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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: ANKITA × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 ×
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    VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL VEGETABLES: A CASE STUDY OF KULLU DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017-09) ANKITA; PRASHER, R.S.
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Value chain analysis of commercial vegetables: A case study of Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh”. A sample of 90 farmers growing vegetables was selected using multistage random sampling technique. The farmers were categorized on the basis of their total land holding as marginal (<1 ha), small (1-2 ha) and medium (>2 ha). Two markets, namely Bhunter and Kullu were purposively selected to collect the information related to markets and marketing. A sample of 5 local traders/commission agents, 5 wholesalers, 5 retailers and 30 consumers were selected randomly for gathering the data of vegetable marketing in Kullu district. The annual transaction of tomato, cauliflower and pea was 14539.30 MT, 5918.10 MT and 3146.50 MT, respectively from major production pockets. Among different commercial vegetables in Kullu district pea occupied 34.38 per cent area followed by tomato and cauliflower which was practically same i.e. 31.25 per cent. The cost of cultivation (based on cost D) per hectare was observed to be Rs.174251.72, Rs.156174.26 and Rs.144517.71 for tomato, cauliflower and pea, respectively. Overall gross returns from tomato, cauliflower and pea were Rs.368468.00, 253118.77 and 196772.20 per hectare, respectively. Net returns per hectare over cost D in tomato, cauliflower and pea were Rs.210057.34, Rs.111142.17 and Rs.65392.46, respectively. The value chain map highlighted the involvement of diverse actors, who participated directly or indirectly in the value chain. Different actors identified in the study area were input suppliers, farmers, traders/commission agents, wholesalers, retailers and ultimately consumer. Different enablers identified in the study area were District Agriculture Department and Regional Horticulture and Agriculture Research and Training Stations at Bajaura, Co-operative and Gramin banks, other Commercial banks, Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Kullu and Lahaul Spiti. Four channels were identified in the marketing system of selected vegetables in the study area. Four channels were identified in the marketing system of selected vegetables. Out of four channels, channel-C (Producer-Local trader/commission agent-Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer) was found most preferred channel by the sample vegetable growers since 65.38, 50.79 and 58.23 per cent of tomato, cauliflower and pea was traded through this channel. Degree of value addition in tomato varied from 7.26 per cent to 11.60 per cent, in case of cauliflower, it varied from 4.57 per cent to 10.36 per cent and in case of pea, it varied from 2.20 per cent to 5.85 per cent among different chain actors. Major constraints faced by farmers were related to shortage of skilled labour, high incidence of diseases and pests high prices of inputs, price and yield risk, non- availability of quality seed and planting material and market malpractices. Constraints faced by input suppliers were related to shortage of input providers at local level and problem related to building trust in business. Traders and wholesalers faced problems related to poor and unhygienic condition of market yards and unhealthy competition. Retailers faced intrinsic complexities of retailing. Similarly, consumers also faced problems like high prices and unavailability of the produce as per the consumer’s demand.