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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 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LIVELIHOOD STATUS OF DAIRY FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN HAMIRPUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF Nauni, 2023-12-23) ADITI SHARMA; Dr. Shilpa
    Present study analyzed the “Economic impact of Climate Change on the livelihood status of dairy farm households in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh” during the year 2022-23. Multistage random sampling technique was used for the selection of the respondents from the randomly selected four blocks named Bijhari, Nadaun, Hamirpur and Sujanpur out of 6 blocks. Then 3 panchayats from each selected block were selected randomly and 10 dairy farming households from each selected panchayat were selected randomly to constitute a sample size of 120 for the collection of the primary data. All dairy producers were divided into three categories for the purpose of data analysis: small category (1- 3 SAUs), medium category (4-6 SAUs), and large category (>6 SAUs). Farmers are reported to have an average size of 5.23 members with a literacy rate of 90.33 per cent and literacy index of 2.75 in accordance with socioeconomic data. The dependency ratios for family were 0.25. Total land holding was 1.10 hectares out of which 83.91 per cent was cultivated land covering the maximum portion. In the study area, a crop intensity of 172.03 per cent was found. The average number of cattle units was 4.74, of which 5.72, 12.09, 50.29, 26.28, and 5.21 percent were local cows, crossbred cows, buffalo, young stock, and heifers, respectively. The impact of climatic change on dairy farm households is calculated using secondary data acquired through the Indian Meteorological Department, Shimla for the 50 years 1981–2021. The Ricardian results demonstrated that the climate change has consequences on dairy farm households in the Hamirpur district and that there is analysis shows a nonlinear relationship among climate change and net revenue. Results shows that with the increase in maximum temperature net revenue was decreased while increase in minimum temperature and annual rainfall net revenue was increased. The marginal effects of climate variations on the net revenue of dairy households are assessed and showed that the net revenue was dropped by Rs. 39.15 and rise by Rs. 4.44 per day for every 1°C increase in minimum temperature and 1°C reduction in maximum temperature, respectively while the marginal revenue from annual rainfall was Rs. 0.20 which was very negligible. The Binary Logistic Regression model was used to examine farmer’s choices about the deployment of adaptation measures for climate risk. The findings suggested that a farmer's decision to adapt to climate change was influenced by socioeconomic factors such as farm income and farming experience. The most serious problem in the study area was lack of improved fodder crops (63.78%) and least problem was lack of dairy cooperatives (33.06%).In order to adapt with climate change suitable adaptation practices should be followed like improving feed practices and use of well acclimatised breeds and following the crop livestock diversification method