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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: Silviculture and Agroforestry × Author: SINGH, NAVJOT × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STUDIES ON IDENTIFICATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF EXISTING AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN KANGRA DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) SINGH, NAVJOT; PANT, K.S.
    ABSTRACT The study entitled “Studies on identification and socio-economic status of existing agroforestry systems in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh.” was conducted during the year 2014-15 with the aim to evaluate existing agroforestry systems, estimation of their biological yield and economic returns, to find out technological gaps in the systems and thereby propose means to overcome them. The study sites were selected through stratified random sampling technique. The Kangra District was divided into three altitudinal zones viz. Zone- I (< 500 m amsl), Zone- II (500-1000 m amsl) and Zone- III (> 1000 m amsl). In each altitudinal zone, four panchayats were selected randomly. From each selected panchayats as per classification of government of Himachal Pradesh, farmers were divided on the basis of their land holding into four different farmers categories: 1. Marginal (<1 ha), 2. Small (1-2 ha), 3. Medium (2-5 ha) and 4. Large (>5 ha) and a random sample of five farmers from each category were taken as ultimate unit of the study. Twenty farmers were falling in each category in each altitudinal zone except large category in altitudinal zoneIII as there was no farmer found in large category in selected panchayats. The data was collected through pre-tested schedule for the purpose through personal interviews with head of the each household and field sampling. SocioEconomic Status of farmers has been evaluated taking into account their average family structure, sex- ratio, educational status of the head of families, literacy of families, status of off-farm employment, livestock status and land holding size. The study revealed that six agroforestry systems types prevalent among different categories of farmers in three altitudinal zones namely: Agrisilviculture (AS), Agrisilvihorticulture (ASH), Agrihorticulture (AH), Agrisilvipastoral (ASP), Pastoralsilviculture (PS) and Silvipastoral (SP). The maximum total biomass production among agroforestry systems type in three altitudinal zones was observed in ASH, zone- II (41.17 t ha -1 ) while in farmers category it was observed maximum in ASH, large farmers category (40.46 t ha -1 ). Higher total biomass production of pastoral agroforestry systems type among three altitudinal zones was noticed in SP, zone- III (52.46 t ha -1 ) whereas, in farmers category it was recorded maximum in SP, small farmers category (47.45 t ha -1 ). Also, the higher net returns of agroforestry systems at three altitudinal zones was noticed in AS, zone- I (Rs. 192520.34), while in farmers category it was observed maximum in AS, large farmers category (Rs. 240734.32). In pastoral agroforestry systems, the highest net returns among three altitudinal zones was noticed in ASP, zone- III (Rs. 155642.11) whereas, in farmers category it was recorded maximum in ASP, medium farmers category (Rs. 151663.99). Benefit: Cost ratio of agroforestry systems among three altitudinal zones was noticed highest in AS, zone- III (2.05) while in farmers category it was observed maximum in ASH, large farmers category (2.00). In pastoral agroforestry systems highest Benefit: Cost ratio among three altitudinal zones was noticed in PS, zone II (2.58) whereas, in farmers category it was recorded maximum in PS, large farmers category (2.51).The technological gaps/constraints viz. social, technological and infrastructural found in the study area highlighted the inherent weakness of existing agroforestry systems. From the above study it is inferred that among identified agroforestry systems type most predominant were agrisilviculture (AS) and pastoralsilviculture (PS) systems in Kangra District. Hence the study represents the clear picture of biomass and economic analysis of existing agroforestry system which will help the local peoples to fulfil their basic needs and the researchers to gain the benefit from the agroforestry.