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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: Food and Nutrition × Author: Ayushree, BR Abha × Start date: 1983 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Impact of dietary counseling on nutritional status of the pregnant women and their birth outcome
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Ayushree, BR Abha; Kumari, Sunita
    Pregnancy is a stage of highest anabolic activity when the speedy rate of development takes place. The normal period of pregnancy is 280 days (forty weeks) from the first day of the Last Menstrual Period (LMP). Throughout pregnancy, the growing foetus is entirely dependent on the mother’s diet. Maternal nutrition is vitally important for sound health of the child, as well as for the infant’s long term development. In the present study, a total of 40 pregnant women at first trimester of aging 17-30 years were selected from Harpur panchayat in Pusa block, Samastipur district, Bihar. The division of subjects were done on the basis of two groups; first the control group with monitoring of weight gain through schedule and second the experimental group with dietary counselling including monitoring of weight gain. Dietary counselling was provided to the selected subjects in a unified manner through various nutritional speeches, group discussions, slideshare presentation and illustrations for 6 months. The impact of the study was assessed in respect of development in dietary consumption, anthropometric, haemoglobin level and weight gain of the selected mothers in each month until delivery. The result of the study showed that dietary consumption of foods from different food groups significantly Name of the student : BR ABHA AYUSHREE Registration number : M/FN/480/2018-19 Degree to be awarded : Master of Science (Community Science) Department : Food and Nutrition College : College of Community Science Major advisor : Dr.(Mrs.) Sunita Kumari Total pages of research work : 86 pages + (i-xii) bibliography Title of the research problem : “Impact of dietary counseling on nutritional status of the pregnant women and their birth outcome”. increases in the experimental group after providing counselling however the nourishment still remained insufficient. Consumption of various food groups was higher in both the groups after imparting dietary counselling but a significantly greater increase in the consumption of pulses along with legumes, cereals along with millets, GLV‘s, fruits, sugar with jaggery, fats and oils, meat, fish, poultry products, milk and milk products was seen in the experimental group in contrast to control group because of positive effect of dietary counselling on their dietary intake. A significant effect of dietary counselling was seen in the consumption of different nutrients like energy, protein, fat, β-carotene, vitamin-C, folic acid, calcium and iron of the experimental group. The weight gain during pregnancy was also more in the experimental group in contrast to control group due to positive effect of dietary counselling on their dietary consumption. The mean haemoglobin level of the subjects in experimental group was 11.31±0.47 g/dl. It was observed to be higher as compared to control group where the mean Haemoglobin level was 11.00±00 g/dl which caused a decrease by 15 per cent in moderate anaemic subjects of the experimental group. The neonate’s birth weight in the experimental group was significantly greater than the control group whereas the occurrence of low birth weight (LBW) in the control group was relatively more as compared to experimental group. Nutritional status of the pregnant mothers showed positive correlation with newborn’s birth weight. Newborn’s birth weight was estimated to be positively related with age, education and pregnant mother’s nutritional status. Thus, dietary counselling determined to be an essential factor in development of subject’s maternal and child weight gain. The study suggests that dietary counselling ought to be a vital part throughout pregnancy to achieve maternal nutritional status and child health status.