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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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Author: VASHISHAT, ROHIT KUMAR × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis × Rating Count: 5 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL FARMING IN SIRMAUR DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-11) VASHISHAT, ROHIT KUMAR; SHARMA, SUBHASH
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Economic Analysis of Natural Farming in Sirmaur District of Himachal Pradesh” was carried out in Sirmour district. A sample of 60 farmers practicing natural farming was selected using simple random sampling. Results of the study revealed that literacy rate was 95.30 percent in males and 76.90 in females and literacy index was 2.8 in males and 2.1 in females. Average land holding was 0.82 ha out of which natural farming area was 0.39 ha in the sampled farms. Under natural farming the major crop combinations adopted by farmers in Kharif season were cereals-vegetables (0.13 ha) followed by cereals–vegetables-pulses (0.10 ha), vegetables (0.10 ha) and sugarcane-vegetables-turmeric and in Rabi season cereals-vegetables (0.15 ha) followed by cereals-vegetables-oil seed crops (0.14 ha) and cereals–vegetables-pulses (0.08 ha). Under natural farming cost of cultivation in Kharif season was Rs. 62981.6/ha in cereals-vegetables-pulses, Rs.90395.7/ha in cereals-vegetables crop combination, Rs. 111252.26/ha in vegetables & Rs. 70472.73/ha in sugarcane-vegetables-turmeric and in Rabi season, cost of cultivation was Rs. 58244/ha in cereals-vegetables-pulses, Rs. 54870/ha in cereals-vegetables and Rs. 49886/ha in cereals-vegetables- oil seed crops. Under natural farming, the CEY in Kharif season was 74.32 q/ha in cereals-vegetables-pulses, 78.65 q/ha in cereals-vegetables, 142.63q/ha in vegetables and 1308.09 q/ha insugarcanevegetables-turmeric and in Rabi season the CEY was 65.99 q/ha in cereals-vegetables-pulses, 66.75 q/ha in cerealsvegetables and 40.51 q/ha in cereals-vegetables- oil seed crops. In Rabi season, under natural farming it has been observed that the per cent increase in the yield in comparison to conventional farming was highest in cerealsvegetables-pulses (157%) followed by cereals-vegetables- oil seed crops (85%) and cereals-vegetables (10%) and in Kharif season, the per cent increase was highest in vegetables (66%) followed by sugarcane-vegetables-turmeric (61%), cereals-vegetables (25%), cereals-vegetables-pulses (14%). In Kharif season, the REE (Relative Economic Efficiency) of natural farming system was highest in vegetables (99 %) followed by sugarcane-vegetables-turmeric (92%), cereals-vegetables-pulses (85%) and cereals-vegetables (30%) and in Rabi season, REE of natural farming system was highest in cereals-vegetables-pulses (570%) followed by cereals-vegetables (-7%) and cerealsvegetables- oil seed crops (-34.31%) in comparison to conventional farming. In natural farming and conventional farming systems the sum of the elasticity coefficient were found greater than one, indicated increasing returns to scale. The factor-price ratio was more than one in variables Jivamrit, Ghanjivamrit, Agniastra and seed in natural farming, which showed that the resources were at under utilization level. The non-availability of specialised market was ranked I problem with the 33.59 Garret mean score followed by labour intensive problem (II), unfair price for produce in market (III) and high wage rates (IV). The disease occurrence in the natural farming system was ranked least problem(15th) which means natural farming is successful in controlling diseases infarming field