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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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    Study on use of ICT tools for crop practice in Samastipur and Katihar districts of Bihar
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, 2019) Anand, Shreya; Prakash, Satya
    Information Communication Technologies (ICT) comprises of computer hardware, software, Internet and computers, digital networks, telecommunication, other communication networks and media which is used to collect, store, process and transmit information in the way of voice, text, data and images.ICT comprises with the use of electronic computers as well as computer software usually used transfer, convert, store, protect, process, transmit and retrieve information. They consist of the “old” ICTs of radio, television and telephone, and the “new” ICTs consist of computers applications, satellite and wireless technology and the Internet. These different tools are work together, and combinely form our “networked world” – a massive infrastructure comprises interconnected telephone services, standardized computing hardware along with the Internet, radio and television, which reaches into every corner of the globe (UNDP, 2001). ICT revolution is the consequence of integration of computer technology and communication technology. In this information age, the ICTs play a pivotal medium for knowledge dissemination between research systems and farming system. In India in recent years have led to widespread capacity for dissemination of knowledge and information to the rural community. However, rural population in our country still have issues in accessing essential information in the forms they'll perceive so as to form timely decisions for better farming. In previous couple of years innovative ideas came in to existence. Indian farming community is at present facing multitude of problems to maximize crop productivity. The use of information is wide and multifarious. But a very wide gap exists between the research level and actual practices. Therefore, in the backdrop of the issues discussed above, the present investigation has been planned to examine the accessibility and use of information communication technology in transfer of agricultural technology as an effective tool for agricultural development. Keeping all these aspects in view, the proposed study has been undertaken with following specific objectives: The present study was Use of ICT tools for crop practice in Samastipur and Katihar District of Bihar proposed study has been undertaken with following specific objectives: 1. To study about socio-economic and personal profile of respondents. 2. To access the availability and use pattern of ICT tools by farmers. 3. To identify the constraints faced by farmers in access and use pattern of ICTs. 4. To study the relationship between socio-economic and personal profile of respondents with regards to accessibility and use pattern of ICT tools among farmer The study was conducted in Samastipur and Katihar district of Bihar. Two blocks were selected from each block two villages were selected so total number of Respondents (farmer) were100 for study purpose. Eleven independent variables of the study were: Age, Caste, Occupation, Education, Family Type, Actual Annual income, Social Participation, Farming system/Allied activities, Mass media exposure, Extension contact, Number of ICTs tool used.The dependent variables were: Accessibility and Availability of ICT and Use pattern of ICTs .All the variables were measured strictly under the set rule and procedure, with scale and schedule developed for the study.An interview schedule was prepared and face to face interview was carried out with respondents(farmer).An Appropriate statistical tests were used for data analysis. Majority of the respondents were of younger age group, Educated up to upper high school having social participation of medium level, belonged to backward caste (BC) involve in farming, had joint family type,and annual income is Rs.>100000. Likewise respondents were member of one organisation and involved in farming and allied activities i.e. livestock followed by Agroforestry Television, mobile phones and radio used regularly and frequently. Education level, income, occupation and others affect the accessibility and use of ICT tools. It was found that Occupation, Education, Actual annual income, Farming system/Allied agriculture activities, Mass media exposure, Extension contact, number of ICT tools used were found to be positive correlated with accessibility or availability of ICT tools and highly significantly at 1 level and also variable like occupation, Education. Mass media exposure, Extension contact, were found to be positively correlated with the utilisation pattern of ICT tools and highly significantat 1%. Major constraints found were erratic or irregular power supply followed by poor internet connection and lack of knowledge. Major suggestions given by respondents were training and knowledge about ICT tools followed by improved power supply and poor internet connectivity respectively.