ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 - [email protected]

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ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 (April 2019-March 2020)

APR SUMMARY

Name of the KVK:ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ariyalur District, Tamil Nadu

1. Technology Assessment

Category No. of Technology

Assessed & Refined No. of Trials No. of Farmers

Technology Assessed

Crops 8 30 30

Livestock --- --- ---

Various enterprises --- --- ---

Total 8 30 30

Technology Refined

Crops --- --- ---

Livestock --- --- ---

Various enterprises --- --- ---

Total --- --- ---

Grand Total 8 30 30

2. Frontline demonstrations

Details No. of

Farmers/Locations Area (ha) Units/Animals

Oilseeds 50 20 ---

Pulses 35 14 ---

Cereals 10 4 ---

Millets 5 2 ---

Vegetables 25 8.2 ---

Fruits 5 2 ---

Other crops 5 2 ---

Total 135 52.2 ---

Livestock & Fisheries 23 --- 20 animals

Other enterprises 5 --- 20 farmers/group

Total 28 ---

Grand Total 163 52.2

3. Training Programmes

Clientele No. of Courses Male Female Total

participants

Farmers & farm women 98 2,050 1038 3,088

Rural youths 17 316 171 487

Extension functionaries 9 255 68 323

Sponsored Training 3 93 30 123

Vocational Training 8 141 34 175

Total 135 2,855 1341 4,196

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4. Extension Programmes

Category No. of Programmes Total Participants

Extension activities 446 8,468

Other extension activities 503 Mass

Total 949 8,468 + Mass

5. Mobile Advisory Services

Message

Type Crop Livestock Weather Marketing Awareness

Other

enterprise Total

Text only 20 28 - - 4 33 85

Voice only - - - - - - -

Voice & Text - - - - - - -

Total 20 28 - - 4 33 85

6. Seed & Planting Material Production

Quintal/Number Value Rs.

Seed (q) 4.31 2,28,675

Planting material (No.) 2,65,815 9,12,950

Bio-Products (kg) 6,256 3,68,050

Livestock Production (No.) 522 2,50,000

Fishery production (No.) --- ---

7. Soil, water & plant Analysis

Samples No. of Beneficiaries Value (Rs.)

Soil 360 18,000

Water 57 1,690

Plant --- ---

Total 417 19,690

8. HRD and Publications

Sr. No. Category Number

1 Workshops -

2 Conferences 1

3 Meetings -

4 Trainings for KVK officials 9

5 Visits of KVK officials 3

6 Book published 1

7 Training Manual 2

8 Book chapters -

9 Research papers 1

10 Lead papers -

11 Seminar papers -

12 Extension folder 12

13 Proceedings -

14 Award & recognition 1

15 On going research projects -

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DETAILED PROGRESS REPORT 2019-20

1. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE KVK

1.1. Name and address of KVK with phone, fax and e-mail

a) Name of the KVK : Ariyalur KVK

b) Address : ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra, (Hosted by CREED)

Cholamadevi Post, Jayankondam (Via), Udayarpalayam Taluk,

Ariyalur District,

Tamil Nadu – 612902

c) Landline Phone No. : ---

d) Fax No. : ---

e) Official Mobile No. : 9751280089

f) email ID : [email protected] [email protected]

1.2 .Name and address of host organization with phone, fax and e-mail

a) Name of the Host Organization : Centre for Rural Education and Economic Development

(CREED)

b) Address : 23, Aranganathan Nagar, Near Chinna Market

Chidambaram – 608001, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu

c) Landline Phone No. : 04144-224987

d) Fax No. : ---

e) Official mobile No. : 9443262222

f) email ID : [email protected]

1.3. Name of the Programme Coordinator with phone & mobile No.

a) Name : Dr.G.Alagukannan

b) Phone - residence : ---

c) Mobile : 9629246586

d) email ID : [email protected]

1.4. Year of sanction: 2009

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1.5. Staff Position (as on 31th

March, 2020)

4 Sanctioned post Name of the

incumbent

Designation

(eg. SMS)

Discipline

(eg.

Agronomy)

Edn.

Qualification

(eg.M.Sc.(Agri)

Specialization

(if applicable)

eg.Agronomy

Pay Scale

(Rs.)

Present

basic

(Rs.)

Date of

joining

Permanent

/Temporary

Category

(SC/ST/ OBC/

Others)

1 Programme

Coordinator

Dr.G.Alagukannan Senior

Scientist &

Head

Horticulture M.Sc.(Horti.)

Ph.D

Horticulture Rs.37,400-

Rs.67,000

52,250 02.11.15 Permanent OBC

2 Subject Matter

Specialist

A.Rajkala Subject

Matter

Specialist

Agricultural

Extension

M.Sc.(Agri) Agricultural

Extension

Rs.15600-

Rs.39100


3 Subject Matter

Specialist

Y.Raja Joslin Subject

Matter

Specialist

Horticulture M.Sc.(Horti.)

Horticulture

Rs.15600-

Rs.39100


4 Subject Matter

Specialist

M.Ashok Kumar Subject

Matter

Specialist

Plant

Protection

M.Sc.(Agri) Plant

Protection

Rs.15600-

Rs.39100


5 Subject Matter

Specialist

M.Thirumalaivasan Subject

Matter

Specialist

Agronomy M.Sc.(Agri)

Agronomy

Rs.15600-

Rs.39100


6 Subject Matter

Specialist

Dr.K.Karthik Subject

Matter

Specialist

Animal

Science

M.V.Sc., Ph.D Animal

Science

Rs.15600-

Rs.39100


7 Subject Matter

Specialist

S.Shobana Subject

Matter

Specialist

Home

Science

M.Sc.,(FRM) Home Science Rs.15600-

Rs.39100


8 Programme Assistant S.Arivuselvi PA (Lab

Technician)

Agriculture M.Sc. (Agri) Seed

Technology

Rs.9300-

Rs.34800


9 Computer Programmer B.Vivekananthan PA

(Computer

Programmer)

Computer

Applications

M.C.A. Computer

Application

Rs.9300-

Rs.34800


10 Farm Manager S.Prabu PA (Farm

Manager)

Horticulture B.Sc. (Horti) Horticulture --- 13,500 01.06.19 Permanent OBC

11 Accountant /

Superintendent

V.Ramani Assistant Computer

Applications

M.C.A. Computer

Application

Rs.9300-

Rs.34800


12 Stenographer Vacant Stenographer --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

13 Driver P.Govindasami Driver --- 10th --- Rs.5200-

Rs.20200


14 Driver P.Sivaraman Driver --- B.Com Commerce Rs.5200-

Rs.20200


15 Supporting staff R.Velu Supporting

Staff

--- 8th --- Rs.5200-

Rs.20200


16 Supporting staff S.Balu Supporting

Staff

--- 8th --- Rs.5200-

Rs.20200

9,440 22.06.09 Permanent SC

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1.6. Total land with KVK (in ha) (Consolidated figure):

S. No. Item Area (ha)

1 Under Buildings 0.13

2 Under Demonstration Units 0.02

3 Under Crops 5.76

4 Orchard/Agro-forestry 12.86

5 Others (specify) 1.24

Total 20.01

1.7. Infrastructural Development:

A) Buildings

S.No. Name of building Source of

funding

Stage

Complete Incomplete

Completion

Date

Plinth

area

(Sq.m)

Expenditure

(Rs. In Lakhs)

Starting

Date

Plinth

area

(Sq.m)

Status of

construction

(Completed/ in

progress/ to be

initiated)

1 Administrative

Building

ICAR 31.03.2011 550 71.75381 --- --- ---

2 Farmers Hostel ICAR 31.03.2011 305 49.77500 --- --- ---

3 Staff Quarters

(No.)

