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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: Family Resource Management × Author: Sangma, Stephanie K. × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2015 ×
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    AWARENESS OF WOMEN ABOUT CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2017-07) Sangma, Stephanie K.; Das, Leena
    The present study on “Awareness of women about causes and effects of indoor air pollution” was undertaken with the following objectives: (i) To assess the awareness level of women about causes and health hazards of indoor air pollution. (ii) To study the role played by housewives in minimising indoor air pollution at household level. A survey was carried out in Jorhat town of Assam. A multistage purposive cum random sampling method was adopted for the purpose of the study. Municipality area of Jorhat was divided into five parts and from each part one ward was selected randomly and 3 per cent of the total household from each ward were randomly selected to constitute a total sample size of 120. Personal interview method was used for data collection. The findings of the personal and socio-economic characteristics showed that most of the respondents belonged to the age group of 25-35 years and majority of the respondents belonged to nuclear family with family size less than 5. Majority of the respondents were found to be graduates and were service holders. The monthly family income of majority of the respondents ranged from Rupees 10,000 to Rupees 30,000. The findings of the awareness level of women about causes of indoor air pollution showed that 49 per cent of the respondents had high level of awareness and 38 percent had low level of awareness and 13 per cent had medium level of awareness. Of all the various causes of indoor air pollution viz., the common sources, sources prevalent inside the kitchen, biological pollutants causing IAP, sources of VOCs and sources of POPs; the common sources was ranked first among all the other causes of IAP as per the respondents’ awareness. Biological pollutants ranked second, followed by sources inside the kitchen, sources of VOCs and sources of POPs. Findings of awareness level of women about health hazards of indoor air pollution revealed that 46 per cent of the respondents had high level of awareness, 36 per cent had low level of awareness and 18 per cent had medium level of awareness about health hazards of indoor air pollution. The respondents were mostly aware about lung cancer caused by exposure to cigarette smoke and was ranked first among other health hazards of indoor air pollution. Overall distribution about awareness of IAP consisting of both causes and health hazards revealed that 49 per cent had high level of awareness, 43 per cent had low level of awareness and 8 per cent had medium level of awareness. Another findings showed that the role performance of majority of the respondents in minimizing indoor air pollution were good (48.33%) with cleaning of house regularly being the most performed role; 43.33 per cent of the respondents had poor role performance, and encouraging others to switch on exhaust fans in the bathroom/toilet when being used was the least performed role. It was found that educational qualification of the respondents had some association with their awareness level about IAP but not with their role performance in minimizing IAP. Age, income and occupation were found to have no association with both awareness level and role performance. However, awareness level of the respondents about indoor air pollution was found to have some influence on the role performance of women in minimizing indoor air pollution.