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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 INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES OF MAJOR CROPS IN RAYALASEEMA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, 2018) KRANTHI KUMARI, B; PRASAD, SV
    The present study entitled “A study on indigenous agricultural practices of major crops in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh”. The study intended to analyze the indigenous practices in agricultural crops with the objectives of documentation of the available Indigenous Agricultural Practices (IAPs) in the study area, analyzing their rationality, extent of adoption and the relationship between the profile characteristics of farmers with the extent of adoption. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in the present investigation. Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh state was selected purposively for the study. From Rayalaseema region two districts i.e. Anantpur and Kurnool were selected purposively based on the highest cultivated area. Three mandals were selected purposively, from each selected district based on the highest cultivated area. Thus a total of 6 mandals were selected from the two districts. Two villages were selected from each of the 6 mandals by following simple random sampling thus making a total of 12 villages. From each village, 15 farmers were selected by following simple random sampling procedure, thus making a total of 180 respondents who were cultivating three crops i.e. paddy, groundnut and red gram had been selected for the study. This study was conducted in three phases in two districts of rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. In this first phase maximum possible numbers of indigenous agricultural practices in major crops (paddy, groundnut and red gram) were collected through informal interviews with 90 experienced farmers. In the second phase, 133 IAPs applicable to 3 selected crops were judged for their rationality by scientists. During the third phase, extent of adoption of these 133 IAPs was studied with 180 farmer respondents through a structured interview schedule. The results of the study indicate that majority of the respondents were middle aged, illiterates, had semi-medium farm size, medium level of farming experience, family size, family income, extension contact, mass media exposure, innovativeness, xvi fatalism, social participation, achievement motivation, scientific orientation, economic orientation, market orientation and attitude towards indigenous agricultural practices. There were 133 IAPs identified and documented under three different sub components viz., crop production, crop protection and post harvest practices in three major crops. In paddy crop, a total of 68 IAPs were identified and documented out of which, 34 IAPs were documented in crop production followed by 27 practices in crop protection aspects and 7 in post harvest practices. In groundnut a total of 37 were documented, out of which 17 IAPs were documented in each crop production and crop protection and 3 were identified in post harvest aspects. In red gram, 12 IAPs were documented in crop production followed by 10 IAPs in post harvest practices and 6 in crop protection. Among 133 documented, 44 IAPs belonged to pest and disease management, 20 were related to post harvest management, 16 were related to seeds, sowing and planting, 9 were related to nutrient management, 8 IAPs were documented in each preparatory cultivation and varieties, 7 belonged to cropping system and the 6 IAPs were documented in each other plant protection management (wild boar, monkey, rat elephant bird control) and harvest aspects, 5 IAPs documented on seasonal aspects, 3 were in inter-cultivation and weed management and 1 was documented in water management. In paddy crop, 50 per cent of the farmers were medium adopters followed by 28.89 per cent were low adopter and 21.11 per cent of the farmers were high adopter category in paddy. In groundnut crop, 55.56 per cent of the farmers were medium category followed by low (30.56%) and high (13.88%) categories respectively. In red gram crop, 52.78 per cent of the farmers were medium category followed by low (33.33%) and high (13.89%) categories respectively. Out of 68 IAPs on paddy, 61 IAPs were found rational and 7 IAPs were found irrational. Among the 37 IAPs in groundnut, 35 IAPs were found rational and 2 IAPs were found irrational. Among the 28 IAPs on red gram, 25 IAPs were found rational and remaining 3 IAPs were found irrational. Out of 68 IAPs on paddy, more than 50 per cent of the respondents adopted 16 IAPs completely and 13 IAPs partially and 39 IAPs were not adopted by more than 50 per cent of the respondents. Out of the 37 IAPs on groundnut, more than 50 per cent of the respondents adopted 9 IAPs completely and 7 IAPs partially and 21 IAPs were not adopted by more than 50 per cent of the respondents. Out of the 28 IAPs on red gram, more than 50 per cent of the respondents adopted 8 IAPs completely and 4 IAPs partially and 16 IAPs were not adopted by more than 50 per cent of the respondents. The correlation analysis indicated that the profile characteristics of the respondents like age, farming experience, fatalism and attitude towards indigenous xvii agricultural practices were found positive and significant with the extent of adoption of indigenous agricultural practices. Whereas education, extension contact, innovativeness, achievement motivation, scientific orientation and economic orientation had negative and significant relationship with the extent of adoption of indigenous agricultural practices. Farm size, family income, social participation and market orientation exhibited positive and non-significant relationship and mass media contact exhibited negative and non significant relationship with the extent of adoption of indigenous agricultural practices. The step wise multiple regression analysis indicated that, out of the 16 independent variables, four variables viz., age, fatalism, attitude towards indigenous agricultural practices and extension contact were found to be the important variables in influencing the extent of adoption of IAPs to the tune of 66.69 per cent. Of these four variables, age, fatalism and attitude towards indigenous agricultural practices were found to influence positively and the extension contact negatively influenced the extent of adoption of indigenous agricultural practices. Problems expressed by the farmers were the preference for sophistication with much reliance on readymade inputs/products followed by farmers are not willing to take risk, IAPs requires more time for their adoption and lower economic status of the farmers and hence cannot wait for long term benefits. Suggestions elicited by the farmers were to make available necessary inputs and clear cut methods of implementation of IAP practices followed by to make IAP practices compatible with modern technologies to arrive at optimal solutions and to highlight the values and advantages of IAP practices and give propaganda for the same especially at fairs and gatherings. Strategy was developed for promotion of indigenous agricultural practices by blending with modern technologies. Blending of indigenous knowledge with modern scientific technologies is the need of the day to support sustainable development of agriculture and allied sector in our country. A consortium of sustainable technology development is to bring policy makers, administrators, farmers, researchers, extensionists and NGO representatives together in order to classify the identified problems and IAPs and blend the IAPs with modern technologies to solve the local problems for development of agriculture. The various institutions in our country has mentioned in the strategy play a major role in identification, collection, documentation and preservation, validation, up scaling and out scaling of the IAPs and giving acknowledgement to the knowledge generated in local system.
