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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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    A Study on Impact of MGNREGS in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-10-10) KUMAR, MANOJ; Mishra, Bhanu Prakash
    The study was carried out to study the impact of MGNREGS in Banda District of Bundelkhand Region, Uttar Pradesh. The relevant data was collected during 2020-21 through personal interview method using structured research schedule. Simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study with Ex-post Facto research design. District Banda falls under Bundelkhand agro climatic zone of Uttar Pradesh. From Badokhar Khurd block, five villages were selected randomly namely Mawai bujurg, Kanwara, Lama, Mahokhar and Luktara and 20 respondents were randomly, a total of 100 respondents were selected for the study. The study reveals that majority of respondents were belonged to middle age group within the range of 37-56 years and were having low level of education. It was found that maximum of respondent have medium to large family size and have 7-9 years of experience in working under MGNREGS with him medium annual income. It was found that majority of MGNREGS were male (78%) with low social participation and medium source of information. It was observed that majority (76%) of respondents own the mobile phone and (18%) of have television and none of them have computer and radio, etc. it was found that majority of respondents have high economic motivation with medium level of aspiration and achievement motivation.It was found that majority of respondents have high (47%) to medium knowledge level (39%). It was revealed that majority of respondents belonged to more direct change and there was a significant difference in the employment generation and number of persons employed in their family of the respondents after the implementation of MGNREGS. The study revealed that there is a significance difference in the daily working hours, daily wage rates, income generation and community asset creation of selected respondents after MGNREGS. It was also observed that migration was decreased and wages upon migration increased due to MGNREGS implementation. The study assessed that there was a positive and highly significant relationship between age, education, experience and number of years benefited, annual income, mass media assets, socio-political participation, sources of information, economic motivation, achievement motivation and their knowledge level. Regression analysis indicated that all the twelve variables put together explained 63 per cent of variance in the extent of knowledge of respondents. Also, the study assessed that there was a positive and significant relationship between age, education, experience and number of years benefited, annual income, mass media assets, socio politico participation, sources of information, level of aspiration and achievement motivation with direct changes. Regression analysis indicated that all the twelve variables put together explained 60.1 per cent of variance in the direct changes experienced by respondents. The study reveal that problem perceived by the respondents was non-payment of unemployment allowance, Non-payment of 10% extra wages for outsides the 5 KM. radius, nonprovision of crèche facility and payment of same wages for all kind of works.
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    A Study on Training Need Assessment of Vegetable Growers in Bundelkhand Region, Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-10-30) Yadav, Govind; Gupta, B.K.
    The present study was conducted to assess the training needs of vegetable growers. The research was framed with Ex-post facto design. The study was carried out in 8 villages randomly selected from two blocks of Banda district. A sample of 120 farmers was randomly selected from selected villages. A semi structured interview schedule was administrated for data collection through personal interview method. Further, the data was analyzed by using appropriate statistical methods. It was observed that the majority of vegetable growers were male, middle aged, majority of vegetable growers and having joint and large family. Majority of respondents had kaccha house, marginal land holdings and farming as a sole profession. The average annual income of majority of vegetable growers was recorded up to Rs. 60,000/. The study reveals that the social participation of vegetable growers very low, while extension contact was found as medium level. Majority of vegetable growers exhibited medium level of mass media exposures and scientific orientation. Study shows that majority of the vegetable growers had not attended any type of training programme. Training needs of majority of the vegetable growers were reported under medium level. Trainings on plant protection, fertilizer management, harvesting and market management, nursery raising & field management were identified and placed in higher preferences by the vegetable growers. Age and farming experiences were found negative and significantly correlated with training needs, while education, land holdings, social participation, extension contact, mass media exposures and scientific orientation were positive and significantly correlated with training need of farmers. The majority of constraints faced by respondents economics constraints (87.70%), extension constraints (74.16%), supply constraints (62.50%), marketing constraints (52.16%) and technical constraints (35.93%). The majority of the respondents favoured non-institutional training. The vegetable 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 vegetable production technology.
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    Impact of cluster front line demonstrations on adoption of sesame package of practices by the farmers of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-10-11) Yadav, Rishabh; Ojha, Pankaj Kumar
    The study was carried out to assess the impact of cluster front line demonstrations on adoption of sesame package of practices by the farmers of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. Data was collected during 2021-22 through personal interview method using semi structured research schedule. Simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study with Ex-post Facto research design. District Banda falls under Bundelkhand agro climatic zone of Uttar Pradesh. A list of the 178 beneficiaries was obtained from KVK, Banda. Out of theses 178 beneficiaries, 50 respondents were selected randomly with the help of random number table. Then, the villages of 50 beneficiaries were identified and equal numbers of non-beneficiary respondents were selected from each identified village as control group. Total 100 respondents (50 beneficiaries & 50 non-beneficiaries) were selected for the study. The study reveals that majority of respondents were belonged to middle age group within the range of 36-58 years and were having low level of education. It was observed that maximum respondents had semimedium and marginal type of land holdings with low to medium level of annual family income. It was reported from the study that majority of the respondents had joint family type and mixed and kachcha type of households. Most of the respondents were belonged to OBC category and engaged in farming as sole occupation type. It was found in the study that majority of respondents were having low level of social participation with an average extension participation with small and medium family size. The study assessed that there is no similarity between the level of knowledge of beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers regarding sesame production technology. It is also clear in the study that there is a significant difference in the adoption of sesame production technology of beneficiary and non-beneficiary. So, from the study we concluded that Beneficiary Respondents are sounder in terms of Socio Economic, Knowledge Level and Sesame Production Technologies as compared to Non-Beneficiary Respondents. So, the results of the study will help the extension agencies to develop suitable modules for the farmers for increasing the sesame production and improving the living standards.
