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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: SHARMA, PRIYANKA × Start date: 1994 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL FARMING IN HAMIRPUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-11) SHARMA, PRIYANKA; SHARMA, SUBHASH
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Economic Analysis of Natural Farming in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh”. 15 farmers each from four blocks i.e. Sujanpur, Nadaun, Hamirpur and Bijhari of Hamirpur district were selected for the study by using Simple Random sampling technique. Results revealed that literacy rate was 85.41 per cent with literacy index of 3.30 showing good quality of education. 71.51 per cent of the households were engaged in agriculture followed by service (15.48%) and business (12.92%). Average number of workers was 4.05 in study area. Average cultivated area was 0.56 ha, out of which 0.28 ha, area was under Natural Farming and 0.28 ha area was under conventional farming. The cropping intensity was 192.85 per cent. The average number of livestock was 5.07 out of which local cow was 10.50 per cent and improved cow was 24.99 per cent. There were four major crop combinations under Natural Farming system in Rabi season i.e. Cereals-Vegetables, Cereals-Pulses-Vegetables, Cereals-Pulses and Cereals. In Kharif season crop combinations under natural farming were Cereals-Pulses and Cereals. The major crops grown under conventional farming system were Maize and Wheat. In Rabi season, cost of cultivation of different crop combinations under Natural Farming i.e. Cereals-Pulses, Cereals, Cereals-Pulses-Vegetables and CerealsVegetables were Rs.42890.23/ha, Rs 39884.42/ha, Rs 49034.72/ha and Rs 40704.82/ha, respectively. For Kharif season cost of cultivation for Cereals-Pulses was (Rs 41808.14/ha) and Rs 39303.91/ha for Cereals. Percentage decrease in cost under NF over CF varied between 5 to 22 per cent in Rabi season and 5 to 10 per cent in Kharif season. Percentage increase in yield in NF over CF varied between 1.23 to 1.87 per cent in Rabi season and 2.16 to 3.06 per cent in Kharif season. Percentage increase in gross returns under NF over CF varied between 1.23 to 1.87 per cent in Rabi season and 2.16 to 3.06 per cent in Kharif season. Relative Economic Efficiency (REE) varied between 6 to 21 per cent in Rabi season and 8 to 11 per cent in Kharif season. Output-input ratio indicated that on investing Rs. 1, farmer got a returns of Rs. 2.00 in Cereals-vegetables, 2.26 in Cereals-pulsesvegetables, 2.06 in Cereals-pulses and Rs. 2.09 in Cereals. In Kharif season it was Rs 1.83 in Cereals-pulses and Rs 1.77 in Cereals. Sum of elasticity coefficients (∑bi = 1.15) was more than unity, which showed increasing returns to scale under Natural Farming. It means that returns increases by more than the proportional change in all inputs under Natural Farming system. The coefficients of seed, labour, natural fertilizers and plant protection solutions was more than unity, indicated all were over utilized and reduction in its usage would lead to optimize the returns. Chemicals fertilizer cost, high yield and pest attack played a significant role in the adoption of Natural Farming. Shortage of skilled labour, higher wage rates, non-availability of specialized market, fair price for produce in market were some of the problems faced by the farmers in the study area.