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Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda

Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda has been established as a full-fledged State University, having unique honour of being the “First Agricultural University of Bundelkhand Region”. The University was notified vide Government Order No. 301/79-V-1-10-1 (Ka) 27-2009 Lucknow and established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010. Initially it was named as “Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda”, which was changed as “Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda” vide Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2014, No. 1528(2)/LXXIX-V-1-14-1(Ka)-13-2014 dated 4th December 2014. The University has been established for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in the Uttar Pradesh on the whole and Bundelkhand region in particular. It is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. State Government of Uttar Pradesh has assigned the University with the responsibilities of (a) human resource generation and development, (b) generation and perfection of technologies, and (c) their dissemination to the farmers, orchardists and dairy farmers in the Chitrakoot Dham and Jhansi divisions. The Chirtrkoot Dham Division consists of four districts, namely Banda, Chitrakoot (Karvi), Mahoba and Hamirpur whereas Jhansi Division consists of Jhansi, Lalitpur and Jalaun (Orai) districts.

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    ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SEED PRODUCERS IN BUNDELKHAND REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda Uttar Pradesh, 2020-11-10) Singh Raghuvanshi, Saurabh; P.Mishra, Bhanu
    A farmer does not become an entrepreneur only by adopting a new agricultural technology but he becomes an entrepreneur only when he comes to be an operator of a farm business (De, 1986). The entrepreneur is perceived as an individual with certain characteristics helpful in conceiving, initiating, establishing and managing an enterprise. The current study was carried out during 2019-2020 entitled "Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Seed producers in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh" has been initiated focus on entrepreneurial behaviour of sced producers. The study was conducted in Banda and Hamirpur district which were purposively selected considering the approachability, convenience and availability of KVK of BUAT, Banda where seed hub project is running. The total sample size of 80 respondents were selected on the basis of multistage proportionate random sampling who were the beneficiaries of state seed cooperation and pulse seed hub project of BUAT from both the selected district. From the salient findings of the study it can be concluded that majority of the respondent were found the medium level of entrepreneurial behaviour due to their medium socio-economic profile. Further, it was observed that the risk bearing ability leadership ability, innovativeness, selfconfidence and decision making ability were also found medium. Among the thirteen independent variables, seven variables viz., education, annual income, occupation, land holding, material possession, training received, economic motivation, market orientation showed positive and significant correlation with entrepreneurial behaviour. The major hurdle observed in seed production business were related to availability of inputs, farm machinery, awareness related to market, finance etc., annapratha, occurrence of insectpest and disease, as well as erratic weather conditions etc. For the increment in the level of entrepreneurial behaviour, it is required to provide more subsidies on the cost of inputs such as fertilizer, timely supply of good quality of seed by the sponsoring organizations along with capacity building and hand holding support to seed producers on recent technologies of seed production. To overcome with the different constraints of seed production the best remunerative price of seed must be ensured. Further, the opportunity for exposure visit as well as availability of mini processing plants on cluster basis can attract more young farmers to opt seed production as amiable enterprise.
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    Training Need Assessment of Pulse Growers in Bundelkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020-10-26) Ranjan Patel, Rajeev; Mishra, Dheeraj
    Region of Uttar Pradesh The present study was conducted to assess the training needs of pulse growers. The research was framed with Ex-post facto design. The study was carried out in 10 villages randomly selected from two blocks of Banda district where pulse was the major crop. A sample of 120 farmers was randomly selected from selected villages. A semi structured interview schedule was administered for data collection through a personal interview method. Further, the data was analyzed by using appropriate statistical methods. It was observed that the majority of pulse growers were male, middle aged, possessed medium level of education and having joint and large family. Majority of respondents had kaccha house, small land holdings and farming as a sole profession. The average annual income of majority of pulse growers was recorded between Rs. 60,001/- to Rs. 1,50,000/-. The study reveals that the social participation of pulse growers is very low, while extension contact was found as medium level. Majority of pulse growers exhibited medium level of mass media exposures and scientific orientation. Study shows that majority of the pulse growers had not attended any type of training programme. Training needs of the majority of the pulse growers were reported under medium level. Training on plant protection, post-harvest management, marketing management, nutrient management, seed & sowing method and harvesting were identified and placed in higher preferences by the pulse growers. Age and farming experiences were found negative and significantly correlated with training needs, while education, land holdings, material possession, social participation, extension contact, mass media exposures and scientific orientation were positive and significantly correlated with training need of farmers. The majority of the respondents favoured non-institutional training. The pulse growers suggested that training programmes should be conducted during the months of September and October. Duration of 2-3 days was found appropriate for such training programmes. The findings of the study may act as a guideline document for redesigning the effective training programmes on pulse production technology.
