Welcome to Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur

The Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics is one of the leading department of the University which was created in the year 1948 (formally known as Agriculture College, Kanpur). Since then it has been actively engaged in teaching, research and extension activities. The Farm Management studies sponsored by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics Govt. of India, were conducted for U.P. State by this Department right from the Years 1954-57. An Economic Evaluation of S.F.D.A. in U.P. sponsored by I.C.A.R. was also carried out by this department during the years 1976-78. This Department under the auspices of I.C.A.R. in 1976 prepared the Resource Inventory of District Mirzapur. Since 1988 the department is engaged in Agro-Climatic Regional Planning of Zone-V, the Upper Gangetic plains Region has prepared the Zonal profile strategy and quantification of action points and output plan for VIII & IX Five year planed. Besides, the district development plans of Bulandshahar, Etawah, Hamirpur, Bareilly and Pratapgarh were prepared and submitted to Planning Commission which were highly appreciated. The department has been catering services in various other area of planning, resource management, form advisory services, evaluating impact of programs, technologies, supporting in delineating of corporate planning in Agril.

The department also imparts teaching of B.Sc. Ag., M.Sc. Ag. and Ph.D. classes in Agricultural Economics. All the latest teaching techniques are being adopted to teach Graduate & Post Graduate students. During last twenty five years more than 60 students were awarded Ph.D. Degree. More then 250 student got, M.Sc. (Ag) Degree from this department. A direct link between the students and farmers is done through RAWE programme by this department.

The research activities of the department consisted of Farm production analysis, farm business analysis of different districts and economic study on system of storage of paddy, wheat and gur at farm and market level. A study of income and consumption pattern of different categories of rural population, cost and return analysis of important crops, Structure and flow of institutional credit and An enquiry into the marketing cost of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and other important crops, Constraints to Agricultural production in different districts etc. have been under taken. The department has also been engaged in conducting research on production, marketing and storage of vegetable, potato & fruit crops like guava, mango etc.

In addition this department supplies and supports information to Farm Price Advisory Services (U.P.). The contribution of deptt. in the field of diagnostics research under NARP and ACRP is visible through national conferences. Workshops/seminar. Dr. R.K. Singh of this deptt. has been contributing much since 1984. He visited several Asian, European and American countries to glorify the advancement and achievements of the International authorities in the field of Agricultural Economics.