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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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ThesisItem Open Access ROLE OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY IN SAMASTIPUR DISTRICT OF BIHAR(DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) SHUKLA, PRAGATI; Kumari, ArunimaAgriculture is the backbone of Indian economy as roughly 70 -75 % of its population depends directly or indirectly on agriculture. Women play key role in agricultural production, processing and natural resource management. Rural women perform numerous labour intensive jobs such as weeding, hoeing, grass cutting, irrigation, plant protection, harvesting, keeping of livestock and its other associated activities like milking, milk processing, etc. Economic Survey 2017-18 says that with growing rural to urban migration by men, there is ‘feminization’ of agriculture sector, with increasing number of women in multiple roles as cultivators, entrepreneurs, and labourers. Based on facts and evidences, it can be summarized that in future woman will be represent in both form as a housewife and as a woman, but also farmers, now we have a wealth of pragmatic evidence demonstrating that women actively involve in agriculture development in all regions, crop zones, facing numourous disadvantage such as a lack of access to education and public life.They have shown a response to change and developments. Regional disparties in women’s participation are. Ofcourse due to a number of factors, concluding their important positions in the manufacturing process, cultural values and customs, caste restriction, the introduction of labourdisplacing innovations, and shifts in production relations, to name a few. These are not static and must be regarded as part of a continuous process of transition. Objective of the study 1. To study the socio- economical, psychological attributes of farm women and their role in decision making in the field of agriculture in research area. 2. To examine the women’s participation in various agricultural activities in the locale area. 3. To find out the changing scenario of participation of men and women in agriculture work. 4. To identify the constraints of farm women in performing the agricultural work in research area. Methodology The current investigation was conducted in Bihar. Out of 38 district of Sanastipur district was choose purposively. Out of 20 blocks in Samastipur Pusa block and Kalyanpur block were selected purposively. In Pusa block Harpur and Bhuskaul villages were selected and in Kalyanpur block Ladaura and Tara villages were selected. The last step of the sampling process involved selecting respondents from each of the four villages. Within the selected villages, 30 respondents each were selected randomly for the study. So the total number of respondent were 120. Welldeveloped scheduled was made for the collection of data from the respondents. Secondary data was taken from published and unpublished records, books, journals, government reports and publications. The collected data were analyzed using mean, frequency and percentage method, binomial logit model and correlation coefficient. Major findings of the study From the present study it was found that 70% farm women were marginal land holders (<1hac) and 75.83% farm women annual income was more than 109586 rupees per year. And 86.66% farm women possesed only 0 to 4 agricultural assets. 81.66% farm women were economic motivated. From this study it was found that, women involvement in various farm related activities effect the decision making behaviour of farm women, it was positively significant (0.000) For this it can be concluded that if 1 unit of participation of farm women will increase than decision making will increase 20.1%. Land holding and extension participation are positively associated with women’s participation in various agricultural activites at 1 percent level of significant. Annual income and agriculture assets possesion are positively associated with women’s participation in various agricultural activites at 5 percent level of significant. However educational year was not found to be correlated with women’s participation in agricultural activities. Three-quarters of Bihari's women are in farming occupations. The proportion of women employed in agriculture in the state was estimated at 19.32%. A total of 19.48% of all agricultural workers were female, in rural areas, while 14.1% were female in urban areas. Harvesting of crops was the most common occupation of women (14,56%) subsequently by planting (11,36%). from the present study it was found that the main constraints percieved by farm while performing the agricultural work was economic motivation with mean value 4.17 followed by risk taking ability with mean value 3.42 and so on.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF GENDER BIASNESS ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF GIRL CHILDREN IN NALBARI DISTRICT OF ASSAM(DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) Roy, Payel; Kumari, Punam“Every child comes into this world with the message that God is not yet disappointed with man”- a famous quotation by Rabindranath Tagore. But in reality, from ancient times, girl child is neglected and hated even before her birth and is based on centuries-old religious and sayings. With the advancement of humanity, education and awareness, the status of women is changing all over the globe, including India but still in most places the social position and rights of women is confined within the four walls of houses, performing various household activities, taking care of children and families. It represents the dominate nature of men over women. Not only women, but also girls, face discrimination in all segments of society. Early childhood years lay a basic foundation for inculcation of strong base for adult life and success. In that contrary if a girl child encounters gender bias and discriminated against boys in the early stages of her life, it affects her physical & motor, cognitive and emotional wellbeing. Discrimination and neglect in childhood initiates