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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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    FIELD EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM
    (ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, GUNTUR, 2014) APPARAO, CH; RAVI BABU, G
    The recent irrigation techniques introduce automated irrigation using sophisticated equipments to supply water and nutrients to the plant as soon as they need it. Automated irrigation systems can increase crop yields, save water, energy and labour costs as compared with manual systems. The automation of the irrigation process is important for three main reasons: scarcity of water, timely irrigation and maximum crop profit. Automatic irrigation systems presently available are costly and are not adopted by most of the Indian farmers. Therefore, appropriate low cost technology has to be developed to facilitate high water use efficiency. As the farm holdings are not large enough in India and also high cost of automation cannot be realized in India, low cost automatic irrigation is suitable to farmers, if developed and can be made as a technology, farmers can feel comfortable in view of the frequent power cuts and less power available in his farm. To apply simple electronic circuit principles in irrigation an attempt has been made to develop low cost automated drip irrigation based on soil moisture. The experimental field with an area of 600 sq m was selected at field irrigation laboratory, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla. The field was divided into five sub plots each with 3 × 20 m size to conduct experiments under drip irrigation with brinjal and tomato crops. The yield response of brinjal and tomato crops for different row to row spacings (50 cm row to row spacing and 30×70 cm paired row spacing) and irrigation application methods (flood irrigation, time based automated drip irrigation, soil moisture sensor based automated drip irrigation)were evaluated. The results revealed that the the yield response was observed to be best in soil moisture sensor based irrigation with paired row spacing. CRD design is used for statistical analysis of the yield data. The analysis of variance inferred that there is a significant difference in yield response at all treatment plots of brinjal and tomato. Soil moisture sensor was calibrated to switch off the motor when soil moisture reaches field capacity and switch on the motor when soil moisture reaches 80% of field capacity. Maximum penetration of root depth, well developed distribution of brinjal and tomato crops respectively were observed in soil moisture sensor based irrigation with paired row spacing compared to other treatments in both brinjal and tomato crops. The linear programming model was formulated to optimize the water supplies and maximize the profit. The maximum profit of Rs.46060/- per acre is obtained when brinjal is irrigated with 546480 liters of water. The cost economics of automated time based irrigation and soil moisture sensor based irrigation was carried out and results revealed that soil moisture sensor based irrigation system is low cost with initial system cost of Rs.786/- when compared with automated time based irrigation with initial system cost of Rs.87153.6 /-