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Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur

The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established on 12th June 1964 at Hyderabad. The University was formally inaugurated on 20th March 1965 by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India. Another significant milestone was the inauguration of the building programme of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi,the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India on 23rd June 1966. The University was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on 7th November 1996 in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of farmers and is regarded as an outstanding educationist, kisan leader and freedom fighter. HISTORICAL MILESTONE Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963. Later, it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7th of November, 1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader, Acharya N. G. Ranga. At the verge of completion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication. Genesis of ANGRAU in service of the farmers 1926: The Royal Commission emphasized the need for a strong research base for agricultural development in the country... 1949: The Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) on University Education led to the establishment of Rural Universities for the overall development of agriculture and rural life in the country... 1955: First Joint Indo-American Team studied the status and future needs of agricultural education in the country... 1960: Second Joint Indo-American Team (1960) headed by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Vice-President of Indian Council of Agricultural Research recommended specifically the establishment of Farm Universities and spelt out the basic objectives of these Universities as Institutional Autonomy, inclusion of Agriculture, Veterinary / Animal Husbandry and Home Science, Integration of Teaching, Research and Extension... 1963: The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) Act enacted... June 12th 1964: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established at Hyderabad with Shri. O. Pulla Reddi, I.C.S. (Retired) was the first founder Vice-Chancellor of the University... June 1964: Re-affilitation of Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatla (estt. in 1945, affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University)... 20th March 1965: Formal inauguration of APAU by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... 1964-66: The report of the Second National Education Commission headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, Chairman of the University Grants Commission stressed the need for establishing at least one Agricultural University in each Indian State... 23, June 1966: Inauguration of the Administrative building of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... July, 1966: Transfer of 41 Agricultural Research Stations, functioning under the Department of Agriculture... May, 1967: Transfer of Four Research Stations of the Animal Husbandry Department... 7th November 1996: Renaming of University as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga... 15th July 2005: Establishment of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) bifurcating ANGRAU by Act 18 of 2005... 26th June 2007: Establishment of Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University (APHU) bifurcating ANGRAU by the Act 30 of 2007... 2nd June 2014 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014, ANGRAU is now... serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication...

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    ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF TOMATO IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, 2016) YESDHANULLA, Sk; APARNA, B
    The present study entitled “Economics of production and marketing of tomato in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh” was undertaken mainly to study costs and returns, resource use efficiency, marketing aspects of tomato and constraints in production and marketing of tomato. The study covered two mandals and four villages and a sample of 120 farmers were selected based on probability proportion to size from four villages. The primary data was collected through a pretested schedule by survey method. Conventional as well as functional analysis were used to analyze the data and to arrive at valid conclusions. The total cost of cultivation of tomato per hectare worked out to Rs. 117374.33, Rs. 121333.03, and Rs. 118890.35 on small, large and pooled farms respectively. The per hectare cost of cultivation is directly related with the farm size and per hectare cost of production (Rs/q) is inversely proportional to the farm size. The gross returns worked out Rs. 147740, Rs. 1,43,590 and Rs. 145665 on small, large and pooled farms respectively indicating inverse relationship with the size of the farm. The functional analysis revealed that human labour and manures in tomato production significantly contributed to increase the yields. The MVP to MFC ratio was greater than unity for human labour and fertilizers in tomato cultivation indicating greater potentiality for further use. Price spread in transacting tomato was studied with reference to two marketing channels: Channel-I (Producer-Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer) and Channel-II (Producer-Local wholesaler-Distant wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer) considering with marketing costs in transacting the produce. Of the two channels identified, Channel-I was found to be more efficient than Channel II as indicated by the higher marketing efficiency. Majority of the farmers prioritized power cut as the major constraint for production of tomato with a mean score of 82.50 followed by high cost of input and input services, lack of knowledge about new technologies, shortage of labour, pests and diseases, adverse climate conditions and inadequate credit facilities etc., regarding marketing problems frequent price fluctuations as the major marketing problem of tomato followed by lack of transportation facilities, distress sales, lack of labour for loading and unloading, adverse climate conditions, high market margins, lack of market information, unorganized marketing and low price, lack of scientific storage and no prompt payment of sales proceeds.