a lifelong downfall which adversely affect the holistic growth and development of girl children. The present study entitled with the general objective as “Effect of Gender Biasness on Growth and Development of Girl Children in Nalbari District of Assam” conducted in Nalbari District of Assam with four major objectives viz.1) to study the socio economic status of the respondents; 2) to study the gender biasness in the family and society; 3) to study the growth and developmental pattern of girl child as compared to boys; 4) to study the impact of gender biasness on growth and development of girl children. Nalbari district of Assam was purposively selected as locale of the study. This study aimed to make an in-depth understanding of the debilitating practice of gender bias and its effect on the growth and development of girl children. Nalbari and Pachim Nalbari were two randomly selected blocks and one village from each block constituted the locale of the study. Twenty-five households each selected from each block and as a result, fifty households with children of both the sexes were chosen, with a total of 100 respondents as the sample of the study. The demographic characteristics and prevalence of gender bias were independent variables and its effect on growth and development was dependent variable. The socioeconomic status of the respondents included age, gender, family size and type, category, education, social participation, occupation, annual family income, milch and small animals holding and mass media exposure. To obtain pertinent data, personal interview schedule and questionnaire methods were used. Appropriate statistical tools and measurements were used for analysis of data such as Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard deviation, Pearson correlation and Paired sample test. The study revealed that majority of the respondents with socioeconomic variables like age; annual family income and mass media exposure were under medium level in the study. Rest of socioeconomic variables like gender (found female-dominated); category (largest part were General); education (majority were educated up to graduate level and above); marital status (all of the respondents were married); family size (mostly up to 4 members); family type (mostly nuclear family); social participation (majority were non- participant in any organization); occupation (majority had business as their primary occupation); house (mostly had pucca houses) and milch and small animals holding (more than half of the respondents do not own any livestock). The findings also indicated that majority of the respondents agreed about the existence of gender biasness in the dimensions of Basic needs, Socialization, Health, Nutrition and Education and strongly agreed in Decision making. Overall majority of the respondents agreed about the prevalence of gender bias in the family and society.The study also revealed that out of a total of 11 variables, 5 variables were found to be negatively correlated with gender bias. The four variables such as age, education, occupation and house were found negatively significant at 1% whereas fifth variable i.e. annual income of family was negatively significant at 5% level. The Pearson correlation (r) values were -0.429, -0.488, -0.627, -0.544 and -0.305 respectively. However, variables such as sex, caste, type of family, size of family, milch and small animals holding and mass media exposure were insignificant with gender bias.The Paired sample test of different domains of growth and development between boys and girls revealed that boys were significantly (1% level) more developed than girls in the domains of Physical & Motor development and Cognitive development (t values are 33.323 and 4.175, respectively). Girls were significantly more developed than boys in the domain of Moral development (t value is 3.145), which was significant at 1% level. Language, Social, and Emotional development, on the other hand, were found to be insignificant. The present study indicated that girls were less developed in the domains of Physical & Motor and Cognitive development as a result of Gender biasness. Hence, gender bias had an adverse effect on different domains of growth and development among girl children in Nalbari district of Assam.ThesisItem Open Access To Study the Effect of Online Teaching as a Method of Formal Education as Compared to Classroom Instruction(DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) Yadav, Khushboo; Kumari, PunamOnline education became an integral part of the students’ life, especially after the spread of COVID-19. The shift of traditional classroom environment into mechanized and less administered way affected the students’ performances and the drastic changes in the curriculum and teaching-learning environment impacted the performances of the students directly or indirectly. These conditions urged to investigate the effect of online education on the students’ performance and effectiveness of the modern education system (Online education) with respect to traditional classroom education. The present research was attempted to formulation and standardization of the teaching material and methods for the study where an appropriate content was formulated and standardized by the extension scientists. Secondly, the testing tool for the study was developed. To test the relative effectiveness of both the methods in bringing desired learning outcomes into the pupils. Lecture was the teaching method used for classroom instruction and online delivery. To deliver lecture, content on the aspect of ‘Role of Organization in Training and Development’ was developed. From the content a knowledge test containing were twenty knowledge items were formulated and standardized by the extension scientists. Finally a total number of twenty items were selected for the test. Lastly two groups i.e., control group and experimental group were fed with the knowledge test without the treatment of the lecture and online education respectively and the scores were recorded. Then both the groups were provided lecture i.e., control group in Classroom mode and experimental group in