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    A STUDY ON FARMERS’ PERCEPTION AND ADAPTABILITY OF THE FARMERS TOWARDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN KURNOOL DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 2016) KRANTHI KUMARI, B; PRASAD, S.V.
    The present study entitled “A Study on farmers’ perception and adaptation to climate variability in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh” had been initiated focusing on the perception and adaptability of the farmers to climate variability. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in the present investigation. Kurnool district of Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh state was purposively selected for the study. The study was conducted in six villages selected from three mandals of Kurnool district, which included 20 farmers from each of the selected villages. A sample of 120 farmers was selected for the study. The analysis of profile characteristics of the farmers indicates that majority of them are male farmers, illiterate and middle aged, fell under medium category in terms of farming experience, farm size, family size, family income, achievement motivation, mass media exposure, social participation, extension contact, credit and subsidy orientation and preparedness for adaptation. xiv Majority of the farmers had medium level of perception and medium level of adaptation of practices to overcome the effects of climate variability in groundnut, red gram and cotton crops. With regard to the level of perception of the respondents on climate variability, majority of the respondents had high perception on items like early withdrawal of monsoons followed by perception late onset of monsoons and prolonged dry spell and the least ranked perception items are decreased fertilizer use efficiency, increased water stress, reduced soil fertility and perception on reduced water holding capacity. In case of extent of adaptation measures to face the climate variability in groundnut, majority of the respondents had high adoption of groundnut based intercropping systems, followed by timely sowing of groundnut crop with sati seed drill, deep summer ploughing and adoption of alteration of sowing dates for delayed onset of monsoons and the least ranked adoption items are adoption of installation of pheromone traps (4/acre), construction of rain water harvesting structures viz. farm ponds, method of conserving soil moisture, thinning practice under severe drought to conserve soil moisture. In red gram, the practices like adoption of intercropping systems in red gram (groundnut+red gram in 7:1 / red gram+seteria in 1:5) deep ploughing once in 2-3 years and adaptation of short duration varieties under delayed onset of monsoons. The least ranked adoption items are installation of pheromone traps (4/acre), construction of rain water harvesting structures viz. farm ponds and resistant varieties for sterility mosaic disease and wilt resistant varieties. In case of cotton majority of the respondents had high adoption of spraying of growth hormone (NAA/ planofix), deep ploughing once in 3 years, adoption of Bt cotton to mitigate the climate variability and adoption of dead furrows for conserving moisture insitu. The least adoption items are spraying of growth reflectant hormones in cotton, construction of rain water harvesting structures viz. farm ponds, seed treatment and drought mitigating technique. The correlation analysis indicated that the profile characteristics of the respondents like education, farm size, farming experience, achievement motivation, social participation, mass media exposure and preparedness for adaptation were found positively and significantly related with the level of perception of farmers towards climate variability. Whereas the profile characteristics like education, farming xv experience, achievement motivation, social participation, mass media exposure and preparedness for adaptation were found positively and significantly related with the level of adaptation of farmers towards climate variability. The regression analysis indicated that the profile characteristics of the respondents like education, farm size, farming experience, achievement motivation and social participation were found positively and significantly contributed to most of the variation in the perception of the farmers towards climate variability. Whereas the profile characteristics of the respondents like farm size, farming experience and preparedness for adaptation were found positively and significantly contributed and age was negatively and significantly contributed to most of the variation in the adaptation of the farmers towards climate variability. Problems expressed by the farmers were price fluctuations in the market followed by lack of varieties suitable for escaping the terminal drought, high incidence of diseases and no sufficient training on climate variability coping mechanisms. Suggestions elicited by the farmers were fixing of minimum support price by the government and evolving the varieties which can escape the terminal drought in groundnut, red gram and cotton and resistant to pest and diseases followed by more awareness may be created among the farming community on available of varieties which can tolerant to pest and diseases and training may be given to farmers and extension officials on techniques of crop production and adaptation options to address various issues in climate variability. Suitable strategy was developed to enhance the adaptability to face the climate variability. The strategy includes the interventions to be taken up by the research system, extension system and government.