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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: Agronomy × Author: SUTRADHAR, PRANJIT × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    IMPROVED FARMING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY INCLUSION INTO EXISTING FARMING SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2016-01) SUTRADHAR, PRANJIT; Baishya, Ajit
    A study was conducted during 2012–13 to 2014–15 in Silikha Sanatan village of Titabor Sub-division of Jorhat District of Assam to find out the productivity and profitability of the inclusion of improved farming systems in their existing farming systems especially effective for small and marginal farmers. Benchmark survey was carried out in the village and accordingly different types of existing farming systems were identified and their constraints were analyzed. Mono-cropping of rice was predominant practice in that area and small earthen aperture were treated as water reservoir which failed to meet the demand during Rabi period. In total, there were 54 (fifty four) numbers of farmers selected out of which most of them belong to the tribal community. According to their farm holding size and income, they were categorized into two groups- Resource constraint and Resource available. There were in total 12 (Twelve) existing farming systems identified and accordingly scientific interventions were made in their existing farming systems such as nutrient management on the basis of soil test value, multiple cropping and balanced feeding to live-stocks etc. In the year 2015, impacts were analyzed. Out of 12 farming systems among both the group of farmers, Module-V (Crop + Fishery + Duckery) was found to be very profitable with B:C ratio 2.80 followed by Module-II (Crop + Cattle + Poultry) with B:C ratio 2.64 which were practiced by resource constraint farmers. Besides, the final soil properties such as pH, organic carbon and nutrient status were improved over initial more particularly in case of the farmers growing greengram and blackgram in their cropping sequence. It can be concluded that, existing farming systems can be improved through scientific interventions and Module-V and Module-II can be suggested for resource available and resource constraint farmers which were found to be economically profitable and socially acceptable farming systems for the marginal farmers of the Silikha Sanatan Village of Titabar sub-division of Jorhat District.