Online mode. Then again the knowledge test was fed to both the groups and the scores were recorded. The results showed that there was a significant difference between Online Education and Classroom Instruction i.e., the control group performed better than the experimental group (Online Education).ThesisItem Open Access KNOWLEDGE OF RURAL WOMEN ABOUT FOOD AND NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS OF INFANTS(DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) GUPTA, GINISHA; Kumari, PunamThe 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.ThesisItem Open Access STATUS OF WOMEN AGRIPRENEURS IN BIHAR(DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) MOHANTA, DIBYA SHIKHA; Kumari, ArunimaIndian economy mainly consists of agriculture as more than 60 percent of people depend on agriculture directly or indirectly for their living which means one in every two individual occupation is agriculture. So, Agripreneurship becomes an essential way to develop the economic condition of the country. As women constitute almost half of the population of the country and their contribution extends from agriculture, food security, horticulture to food processing, nutrition, so agripreneurship of women is essential not only for women empowerment but also for development of Indian economy. It is seen that very large population of India is still below poverty line and Bihar is one of the poorest states in the country. According to census 2011, Bihar total literacy rate is 63.82 percent among which female literacy rate is 53.33 percent. And due to low literacy rate and employment crises it is not possible for many of them to get employment. So, Agripreneurship is the only way that employ many women livings in both rural and urban area, especially for the women who are practicing farming and thereby making them independent and rising their status. Keeping all the facts into mind, the following objectives were framed under this study: 1. To find out sector wise no. of Women Agripreneurs present in study area. 2. To find out role of different institutions in promotion of Women Agripreneurs. 3. To ascertain the factors influencing Agripreneurship behaviour of women. 4. To study major challenges faced by Women Agripreneurs. Methodology The study was conducted in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. These two districts were selected purposively as Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University main campus and sub campus is situated in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur respectively. Samastipur consist of 20 blocks out of which 2 blocks namely Pusa and Kalyanpur were selected for study. And Muzaffarpur consist of 16 blocks out of which Sakra and Muzzafarpur town area were selected and the study was extended to more blocks of Muzaffarpur which include Saraiya and Bochaha blocks purposefully to complete the study properly. Total sample of 120 women agripreneurs were taken from different sectors. Total type of 10 agro-based enterprise were selected for the study namely mushroom enterprise, papad making, bakery unit, pickle making using preservation technique of fruits and vegetables, poultry enterprise, animal husbandry (goat rearing and cow for its milk), organic vegetable enterprise, textile enterprise, honey enterprise and Lac bangle enterprise. The dependent variable was factors affecting decision making behaviour of women agripreneurs, Schedule was also developed to measure the independent and dependent variables and some tools were also used. Major finding of the study: From the research study it can be concluded that major purpose of women agripreneurs to start enterprise was financial need of the family. So, need of money was a major factor for women agripreneurs that influenced them to start an enterprise. The study showed that most of the women agripreneurs (97.5%) were married and belonged to middle age group (63.33%) and it was found that married middle age women had more responsibilities of family. Average education level that was seen was up to 10th and 59.17 percent belong to OBC category. The study revealed that among 10 different enterprises, 22.5 percent women were involved in vegetable production and was highest percent involvement among other enterprises. Nearby, 50 percent of women agripreneurs monthly income was seen between 5000 to 15000. Various institutions that supported women agripreneurs were KVK, AICRP on mushroom, Madhumakhi Palan Kendra, AICRP on Home Science, State Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda. It was also known from the study that majority of decision related to enterprise deciding selling area were taken with husband. It was known from the study that women agripreneurs had good knowledge about different training institutions whose mean was found 1.55 but had very less knowledge regarding financial institutions (mean = 0.64). The source of finance for majority (77.5%) of women agripreneurs was their family and very less preferred to take loan from bank, it was found that due to so many formalities and lengthy procedure they don’t prefer to take loan from bank. Regarding mass media exposure it was found that internet was used by majority of women agripreneurs whose mean was found 2.6 and magazine was not preferred by maximum of them (mean = 0.092). Major obstacles faced while starting of enterprise was unavailability of raw material at less cost (mean = 0.39) followed by negative attitude of people whose mean was found 0.37, and it was known that family support was received by most of them (mean = 0.97). Major problem faced during running their enterprise was selling problem whose mean was found 0.57 and 27.5 percent faced restrictions while it come to marketing and selling of products.ThesisItem Open Access AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SCIENCE LABORATRIES, COMPUTER AND INTERNET IN HIGH SCHOOLS- AN ANALYTICAL STUDY IN SAMASTIPUR DISTRICT OF BIHAR(DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) RANI, ASHA; Kumari, ArunimaAim: To determine the availability and accessibility of Science laboratories, computer and internet facilities in high schools. The study was conducted in purposively selected in Samastipur district as it is near by Dr Rajendraprashad central agriculture university. There are 20 blocks in Samastipur district, out of which two block’s were selected randomly for the study namely; Pusa and Kalyanpur. From Pusa block, two school’s were selected so total 60 respondent’s were selected and from Kalyanpur, total 30 respondents were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The total sample comprised of 90 respondents which included 75 students and 15 teachers. Data was collected through teachers and students by well structured interview method and “Semi-Structure interview method”; schedule from the 90 respondents.Smart phone was used by 6.7% (5) of the students. All the teachers used laptop, smart phone, Google meet and power point respectively. 