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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: CHAMAN, LAL × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT KINNAUR IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) CHAMAN, LAL; PRASHER, R.S.
    ABSTRACT The study analyzed the common property resources and their management systems in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. Multistage stratified random sampling design was used to select a sample of 180 respondents from three different developmental blocks. The selected samples were further classified as marginal (<1 ha), small (1-2 ha) and medium (>2 ha) category farmers on the basis of their land holdings. The results of the study revealed the average family size of 7 members per household of which joint family system (57.22 %) dominated the study area, literacy rate 82 per cent, sex ratio of 831, average land holding of 1.10 ha and average livestock population of 5 ACU per household. Survey further revealed that around 18 per cent of the household’s, income being derived from CPRs based activities and lower caste households were found highly dependent on CPRs (26.87 % of total income). The Ginni coefficient of income from CPR’s in case of upper caste was 0.51 and in case of lower caste it was 0.44. On an average the employment generated through CPR based activities were found 253 man days with an opportunity cost of ₹ 63250 annually. The dependency of households for animal grazing showed that CPRs supported 113 animal units grazing per households, which confirm heavy dependence of tribal people on these resources. Factors like social participation, family size, livestock population significantly and positively affected the dependence on CPR’s whereas, caste, education and non-farm income affected negatively. Devta committee leads in the benefit sharing and management of CPR’s (11 per cent involvement of locals) followed by Gram Panchayat (5.67 %) and Mahila Mandals (5.33 %). The main factors responsible for the degradation of CPRs were the construction of hydroelectric projects followed by excessive lopping of trees for fodder and firewood collection, population pressure, overgrazing, forest fire etc. So, to improve the conditions of CPRs in the study area community-based collective management system in which government and beneficiaries come together for the benefit sharing and sustainable management of resources should be strengthened.