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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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    ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION IN MID HILL ZONE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2021-02) SHARMA, SHIVANI; SHARMA, RAVINDER
    ABSTRACT Present study entitled “Economic Analysis of Agricultural Mechanization in mid hill zone of Himachal Pradesh” was conducted in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. A sample of 60 farmers was selected randomly from 10 villages of Gopalpur and Balh blocks in Mandi district. Both primary as well as secondary data were used to fulfill the specific objectives of the study. Socioeconomic analysis of the farmers revealed an average size of 5.90 members with a literacy rate of 88.24 per with literacy index of 2.81. The cultivated land accounted for 97.43 per cent of total land holdings. The results revealed that mechanization index at overall farm category was 0.26 which varied from 0.21 to 0.53 among different categories of farms. The highest (0.53) farm mechanization index was found in medium farms and lowest (0.21) in marginal farms. It can further be observed that coefficient of variation was highest (39.00 %) in marginal farms and lowest (6.52 %) in medium farms. At the overall level, 46.15 per cent variation was found in farm mechanization. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the factors affecting farm mechanization the study area. Literacy index, type of family and land holdings were found significant factors affecting the farm mechanization in the study area. It was found that with the improvement in quality of education, farm mechanization index will increase by 0.009 units for every one unit increase in the literacy index. Literacy rate, occupation and crop yield index were found to have positive relationship with farm mechanization, however, these factors were not found statistically significant. The major problem for the slow pace of agricultural mechanization in the study area was lack of training in the use of farm machinery, maintenance cost of implements and excessively small fragmented land holdings and nonavailability of spare parts. Agricultural mechanization has been identified as one of the critical inputs for increasing the productivity of land by ensuring timeliness of agricultural operations, increased labour work output per unit time by reducing efforts and drudgery and improved quality of farm operations.