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    Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Self Help Group Members under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020-11-24) Singh, Shakti; P. Mishra, Bhanu
    The present study was conducted entitled ‘Entrepreneurial Behaviour of the Self-Help Group Members under National Rural Livelihood Mission’. The study was conducted in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. There are 08 Community Development Blocks in Banda district; out of them, one CD Block Badhokhar Khurd was selected randomly. In Badhokhar Khurd block there is a total of 56 Gram Panchayats, out of these 6 Gram Panchayats were selected randomly for the present study where the SHGs under NRLM were functioning. The Gram Panchayat wise details of the SHGs along with the list of SHG members were prepared. Altogether 120 respondents were selected for the present study by using multi-stage proportionate random sampling. The data was collected through the personal interview by using a structured interview schedule by the researcher himself. The collected data were processed and analyzed by applying appropriate statistical tools. It was observed that the majority of the respondents belonged to the middle age group having education up to high school level. The majority of the respondents belongs nuclear family system with small family size. The study also revealed that agriculture with the business was found as a major occupation by the majority of the respondents with a medium level of annual family income. The variables viz. extension contact, social participation, marketing orientation and economic motivation were scored as the medium. After summing up the scores of all the seven components of the entrepreneur behaviour it was found in the medium level category. The coefficient of correlation reflects that education, annual income, occupation, social participation, mass media use, extension contact, economic motivation and market orientation had a positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour of respondents. The lack of knowledge about the market trend of & limited marketing of SHG products, lack of awareness on marketing strategies and low price of SHG products were found as major constraints. To attain the objectives of the mission it is suggested that required more awareness about the market trend should, need of a different platform for marketing of SHG products, providing timely the revolving fund from NRLM and easy loan procedure etc different aspects to make the group business sustainable.
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    Training Need Assessment of Dairy Farmers of Banda District in Bundelkhand Region
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020-10-20) Kumar Maurya, Rishabh; Kr. Ojha, Pankaj
    The study was carried out to identify the training needs of dairy farmers in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh. Data was collected during 2019-2020 through personal interview method using semi structured schedule. Multi stage random sampling technique was adopted for the study with the Ex-Post Facto research design. District Banda falls under Bundelkhand agro climatic zone of Uttar Pradesh. From Badokhar Khurd & Tindwari blocks, four villages were selected randomly from each block and 20 Dairy farmers were selected from each village making the total sample size of 160 respondents. The study reveals that majority of respondents were from middle age group within the range of 34-54 years and were having low level education. It was observed that maximum respondents had marginal land holding type with medium level of annual income i.e. 1 lakh to 3. It was reported from the study that majority of the respondents had joint and large family with Kaccha housing pattern. Most of the respondents were involved in dairy & wage earning with medium level of herd size (3-5). It is reported from the study that majority of the respondents shown medium extent of mass media utilization & low level of social participation. It was also observed that majority of the respondents pointed health care as their first preference for their training. The computed correlation coefficient of age and caste was negatively significant. While education, land holding, occupation, annual income, social participation, training undergone and mass media utilization was positively significant with training need of dairy Farmers. Respondents perceived that distant location of veterinary health centers' was the most important constraints followed by lack of knowledge about balanced feeding. So from the study we conclude that dairy farmers of Banda district had poor resources & knowledge about scientific practices regarding health and feeding. So, the results of the study will help the extension agencies to develop suitable training modules for the dairy farmers for increasing the livestock productivity and improving the living standards of the farmers.
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    STUDY ON ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SKILLED YOUTH IN AGRI AND ALLIED SECTORS OF BANDA DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020-11-10) Singh, Saurabh; Gupta, B.K.
    The study was conceptualized under Ex-post-facto research design. The Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh consists of seven districts, out of which, Banda was selected purposively. The three training centers were selected purposively from the total in centers in Banda district. Altogether 90 respondents were selected by using multi proportionate random sampling from these three training centers. The data was Collected through personal interview and analyzed by applying appropriate statistical tools. The findings of study show that majority of respondents were belonged to 25-33 years age group with graduation level education and semi-medium land holdings. It also shows that joint family system and large families were prominent among respondents. The social participation of majority of the respondents was found low. The one-third of the respondents was practicing agriculture as their sole occupation. The majority of respondents were observed in semi medium annual income category i.e. between rupees one lakh to three lakh per annum. The utilization of sources of information was also found medium. All the components of entrepreneurial behavior viz. innovativeness, achievement motivation, risk orientation, decision making ability, leadership ability, self-confidence and management orientation were found under medium level category. The overall entrepreneurial behavior of majority of the respondents was of medium level. Further, the dependent variables such as: education, land holding, material possession, occupation, annual income and sources of information, were significantly affected the entrepreneurial behavior of skilled youth. Lack of availability of fund was perceived as top most constraints followed by multistep and time taking licensing process to establish new venture, and higher rate of interest on bank loan were observed as important constraints. The finding of study shows progressiveness of respondents. From above findings, it may be concluded that for turning the trained youth as young entrepreneur in Bundelkhand region the various efforts such as awareness, subsidies and marketing awareness, intensive training programmes, demonstrations, tours, exposure visits etc. should be done.