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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: MANISHA × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2022 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF ROLE OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE IN SAKRA BLOCK OF MUZAFFARPUR DISTRICT OF BIHAR
    (Dr.RPCAU, Pusa, 2022) MANISHA; KUMARI, ARUNIMA
    Women represent about half of the country's population, and their contributions are critical in emerging countries like India. A country cannot flourish until the situation of women is improved. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy, and agriculture employs more than 60% of the population. In rural parts of the country, the majority of households, 70 percent of which are dependent on agriculture and its linked sectors, do not have any other source of income. Women are extremely important in rural India. In the agricultural sector their impact may be observed across every field of agriculture and its related activities, such as crop farming, fruit and vegetable production, among others. The study was carried out in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Muzaffarpur district was selected randomly for the study. Out of 38 blocks in Muzaffarpur district, sakra block was selected for the study and Saraiya and Jagdishpur Baghnagri villages was selected for the study. A total sample of 120 respondents taken for the study that is i.e., 60 respondent each from Saraiya and Jagdishpur Baghngri. By keeping all these things in mind, these objectives have been formulated for above said study. 1. To study the socio-economic status of women in Sakra block of Muzaffarpur District. 2. To find out the role of women in agriculture and allied sectors in study area. 3 To identify the factors influencing the role of women in agriculture of research area. 4. To identify the constraints faced by women in the field of agriculture sectors. Major findings of study - It was found out of 120 farm women 48.83 percent were illiterate. 17 respondent which means 14.16 percent belonged to general caste. It was observed that almost 71.67 % of respondents were working in leased in land. 55.84 % of respondents had medium (2.2-5.7 score) level of extension participation ,23.33 % had low (<2.2) and 20.83 % had high (>5.7) level of extension participation. That 86.67 % of the respondents participated in dairy followed by 66.7 % of the respondents involved in kitchen gardening whereas 20% of them were engaged in poultry while 14.17 % of farm women were involved in Agri- processing. It is also evident that none of the farm women were participated in Mushroom cultivation and Bee keeping. It was found that –caste, education, annual income, housing type, land holding type, extension participation contacts is positively significant at 1% level where as age was negatively significant at 5% level in agriculture participation. The data exhibit that the lack of money, lack of land holding and lack of education were discovered to be top 3 constraints experienced by the farm women.