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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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    STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR CHANGING STRUCTURE OF LIVELIHOOD IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2022-12) MEHTA, GAGAN; VAIDYA, MANOJ K
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Strategic Management for Changing Structure of Livelihood in Himachal Pradesh” was conducted during the year 2020-22 in Solan, Chamba and Kinnaur districts of the state selected from 3 different strata’s classified based on their per cent contribution to state GDP. Stratified multistage random sampling was used to select 120 respondents from each strata constituting a sample size of 360 respondents in the present study. At overall level the average family size was found 6.04 persons, out of which 55.31 per cent were males and sex ratio was found 808. Literacy rate and literacy index was estimated 78.37 per cent and 1.95 respectively. Agriculture was found to be the main occupation as 68.61 per cent of workforce practice farming at overall farm category level. The average size of land holding was found 0.97 hectare in which 48.47 per cent of the area was cultivated area and 24.99 per cent area was under orchard. At overall level cropping intensity without orchard and with orchard was worked out to be 169.36 per cent and 151.21 per cent respectively, which indicates that there is a scope to increase the farm efficiency. Income pattern revealed that main source of income was farm sector (83.66 %), with in farm sector horticulture sector contributed highest (77.01 %) to the total income on overall basis. Livelihood framework analysis revealed that, Strata-III outperformed Strata-I and Strata-II in terms of human, natural, social, and financial assets. As far as political asset is concerned it was found more in Strata-II as comparison to other strata’s. Furthermore, there was a noticeable difference was observed in the physical capital amongst different strata’s as Strata-I was better in physical capital as comparison to other strata’s. To identify the vulnerability of rural households, Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) and LVI-IPCC approaches were used. According to LVI composite index approach Strata-II was found to be most vulnerable followed by Strata-I and Strata-III, whereas Strata-I was observed to be least vulnerable using the LVI-IPCC approach. Among all the government sponsored schemes, the schemes which had significant impact on livelihood of sample households were Kisan Credit Scheme (KCC), Horticulture Training and Extension Service, Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization and MGNREGA. The result of the study showed that out of the 10 determinants of diversification of livelihoods identified: age of household head, level of education, family size, land-man ratio, access to irrigation, access to credit and distance to market were significant predictors of diversification of livelihoods. Furthermore, rural household income in the study area get boosted when respondents have higher livelihood diversification, better literacy rate, larger land holding, better irrigation facility, higher proportion of non-farm income share and less distance to nearest marke
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    CHANGING PATTERN OF TRIBAL LIVELIHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF KINNAUR DISTRICT IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (2016) MEHTA, GAGAN; PRASHER, R.S.
    ABSTRACT The study entitled “Changing Pattern of Tribal Livelihood: A Case Study of Kinnaur District in Himachal Pradesh” was conducted during 2015-2016 in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. At overall level the average family size was found 6.28persons, out of which 55.25 per cent were males and sex ratio was found 810. Literacy rate and literacy index was estimated 78.53 per cent and 1.80 respectively. The overall dependency ratio with respect to family size was found 0.25 indicating dependence up to 25per cent. The average size of land holding was found 1.23 hectare in which 67.06 per cent of the area was under orchards. At overall level cropping intensity was worked out to be 141.55 per cent, which indicates that there is a scope to increase the farm efficiency. Income pattern revealed that main source of income was agriculture sector (84.51 %), with in agricultural sector horticulture sector contributed (68.44 %) to the total income on overall basis. Livelihood framework analysis revealed that medium farmers had better position in physical, financial and human capitals/assets status than small and marginal farmers. As far as social and political capital was concerned it was same in all the three farm categories. No significant difference was found in natural capital on different farm categories. On overall basis impact of seasonality was found very high on the marginal farmer followed by small and medium farmers. Among all the government sponsored schemes, the schemes which had significant impact on livelihood of sample households were Watershed Development Programmes (IWDP/IWMP), Desert Development Programme (DDP), Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), Indira Awaas Yojna. The simpson livelihood diversification index was found higher for salaried group as well as agriculture+ services group. The tribal households in the study area are likely to have a diversified livelihood when they have better skills (trainings). The scope for livelihood diversification also gets boosted when there are better irrigation facilities. Education level and membership of a formal social organization were also found helping in diversifying the livelihood portfolio. Finally land man ratio has a strong influence on the tribal livelihood diversification. Government interventions/ Development initiatives have enhanced the Natural, Physical and financial capital but coordinated efforts need to be focused on human capital.