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Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern Region of India. The main goal of this institution is to produce globally competitive human resources in farm sectorand to carry out research in both conventional and frontier areas for production optimization as well as to disseminate the generated technologies as public good for benefitting the food growers/produces and traders involved in the sector while emphasizing on sustainability, equity and overall food security at household level. Genesis of AAU - The embryo of the agricultural research in the state of Assam was formed as early as 1897 with the establishment of the Upper Shillong Experimental Farm (now in Meghalaya) just after about a decade of creation of the agricultural department in 1882. However, the seeds of agricultural research in today’s Assam were sown in the dawn of the twentieth century with the establishment of two Rice Experimental Stations, one at Karimganj in Barak valley in 1913 and the other at Titabor in Brahmaputra valley in 1923. Subsequent to these research stations, a number of research stations were established to conduct research on important crops, more specifically, jute, pulses, oilseeds etc. The Assam Agricultural University was established on April 1, 1969 under The Assam Agricultural University Act, 1968’ with the mandate of imparting farm education, conduct research in agriculture and allied sciences and to effectively disseminate technologies so generated. Before establishment of the University, there were altogether 17 research schemes/projects in the state under the Department of Agriculture. By July 1973, all the research projects and 10 experimental farms were transferred by the Government of Assam to the AAU which already inherited the College of Agriculture and its farm at Barbheta, Jorhat and College of Veterinary Sciences at Khanapara, Guwahati. Subsequently, College of Community Science at Jorhat (1969), College of Fisheries at Raha (1988), Biswanath College of Agriculture at Biswanath Chariali (1988) and Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science at Joyhing, North Lakhimpur (1988) were established. Presently, the University has three more colleges under its jurisdiction, viz., Sarat Chandra Singha College of Agriculture, Chapar, College of Horticulture, Nalbari & College of Sericulture, Titabar. Similarly, few more regional research stations at Shillongani, Diphu, Gossaigaon, Lakhimpur; and commodity research stations at Kahikuchi, Buralikson, Tinsukia, Kharua, Burnihat and Mandira were added to generate location and crop specific agricultural production packages.

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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: Basumatary, Phami × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Assessment of productivity gap in rape and mustard cultivation in Kokrajhar district of Assam
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Basumatary, Phami; Borthakur, Nilotpal
    The present investigation entitled, “Assessment of productivity gap in rape and mustard cultivation in Kokrajhar district of Assam” was undertaken with following objectives viz., to examine the extent of resource use and efficiency measures in rape and mustard production, to estimate magnitude of productivity gaps in rape and mustard cultivation and identify the factors required for intervention and valuations of technological intervention required for enhancing rape and mustard productivity and explore the policy options. Being one of the largest rape and mustard growing districts of Assam, in term of area of cultivation, Kokrajhar district was selected for the study. Two blocks namely Titaguri block and Gossaigaon block were randomly selected from the district. In the next stage, a total of four villages, i.e., 6 No. Basbari and Brahmapur villages from Titaguri block and Saraibil and Kachukata villages from Gossaigaon block were selected at random. At the last stage, 25 farmers from each village were randomly selected forming the primary data of 100 sample farmers. The framers were then categorised into marginal (< 1 ha), small (1-2 ha), medium (2-4 ha) and large (>4 ha) based on their land holdings. Secondary data were collected from the publication, Impact of Technologies on Oilseeds Production in North Eastern Region and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kokrajhar. The findings revealed that the sample farmers did not follow proper package of cultivation practices for rape and mustard. The results showed that the average cost of cultivation was estimated to be Rs. 29539.18 per hectare, which varied from Rs.26294 to Rs. 32711.39 per hectare. The results indicated that technical, allocative and economic efficiency of farms were respectively 94.23 percent, 90.83 percent and 87.72 percent on average. The yield gap analysis recorded 6.48 q/ha yield gap between the research station yield and average farm yield, 3.38 q/ha yield gap between demonstration yield and average farm yield and yield gap of 3.10 q/ha between progressive farm yield and average farm yield. The index of realized potential farm yield-II was estimated to be 64.03 percent on an average. Regression analysis showed that the gaps in input used between progressive farms and the sample farms needed to be reduced in order to narrow down the yield gap. In order to reduce the input gaps, farms needed to invest more on their inputs. The results of valuation of technical intervention showed that smaller farms had to invest more in inputs than the larger farms in order to increase their rape and mustard yield.