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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: Soil Science × Author: PRAVEEN, KUMAR × End date: 2019 ×
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    IMPACY OF WATERSHED INTERVENTIONS ON WATER RESSOURCES, SOILPROPERTIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF SOME MICROWATERSHEDS OF NALAGARH BLOCK OF DISTRICT SOLAN OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2014) PRAVEEN, KUMAR; SHARMA, J.C.
    ABSTRACT Study entitled “Impact of watershed interventions on water resources, soil properties and socio economic status of selected micro-watersheds in Nalagarh block of district Solan of Himachal Pradesh” was conducted during 2013-14 to evaluate integrated watershed management programme (IWMP-II) covering an area of 6947 ha of Nalagarh block of Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. Three micro-watersheds namely Bawasani (lAlDlD1d), Mittian (lA1D2D1b) and Koedi (1A1D1D2C) of Chikni khad sub-catchment with an area of 4,671 ha were randomly selected from IWMP-II to assess the impact of watershed interventions after one year completion of project on water resources, production systems, socio-economic status and fertility status of soil of micro-watersheds. Most of the respondents in all the micro-watersheds were resource poor and marginal to small farmers. Literacy rate (70%) and sex ratio (780) of these micro-watersheds were lower than both state and national levels. Intervention through the introduction of Kanchan variety of maize and Dhannaya variety of tomato, resulted increase in productivity of these crops by 0.15-0.35 q/ha and by 3.13-9.37 q/ha, respectively. Distribution of seedlings of suitable varieties of fruit crops encouraged the farmers towards horticulture sector and brought new area of 0.63 ha under different fruit crops in the micro watersheds. Good quality feed making intervention in dairy sector increased on an average half a litre of milk production per day per milching animal. New water harvesting structures (14 kaccha ponds and 4 tanks) were constructed in the micro-watersheds resulted increase in irrigation potential of 15.8 ha (from 212.0-227.8 ha). Watershed interventions on different farm activities led to a slight increase in the farm income of the benefited farmers, farm income of BPL families increased by 2.17 to 4.08 per cent. New livelihood activities like poultry and piggery and 5 SHGs for agriculture, horticulture, dairy, poultry and piggery were created in the micro-watersheds which led to increase in social participation of the watershed inhabitants. Soils of micro-watersheds were found slightly acidic to slightly alkaline in reaction, low to medium in OC and available N, high in available P and medium in available K. The nutrient index of OC was medium (<1.81) and whereas, NI of available N, P and K was found to be of low (<1.75), high (3) and medium (2) category.
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    IMPACT OF LANDUSE SYSTEMS ON RUNOFF, SOIL AND NUTRIENT LOSSES IN Ga3a MICRO-WATERSHED IN DISTRICT SOLAN OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (2013) PRAVEEN, KUMAR; RAINA, J.N.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Impact of landuse systems on runoff, soil and nutrient losses in Ga3a micro-watershed in district Solan of Himachal Pradesh” was carried out with a view to ascertain the hydrological, physical and chemical properties, erodibility characteristics and soil and nutrient losses under different landuse systems viz. Forest, Grassland, Orchard, Agriculture and Scrub. On the basis of detailed survey and random sampling, representative soil samples from two depths i.e. 0.0-0.15 and 0.15-0.30 m were collected. Soils were evaluated for their hydraulic, physical and chemical properties and erodibility indices under different landuse systems. Results revealed that the soils of Ga3a microwatershed in district Solan (H.P.) registered slightly acidic to neutral reaction which is conducive for availability of nutrients both from the native as well as from the applied sources. The soils were noted coarser in texture with sand constituting the major fraction. Soils were characterized by high bulk density, inadequate moisture retention and had low available water content. Among the studied landuse systems, grass and forest landuse systems were found to have higher organic carbon. Fertility status of the soils indicated that these were low in available N, medium to high in available P and medium in available K status. According to the erodibility indices based on empirical equations i.e. ER and EI, all the soils were found to be erodible, however, forest and grasslands were comparatively less erodible and more stable. The results get further support from the findings of runoff plot studies wherein total runoff was noted to the extent of 8.1, 9.6, 29.9, 38.5 and 35.8 ha m x 10-3 coupled with soil loss of 0.06, 0.08, 0.55, 0.86 and 0.74 tonnes ha-1 under forest, grassland, orchard, agriculture and scrub landuse systems, respectively. The soils under forest landuse system also registered minimum nutrient losses, whereas maximum nutrient losses occurred in the agricultural landuse system. It may concluded that perrenial vegetation comprising grasses, fruit and forest plantations protects the soils against impact of falling rain drops, increase the interception and hold runoff water on soil surface for longer time. Such impacts reduces the speed of surface runoff, binds the soil mechanically and improves the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil. The study further suggest that there is an urgent need to put more and more area under agronomic measures to check the runoff, soil erosion and nutrient losses. Furthermore, there is a need to adopt appropriate soil and water conservation measures for controlling the runoff and nutrient losses, thus sustaining their productivity.