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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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    A STUDY ON PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF GARLIC IN SIRMAUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF Nauni, 2023-08-21) ABHISHEK SHARMA; Yasmin Janjhua
    The study examined production and marketing of garlic in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. In District Sirmaur people mainly depends upon agriculture for their living and garlic is one of the most important crop grown in the district. In this study various production and marketing problems, selling procedure, cost of cultivation, marketing cost and factors affecting production and marketing of garlic is studied. The study showed that the main production problems for garlic is cultivation is unfavorable weather condition, higher wages rate of skilled labour, higher fertilizer price and main marketing problems is long chain of middlemen's High commission charges and delay in payments. The selling procedure of respondents is mainly through middlemen's. The study also shows that majority of respondents in the district grows garlic between 1-1.5 bigha of land. The study reported that mostly respondents said there is good demand of garlic in the market. As half of respondents complain about the lack of storage facility. It was also observed that the main source of information for respondents for garlic cultivation and marketing is through friends, TV or Newspapers.