1 ICAR 31.03.2011 399.96

55.58500 --- --- ---

2 ICAR

3 ICAR

4 ICAR

5 ICAR

6 ICAR

4 Demonstration

Units (add

rows if

required)

1. Goat -1 ICAR 31.03.2011 80 4.00 --- --- ---

2. Nursery-1 ICAR 31.03.2011 80 4.00 --- --- ---

3. Poultry-3 RF 25.10.2018 954 7.0 --- --- ---

4. Oyster

Mushroom-1

RF 10.08.2016 90 0.5 --- --- ---

5. Cattle shed -

1

RF 24.03.2020 363 3.5 --- --- ---

5 Fencing ICAR 31.03.2012 1500 m 10.00 --- --- ---

6 Rain Water

harvesting

system

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---

7 Threshing floor --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

8 Farm godown --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

9 Shed (Farm

equipment)

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---

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B) Vehicles

Type of vehicle Year of purchase Cost (Rs.) Total kms. Run Present status

Jeep 2009 6,29,990.00 2,51,000 Condemned

Tractor 2009 5,64,128.00 13,000 Not road worthy

Power Tiller 2010 1,50,000 --- Not in working condition

Two wheeler(2)

Bajaj Pulsar 2010 1,00,000 87,434 Poor condition

Bajaj Platina 2010 98,362 Poor condition

C) Equipment & AV aids

Name of the equipment Year of purchase Cost (Rs.) Present status

Computer dual core Jan. 2010 50,000 Good

Xerox cum printer Jan. 2010 70,000 Good

Camera March 2010 25,000 Good

Generator March 2011 1,00,000 Good

PUSA STFR Meter March 2017 73,000 Good

Mini soil testing unit – Mridaparikshak March 2017 80,000 Good

Computer i3 (2 Nos.) March 2017 75,000 Good

UPS 2.0 KW (Battery and Inverter) March 2017 29,000 Good

LED Projector (3200 lumens) March 2017 29,000 Good

Portable PAS March 2017 12,000 Good

Digital camera March 2017 7,000 Good

Handy cam (Video camera) March 2017 22,000 Good

Refrigerator March 2017 16,000 Good

Fire extinguisher March 2017 3,000 Good

1.8. A). Details SAC meeting(s) conducted in the year

Sl.No. Date No of

Participants Salient Recommendations

1. 08.01.2020 23 • Market preference of each variety should be assessed before promotion among farmers.

• Documentation of specific technologies should be done

by KVK on regular basis

• Revolving Fund should be increased in KVK farm.

• The success story of individual farmers should be recorded and broadcasted through Radio and TV

channels.

• Awards to be given to the farmers based on different

technology.

• Conduct FLD on Barnyard millet MDU 5 in problematic soils.

• Promotion of drought tolerant varieties and technologies.

• To popularize the variety ADT 51, ADT 53, CR1009

Sub1 as alternate for CR1009 in Samba season.

• Promotion of Ecological Engineering.

• Promotion of semi spreading Groundnut varieties in Rainfed areas.

• Promotion on High yielding Groundnut varieties VRI 8,

CO 7, BSR 2 and TMV 14 in irrigated condition.

• Promotion of Mechanized Groundnut cultivation and

Mechanized stripper.

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• Promotion of High yielding Sesame variety VRI 3 and

TMV 7.

• Promotion of VRI 3, VRI (CW)H1 and High Density planting in Cashew.

• Awareness creation on spraying schedule in Cotton crop

to be conducted.

• To conduct OFT on ELS Cotton for Rainfed condition.

• To conduct FLD on Fodder sorghum CSV33 MF.

• Awareness programme/Camp on fertility management in Dairy cow should be conducted.

• To be submit on Fodder establishment project for district.

• Promotion and Demonstration of fodder cowpea as

intercrop in Cashew garden.

• To develop different Native Chicken varieties around the district.

• Promotion of Wild animal Repellent through Extension

literatures.

• To improve trials on Fall Army Worm management in

Maize.

• Popularization of VRI 3 Cashew grafts produced from Nursery in Andimadam area.

• Awareness creation on Sericulture to farmers.

• To popularize fish pond and composite fish culture.

• Promotion of Dry and green fodder.

• Programme should be conducted in collaboration with

TANUVAS and VUTRC.

• New technologies disseminated through CAT programme. • Conducts skill training for Cashewnut nursery growers.

• To register NAB skill portal and conduct agricultural

related training programmes..

• Promotion of Soil testing, Bio products, Soil Moisture

Indicator and other new technologies to district farmers Promotion of IFS farmers in Ariyalur district.

2. DETAILS OF DISTRICT (2019-20)

2.0. Operational jurisdiction of KVKs: Not Applicable

2.1. Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

Classification First crop Second crop Third crop

Wet land

Paddy (Kuruvai) (June-Oct.)

Paddy (Thaladi) (Oct. to Feb.)

Paddy (Navarai) (Jan – May)

Paddy (Kuruvai)

(June-Oct.)

Paddy (Thaladi)

(Oct. to Feb.)

Blackgram (Feb to May)

Garden land

Groundnut (Jun to Sep)

Groundnut (Oct-Jan) Groundnut (Feb-May)

Groundnut

(Jun to Sep)

Vegetable (Oct – Jan) Blackgram (Feb-May)

Groundnut (Jun to Sep)

Groundnut (Oct – Jan)

Blackgram (Feb-May)

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Dry land

Fallow Maize (Aug-Sep) Fallow

Fallow Cotton (Aug-Sep) Fallow

Fallow Sorghum/Varagu

(Aug-Sep)

Fallow

2.2. Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and

topography)

S.

No Agro-climatic Zone Characteristics

1 North Eastern Zone Ariyalur district is located in Northern eastern part of TamilNadu.

The climate in the zone basically semi-arid tropical with an average

rainfall of 954 mm. The soil pH is ranging from 6.5 to 8.0. Ferruginous red loam occurs

S.

