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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: Chakraborty, Debabrata × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2017 × Type: Thesis ×
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    IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL AGRICULTURALCREDIT ON FARM PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY: A STUDY IN GOMATI DISTRICT OF TRIPURA
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2017-07) Chakraborty, Debabrata; Barman, R. N.
    Finance, considered to be the life-blood of any kind of enterprise, is the essential pre-requisite of every productive activity. Therefore, credit enables farmers to use various inputs and new technologies.It also keeps enterprise dynamic,develops products, keepmen and machines at work and encourages management to make progress and creates value through increased employment opportunities. The present study on impact of institutional agricultural credit on farm production and productivity was conducted in Gomati District of Tripura. The study was designed specifically to examine the sources and terms and conditions of credit, amount of credit distribution, purpose of credit and its impact on level of resource input use, yield and profitability of farms in the study area. A sample of 120 farmers comprising beneficiaries(60) andnon-beneficiaries (60) were selected randomly from six villages of three selected blocks of Udaipur sub-division for study. Tabular analysis, averages and percentage analysis, the cost concepts and production function analysis were employed for analyzing the data. The results of the study highlighted the following. 1. In regards to amount borrowings in the study area it was observed that total credit disbursement by the institutional agencies to the sample borrowers was `5939000. All the size group of beneficiary farmers borrowed crop loans at 7 per cent interest per annum and interest subvention of 3 per cent was provided to the farmers for promptly repayment of loans. 2. The analysis of resource utilization pattern on the production of major crops between the sample beneficiary farmers and sample non-beneficiary farmers in the study area revealed that the quantities of resources used were more in case of borrowers in respect of almost all the major inputs for the production of major crops over the non- borrowers. This was possible due to availability of funds in the form of credit from various financing institutions. 3. The study revealed that per hectare production of different major crops was higher on beneficiary farms as compared to non-beneficiary farms. The per hectare costs, returns and profits of beneficiary farms were also higher than non-beneficiary farms. The production function analysis indicated that the productivity of different resources on beneficiaries farm was higher than the non-beneficiaries farm. Thus, the results of the present study have clearly demonstrated that there has been a positive impact of institutional agricultural credit on the levels of input use and thereby per hectare yield of the crops grown in the study area. Thus, the flow of farm credit has resulted in improving the economy of beneficiary farmers. This call for encouragement to the farmers for taking loan and to improve their farm economy by increasing productivity of farms. Simplification of the loan procedure by reducing the formalities, arranging loan rallies and NGO-Bank linkage programmes by different financial institutions for encouraging the farmers in extending credit facilities andproper documentation of land records and investigation for identification of real cultivators were the important policy implications which have emerged from present study.