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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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    Crop diversification : A case study of Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh
    (College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2024-02-27) Akanksha; Negi, Chaman
    The study analyzed the crop diversification: A case study of bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. A stratified multistage random sampling design was used to select a sample of 80 respondents from two different developmental blocks. The selected samples were further classified as marginal (<1 ha), small (1-2 ha) and large (>2 ha) category farmers on the basis of their land holdings. The result of the study revealed that the total cropped area under vegetable crops in kharif season was 25.23 per cent and rabi season 23.28 per cent. During Kharif season, tomato occupied the highest cultivation area i.e. 4.00 per cent followed by cucumber 2.46 percent and okra 2.46 per cent whereas, the highest area during rabi season i.e.5.53 per under cauliflower followed by pea 4.00 per cent and onion 0.92 per cent, respectively. Per hectare total cost of cultivation and gross returns were highest in case of tomato i.e. ₹112568.15 and ₹686747.70 respectively. The maximum employment was generated by the farm activities were 75.99 per cent followed by non-farm activities 24.01 per cent and employment generated through vegetable production was 45.05 per cent, services about 19.26 percent and 4.75 percent from MGNREGA. Different variables like operational holding, experience in farming, education, family size etc. Were regressed upon to determine the degree of diversification as determined by the Herfindahl and Entropy indices of diversification. The study was analysed and found that production and productivity increased after diversification and provided employment and income of all categories of farmers. Some of the problems identified in the study area were lack of awareness programmes, high transportation cost, difficulties in loan processing, non-availability of credit in time, non-availability of fertilizers in time and shortage of skilled labour. Whereas, lack of technical inputs were the major problems faced by the farmers. These issues need to be addressed through government intervention to encourage farmer of the study area towards crop diversification to increase their livelihood.