No

Agro ecological

situation Characteristics

1 North Eastern portion of VIII Agro ecological

Zone of India

The maximum precipitation is contributed by North East Monsoon. The soil texture is usually loamy, the colour varying from red at

the surface to yellow at the lower horizon. Black soil favours the

cultivation of rainfed crops viz., cotton, maize in a larger area,

2.3. Soil types in the jurisdiction

S.

No Soil type Characteristics Area in ha

1 Red Soil Rich source of Fe, Mn, High P fixation capacity due to the presence

of kaolinitic clay along with sesquioxides, low organic matter & clay.

66,315

2 Black Soil More than 30% clay, Mn adding black to the soil. High CEC with

high pH range, abundant source of Mo and Boron.

49,550

2.4. Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the jurisdiction for 2019-20

Kharif

S. No Crop Area (ha) Production (q) Productivity (q/ha)

1 Paddy 9,860 42,101 45.5

2 Maize 18,239 90,756 64.1

3 Cotton 10,850 16,136 15.8

4 Black gram 6,435 5,718 8.23

5 Sorghum 1,531 3,368 22.0

6 Bajra 1,425 4,674 32.8

7 Kodo millet 285 427 15.0

8 Finger millet 35 63 18.0

Rabi

S. No Crop Area (ha) Production (q) Productivity (q /ha)

1 Paddy 24,143 1,03,090 42.7

2 Groundnut 18,450 39,800 22.0

3 Sugarcane 7,440 6,89,865 860.9

4 Banana 167 80,160 308.3

5 Watermelon 85 23,800 357.1

6 Brinjal 122.5 24,500 500

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7 Chillies 30 3,600 833.3

8 Bhendi 65.89 9,240 713.1

9 Ash gourd 30.02 6,604 454.5

10 Drumstick 1,166.25 2,33,250 500

Summer

S. No Crop Area (ha) Production (q) Productivity (q /ha)

1 Cashew nut 30,345 13,655 4.50

2 Sesame 1,660 614 3.70

2.5. Weather data (April 2019 to March 2020)

Month Rainfall (mm) TemperatureC Relative Humidity

(%) Maximum Minimum

April 2019 1.10 35.4 27.3 76.7

May 2019 43.57 37.6 28.8 75.9

June 2019 94.85 38.3 27.4 58.3

July 2019 29.42 37.5 28.7 57.4

August 2019 84.38 36.2 27.3 73.9

September

2019 27.72 34.7 28.7 74.3

October 2019 204.64 34.4 27.3 72.2

November

2019 282.13 31.2 26.1 69.7

December 2019

19.44 28.4 23.7 65.7

January 2020 19.12 31.3 23.6 66.4

February 2020 -- 32.5 25.7 73.5

March 2020 -- 34.6 26.3 80.5

Total 806.37

2.6. Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district (2019-20)

Category Population Production Productivity

Cattle

Cross breed 87,507 2.8 Lakh lit. 10 lit /cow

Goats 2,24,958 10.58 Lakh Kgs. 18 kg/goat

Pigs

Indigenous 6801 23540 kg 20 kg/ Pig

Poultry

Desi bird 68,951 38,800 kg 1kg/bird

Category Area (ha.) Production (q/ha.) Productivity (q/ha.)

Fish 3,574 2,980.80 83.4

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2.7. Details of Adopted Villages (2019-20)

Sl.N

o.

Taluk/

mandal

Name of

the block

Name of the

village

Year of

adoptio

n

Major crops &

enterprises

Major problem

identified

Identified

Thrust

Areas

KVK adopted villages

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Udayarpalayam

T.palur Kodalikaruppur

2018 Paddy, Bajra, Groundnut,

Sesame, Dairy, Goat & poultry

Paddy • Yield loss due

to occurrence of blast disease (41%)

• Lack of awareness on precaution

measures for disease control

Integrated Disease

Management

Paddy • Low zinc

content in existing paddy

varieties • Lack of

awareness on bio fortified crop varieties

Varietal Evaluation

Bhendi

• Inconvenience faced by the farmers during harvesting of bhendi

Drudgery Reduction

Livestock • Lack of

knowledge on nenatal management

• Inadequate knowledge on

deworming

Disease Management

Cow • Reduced milk

yield • Loss of feed

intake in cows • Poor milk

quality due to ketone bodies in milk

Incidence of Ketosis

is 12 %

Disease Management

Fish • Poor quality

and weight gain in existing fish

varieties Lack of

Knowledge on Improved Fish variety

Varital introductio

n

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2 Udayarpalayam

T.Palur Venmankondan

2017 Paddy, Maize, Groundnut,Drumstick, Dairy, Goat & Poultry

Paddy • Low yield in

existing

varieties(4.5 t/ha)

• Heavy incidence of blast (35%), leaf spot

(27%) & stem borer (25%)

• Increasing soil salinity (pH up to 8) leads to reduction in

yield up to 15-20%

Varietal Evaluation

Paddy • Over usage of

water • Unplanned

irrigation schedule

Resource Conservati

on

Groundnut • Low yield due

to early and late Leafspot (22%)

• Root rot (12%) incidence and thereby lack of optimum plant

population • Heavy

infestation of Spodoptera (16%)

IPDM

Drumstick

• Yield loss upto 30-35%

• Leaf webber • Flower

shedding

• Fruit fly damage

• Low income and net profit (Rs.6000/ac.)

Lack of awareness in value addition

ICM

Brinjal • Over

irrigation/

flooding leads to wastage of water

• Leaching of nitrates below the root zone

• Shortage of

water resources due to ground water

Resource conservation

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depletion

3 Udayarpalayam

Jayankondam

Malanikuzhi 2018 Groundnut, Watermelon, Dairy, Goat and Poultry

Watermelon • Low yield due

to Anthracnose

disease • Poor flesh

colour and low consumer Preference

• Incidence of

mosaic virus

ICM

4 Udayarpalayam

Jayankondam

Devamangalam

2018 Groundnut,Tuberose, Blackgram,

Dairy, Goat and Poultry

Tuberose • Low yield

with existing varieties

• Heavy incidence of Nematode

Rotting of bulb, leaf drying and death of plants

Varietal Evaluation

5 Andimadam Andimadam

Kuvagam 2018 Little millet, Finger millet, Groundnut, Castor, Cashewnut,

Tuberose, Marigold, Dairy, Goat and Poultry

Castor • Lack of

Knowledge on cultivation of Castor as main crop under rainfed

• Non adoption of ICM technologies

• Susceptibility in existing varieties for

castor semilooper ,capsule borer and wilt disease.

