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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: Home Science Extension Education × Author: GUPTA, GINISHA × End date: 2024 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    KNOWLEDGE OF RURAL WOMEN ABOUT FOOD AND NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS OF INFANTS
    (DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) GUPTA, GINISHA; Kumari, Punam
    The study entitled, “knowledge of rural women about food and nutrition requirements of infants” was conducted in the Mansi Block at Khagaria district of Bihar. A Ex post facto research design was used for this study. Total 100 respondents were selected by using random sampling method with the specific objectives. To study the socio economic status of the respondents, to study the knowledge of rural women regarding food and Nutritional requirements of infants, to study relationship between socio economic status of the respondents and their knowledge regarding food and nutritional requirements of the infants. An interview schedule was prepared for collecting the data in the study. An interview was planned for the respondents' socio personal knowledge, keeping in mind the objectives and variables under review. Data was collected through personal Interview with the help of prepared interview schedule. The findings of the present investigation indicate that majority of the respondents (53 percent) were from (26-29) age group and all respondents (62 percent) belonged to the OBC category. The maximum number of respondents (60 percent) were from primary education Level. The maximum number of respondents ((67 percent) had upto 5 family members. The majority of the respondents (70.67 percent) belonged to joint family. Most of the respondents (66 percent) were House wife. Most of them (55 percent) belonged to the medium income category (70,000- 1,00,000) as their annual income. Majority of them (86 percent) were landless. Most of them (34 respondents) were living in pucca house. The maximum number of the respondents (78 percent) had medium mass media exposure (8-16) and the maximum number of them (56 percent) belonged to member of one organization. Majority of the infants (34 percent) were under 7 to 9 months of age. Majority of the infants (62 percent) were male child in the research area and majority of them (48 percent) were the second child in the family. The result of the knowledge of rural women about food and nutrition requirements of infants, i.e, value of „r‟ thus found was 0.76 and the value of validity was 0.73. The test was thus reliable and the majority of the respondents (71 percent) were in the category of medium knowledge with mean of 17.493. The relationship between socio-economic status of the respondents and the knowledge regarding health and nutrition requirements of the infants: The variables namely, Annual income Family type, Family size and Milch and small animals was negatively correlated with the knowledge of rural women regarding food and nutrition requirement of infants. Type of house was found to be positively and significantly related with the knowledge of rural women regarding food and nutrition requirement of infants at 0.05 percent level of significance. Type of house was found to be positively and significantly related with the knowledge of rural women regarding food and nutrition requirement of infants at 0.05 percent level of significance. The regression analysis between socio-economic status of the respondents and their knowledge regarding food and nutrition requirements of the infants: Independent variables Age, Social participation, Mass media and annual income was positively significantly related with knowledge of rural women regarding food and nutrition requirements of the infants at 1 percent level of significance. If their Age, Social participation, Mass media and Annual income increase, the knowledge of rural women regarding food and nutritional requirement of the infant also increase. Age of infant was positive and significant at 10 percent level with increase in the age of infant, the knowledge of rural women regarding food and nutritional requirement of infant also increases.