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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 production and marketing of cluster Bean in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur (Bihar), 2019) Bhupender; Kumar, Amalendu
    The present study aims at analyzing economic aspects related to “A study on Production and Marketing of cluster bean in Hanumangarh District of Rajasthan”. The study is based on primary data collected from 100 cluster bean growers spread over four randomly selected villages of two randomly selected blocks of Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan by interviewing individual respondents who were classified into marginal, small, medium and large cluster bean growers on the basis of farm holdings. The Area, production and productivity of cluster bean registered positive growth rate of 2.68, 5.44 and 2.70 per cent per annum in India and at 3.23, 7.44 and 4.09 per cent per annum in Rajasthan during the 2000-01 to 2014-15 study periods, respectively. It was observed that total cost, gross income, net income of cluster bean production per farm household found increased with increasing size of farm holding. However, cost of Production per quintal of cluster bean found to be Rs. 2056.90, Rs. 2085.16, Rs. 1932.30, Rs. 2022.30 in case of marginal farm, small farm, medium farm and large farm categories, respectively. Total cost, gross income, net income of cluster bean production per farm household were found to be higher in case of large farm categories i.e. Rs. 16057.09, Rs. 64386.99 and Rs. 48329.90 respectively. Cost of production was higher (Rs.2022.30) in large farm category. The analysis indicated that large farm category was more efficient than marginal, small and medium ones. Benefit-Cost ratio was higher for large size farm category i.e. 4:1. The share of producer in consumers‟ rupee was observed to be lower in channel I (77.01 per cent) than that in Channel III (86.84) and channel II (88.18). It was further observed that total marketing cost was higher in channel I as compared to that in channel II and channel III. In value chain analysis of cluster bean, there were five major players that are identified in the study area. The farmers earn a net income of Rs. 2312.49 per quintal by spending Rs. 2026.01 on the production cost and selling the produce at Rs. 4423.40. The major players i.e. farmers, traders, millers, wholesalers, and retailer earn a profit of Rs. 2890.02, Rs. 171.77, Rs. 454.76, Rs. 192.54 and Rs. 225.62, respectively. The highest value addition per quintal was done by the miller which helped him to income Rs. 454.76 which is significantly higher than the other players. Inadequate supply of quality certified seed, non-availability of technical know-how, high cost of inputs, lack of adoption of plant protection measures, labour scarcity, and lack of irrigation facilities were major constraints in production of cluster bean. Major marketing constraints faced by cluster bean growers in the study area were higher rate of transportation, price fluctuations, inadequate availability of market news and intelligence, inadequate transportation facility, inadequate processing unit in local area and lack of storage facility.