Varietal Introduction

Marigold • Low yield in

existing variety

• Lack of awareness on newly released public sector

varieties • High seed cost

of private hybrids (Rs.2000 per 25 g)

Varietal Evaluation

6 Sendurai Sendurai Kulumur 2019 Cotton, Maize, Dairy, Goat and Poultry

Cotton • Shedding of

square buds and immature bolls (22%)

• Reddening and

shedding of leaves (Mg deficiency)

• Lack of adoption of bund/inter crop

ICM

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• Low yield due to bacterial blight

Less number of bolls/ plant (20-40)

Kuruchikulam

2019 Groundnut, Cashew, Dairy, Goat and Poultry

Groundnut • Heavy

infestation of Fall army worm in Maize since last year

• Under utilization of

land resources by single crop

• Chance of pest resurgence by repeated cultivation of Maize

Crop

Introduction

(Groundnut in the place of Maize)

Ariyalur Thirumanur K.Mettutheru 2017 Blackgram • High incidence

of YMV in the exisisting variety ADT 5

• Low yield (

520 kg/ ha)


Sugarcane • Low

awareness on

Value addition in sugarcane as jaggery

• Less income

Value addition

DFI villages

1 Udayarpalayam

T.palur Puliyankuzhi 2019 Maize,Groundnut, vegetables, , Dairy, Goat & Poultry

Maize • Low yield due

to fall army worm incidence (44%)

• Damaged

leaves and cob by pest

• Excess use of pesticides led to increased

cost of cultivation

IPM

Sesame • Incidence of

drought (45%) • Poor yield

(550 kg/ha.) • Repeated

cultivation of existing variety (10 years)

• Lack of awareness about high

Varietal Introductio

n

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yielding new varieties

Nutrition garden

• Low per capita consumption

• Demand for organic greens and vegetables

ICM

TOT • Technology

transfer mechanism need to be improved to

reach the individual farmers’ farm holding in time as mobile has reached almost in all villages

and significant number of farmers are using smart phone

ICT

2 Sendurai Sendurai Veerakkan 2019 Ragi,Groundnut,Blackgram, Dairy, Goat and Poultry

Ragi • Low

productivity with the existing Finger millet varieties (1400 kg/ha) under rainfed condition

• Non adoption

of varieties suitable for rainfed condition

• Susceptibility

of existing varieties to lodging and neck blast

Shortage of dry fodder


2.8. Priority/thrust areas

Crop/Enterprise Thrust area

Paddy ICM, Varietal Introduction & Evaluation, IDM & Resource Conservation techniques

Maize Integrated Pest Management & Introduction of alternate crop

Ragi Varietal introduction & ICM

Groundnut Varietal introduction, ICM & IPDM

Sesame Varietal introduction & ICM

Castor Varietal introduction & ICM

Blackgram Varietal introduction & ICM

Cotton Integrated Crop Management

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Sugarcane ICM & Value addition

Brinjal ICM & Resource Conservation techniques

Drumstick ICM

Bhendi ICM & Drudgery reduction

Vegetables ICM

Tuberose Varietal Evaluation &ICM

Marigold Varietal Evaluation &ICM

Watermelon ICM

Dairy Disease Management

Fish Varietal Introduction, feed and diseases management

2.9. Salient Achievements of (April 2019-March, 2020) (Mandated activities/ Projects)

S.No Activity Target Achievement

1. Technologies Assessed (No.) 8 8

2. On-farm trials conducted (No.) 30 30

3. Frontline demonstrations conducted (No.) 19 19

4. Farmers trained (in Lakh) 0.03030 0.03575

5. Extension Personnel trained (No.) 305 323

6. Participants in extension activities (in Lakh) 0.08000 0.08468

7. Production of Seed (in Quintal) 15 11.15

8. Planting material produced (in Lakh) 0.125 2.65

9. Live-stock strains and fingerlings produced (in Lakh) 0.0025 0.00522

10. Soil, Water, plant, manures samples tested (in Lakh) 0.00500 0.00417

11. Mobile agro-advisory provided to farmers (in Lakh) 0.20000 0.30904

12. No. of Soil Health Cards issued by Mini Soil Testing Kits (No.) 1500 1576

13. No. of Soil Health Cards issued by Traditional Laboratory (No.) --- ---

2.10. Salient Achievements by KVK during 2019-20

• Our KVK farm in 20 ha is a certified organic farm serves as model to 180 organic farmers and

promoting on-site input production among 1,578 farmers in 116 villages.

• Technological products viz., seeds (11,155 kg.), Planting materials (2,65,815 No.), Bio products

(8,337 kg), Chicks (460 Nos.) were distributed benefitting 7463 farmers.

• Mixed cropping of Drumstick and Groundnut (1125 ha), Cashewnut production technologies

(21,000 ha.), YMV resistant Blackgram varieties (4,042 ha), Drought tolerant Groundnut varieties

(50 ha.), disease resistant Paddy varieties (10 ha.) are noteworthy to claim for large scale adoption

of technologies by our KVK intervention.

• Mechanized sowing is facilitated to overcome labour shortage in Maize (700 ha), Groundnut

(2,100 ha) and Paddy (380 ha).

• 400 ha of area brought under fodder crops to ensure health of animals in the District.

• 165 ha of farm ponds brought under fisheries and 276.5 tonnes fish production ensured.

• Emphasize is being given to conserve natural resources viz., land, water, and environment.

Distributed 5647 kg of Bio products covering 2847 ha by 2431 farmers, promoted Waste

decomposer in 260 ha by 121 farmers.

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• Water saving technologies like drip and sprinkler irrigation facilitated in 4188 ha through

department subsidies, irrigation scheduling by ‘Pani-pipe’ and Soil Moisture Indicator, alternate

wetting and drying is being practiced in 34 ha by 162 farmers by our interventions.

• The concept of mulching and weed mat is practiced by 42 farmers in 24 ha. of Tuberose.

• Promoted Waste decomposer in 1,360 ha to avoid burning of crop stubbles.

• Low cost hatcheries (Rs.4,000) innovated by our Youth Club Member under our guidance and its

promotion (260) paved the way to meet chicks requirement of the District (4,00,000 chicks/year)

• Unique model of our Kendra like ‘RY-RY’ is the first in Country to bring Youth into mainstream

(582) of Agriculture.

• The flagship activity of KVK, Ariyalur is empowerment of rural youth and reducing migration.

Rs. 10.31 lakhs mobilized to skill the youth, facilitated loan to the tune of Rs.15.78 lakhs and 402

youth self employed and created 28,197 man days/year.

• Two villages adopted under DFI concepts covering 100 farmers.

• Women empowerment interms of employment income and social status is created to 4584 farm

and landless women.

• Promoting Group Action by Farmers Clubs (11 Nos.), Farmers Associations (3 Nos.) and FPOs

(2 Nos.) comprising of 1550 farmers.

