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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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    STUDY ON THE LEVEL OF UTILIZATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES BY THE FARMERS OF EAST SIANG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2018-07) MOYONG, LUCY; Das, P. K.
    The present study entitled “Study on the level of utilization of resource conservation technologies by the farmers of East Siang District in Arunachal Pradesh” was carried out with the following objectives: 1) To identify the different resource conservation technologies followed by farmers 2) To determine the level of utilization of resource conservation technologies by the farmers 3) To identify the factors influencing the level of utilization of resource conservation technologies by the farmers 4) To identify the problems in utilization of resource conservation technologies as perceived by the farmers The study was conducted in Arunachal Pradesh. It consists of 21 districts, out of which 1 district, East Siang district was selected purposively for the present study. From the district, 2 sub-divisions, viz., Mebo and Ruksin, were selected at random. From each of the selected sub- divisions, two ADO circles were selected randomly. Thus, Ruksin and Bilat circles from Ruksin sub-division and Mebo and Namsing circles from Mebo sub- division were selected randomly. From each of the selected ADO circles, one AFA (Agricultural Field Assistant) area was selected randomly. Thus, from four ADO circles, four AFA areas were selected randomly. From each selected AFA area, two villages were selected randomly thus making a total of 8 villages. The eight selected villages were- Ayeng, Mangnang, Motum, Mebo, Rani, Sika Tode, Sika Bamin and Sigar. A list of farmers of each of the selected villages was prepared with the help of the concerned AFAs. Then from each village, farmers were selected by adopting proportionate –cum–random sampling method to obtain a sample size of 120 respondents. The data for the study were collected by the personal interview method with the help of a structured research schedule. Keeping in view the objectives of the study a set of 15 independent and 1 dependent variables were selected for the study. The dependent variable selected for the study was of level of utilization of RCTs by the farmers. In order to identify the factors influencing the dependent variables, correlation of the dependent variables with 15 independent variables was worked out. The 15 independent variables were age, educational level, family type, occupational status, social participation, farming experience, operational land holding, annual income, training exposure, availability of working capital, farm mechanization, use of information sources, economic motivation, risk bearing ability and scientific orientation The statistical techniques and tests used in the study for analysis and interpretation of the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, multiple correlations, multiple regression and t-test. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents (51.66%) belonged to middle aged category with higher secondary level of education (25.83%), joint family (59.17%), cultivation+skill labour as occupation (40.00%), membership of 1 ii organization (75%),small size of land area(39.16%), medium net annual income (65%), 1 day training on agricultural farming (75%), medium level of working capital availability(56.67%), medium level of farm mechanization(80%),47.50) , medium level of use of information sources ( 64.17) medium level of social participation (47.50), medium level of economic motivation(74.17%) ,medium level of risk bearing ability (76.67%), medium level of scientific orientation (66.67%). Findings revealed that the majority of the respondents (75.00%) utilized mixed farming followed by 35.00 per cent who utilized direct seeding and 34.17 per cent who utilized contour farming. A sizeable proportion of the respondents (30.83%) were found to be utilizers of zero tillage followed by 30.00 per cent respondents who utilized intercropping in their situation. The rest 15.00 per cent respondents were found to be utilizers of mulching and rain water harvesting. Findings revealed that majority of the respondents (65.85%) had medium level of utilization of contour farming, medium level of utilization of direct seeding (64.28%), medium level of utilization of intercropping (72.22%) , medium level of utilization of mulching (70.00%), medium level of utilization of zero tillage (75.68%), medium level of utilization of rain water harvesting (66.67%) and medium level of utilization of mixed farming (64.45%). Findings revealed that the majority of the respondents (75.83%) had medium level of utilization of seven RCTs considered in the study, followed by 13.33 per cent with low level of utilization of those RCTs. Only 10.84 per cent of the respondents were with high level of utilization of those seven RCTs. Findings of correlation analysis indicated that 11 independent variables were significantly correlated with the level of utilization of resource conservation technologies. The variables viz., educational level, social participation, use of information sources, farming experience, operational land holding, annual net farm income, exposure to training, farm mechanization, economic motivation, risk bearing ability and scientific orientation showed significant and positive relationship with the level of utilization in relation to resource conservation technologies at 0.01 level of probability. Three variables viz., education level, exposure to training and farm mechanization had significant contribution towards the variation in the level of utilization of RCTs at 0.05 level of probability. Two variables viz., occupational status and scientific orientation showed significant contribution towards the variation in the level of utilization of RCTs at 0.01 level of probability. The 11 independent variables fitted in the linear regression analysis could predict 74.50 per cent of the variation in the level of utilization in relation to resource conservation technologies. Majority of the respondents (67.50%) reported that lack of awareness about different RCTs as the most important problem (ranked first) faced by the in utilization of resource conservation technologies. The other problems faced by the farmers in utilization of RCTs were lack of exposure to training on RCTs (63.33%), lack of technical support from extension agents regarding use of RCTs in different crops (51.67%), scarcity of labour during peak season(49.17%) and untimely supply of critical inputs (44.17%) which were ranked second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively.