COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, UMARKHED

A study was conducted in ten leading food & agro industries of central Maharashtra as to know the state of arts as regards to various quality management standards. They were divided in two categories as Food & Agro industries. It was found that food industries comprising of milk, food, fruits & vegetables were following international quality management standards. Whereas Agro Industries, except a few, are far behind though they have indigenous marketing base. The food industries are having export potentials & earning international repute by following international standards. Key Words: Quality Management, Agro Industries, Food Industries, ISO Standards, HACCP.

• Principal, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
• Principal, College of Food Technology
• Principal, College of Agriculture, Saralgaon, Thane, Maharashtra, India Pin: 421401(2018)

The present investigation on studies on sugar free shrikhand prepared by using stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) powder was conducted at Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. An effort was made to standardize the optimum level of stevia powder in the preparation of shrikhand, with main objects to evaluate the product by sensory evaluation, determination of chemical composition and to calculate cost of production. In view of above objectives present study was carried out with five treatments including control T1andshrikhand prepared from cow milk chakka with different level of stevia powdered. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 per cent in treatmentT2, T3,T4 and T5, respectively. From the investigation it was observed that, Treatment T4 (1.5% Stevia powder) secured highest overall acceptability score (95.99) over other treatments. In respect to chemical composition of shrikhand i.e. total solids, SNF and ash significantly increased with increase the level of stevia powder while fat, protein, moisture and titratable acidity were decreased with increased level of stevia powder in shrikhand preparation. Cost of production was increased with increased in the rate of addition of stevia powder. Though the cost of production is increased with addition of stevia powder, it can be compensated with the enjoyment of product taste for the diabetic patient who are prohibited for sugar.

• Key Words : Cow milk, Chakka, Stevia, Shrikhand, Sensory evaluation, Chemical composition, Cost of production.

The present investigation entitled “Evaluation of F1 progenies for fruit, seed and yield character of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)” was carried out during kharif season, 2016-2017, at the Instructional cum-Research-Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Latur, VNMKV, Parbhani. The experiment was laid out in a Complete Randomized Block Design with eight treatments and three replications. The experiment consisted of eight different treatments viz; T1(Parbhani Kranti [checks]), T2 (Pusa-A4 x Parbhani Bhendi), T3 (Parbhani Bhendi x Phule Utkarsha), T4 (Pusa A4 x BO-2), T5 (BO- 2x Kashi Pragati), T6 (Pusa-A4x Phule Utkarsha), T7 (BO-2 x Phule Utkarsha), T8(Hybrid No. 10 [Check]). Significantly maximum length of pod (cm), diameter of pod (cm), number of pods per plant, average weight of pod (g), were recorded by treatment T2, The maximum number of seed per pod, seed yield per pod, were recorded by treatment T2.The maximum fruit yield per plant (g), fruit yield per plot, fruit yield per hectare (q/ha) and no. of picking were obtained in treatment T2. Present investigation indicated that, the highest fruits, seeds and yield (q/ha) of okra should be obtained by treatment T2.Keywords: F1 progenies, fruit, seed and yield character, Abelmoschu sesculentus (L.)

• Research scholar of M.Sc.at V.N.M.K.V. Parbhani 2017.

Abstract Study entitled “Involvement of Farmers in Feedback Management with Reference to Bt Cotton” was undertaken in Umarkhed Panchayat samiti in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state. Ex-post facto research design was used for the same. The farmers growing Bt Cotton since last three years consecutively were identified and from each selected village 12 Bt Cotton growers as respondents were selected randomly to constitute sample size of 120 respondents. The data from Bt Cotton growers were collected by personal interview method. In case of involvement of farmers in feedback management relatively higher proportions of the respondents (57.50%) were moderately involved in feedback management. Little less than one fourth of the respondents (25.83%) had low level of involvement in feedback management and 16.67 per cent of the respondents had high level of involvement in the feedback management.

• Keywords: Involvement, Bt. Cotton farmers and feedback management.
• Research scholars of M.Sc.at Dr.P.D.K.V.Akola 2019