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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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    ESTIMATION OF ECOTOURISM POTENTIAL IN HIMACHAL PRADESH BY USING NON-MARKET VALUATION METHODS
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2022-12) LUDARMANI; VAIDYA, MANOJ KUMAR
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Estimation of ecotourism potential in Himachal Pradesh by using non-market valuation methods” was conducted during the year 2021 - 22 in all five national parks of Himachal Pradesh. To find out use and non- use values of national parks, a sample of 500 visitors, one hundred from each national park were selected randomly. Estimation of recreational and other use values of environmental amenities of study area were done using the Individual Travel Cost Method (ITCM) and to capture the non-use values of the amenities of national parks by Contingent Valuation (CV) method. Various regression models were used for estimation of the demand curve. The results of study revealed that average visitation frequency for all national parks was about two times per visitors per year. The co-efficient of Travel Cost turned out to be negative and statistically significant which indicate that higher the amount of travel cost less will be visitation frequency for national parks. The estimated coefficients of education, environmental responses index and household income were also found to be positively significant, whereas the coefficients of travelling distance worked out to be negatively related. The average consumer surplus of the visitors estimated through truncated negative binomial regression was Rs. 2380.95/ person/ visit. The average total travel cost was found to be Rs. 5189.77 out of which 12.06 per cent was spent on entry fee, camera charges and camping charges etc. The main purpose of visit was recreational and aesthetic values and followed by educational or research purposes. The prime variable for estimation of the WTP was monthly household income which was found to be positively significant. The estimated coefficients of education and environmental responses index were also found positively significant, whereas the coefficients of age and family size were negatively significant. The per capita mean willingness to pay estimated Rs.730.80/person/annum. The average numbers of visitors per year during previous five years were 25989 and most of visitors were from native state (77.60 %), other states of the country (20.40 %) and only 2.00 per cent visitors were foreign nationals. The total use value of the park calculated from fifty per cent of consumer surplus was estimated Rs. 309.39 lakh and non-use value was estimated Rs. 189.92 lakh. Out of average annual expenditures for conservation and maintenance of parks 13.95 per cent costs were recovered from visitors and 86.05 per cent were recovered from government funds and various other funding agencies. The visitor charges can be raised from present Rs. 80.96 to upto Rs. 580.74/ person/ visit to cover whole amount of maintenance and conservation of national parks which is even below the calculated WTP.
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    VALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITY: A CASE STUDY OF PIN VALLEY NATIONAL PARK IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) LUDARMANI; PRASHER, R.S.
    ABSTRACT The study entitled “Valuation of Environmental Amenity: A Case Study of Pin Valley National Park in Himachal Pradesh” was carried out during 2016-2017 in Lahaul & Spiti, Shimla and Solan districts of Himachal Pradesh. To find out use values, a sample of 100 visitors of park was selected randomly from PVNP and to find out non-use values of amenity, a sample of 200 respondents was selected randomly from Shimla and Solan districts of Himachal Pradesh. The results of study revealed mean visitation rate for last five years was found 2.71.The co-efficient of Travel Cost turned out to be significant and negative which indicate that higher the amount of travel cost less was the visitation rate or recreational demand for park. The estimated coefficients of education, sex, environmental responses index and household income were found to be significant and positive whereas the coefficients of age, time and distance travelled turned out to be significant and negative. The average total travel cost and consumer surplus were found to be Rs. 5952 and Rs. 7169.20 respectively. The prime variable for estimation of the WTP function is household income of the individual. It was observed that the coefficient of household income turned out to be significant and positive. The estimated coefficients of location, education, sex and environmental responses index were found to be significant and positive whereas the coefficients of age, family size, and family expenditure turned out to be significant and negative. The per capita mean willingness to pay was found to be Rs.25.76. The total consumers surplus or total use and non-use values of the park were found to be Rs. 1.84 and 9.48 crore respectively. It was concluded that out of total expenditures for conservation and maintenance of PVNP, 16.25% should be raised from the user of the park and 83.75% should be born out of sources. Since the ratio of money spent to conservation and management of park amounts 24.20% of total WTP, hence as per our calculation excludable amenities of park were grossly under priced. It can be concluded that raising user charges will be a market based instrument to limit visitors to the park.