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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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    Problems and Expectations of Elderly citizens of Jorhat district of Assam
    (2022) BORAH, MONSUMI; Hazarika, Daisy
    The study entitled “Problems and Expectations of Elderly Citizens of Jorhat district of Assam” was undertaken with the objectives: 1. To study the background profile of the respondents. 2.To identify the problems faced by the respondents. 3.To find out the expectation of the respondents. 4.To elicit the association between expectation and problems of the respondents with selected independent variables. A purposive cum simple random sampling method was adopted for selecting the sample of 400 respondents. The respondents were selected from five wards having highest elderly population under Jorhat Municipality Board. Primary data was collected through personal interview. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (54.50%) belonged to the young elderly age group, 59.00 per cent were from nuclear family and have medium family size (67.00%), had education up to graduation (37.25 %) and pension was the main source of income for 57.25 per cent of respondents. Majority (74.50%) of the respondents were married. Most of them had 1-2 children (84.00%). The findings further showed that majority of the respondents belonged to medium socio-economic status (72.00%). The study also highlighted that in health problems, most of the respondents had diabetes (41.00%), high blood pressure (40.50%) and knee & joint pain (30.00%). Under emotional/psychological problems most of the respondents suffered from loneliness (27.00%), memory loss (12.25%) and constant worry (5.75%). In social problems, most of the respondents felt that the public places are not elderly-friendly (35.50%), Under financial problems, respondents mainly felt that the available finances are not sufficient for day-to-day expenses (19.50%), For neglect and abuse, a little per cent of respondents was subjected to some kind of verbal/ emotional abuse inside/outside home (12.25%) The type of abuse experienced was mainly humiliation (6.50%), verbal assault (6.50%). The respondents mainly faced neglect due to not taken for regular medical check-ups (9.50%). Findings also highlighted that under expectations from family members the respondents mainly expected to be being around when needed (34.00%). In expectations from society most (40.75%) of the respondents expected the society to create separate clubs, association and other social networks catering to the need of the elderly people followed by should create a secured environment for the elderly (33.50%) Under expectations from the Government the respondents mainly expected that there should be separate counters with all supporting facilities for elderly peoples in all govt/non-govt organizations (31.75%). Findings also showed that age, family type and previous occupation, all these variables affected the problems of the respondents except for educational qualification and organizational membership. It also revealed that the variables age, previous occupation and organizational membership did not affect the expectations of the respondents except for the educational qualification and family type.