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    An Analysis of safe use of Pesticides by Vegetable Growers of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-10-23) Pathak, Deepak Kumar; Mishra, Dheeraj
    Pesticide poisoning has become a rising concern around the world. Farmers' susceptibility to pesticide poisoning is increasing due to a lack of understanding about safe and proper pesticide usage. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, Exposure, Pesticides of vegetable farmers about safe use of pesticides in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. The research was framed with Ex-post facto design. The study was carried out in 6 villages randomly selected from two blocks of Banda district where vegetable was the major crop. A sample of 90 vegetable growers was randomly selected from selected villages. A semi structured interview schedule was administrated for data collection through personal interview method. Further, the data was analyzed by using appropriate statistical methods. It was observed that the majority of vegetable growers were male, middle aged, possessed medium level of education and having nuclear and large family. Majority of respondents had kaccha house, marginal land holdings and farming as a sole profession. The average annual income of majority of vegetable growers was recorded upto Rs. 50,000/-. The study reveals that the social participation of vegetable growers very low, while extension contact was found on an average level. Majority of vegetable growers exhibited medium level of mass media exposures. Research findings show that the majority of vegetable farmers in Banda district having medium level of knowledge about use of pesticides in vegetable cultivation have (73.33%) vegetable growers, followed by low-level knowledge (14.44%) vegetable growers and high-level knowledge (12.22%) vegetable growers. In this study find out about pesticides exposure major routes was nose, pesticides residual was found in plants, pesticides stored in the house, pesticides exposure symptoms mainly skin irritation, headache, container disposed in the soil through burying and through burning container. In the sense of practices about safe use of pesticides respondents fined secure with application and calibration of equipments about insect & pest control have medium practices, respondents plant protection practices use safely, majority of respondents use medium level of PPE kit at the time of application of pesticides. Age, education, mass media and farming experience in vegetable cultivation had positive and highly significant correlation with knowledge and practices and negatively significant with exposure of safe use of pesticide of vegetable growers while, Landholding, social participation and extension contact had positive and highly significant correlation with knowledge and practices and negatively non-significant with exposure of safe use of pesticide of vegetable growers. Appropriate safety precautions must be taken to avoid pesticide-related harm. Due to the low level of literacy in the area, farmers rely on local input dealers and neighbouring farmers for advice, as they are unaware of potential risks. Variables such as education level, land holding, annual income, extension contact and social participation reflected a substantial impact on farmers' pesticide safety understanding.
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    A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE & PERCEPTION OF FARMERS ON ORGANIC FARMING IN BUNDELKHAND REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-11-10) Tripathi, Somdutt; Gupta, B.K.
    Organic farming is a type of farming that avoids or limits the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives. Adapting organic farming without jeopardizing agricultural production would seem to be the logical solution. Fertilizers, insecticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives are all avoided or limited in organic farming. Organic farming is practiced by many farmers in the state. When a farmer decides to go organic, he or she is faced with a slew of issues about how to make organic farming profitable. Despite the rising prospects in the field of organic farming, little research has been done on the, knowledge, and attitudes of organic farming practiceners. It is observed that the independent variables age, education, family type, landholding, annual income, social participation, farming experience, extension contact, and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with the knowledge of farmers about organic farming. It also observed that the independent variables education, land holding, occupation, social participation, extension contact and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with the attitude of farmers about organic farming. The independent variables age, education, landholding, annual income, social participation, farming experience, and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with the perception. Findings related to level of knowledge, level of attitude and level of perception shows that organic farming practitioners had medium level of knowledge and perception they had favorable attitude towards organic farming. It can be said that there is wide scope to increase the level of knowledge among the organic farming followers by developing and implementing specific extension strategy. (B.Organic farming is a type of farming that avoids or limits the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives. Adapting organic farming without jeopardizing agricultural production would seem to be the logical solution. Fertilizers, insecticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives are all avoided or limited in organic farming. Organic farming is practiced by many farmers in the state. When a farmer decides to go organic, he or she is faced with a slew of issues about how to make organic farming profitable. Despite the rising prospects in the field of organic farming, little research has been done on the, knowledge, and attitudes of organic farming practiceners. It is observed that the independent variables age, education, family type, landholding, annual income, social participation, farming experience, extension contact, and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with the knowledge of farmers about organic farming. It also observed that the independent variables education, land holding, occupation, social participation, extension contact and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with the attitude of farmers about organic farming. The independent variables age, education, landholding, annual income, social participation, farming experience, and scientific orientation had positive and significant relationship with the perception. Findings related to level of knowledge, level of attitude and level of perception shows that organic farming practitioners had medium level of knowledge and perception they had favorable attitude towards organic farming. It can be said that there is wide scope to increase the level of knowledge among the organic farming followers by developing and implementing specific extension strategy.