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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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    A STUDY ON PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS OF RICE CULTIVATION IN KURNOOL DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, 2018) AFFIA PHENICA, B; LAKSHMI, T
    Rice has shaped the cultures, diets and economies of thousands of millions of people in the world. It is the most important and extensively grown food crop in the world. Because of its importance most Asian governments regard rice as a strategic commodity (Hossain and Narciso, 2004). Rice is a primary food source for more than one-third of world’s population and grown in 11 per cent of the world’s cultivated area. India is one of the world's largest producers of rice, accounting for 20 per cent of world production. Rice contributes to Andhra Pradesh’s economy. It is the major staple food grain crop in the state. A large percentage of labour force earns a living from agriculture by cultivating rice. Andhra Pradesh is known as South India’s rice bowl. The state has significant strengths in rice production enjoying right conditions for growing rice. In Andhra Pradesh, area under rice mostly depends on the monsoon pattern and availability of water in reservoirs. The state has a share of 12 per cent in India’s total rice production. Though there is a rise and fall in area and production of rice based on water availability, there is a constant increase in productivity. In the context of food security such decline in area and production is not good to meet the future rice requirement. In the coastal districts the area under rice is declining because of aquaculture activities. xv Hence, the present study on production constraints faced by the farmers in rice cultivation was undertaken. Ex- post- facto research design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in three mandals of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh which were purposively selected, where rice is intensively grown. A sample of 120 farmers were randomly selected from the twelve selected villages. The data were collected by personal interview method and analyzed by employing suitable statistical tools. Eleven independent variables were subjected to statistical analysis for the purpose of categorization of the respondents and for studying their relationship with the dependent variable i.e. production constraints faced by the rice farmers. Majority of the rice farmers engaged in rice farming were middle aged, medium farmers with high school education, medium annual income, farming experience, extension contact, mass media exposure, economic orientation, management orientation, deferred gratification and high risk orientation. Correlation analysis revealed that age, education, annual income, farm size, farming experience, extension contact, mass media exposure, management orientation and deferred gratification were negatively and significantly related with production constraints of rice farmers. While risk orientation had positive and significant relationship with the dependent variable. However, economic orientation had non significant relationship with the dependent variable i.e. production constraints faced by the rice farmers. Regression analysis revealed that all the eleven selected independent variables put together explained 82.40 per cent variation in the production constraints of rice farmers. Further, it also revealed that education, risk orientation, management orientation and deferred gratification were negatively significant and annual income was found positively significant have contributed to most of the variation in production constraints of rice farmers. Regarding production constraints expressed by rice farmers lack of custom hiring centers was ranked first followed by involvement of middle men, scarcity of labour during peak periods, high cost of labour, epidemics of pests and diseases, weed infestation, high cost of FYM / chemical fertilizers, indiscriminate use of irrigation water, lack of skill in operating machinery, lack of proper storage facilities, lack of awareness on various departmental subsidy schemes, diversion from rice cultivation to irrigated dry crops, distress sale, imbalanced application of fertilizers, lack of processing facilities at local level, low labour productivity and high rental charges of farm machinery during peak season. Among the suggestions proposed by the respondents to overcome the production constraints, fetching better market price/provision of minimum support price (MSP) by the government was ranked first followed by xvi prioritization of agricultural works related to rice farming should be routed through MGNREGA scheme (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) helping the farmers and as well as agricultural labourers, development of pest and disease resistant varieties, development of suitable implements and equipments for all operations, improvement in transportation and marketing facilities, establishment of custom hiring centres at local level, seven hours of continuous and uninterrupted power supply to irrigate crop for better crop production, ensure public warehousing facilities in the vicinity of farmers villages, low cost of inputs (seeds , fertilizers, weedicides, pesticides, diesel etc.), availability of combine harvesters at less rent, provision of loans by government agencies at lower interest rates, provision of processing, trading and export facilities, conduct regular farmer training programmes, increase subsidies for rice farming, encourage seed village programme, facilitate direct marketing in rice, ensure timely supply of High Yielding Variety seed at proper time, supply of good quality seed by Department of Agriculture, milling facility, adopt group farming approach in rice farming, implementation of green manure schemes, implementation of crop insurance schemes, recruitment of extension staff and increase the efficiency of the extension staff. To overcome the production constraints faced by the rice farmers and to fulfill their suggestions few strategies were suggested viz. analysis of soils, denying the license of culprit input dealers, distribution of seed storage bins, encouraging rural youth to involve in farming, strengthening knowledge management system on rice, prioritization of agricultural works through MGNREGA, facilitate direct marketing, formulation of rice growers association at local level, strengthening Water Users Association, creation of proper storage facilities at panchayat or mandal levels, developing suitable farm machinery for small holdings, rice varieties resistant to lodging, specific pests and diseases and conducting on farm testing at different sites in order to develop effective adaptive research and technology verification capability.