• Our KVK has created wide awareness on Government priority programmes viz., PMFBY, DFI,

Soil Health Management, Livestock Management and Swatchhata Hi-seva among 14,176 farmers.

• We could reach 31,401 farmers by mass propagation of technologies through Farmer Friend,

Whatsapp, M-KISAN, Voice messages, youtube, Radio and TV talks.

• KVK, Ariyalur is taking relentless effort to mobilize extramural funds to the tune of Rs.5.96 lakhs

to provide value added services to the farmers.

• Implemented special programmes for SC population beneficiary 100 poor SC landless labourers.

• Involved in documentation and validation of innovation of 6 farmers.

• Wild animal problem is big menace in now a days and we have promoted Wild Animal Repellent

(Herboliv plus) and rescued the crops in an area of 242 ha.

• Replaced 1,710 hand operated sprayers with battery operated sprayers to reduce drudgery.

3. TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

3.A. Details of target and achievements of mandatory activities by KVK during 2019-20

i) OFT (Technology Assessment)

Number of technologies Total no. of Trials

Targets Achievement Targets Achievement

8 8 30 30

ii) FLD (crop/enterprise/CFLDs)

No of Demonstrations Area in ha Number of Farmers

Targets Achievement Targets Achievement Targets Achievement

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19 19 52.2 52.2 135 135

iii) Training (including sponsored, vocational and other trainings carried under Rainwater

Harvesting Unit)

Number of Courses Number of Participants

Clientele Targets Achievement Targets Achievement

Farmers 120 98 2,580 3,088

Rural youth 45 17 450 487

Extn. Functionaries 24 9 305 323

Total 189 124 3,335 3,898

iv) Extension Activities

Number of activities Number of participants

Targets Achievement Targets Achievement

796 949 8,000 8,468 + Mass

v) Seed Production (q)

Target Achievement Distributed to no. of farmers

25 4.31 249

vi) Planting material (Nos.)


12,500 2,65,815 734

v) Livestock (Nos.)


250 522 47

vii) Bio inputs (Nos.)


2,500 8,337 kg 2,431

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3.B. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

i) Summary of technologies assessed under various crops by KVKs (Add rows wherever required)

Thematic areas Crop Name of the technology assessed

Source of

technology with

year

No. of

trials

No. of

farmers

Varietal Evaluation

Paddy Assessment of suitable paddy

varieties for high yielding during

Samba season

ARS,Nellore,

2010,TNAU,2016

5 5

Paddy Assessment of suitability of bio

fortified Paddy variety for Ariyalur

District

TNAU, 2017

3 3

Tuberose Assessment of suitable Tuberose

varieties for higher yield

ICAR-IIHR, 2012

ICAR-IIHR, 2014

3 3

Marigold Assessment of Marigold varieties for

higher yield

ICAR-IIHR, 2014

ICAR-IIHR, 2017

3 3

Banana Assessment of suitable banana

variety for Thirumanur block of

Ariyalur district

ICAR-NRCB

3 3

Integrated Pest Management

Maize Assessment of Fall Army Worm

management practices in Maize

TNAU,2018 5 5

Integrated Disease Management

Paddy Assessment of management strategies

to contain blast disease

in Paddy

TNAU, 2012

IARI, 2012

5 5

Others (Pl. specify)

All crops Assessing the Effectiveness of

Different Mobile Apps in terms of

Knowledge Gain and Agro Advisory

Services

GOI

3 3

Total 30 30

ii) Summary of technologies assessed under livestock by KVKs

Thematic areas

Name of

the

livestock

enterprise

Name of

the

technology

assessed

No. of

trials

No. of

farmers

Disease Management -- -- -- --

Total -- --

iii) Summary of technologies assessed under various enterprises by KVKs

Thematic areas Enterprise Name of the technology assessed

Source of

technology

with year

No. of trials No. of

farmers

-- -- -- -- --

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3.C. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN DETAIL

1. OFT on Assessment of Suitable Paddy varieties for high yielding during Samba season

1. Thematic area: Varietal Introduction

2. Title: Assessment of Suitable Paddy varieties for high yielding during Samba season

3. Scientists involved: SMS (Agronomy), SMS (Plant Protection)

4. Details of farming situation:

This comparative study was carried out through On-Farm Testing during Samba season of

2019 at Venmankondan village of T.Palur block in Ariyalur district with an objective to assess the

suitable Paddy varieties for high yielding during Samba season as compared to the farmers

practicing existing variety (Co-43).The Paddy nursery was raised during 1st week of September

2019 and transplanting was done during 4th week of September 2019. Five farmers each having one

acre of wet land was selected and compared with the farmers existing variety with recommended

package of practices. All the trail fields have clay loamy soil with good fertility and the pH of the

soil range from 7 to 7.5.

5. Problem definition / description:

• Low Yield with existing varieties (4.5t/ha)

• Heavy incidence of blast (35%), leaf spot (27%) and stem borer (25%)

• Increasing soil salinity (pH upto 8) leads to reduction in yield upto 15-20%.

6. Technology Assessed:

Varietal

Character

TO1 TO2 TO3

Farmers Practice Variety

CO-43

(TNAU 1982)

Cultivation of NLR

34449

(ARS, Nellore, 2010)

Cultivation of TKM

13

(TNAU – 2016)

Duration 135 days 125 days 130 days

Average Yield 4.8 t/ha 6.2 t/ha 5.5t/ha

Grain Type Medium slender fine grain Fine grain Medium Slender

Resistant to Lodging and Moderate

resistant to Blast, Brown spot

& Leaf blight

Blast Moderately resistant

to stem borer, leaf

folder, disease such as

blast, brown spot, Rice Tungra and

sheath rot

Tolerant to Green hopper and Salt tolerant

Saline tolerant -

Purpose - High yielding High Yielding

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7. Critical inputs given:

Name of critical input Quantity/Trial (0.4ha) Value (Rs.)

NLR 34449 Paddy seed 12 kg @ Rs.30/kg 360

TKM 13 Paddy seed 12 kg @ Rs.30/kg 360

Pseudomonas fluorescens 1 kg @ Rs.120/kg 120

Field board 1 No @ Rs.400/ No 400

Total 1,240

Rs.1,240 * 5 = Rs.6,200

8. Results:

Table 1: Yield and yield contributing characters of different varieties assessed

Technology

Option

No.

of

trials

No. of

plants/sq.m

No. of

productive

tillers/hill

Green

horn

caterpillar

incidence

(%)

PDI of

blast

Yield

(q/ha)

Straw

yield

(t/ha)

Technology 1

(Farmers’ Practice)

5

24 42 23 22 46.3 5.42

Technology 2

(NLR 34449)

18 48 18 10 50.4 5.85

Technology 3 (TKM 13)

18 63 11 12 52.8 6.17

Table 2: Economics of different Paddy varieties assessed

Technology

option

Gross Cost

(Rs.)

