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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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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: AJAY KUMAR × End date: 2020 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis ×
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    PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF VEGETABLE CROPS GROWN UNDER NATURAL FARMING: A CASE STUDY OF MANDI DISTRICT IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-11) AJAY KUMAR; PRASHER, R S
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Production and marketing of vegetable crops grown under natural farming: a case study of mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.”. A sample of 120 farmers practicing natural farming was selected using Simple Random Design. 40 farmers from three block i.e. Sundernagar, Karsog and Balh were selected. A sample of 5 traders, 5 wholesalers and 5 retailers from Sundernagar were selected randomly. Results revealed that literacy rate was 96.15 percent in males and 81.58 per cent in females with literacy index of 3.15 and 2.32 in males and females respectively indicating average quality of education. 81.14 per cent of the household engaged inagriculture followed by Services 8.75 per cent and Business 0.9 per cent. Average number of workers was 3.71. Average land holding was 0.83 ha out of which 0.30 ha area under natural farming and 0.15 ha area under conventional farming. The cropping intensity was 204 per cent in natural farming. The average number of livestock was 4.92 out of which cow was 15.79 per cent, bullock 22.72 per cent and improved buffalo was 1.21 per cent. The agriculture income share in total household income was 58.11 per cent. There were four major crop under Natural Farming i.e. Tomato (0.02 ha), Frenchbeans (0.07 Ha), Pea (0.03 Ha) and Cauliflower (0.04 Ha). The estimated yield per hectare of land in Tomato was 101 q/ha, French Bean 60 q/ha, Pea 59 q/ha and Cauliflower 86 q/ha. The yield from SPNF crops were less as compare to conventional crops. The estimated net returns from per hectare of land in Tomato was Rs. 117433 /ha, French Bean Rs. 89522/ha, Pea Rs. 81686/ha and Cauliflower Rs 75509/ha. The estimated costs per hectare of land in Tomato was Rs. 86532 /ha, French Bean Rs. 81164/ha, Pea Rs. 64188/ha and Cauliflower Rs 61620/ha. The sum of elasticity coefficient in all SPNF crops were decreasing returns to scale. Marginal factor price ratio of natural fertilizers, labour, seed and plant protections for all SPNF crops is less than unity which indicates resources are at over utilization level. Three main marketing channels were found prevalent in the study area for marketing of vegetables grown under natural farming. Among these channel-C, connecting Producer – Local traderWholesaler - Retailer - Consumer was found to be the most preferred channel as 63.00 per cent of the produce was traded through this marketing channel. facing irrigation issues during peak times, Lack of govt. Support, Inadequate training facilities, lack of extension facilities, Non availability of specialized market, No fair price for produce in market, and Wholesalers not taking consent while selling the produce were production and marketing problemsreported by the farmers in the study area