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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 of Training Need Among Grass Root Level Extension Personnel
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2017) Kumari, Kavita; Shekhar, Dibyanshu
    India is home to the fourth largest agricultural sector in the world while its contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is comparatively low, but it provides employment to 56 percent of workforce and reduces poverty and food security and determines inclusive growth of the country. The state like Bihar is predominantly agrarian and agriculture engages nearly three-fourths of Bihar’s population. Approx. 90% farming community fall under small to marginal land holding. Most of the Village Level Workers (VLWs) posts are lying vacant. In the light of the fact the state government appointed the Agriculture Coordinator (about 2500) at panchayat level and Kisan Salahkar (about 7500) at village level to cater the farmer’s information need and assist the farmers to take advantages of ongoing agricultural developmental programme. The problem of this study is to carefully analyse and diagnose the training needs of the Agriculture Coordinators and Kisan Salahkar. Grass root level extension activities in state of Bihar mainly depend on Agriculture Coordinators and Kisan Salahkar. As field-level extension personnel, they come in direct contact with farmers and rural women to whom they introduce new ideas and practices, and address the needs for improved farming and family living in order to carry out their tasks effectively and successfully. The Agriculture Coordinators and Kisan Salahkar need to be well-trained and competent in their job responsibilities. This can be achieved through the provision of continuous in-service training. The present study has been planned to undertake following specific objectives: • To study the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of extension personnel. • To know the areas of competence of agricultural extension personnel. • To identify areas of training need of extension personnel in the study area. • To ascertain the relationship between socio-economic characteristics of the extension personnel in relation to their training needs. Samastipur district of Bihar was selected in view that which is Agriculture education hub of the state since many decades since the establishment of Imperial Agricultural Research Institute. Total 75 respondents were selected for this study, 20 Agriculture Coordinator out of 134 and 55 Kisan Salahkar out of 374 (approximately 15% adopting proportionate probability principle). Eleven most relevant independent variables i.e., Gender, Education, Age, Marital Status, Job Experience, Training Attended, Location of Deployment, Source of Information, Social Participation, Mass Media Exposure, Responsibilities were identified for the study. Dependent variables were Knowledge Level and Training Need. All the variables were measured under the set rules and procedures, with scale and schedules developed for the study. The study revealed that majority ofAgriculture Coordinator and KisanSalahkarwere found to be in middle age group. There were more male extension personnel in number than female. Majority of the respondent have their educational qualification as required by their job eligibility criteria. Mostly they were married and majority of them having 3-9 years of job experience. The study also revealed that majority of Agriculture Coordinator were trained.Whereas, majority of Kisan Salahkar were found untrained. Majority of Agriculture Coordinator and Kisan Salahkar were deployed in radius of 18 km from the Headquarter. Source of information used by Agriculture Coordinator wereBlock Agriculture Officer, KisanSalahkar and Kisan Diary,whereasKisanSalahkar obtained information through Agriculture Coordinator and with their colleagues. Agriculture Coordinator have more social participation as compared to Kisan Salahkar. Majority of Agriculture Coordinator and Kisan Salahkar were often found to use Agricultural Campaigns, Newspaper and Kisan Diary as a source of information. Perceived Knowledge Level of Agriculture Coordinator is always high as compared to Kisan Salahkar but actual Knowledge Level of Kisan Salahkar is high as compared to Agriculture Coordinator. Agriculture Coordinator perceived that there is more need to get training in the area of programme formation& execution, organization and administration, and social system and rural leadership as compared to Kisan Salahkar whereas Kisan Salahkar perceived the need for more training in the area of improved agricultural technology, communication skill as compared to Agriculture Coordinator It is evident from the study that Agriculture Coordinator expressed their potential in thematic areas of training such as critical irrigation time, weed management, storage, disease, improved equipment, marketing whereas for kisan salahkar storage, weed management, disease management needs were found to he emphasized more. On the basis of aforesaid findings, it is concluded that Agriculture Coordinator and Kisan Salahkar both group are known as para extension worker. They should be given appropriate regular training in all most all prominent area of agriculture.So that need based information would be disseminated among the farming community of the state in order to strengthen the agricultural base of the country.
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    Socio-Economic Upliftment of Rural Women Under Jeevika Project of Muzaffarpur District
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2016) Kumari, Kavita; Kumari, Shipra
    Women constitute almost half of the population in India but they are not enjoying their freedom, equalities ,privilege at par with their male counterparts. Since implementation of planning in India several policies and approaches were made to reduce inequalities between women & men. As a result to shift from ‘welfare’ to ‘development’ to ‘empowerment’ to human development approaches has taken place to change the position & status of women. Both government & NGO’s sectors were intervening to social and economic upliftment of the women. With same objective the government of Bihar has initiated a project on rural livelihood promotion with support from World Bank. This initiative is implemented through a Society registered with government of Bihar by the name of Bihar rural livelihoods promotion society (BRLPS) or Jeevika. BRLPS through the Bihar Rural livelihoods project (BRLP) aims to improve rural livelihood options & works towards social & Economic empowerment of the rural poor and women. Focussing on the need to study and analyze how the project is affecting the rural people in enhancing their status this study has been designed with the following specific objectives. 1. To study the Socio-Economic profile of Jeevika beneficiaries. 2. To assess the knowledge level of Jeevika beneficiaries with respect to Non- Jeevika beneficiaries. 3. To ascertain the Social Upliftment of women beneficiaries. 4. To ascertain the Economic Upliftment of women beneficiaries. 5. To study the constraints faced by Jeevika beneficiaries engaged in various income generating activities. METHODOLOGY The present study was conducted in Sakra block of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar. Four villages were selected namely Faridpur, Rami Rampur, Rasulpur Tajo and Mansurpur. A complete list of the beneficiaries who have under gone through livelihood training on bee-keeping & system of rice intensification from Jeevika project was obtained from training centre KVK Biruali. Forty beneficiaries and forty non-beneficiaries respondents were selected for the study. Ten beneficiary and ten non-beneficiary from each village was selected thus the total eighty number of beneficiaries and non- beneficiaries were selected for the study Further ten independent variables i.e. age, caste, occupation, education, size of family, source of income, economic motivation, credit facility, risk orientation & knowledge and two dependent variables viz. Social upliftment & economic upliftment were selected to analyze the study. The data were collected by personally interviewing the respondent with interview schedule and through observation techniques. The statistical test like frequency, average, percentage, t-test, correlation and multiple regression were used for meaningful interpretation of data. MAJOR FINDINGS The present study illustrates that majority of the women agro –based entrepreneur belongs to the young age group(47.5%).It is found that majority of women entrepreneurs belonging to Hindu religion & most of them backward caste. Among the women entrepreneurs majority of them having primary level of education major occupation for them was agriculture and majority of them having small size of family with 4-5 members. Agriculture and allied activities were the major source of income for most of the respondents. Out of ten independent variables undertaken in study, eight variables caste, occupation, education, source of income, economic motivtion, risk orientation, credit facility and knowledge level were positively and significantly correlated with social upliftment of women in livelihood activities. Further eight variables namely age, occupation, education, source of income, economic motivation, risk orientation, credit facility and knowledge level were positively and significantly correlated with economic upliftment of women in livelihood activities