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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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    TECHNOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT OF TRIBAL WOMEN OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN FRUIT PRODUCTION
    (2022) Jumi, Toko; Sarmah, Juliana
    Women play an important role in the production of horticulture crops. Their work includes seed sowing, cleaning, weeding, sorting, and grading of the crops. Women have gratuitously contributed to their traditional farm practices and farm activities. They participate in several farm operations with men contributing a significant amount to their family income. Realizing the importance of the fact the study entitled “Technological Empowerment of Tribal Women of Arunachal Pradesh in Fruit Production” has been undertaken with the following objectives: To develop complete understanding of women of Arunachal Pradesh. To assess the existing technological knowledge on fruit cultivation of respondents in fruit production. To identify existing practices of the respondents in fruit production and To study the impact of intervention programme on fruit production. The present study was conducted in two parts of Arunachal Pradesh, namely East Arunachal Pradesh and West Arunachal Pradesh. Seven districts, 3 districts from east division namely and 4 districts from west division of Arunachal Pradesh were selected for the study. The selected districts were Papumpare, Lower Subansiri and East Siang from East Arunachal Pradesh. The districts included in West Arunachal Pradesh were West Siang, West Kameng district, Namsai and Lohit. One block from each district was selected by simple random sampling method. A total of 21 villages were selected having highest fruit production for carrying out the present study. Twenty (20) farm women from each village were selected randomly by following the equal distribution method. A total of 420 respondents from selected 21 villages of the selected zones were taken as respondents for the present study. The study revealed majority of respondents (75.71%) belonged to middle age group (33-45) years. More than 42 per cent respondents studied till primary school. Majority (97.14%) of the respondents were from nuclear family. Majority (68.09%) of the respondents belonged to medium family. Majority (84.05%) of respondents had possessed mixed type of house. Majority (61.91%) of occupation of respondent’s head of family was farming. Majority (67.86%) of the respondents were members of one organization. Majority (95.95%) of the respondents were marginal farmers and possessed agricultural land below 1.00 Hectare. More than half (51.90%) of the respondents used homemade bio fertilizer on their fruit crops. Majority of the respondents (19.52%) had frequent contacts with Krishi Vigyan Kendra personnel. More than 39 per cent respondents did not attend any training programme on fruit production, 37.14 per cent of the respondents had attended training on mushroom cultivation, Majority of the respondents (92.60%) faced transportation problem in attending training programme. A large majority (97.14%) of respondents did not read farm magazines on daily basis. Majority of the respondents (56.67%) had independent participation in cleaning of fruit plant. Majority of respondents (76.90%) took independent decision in transplanting. Cent per cent of the respondents took independent decision in selection and preparation of food. Respondents spent on an average 8 hours in farm related activities, lack of government subsidy with mean score 1.86 was the most prominent problem faced by the respondents. It was found that majority of the respondents (66.19%) had medium level of knowledge on fruit production followed by 17.38 per cent had low and 16.43 had low level of knowledge (overall). Highest per cent of respondents (18.33%) from East Siang district (D3) belonged to low level of knowledge on fruit production out of the other 7 districts. Large majority (95.48%) of respondents did not have the practice of growing of green manure crop to improve the physical and chemical conditions of soil. It was found that only 13.33 per cent of respondents had ‘good level’ of practice on fruit production (overall). There was a positive and highly significant relationship between knowledge of the respondents with their practice regarding fruit production. There was a significant association between age, educational qualification and family size of the respondents with knowledge level on fruit production. The mean gain in knowledge score after the intervention programme was 12.07 (64.37%).The mean of retention score was 15.63 (44.65%). There was an increase in adoption of practice score 10.20 (34.00%) after 30 days of intervention programme.