84% (63) of the students were having experience in computer and internet. 73.3% (11) of the teachers were having experience in computer and internet. More than 6 months of ICT training was acquired by 38.7% and 20% of the students and teachers respectively. Positive and uncertain attitude towards internet was reported among 93.3% and 6.7% of the teachers respectively. The most important constraint was lack of time for usage of lab as well as more students &less labs followed by access to labs for limited time as well as access to computer & internet for limited time. The most common reason for constraint among teachers was lack of awareness among teachers about benefits of laboratories as well as lack of awareness among teachers about benefits of computer & internet usage facilities. Age, family income, facilities in school and experience in computer & internet were found to be negatively correlated with constraints faced during usage of ICT tools. Once the staff and students are able to use ICT technologies effectively, the teaching, learning and research activities in the university and college will be made easier for the university and college community. ICT usage will facilitate development since there will be free flow of information.ThesisItem Open Access An impact study of MGNREGA in Dimapur district of Nagaland(DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Longchar, Wangshitula; Kumari, ArunimaAccording to the census of 2011, 70 per cent of India constitutes of rural households. A very large portion of rural India is still living under the poverty line. Therefore there was an immediate need for alleviating the problems of poverty and unemployment in India. On August 2005, the NREGA scheme was passed in India which was first proposed and conceptualised by the then Prime Minister P.V Narasimha Rao in 1991 and finally it was enacted in September 2005. It was later renamed by the Government of India as MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) on 2nd October 2009. The MGNREGA scheme was launched to tackle the problems of poverty and unemployment by generating 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to every registered household under the scheme by the government. This act also aimed at improving not just the income of the people but also helped in generation of assets in the community. Keeping these facts into minds, the following objectives were framed to complete this study: 1. To examine the socio-economic status of MGNREGA beneficiaries of the selected area. 2. To find out the awareness of the respondents about MGNREGA and the functioning and budgeting of MGNREGA in the sample area. 3. To evaluate the impact (impact on their socio-economic status and behavioural change) on the respondents. 4. To find out the constraints faced by government officials and the people in running the MGNREGA.ThesisItem Open Access A comparative study of mind-mapping with lecture as a tool of instruction(DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Mishra, Sushmita; Kumari, PunamA Mind-map is a visual representation of hierarchical information that includes a central idea surrounded by connected branches of associated topics or facts. The investigator studied about the effectiveness of Mind-map with lecture as a tool of instruction. Under this study, the knowledge test items were prepared on the topic of „Basic concepts of Public Relations‟ by the investigator for the purpose. Lecture method and Mind-map along with lecture were the two treatments used in the study. The knowledge test were fed to fifty B.Sc. Community Science students who were divided into two groups i.e., Control group and Experimental group, having 25 students each. Pre-test was given to both the groups before delivering the lecture. The control group was taught using lecture method and the experimental group was taught about the topic through Mind-map along with lecture method. The mean difference of experimental group was 1.36, while it was only 0.28 for control group. The analysis of variance of post test, for control group and experimental group was found to be significant with calculated „f‟ value of 8.57 thus, it can be concluded that by improvising the teaching technique by incorporating mind-map along with lecture method, the effectiveness of the teaching increases significantly.ThesisItem Open Access Impact of psychopersonal traits of teacher and interactive teaching methods on classroom learning outcomes of B.Sc. community science students(DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Sahu, Rojalin; Kumari, PunamThe present study was conducted in “Dr.Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University”, Pusa with the objective to assess the association between Psychopersonal Traits of Teacher and Interactive Teaching Methods on “classroom learning outcomes of B.Sc. Community Science students”. For this purpose fifty students of Community Science randomly were selected. Study revealed that result was of strongly association between “Psychopersonal traits of teacher and Interactive Teaching Methods on classroom learning outcomes of the pupil”. Interactive teaching methods were found significantly effective in bringing behavioral changes in to the pupils under the study.
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