State of Punjab

Ebook "Institutional innovations in the delivery of farm services in India: A smallholder perspective" uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The services discussed include custom rental of farm machinery and equipment, franchising for backward and forward linkage for farmers and the supermarkets for delivery of farm inputs, and extension services.

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Sesame is one of the major oilseed crops cultivated in rainfed areas of India, which plays a major role in supplementing the income of small and marginal farmers of Pathankot district of Punjab state. Total 68 front line demonstrations (FLDs) were conducted on farmer’s field in Pathankot district for three consecutive years (2017-18 to 2019-20) in two blocks. Prevailing farmer's practices were treated as control for comparison with demonstrated technology.

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We investigated the prevalence of Brucellosis in sheep in Ludhiana district of Punjab state of India. Serum samples of sheep (n=171) from slaughter houses and an organized farm were analyzed with common sero diagnostic tests RBPT, STAT, MAT and ELISA. Out of 171 sera, 31 were positive by one or more of the four tests; 12 were positive and 140 were negative by all the four tests. The prevalence was 10.52% by RBPT and ELISA.

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Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of rhizobia isolated from root and soil rhizosphere of summer mungbean was assessed on the basis of plant growth promoting traits and using RAPD primers. In present studies, isolates of rhizobia from nodules were purified on Congo red Yeast Mannitol Agar (CRYEMA) medium from summer mungbean growing areas of Punjab state, India.

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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an OIE notifiable, highly contagious and fatal disease of small ruminants causing significant economic losses to the farmers in term of morbidity, mortality, preventive and treatment measures cost. The present study report three outbreaks of PPR in two districts of Punjab state affecting migratory flocks of goats in 2016-17. Younger animals were more susceptible to PPR than adults. None of the affected animals were vaccinated against PPR.

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The productivity of wheat which was 3140 kg/hectare in 2011-12. The major increase in the productivity of wheat has been observed in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

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The present study investigated on how the aggressive behaviour is related to parenting style. The study was conducted on 400 adolescents of Ludhiana district of Punjab state. Buss-Durkee aggression scale, Hindi adaptation by Sultania was used for the assessment of aggressive behaviour of respondents. Parenting scale by Bhardwaj, Sharma and Garg (1998) was used to study parenting style used by parents.

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This paper reviews the state of agriculture in the past 100 years in India and state of Punjab. Moreover it discussed the development of agriculture from early 1900 to 2019 and the role played by agriculture in the development process and the interactions between agriculture and other economic sectors; the determinants of the Green revolution and discuss the foundations of agriculture growth in India and Punjab; the rural development along with the effect of green revolution in the economic development of the country.

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OL 12 is a single cut fodder variety released by State Variety Approval committee for general cultivation in Punjab state during the year 2018. This variety has been developed from the cross between Kent x OL 125 through pedigree method of selection. Its plants are tall with profuse tillering and leafy growth. The leaves are longer and broader (Fig. 1). The salient morphological characteristics of this variety are presented in Table 1. On an average, it attains plant height of 138 cm. It has higher leaf to stem ratio, stem thickness and bears more number of tillers per plant.

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In recent years, there is a significant expansion in commercial pond carp culture in India. While much of this development has focused on Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, there are several other states such as Orissa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu where commercial carp culture is gaining momentum. Diseases of varied etiology are, however, a serious constraint to the success of many of the freshwater culture systems. With the intensification of culture, fish health problems have become very common in Andhra Pradesh carp culture systems.

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Bovine respiratory infection is considered as most important factor of economic losses in dairy herds attributed through calf mortality and reduced performances. Most of the viral etiologies in respiratory infection go unnoticed due to supervene by secondary bacterial infection. Serological presence of antibodies reflects the distribution of infectious agents in herd(s) and may be helpful for designing the prevention strategies in future.

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Drip fertigation is the technique of application of suitable quality of water for irrigation purpose along with fertilizer to provide water and fertilizer efficient condition for growth and development of plants. A study on field evaluation of drip fertigation system for Okra crop was conducted under sandy loam soil conditions of Ludhiana district of Punjab state (India).

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The study was conducted in three agro-climatic zones of Punjab state during the period 2017-17 to examine the cost involved in processing of green fodder and various reasons for processing. It has been observed that the farmers involved in the processing of green fodder were practicing silage making for three crops namely maize, bajra and sorghum. The total cost of silage making was the highest in maize crop with Rs 31.50/q followed by the sorghum (Rs 30.98/q) and bajra (Rs 30.07/q).

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Rice is the staple food for Telangana, requires about 50 lakh tons annually to feed the population. Rice is being cultivated both in kharif and rabi season as one of the most important crop in Telangana. During the year, 2016-17 rice crop was grown in an area of about 12.2 lakh hectares and produced 47.6 lakh tons of rice with the productivity of 3902 kg/ha.

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Buffaloes contribute a chunk to the total milk production in the Punjab state and have many advantages over cow milk and hence it is also known as black gold. The present study has been conducted in seven districts across three agro-climatic zones of the Punjab state to study the comparative economics of buffaloes and cow.

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Micro-mineral deficiencies of Zinc, Manganese, Iodine and Copper have been identified in blood plasma and serum levels of livestock in state of Punjab. Eighteen female buffalo calves of 15 day of age were randomly divided into 2 groups of nine each and fed calf starter of ingredient composition as per the prevailing feeding practice at the university dairy farm containing 0.66% zinc and 0.1% copper (organic and inorganic) in the mineral mixture as per specifications along with green fodder and milk. The growth study was of 120 days.

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation of various management and feeding practices with the occurrence of uterine torsion in buffaloes. Five hundred and seven dairy buffalo farmers from 20 districts of Punjab state were surveyed using a questionnaire based on management practices in relation to occurrence of uterine torsion.

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Livestock sector plays important role in Indian economy. The dairy industry can go a long way in augmenting the income of the farmers. The present paper focuses on the factors affecting farm income. The study was conducted in the two agroclimatic zones of Punjab state i.e. kandi and plain zone. From each zone two districts, one block from each district and further three villages from each block and fifteen farmers from each village were selected randomly. The data was collected with personal interview method. The annual income realized by farmers varied a lot in both the regions.

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To evaluate the effect of organic manureswith or without combination of inorganic fertilizers on transplanted Gobhi Sarson (Brassica napus L.) on various growth and yield attributing traits of transplanted Gobhisarson. The experiment was conducted under Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments and three replication, during the rabi season (2018– 2019) at Agricultural Research Farm, RIMT University, Punjab. The effect of eight treatments viz.

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A field experiment entitled “Effect of irrigation scheduling on performance and water expense efficiency in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in South-west Punjab” was conducted during the rabi season of 2017 at Research Farm of Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda (Punjab). The experiment was laid out in RCBD (Randomized complete block design) with 4 treatments viz., T1: Continuous standing of irrigation water, T2: Irrigation one day after infiltration of pounded water, T3: Irrigation two days after infiltration of pounded water, T4: Irrigation four days after infiltration of pounded water.

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