Gross Income

(Rs.)

Net Income

(Rs.) BCR Marketability

Farmers

practice

45,000 97,700 52,700 2.17 Good

NLR 34449 48,750 1,11,010 62,260 2.28 Moderate

TKM 13 46,250 1,20,585 74,335 2.61 Good

Description of the results:

This trial was conducted to assess the performance of suitable Paddy varieties with farmers

existing variety during Samba season 2019 (September 2019 to 1st December 2019). The results

showed that Paddy variety TKM 13 is better in production related parameters and recorded highest

straw yield (5.25 t/ha) compared to other two varieties. In this trail, the TO3 recorded the highest net

return of Rs.74335 with the BCR of 2.61 than TO2 (net return Rs.62260 and BCR 2.28) and farmers

practicing existing variety.

The performance of the TO3 was very good in terms of higher productive tillers (63/hill), less

Green horn pillar incidence (11%), moderate PDI of blast (12%) and good straw quality followed by

TO2 and farmers existing variety. The grain yield was 14 percentage higher in TKM 13 variety

followed by NLR 34449 over Co 43.Market preference is good for TKM 13 variety than NLR 34449.

Constraints faced: Nil

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9. Feedback of the farmers involved:

• The growth and yield of TKM 13 variety and its straw quality is best than other two varieties

which is very suitable for Samba season.

• TKM 13 has less pest and disease problems compared to NLR 34449 and CO-43.

• The merchants interested in buying TKM 13 Paddy.

• NLR 34449 has low cooking quality than TKM 13 and not delicious when compared to TKM 13

and CO-43

10. Feed back to the scientist who developed the technology:

The incidence of BLB and sheath blight diseases is very less in TKM 13 Paddy variety. This

variety is good for Samba season.

2. OFT on Assessment of Suitable of Bio fortified Paddy varieties for Ariyalur District


2. Title: Assessment of Suitable of Bio fortified Paddy varieties for Ariyalur District

3. Scientists involved: SMS (Agronomy), SMS (Home Science)


This study was carried out through On-Farm Testing during Samba season of 2019 at

Kodali Karuppur village of T.Palur block in Ariyalur district. The objective is to assess the

suitability of Bio fortified Paddy variety compared to the farmers practicing existing variety. The

Bio fortified Paddy variety nursery were raised during 2nd week of September and transplanted 1st

week of October 2019. Five farmers each having one acre of wet land with good fertile clay soil

and the pH range of the soil was 6.5 – 7.5. All other package of practices were uniformly adopted.


• Low Zinc content (10-13 ppm) in existing Paddy variety

• Lack of awareness of bio fortified crop varieties.


Varietal Character

TO1 TO2

Farmers Practice Variety CO-43

(TNAU 1982)

Cultivation of DRR Dhan - 45

(IIRR, 2015)

Duration 135 days 125 -130 days

Average Yield 4.8 t/ha 5 t/ha

Grain Type Medium slender Medium slender

Zinc value 13.5 ppm 22.6 ppm



DRR Dhan 45 Paddy seed 12 kg @ Rs.50/kg 600


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Soil sample analysis 1 sample @ R.100/sample 100


Total 1,220

Area – 2 ha. Rs.1,220 * 5 = Rs.6,100

8. Results:

Table 1: Yield and yield contributing characters of Bio fortified variety DRR Dhan 45 and Co 43.

Technology

Option

No.

of

trials

No. of

plants/sq.m

No. of

productive

tillers/hill

Onion

incidence

(%)

PDI of

BLB

PDI of

false

smut

Grain

Yield

(q/ha)

Technology 1

(Farmers Practice) 5

26 46 18 16 12 45.7

Technology 2(DRR Dhan - 45)

19 55 4 8 10 46.5

Table 2: Economics of different Paddy varieties assessed

Technology

option

Gross Cost

(Rs.)

Gross Income

(Rs.)

Net Income


Farmers

practice

55750 102060 46310 1.83 Good

DRR Dhan 45 48750 106080 57330 2.18 Good


This trial was conducted to assess the suitability of Bio fortified Paddy variety with farmers

existing variety during Samba season 2019 (September 2019 to 1st week of January 2019). The results

showed that the Bio fortified Paddy variety DRR Dhan 45 is good in production related parameters

followed by farmers existing variety C0-43. In this trial, TO2 recorded the highest net return of Rs.

57330/ha with BCR of 2.18 than TO1 (Rs. 46310 and 1.83 respectively). The performance of the TO2

showed very high tolerance to onion gallmidge (only 4% incidence) than farmers existing variety

(18%) and good resistance to Bacterial leaf blight disease (8% incidence) than farmers existing variety

(16%). The grain yield was 19 percentage higher in DRR Dhan 45 Paddy variety than farmers existing

variety Co43.

Constraints faced: Nil


• The growth of DRR Dhan 45 variety and plant health is very good than existing variety Co43.

• Very low incidence of Onion gallmidge than other local variety which causes reduced cost of

cultivation in terms of spraying scheduled pesticide.

• Cooking quality is very good (highly tasty) and good keeping quality.

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• DRR Dhan 45 Bio fortified Paddy variety is more suitable for Ariyalur district.

• Suggested for cultivation throughout the district for own consumption to secure the nutritional

requirements particularly Zinc which is highly required for body immune system.

3. OFT on Assessment of Management Strategies to Contain Blast disease in Paddy

1. Thematic area: Integrated Disease Management

2. Title: Assessment of Management Strategies to Contain Blast disease in Paddy

3. Scientists involved: SMS (Plant Protection), SMS (Agronomy), SMS (Agrl. Extn)


The study was carried out through On Farm Testing during Samba season of 2019 at

Kodali Karuppur Village in Ariyalur district with an objective to assess the management strategies

of Paddy blast under irrigated condition. During the last two years it was observed that the

incidence of blast disease was the major problem and farmers encountered the yield loss. In this

area, Paddy crop sown during second week of October and harvested during 1st week January.

Totally three farmers each having one acre of Paddy was selected and compared farmers practice

with the recommended package of practices. Application of Carbendazim and Mancozeb was the

practice followed by farmers.


Appearance of eye shaped spots on leaves and it later affects boot leaf.

Blast disease incidence at tillering and grain filling stage.

Yield reduction to the tune of 26% recorded in the proposed area.


TO1 TO2 TO3

Farmers Practice IARI, 2012 TNAU, 2012

Application of Carbendazim and

Mancozeb at the rate of 2g/lit of

water twice at tillering and pre flowering stage.

