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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: DEV RAJ × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF APPLE CULTIVATION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-11) DEV RAJ; SHARMA, RAVINDER
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Assessment of Technical Efficiency of Apple Cultivation in Himachal Pradesh” was undertaken with a vision to study the technical efficiency in apple cultivation. Out of the four agro-ecological zones of Himachal Pradesh, zone-II, zone-III and zone-IV were selected purposively. The results of trends in area, production, productivity and export-import of apple were analysed at international, national and state level and results showed that the world’s apple production has grown at a compound growth rate of 2.51% per cent per annum, whereas India recorded a significant growth (3.40%) per annum which was higher than world’s growth rate. Increase in apple production of world was due to area (33.35%) and yield (41.19%) expansion, whereas, increase in production in Asian region was because of area-yield effect (52.02%). Trend in area and production was analyzed by dividing the study period into two sub period 1973 to 1990 (P-I) and 1990 to 2018 (P-II) and results revealed that the increase in apple production in India and Himachal Pradesh was mainly due to area expansion only. In Himachal Pradesh, growth in apple production has been decreased (4.74%) in second period as compared to first period (7.35%). Area under apple orchards was found to be highest (1.32ha) in zone-II followed by (1.15ha) in zone-III and (0.91ha) in zone-IV. Among the traditional cultivar, Royal Delicious and Red Delicious were the major apple cultivars occupying 54.17 and 34.72 per cent of the total area, whereas, Top Red (39.02%) and Red Chief (34.15%) occupied the major area among the new cultivars. Net returns from age group 27-35 year were highest (Rs. 3.79 lakh) followed by age group 17-26 (Rs. 3.34 lakh), >35 (2.55 lakh), 12-16 (Rs. 2.07 lakh) and 7-11 (Rs. 92,873.75) years, whereas, the payback period was found to be in 9 years and internal rate of return as 24 per cent for all agro-climatic zones. The overall mean technical efficiency was found to be highest (88.64%) in 17-26 years apple plantation followed by 27-35 (85.63%) years, 12-16 (81.24%) years, 7-11 (75.68%) years and >35 (70.04%) years. Mean technical efficiency for all age group plantations was highest in zone-III followed by zone-II and zone-IV, which means that the sample apple orchardists of zone-III were already operating in more efficient level of production. Sampled apple orchardists were adapting the major strategies like rainwater harvesting techniques (76%), high density plantation (66%), improved varieties (61%), and moisture conservation techniques (64%) to mitigate the impact of climate change in order to improve the production and productivity of apple.