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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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Subject: Farm, Machinery and Power × Author: SRIGIRI, DOPPALAPUDI × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2015 ×
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    DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MULTI CROP PRECISION PLANTER
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 2015) SRIGIRI, DOPPALAPUDI; Er. G. VEERA PRASAD
    Sowing is one of the most important operations in crop production. The time and method of sowing decisively influence the germination and hence production. Sowing at optimum depth and time is essential which will affect the yield of the crop. Sowing in late season will decrease yield about 35%. With the present day advanced agronomic practices, seed genetics and on- farm technology to deliver optimal yield while using fewer resources, precision planting is not out of place. Although many planters having different seed metering mechanisms i.e. inclined plate, cup feed type and roller with cells on periphery for the application of single seed at a time has been developed, their performance is not up to the mark due to nonperformance in obtaining required spacing for irregular shaped seed crops like Paddy, Maize, Black gram etc. It is a well-known fact that the bulk of agricultural production in the India is in the hands of the small holder farmers who depend very much on tools with very low mechanical advantage. Most of the commercial equipment available in market are very expensive to procure and manage by the small holder farmer. A study was taken up to develop a manual planter suitable for different crops without changing metering mechanism and to evaluate its performance. The planter was developed at workshop, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla. The planter was evaluated in the field at College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla as per BIS test code IS 6316: 1993 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy. The cost of operation of the planter was compared with manual sowing cost. The capacity of planter was found to be 2.25, 2.87 and 1.91 kg h-1 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The planter capacity is more for red gram compared with Bengal gram and paddy. The seed rate required for planter was observed to be 30.67 kg ha-1, 24.76 kg ha-1 and 36.26 kg ha-1 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The planter requires less seed rate than manual sowing. The seed damage was found to be 1.96 %, 1.41 % and 0.89 % for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The seed damage was due to size of the groove on metering cone and rupture of the seed between hopper and metering cone. The missing rate was found to be 4.38 %, 2.94 % and 3.67 % for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. It was also observed that missing rate is less for red gram compared to Bengal gram and paddy. The effective field capacity of the planter was found to be 0.081 ha h-1, 0.152 ha h-1 and 0.059 ha h-1 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The field efficiency was found to be 77.33 %, 81.06 % and 78.66 % for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The depth of sowing was found to be 0.0410 m, 0.0362 m and 0.0355 m for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The seed to seed spacing was found to be 0.2820 m, 0.2742 m and 0.2664 m for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. This variation is due to some early dropping of seed from hopper sometimes at edges of metered cone to furrow openers. The germination was found to be 96, 98 and 98% for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The number of plants per square metre was found to be 30, 26 and 47 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The number of plants per square metre was more for paddy than Bengal gram and red gram. The cost of planter was found to be Rs. 4500 with an operating cost of Rs. 41.34 per hour. The cost of operation was found to be Rs. 474.99, Rs. 271.60 and Rs. 700.29 per ha for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The cost of sowing for red gram was found to be less with planter than compared to other crops. The cost of sowing was less with planter compared to manual sowing in all the crops. Finally it was concluded that the seed rate requirement of the planter was less compared to traditional method of sowing. The cost of sowing was less with the planter compared to traditional methods of sowing. The planter is useful equipment for small and marginal farmers who cannot afford large machinery. Key words: Development, Evaluation, Bengal gram, Red gram, Paddy, Planter, Operating cost.