Seed treatment with bio

fungicide like T.viride

@10g/kg of seed and 75 kg/ha of neem cake as basal

application. Liquid

Pseudomonas spray @2ml/lit

of water twice at 45th and 72nd days after transplanting

Seed treatment with bio

fungicide T.viride @10g/kg

seed and basal application of Pseudomonas fluorescens at

the rate of 2.5 kg enriched in

70 kg Farm Yard manure/ha.

Foliar spraying of Pseudomonas (Powder form)

@4g/lit. of water at 45th day

after transplanting

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Liquid Pseudomonas 1.5 lit @ Rs.200/litre 300

Pseudomonas fluorescens talc based

1.5 kg @ Rs.100/kg 150

Neem Cake 30 kg @ Rs.45/kg 1350


Total 2200

Area – 2 ha. Rs.2200 * 5 = Rs.11,000

8. Results:

Table 1 : Yield and yield contributing parameters of Paddy due to the different blast containing measures

Technology Option No. of

trials

No. of

productive

tillers /

plant

PDI of

Blast

Yield

(q/ha)

Straw

yield

(t/ha.)

Technology 1 (Farmer Practice)

5

47 24 50.5 5.25

Technology 2 (IARI, 2012)

60 14 56.8 5.55

Technology 3 (TNAU,

2012)

54 18 54.5 5.31

Table 2 : Economics of different Paddy varieties assessed

Technology

option Gross cost (Rs.)

Gross Income

(Rs.) Net Income (Rs.) BCR

Technology 1 (Farmer Practice)

54,760 95,950 41,190 1 : 1.20

Technology 2 (IARI, 2012)

57,840 1,07,920 50,080 1 : 1.86

Technology 3

(TNAU, 2012)

56,926 1,03,550 46,624 1 : 1.70


The results of after trial showed that the TO2 i.e., seed treatment with T.viride, basal

application of neem cake @250 kg/ha. and foliar spray of liquid Pseudomonas @2ml/lit. of water on

45th and 72nd days after transplanting showed its superiority in containing blast disease with present

disease index of 14 while it was 18 and 24 in the case of TO3 and Farmer practice respectively.

Correspondingly there was the difference in yield of both the grain (56.8 q/ha.) and straw (5.55 t/ha.)

and it was followed by TO3 as it recorded 54.5 q/ha. of grain and 5.31 t/ha. of straw. It is concluded

that TO2 i.e. spray of liquid Pseudomonas is adjudged as superior in controlling blast disease in

paddy as it recorded the BCR of 1 : 1.86 while it was 1: 1.20 in the case of Farmer practice.

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• We could see the less disease problem in liquid Pseudomonas sprayed field.

• The technology is simple, easy to do, easily available at cheap rate.


Liquid Pseudomonas works well in controlling blast disease in paddy.

4. OFT on Assessment of Marigold varieties for higher yield


2. Title: Assessment of Marigold varieties for higher yield

3. Scientists involved: SMS (Horticulture) and SMS (Plant Protection)


An On Farm Testing was carried out during the Rabi summer season of 2019 at Kuvagam

village in Ariyalur district with an objective to assess the performance of Marigold varieties for

higher yield under irrigated conditions. Marigold crop grows well in soil pH of 7.0 to 7.5. During

the trial period a temperature range of 20ºC to 33ºC was observed in Marigold field. The soil of the

experimental site was red loamy in its texture with a soil pH of 7.2. The cuttings of Marigold were

purchased from ICAR-IIHR, Hesarghata, Bangalore and planted during the 1st week of February,

2020 and harvested during 2nd week of April, 2020.


• Low yield in existing variety Victor-2 (20 t/ha).

• Short petiole, small flower size and dull yellow colour.

• Lack of awareness on newly released public sector varieties.


Varietal

Character

TO1 TO2 TO3

Farmers Practice

Cultivation of Local

Variety

Cultivation of

Arka Bangara

(IIHR, Bangalore)

Cultivation of

Arka Agni

(IIHR, Bangalore)

Duration 85 days 85-90 days 85 days

Average Yield 25t/ha 25 – 30 t/ha 30 t/ha



Arka Bangara Rooted cuttings 320 Nos. @ Rs.2.5/cuttings 800

Arka Agni Rooted cuttings 320 Nos. @ Rs. 2.5/cuttings 800


Soil sample analysis 1 sample @ R.100/sample 100


Total 2,220

Area – 2 ha. Rs.2,220 * 3 = Rs.6,660

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8. Results:

Table 1: Yield economic and yield contributing characters of different Marigold varieties and

performance of the technology

Technology Option No. of

trials Yield (q/ha) Flower borer incidence %

Technology 1 (Farmers

Practice) 3

201.3 15

Technology 2(Arka Bangara 2) 251.3 11.5

Technology 3(Arka Agni) 231.2 12

Table 2: Economics of different marigold varieties assessed

Technology

option

Gross Cost

(Rs.)

Gross Income

(Rs.)

Net Income


Technology 1

(Farmers

Practice)

91,496 2,01,333 1,09,836 2.2 Good

Technology

2(Arka

Bangara 2)

96,770 2,51,333 1,54,560 2.6 Excellent

Technology 3(Arka Agni)

96,696 2,31,200 1,34,500 2.39 Good


The trial has been conducted to check the performance of ICAR IIHR released varieties with

farmer’s cultivation of private hybrids during Rabi summer 2020 (February, 2020 to April, 2020). The

results showed that Arka Bangara-2 is better in yield and production related parameters like Flower

borer incidence and market preference. Arka Bangara 2 recorded the flower yield of 251.3 q/ha and it

was followed by Arka Agni 231.2 q/ha and it was followed by farmers practice 201.3 q/ha. The

market preference is excellence for Arka bangara-2 flower as its color and size are better than the

other varieties. The Arka bangara-2 flower is bright yellow color and the Arka Agni flower color is

yellowish red and farmers practice Victor 2 flower color is yellow. The consumers in the flower

market prefer yellow color than the yellowish red color. In this trial, the Arka bangara-2 variety

recorded the highest net return of Rs.1,54,560 with the BCR of 1:2.6 than Arka Agni and farmers

practice. So, the performance of Arka bangara-2 was good. Incidence of flower borer was very less

(11.5%) in Arka bangara-2 compared to Arka Agni and the variety cultivated by the farmers.

Constraints faced:

• The fluctuation of the market price for Marigold flowers from Rs.10 to Rs.50/kg is the only

constraints in the cultivation of Marigold.

• The timely availability of planting materials is also difficult.

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• Market preference is higher for the yellow colour flower of Arka bangara-2 variety and it was less

for yellowish red colour flower variety Arka Agni.

• Higher yield is observed in Arka bangara-2 than other two varieties.


• Consumers prefer the yellow colour Marigold varieties Arka bangara-2.

• Flower borer pest incidence is less in Arka bangara-2 variety of Marigold (11.5%).

