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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: GIRISH, BABU Y N × End date: 2016 × Start date: 2016 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    PRICE BEHAVIOUR AND FARMERS ASSESSMENT IN FUNCTIONING OF REGULATED MARKETS OF APMC SOLAN OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (2016) GIRISH, BABU Y N; SHARMA, RAVINDER
    ABSTRACT Present study entitled “Price behaviour and farmer’s assessment in functioning of regulated markets of APMC Solan of Himachal Pradesh” was conducted to study the different aspects of market infrastructure, trends in arrival and prices of agricultural commodities, awareness, perceptions and constraints faced by farmers. Simple random sampling design was employed to select the farmers. A list of farmers was prepared with the help of market functionaries of the selected APMC. From the list, 60 farmers were selected for collection of data. The study is based on primary as well as secondary data, The primary data were collected through survey method while secondary data were gathered from the records of the APMC and from the AGMARKNET site. To meet out the requirements of the study objectives, Tabular analysis, Market analysis, Time series analysis, Coefficient of variation, Infrastructure Development index, Correlation, Henry Garrett Ranking Technique and Chi Square test have been used. Occupational distribution revealed that 76.44 per cent of work force in the studied households practice farming, The average size of land holding of the sample households was found 1.59 hectares of which 48.05 per cent was cultivated area. 58.33 per cent of the farmers were selling their produce in Solan market, Proportion of farmers selling their produce outside the state increased with the farm size, as only 33.33 per cent medium farmer sold their produce outside state , Infrastructure development index for Solan market was found higest 0.89 and lowest is 0.10 in Saproon. Private transport was the most commonly used mode of transport of the respondents with the highest per centage of 46.67 per cent found. The coefficient of variation in arrival of tomato was higher in all the markets compared to variation in price. Correlation between price and arrival in capsicum and peas were found negative and significant in Solan and Kandaghat. Growth rates were also estimated and it was found that the prices of different vegetable crops registered a linear positive growth. The highest 42.01 per cent seasonality was found in Kandaghat market in cauliflower and seasonality in vegetable crops varied between 1.01 to 162.07 per cent. Hence analysis revealed the presence of higher seasonality in vegetable crops. 76.67 per cent of the respondents in the study area opinion that regulated markets are useful and selling of agricultural produce in regulated markets was the most preferred as 50.00 per cent of farmers used this system. Most important motivating factor for preferring the regulated markets by the farmers was market price as opinioned 43.33 per cent farmers. However, co-farmers was the main source of market information used by the farmers 23.33 per cent. Respondents were highly satisfied with “Physical function related with producer’s welfare, which presents a Garrett score of 51.80 per cent. Constraints related with the trade, absence of credit facility were ranked first where as inadequate storage and transport facility was ranked first in constraints related with facilitative function with garrett mean score of 60.65 per cent and 63.94 per cent respectively.