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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PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF APPLE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH AND JAMMU & KASHMIR - A COMPARATIVE STUDY
(COLLEGE OF FORESTRY DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY NAUNI, SOLAN, 2009) ABDUL RAUF; SGARNA, R. L
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SCOPE OF DIVERSIFICATION OF HILL FARMING SYSTEMS (A CASE STUDY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH)
(DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ; SOLAN, 1997) GUPTA, MANOJ; TEWARI, S. C
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CONSTRAINTS IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PANGI TEHSIL IN CHAMBA DISTRICT)
(HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, SOLAN, 1985) OBEROI, RAJESH CHANDER; MOORTI, T. V
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Common property resources and rural livelihood security: A study of common pasturelands in hills of Nepal
(YSPU, 2012) Regmi, Sudarshan Prasad; Sharma, Ravinder
The study analyzed the linkages of common property resources (pastureland) with the rural livelihood security of people in Rasuwa district of Nepal. A stratified multistage random sampling design was used to select a sample of 180 respondents from three different climatic zones, viz., temperate (2000-3000 masl), sub-alpine (3000-4000 masl) and alpine (4000-5000 masl). The selected samples were further classified as users’ and non-users’ depending upon their dependence on common pastureland. The result of the study revealed that 63.33 per cent of sampled respondents were users and 83.33 per cent were exclusively dependent on agricultural farming. The pasture to herder ratio was found higher in the temperate zoneand lower in sub-alpine and alpine zone indicatingthat as the altitude increased the number of herder also increased. A maximum likelihood estimates using Tobit model was used to determine collective effort for the pastureland management. It was revealed that area of common pastureland, Gini ratio and income from livestock were positively and significantly whereas, membership to local organization and quadratic form of Gini ratio were negatively and significantly affected the management of the common pastureland. The Tobit analysis revealed that probability in thecollective effort of an average illiterate farmer having Gini ratio of 0.40 and non-member to local organization with landholding of 0.30 ha has probability of 0.261; which further decreased to 0.197 with increased landholding (0.60ha). Further increase in educational level from illiterate to primary lowered in probability to 0.158. The condition of pastureland in physical term and availability of forage were high in alpine zone than the other regions and overall condition was found to be fair to good; with highly weed infestation and unwanted shrubs (56.12 %). The major determinants of the good pastureland condition found using Tobit analysis; were land holding, land to man ratio, family size, household work force, forage availability index andthe status of respondent being user of the pastureland. The findings explicitly indicated that livestock income contributed 51.89 per cent to user household income whereas remittance as off-farm income constituted 59.92 per cent of the non-users’ household income. It was found that food availability based on their own production level of wheat, rice and maize) was deficit in all categories of respondent and climatic zones. Whereas, when potato crop was considered as stable food, then the food available become sufficient. The analyze of the major determinants for willingness to pay for betterment of pastureland condition inferred that were cost of stay, management level, and livestock units were found positively and significantly, and family size and value of resource use negatively and significantly affecting the willingness to pay of with cost of stay being most important (<0.01) factor for both users and non-users of the pastureland. It was further investigated that probability of extent for willingness to pay (WTP) for average respondent in the study area increased with increased in cost of stay, livestock income and family size. The expected amount of WTP for average respondent in overall situation varied from NRs. 304.53 to 680.00 ha 1 yr 1, whereas, in case of nonuser it varied from NRs. 216.58 to 362.62 ha 1 yr 1 . In case of users it increased from NRs.2163.29 to2666505.45 ha 1 yr 1 implying thereby that users were highly motivated to pay more than the non-users in the study area. Itwas revealed that respondents were willing to pay higher price for the higher quality of pastureland improvement. The findings of the present study strongly recommend that there should be a separate pastureland policy to bring several activities related to the pastureland management so that livelihood of the users may be strengthening in future.
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Resource Use And Marketing Efficiency Of Off-Season Vegetables In Western Himalayas - A Study Of Himachal Pradesh
(Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2002) Singh, Y. Chakrabarty; Negi, Yashwant Singh
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Socio-Economic Analysis Of Tourism In Himachal Pradesh
(Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2003) Bhalla, Pankaj; Negi, Y.S.
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ECONOMICS OF HILL FARMING SYSTEMS AND THEIR LINKAGES WITH CIMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
(UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 1996) THAKUR, RAJESH KUMAR; TEWARI, S.C.
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NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -A CASE STUDY OF RESERVOIR FISHRIES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
(UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 1994) KATIHA, PRADEEP KUMAR; TEWARI, S.C.
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN MID HILL ZONE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
(UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 1995) RANA, RAJESH KUMAR; TEWARI, S.C.

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