents, to assess the biodegradable and non- biodegradable waste per household, to analyze possible revenue generation from household waste through vermicomposting and to observe the constraint perceived and suggestions for improvement in the process of household waste management. Study flagged that there was no relationship of caste, religion and marital status on knowledge on waste management methods. The findings from the study showed that ‘r’ value 0.307 showed a modest positive relationship between total family incomes with KAP. The relationship between the education level with knowledge and practices was ‘r’ value 0.579 which was the most significant at 5% level and indicated sturdy positive relationships. Only 2 per cent gap displayed between the respondent’s knowledge and practices towards the HWM through Vermicomposting which verified that respondents who had less knowledge regarding HWM through vermicomposting were also participating in HWM through management. It was found that mostly woman were responsible for the waste separation and management activities at home. Approximately 55 per cent of the respondents were willingly agreed to pay an additional amount for HWM through vermicomposting. The study pop attention to the verdicts which revealed that each individual generated 0.31kg of waste per capita per day and 1.12 kg of waste per household in Pusa who are residing at the university’s residential campus. Maximum people agreed that HWM through vermicompost creates prominent impact on environment. The study also specified that cost-benefit analysis on HWM through vermicomposting was found 1.44 which proved that has the additional efficiency to generate glowing employment with the improving environment and health benefits. There were no major constraints perceived by respondents, but they suggested to the door to door service providers to fixed proper time every day. It is evinced that the project on HWM through vermicomposting initiated by the University gives a hilarious outcome. Therefore, it can be concluded that the vermicomposting technology, feeding two birds with one scone as this is an environmentally friendly process, managing household waste and provides useful product for sustainable agriculture applications with a fringe benefit that it could also generate revenue and employment.