5. OFT on Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Mobile Apps in Terms of Knowledge Gain

and Agro Advisory services

1. Thematic area: ICT

2. Title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Mobile Apps in Terms of Knowledge Gain and

Agro Advisory services

3. Scientists involved: SMS (Agricultural Extension)


The survey was conducted on DFI village of Puliyankuzhi. Farmers of this region are more

experienced in farming. Most of the lands are in irrigated condition. Sizeable members of the

farmers using smartphones for their communication.


• Lack of awareness on latest technologies and marketing information.

• Availability of services and their sources were not known to farmers

• Limited access or availability of technological advisories on time.


TO1 TO2 TO3

e-NAM Uzhavan Mobile App

(TN Government)

Farmers practice

Kisan Suvidha

(GoI)

7. Results:

Table 1: Yield economic and yield contributing characters as influenced by Marigold varieties and performance of the technology

Technology

option

Knowledge

gain (%)

Symbolic

adoption

(%)

Level of

satisfaction

Credibility

on source of

information

Ease of

access to

technology

Multidisciplinary

nature of the

medium

TO 1

e-NAM

42 27 Medium Moderate Moderate Low

TO 2 Uzhavan

Mobile App

76 62 High High High High

TO 3 Kisan

Suvidha

32 26 Low Low High Low

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8. Description of the results:

Among the treatment, Uzhavan mobile application had more influence in terms of desirable

change in Knowledge gain and decision making behaviour of farmers. Performance of Kisan Suvidha

and e-NAM application were almost equal interms of knowledge gain and symbolic adoption. In case

of other parameters like credibility, ease of access and multidisciplinary nature of the medium were

found to be high from Uzhavan Mobile App.

Constraints faced:

• Selection of homogenous respondents found to be difficult.

• Most of the farmers had low level of e literacy.

• Even though farmer using smart phones, they do not have internet connection always.


• Uzhavan application provides information specific to their location. It saves their time spent on

seeking information.

• e-NAM and Kisan Suvidha provides only few crop and marketing information. Hence it is of less

important as it provides information only on Paddy, Groundnut etc. It provides information only

related to North Indian crops like wheat, soyabeans etc.

• The information provided in these two apps are only limited on each crop.


• Uzhavan application needs internet connection to perform basic operations. So, developing it as

offline and ready use application will be more useful to farmers. Regarding Market information,

recent price of the commodities should be updated.

• Uzhavan mobile application found to be more useful to the farmers.

6. OFT on Assessment of Fall Army Worm management practices in maize

1. Thematic area: Integrated pest management

2. Title: Assessment of Fall Army Worm management practices in maize

3. Scientist involved : SMS (Plant protection), SMS (Agronomy)


The study was carried out through on farm trials during Kharif season of 2019 at

Puliyankuzhi village in T.Palur block in Ariyalur district, with the objectives to assess the

management strategies of Fall Army Worm in maize under irrigated condition. Maize is being grown

in Ariyalur district in an area of 13,550 ha. and 456 ha. in this operational village Puliyankuzhi. It is

cultivated in irrigated condition and the soil type is red loamy with the soil pH of 7.5 to 8.0 .The

available NPK Status of the soil was120:26:26 kg/ha. Fall Army Worm causes very severe damage to

crop at all stages including cob formation stage. The private hybrid NK 6240 is the ruling hybrid in

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this areas and the time of sowing was July 3rd Week and harvesting done during second week of

October. In this area five farmers having one acre of field was selected and compared the farmers

practices with recommended package of practices.

5. Problem identification / Description

• Indiscriminate use of pesticide led to non control of pest and increased cost of cultivation.

• Fall Army Worm incidence resulted in damage of leaves and cobs.

• Yield reduction upto 30 %.

6. Technology assessed

TO1: Farmers practice

• No seed treatment with pesticide.

• Spray of higher doses of Chloropyriphos or Profenophos or cypermethrin whenever they noticed

the symptoms of FAW leaves damage.

TO2: TNAU capsule /package of practices

• Seed Treatment with Beaveria bassiana @10g/kg. of seed

• Soil application of Neem cake @250kg/ha.

• Inter and border crop raised

• Installation of FAW Pheromone traps @25/ha.

• Foliar application of 2% Neem formulation @25 DAS

• Foliar application of Metarhizium anisopliae @ 4kg/ha of water at 45 DAS

• Foliar application of Fortenza duo / Emamectin benzoate 5% SG @250g/ha.

7. Critical inputs

S.No. Critical Inputs Quantity/trial Amount (Rs.)

1 Fortenza duo 200 ml. 200

2 Metarhizium anisopliae 2 kg. 600

3 EPN 3 kg. 1000

4 Pheramone traps 20 Nos. 400

5 Neem formulation 1.5 lit. 1000

6 Intercrop seeds One packet 250

7 Emamectin benzoate 2 times 800

Total 4250

8. Results:

Table 1: Parameters related to Fall Army Worm incidence and yield due to different practices

Technology

option No. of Trials

No. of infested leaves

per plant

No. of larva /

plant

Grain yield

(q/ha.)

TO1 5 27 4 48.00

TO2 5 29 2 51.80

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Table 2: Economics of different IPM technology in Fall Army Worm assessed

Technology

option

Gross Cost

(Rs.)

Gross Income

(Rs.)

Net Income


Technology 1

(Farmers Practice)

52,640 91,200 38,560 1.73 Good

Technology 2

(TNAU

Capsule)

48,640 98,420 49,780 2.02 Excellent

Description of results

The results of the OFT reveals that the technology capsules recommended by TNAU (TO”)

was effective in management of FAW in Maize. There was the considerable reduction in number of

leaves affected by FAW per plant by adopting the TNAU capsules at it recorded 21 damaged leaves

per plant whereas 27 leaves per plant in the case of Farmers practice. The TNAU technology could

reduce the number of larvae per plant to the tune of 50 percent. There was the 8 percent yield over the

Farmers practice (48 q/ha.) by the TNAU capsule of technologies (51.8 q/ha.). The BCR obtained was

1 : 1.73 and 1 : 2.02 respectively for the Farmers practice and TNAU capsule of technologies.


• It is difficult to follow all the practices recommended by TNAU

• There is no assurance to get these inputs at our local pesticide shops


• In the Integrated pest management practice all the methods should be follow to get better control

of Fall Army Worm and get more yield.

• The farmers face difficulty in getting the inputs required to adopt all the practices.

• There is no adult moth catches in the pheromone trap notices throughout the trial but there was

the larvae in the crop. Further exploration in this regard is needed.

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3.D. FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATION

a. Follow-up of FLDs implemented during previous years

S.

No Crop/Enterprise Thematic Area

Technology

demonstrated

Details of

popularization

methods suggested

to the Extension

system

Horizontal spread of

technology

No. of

villages

No. of

farmers

Area

in ha

1 Finger millet ICM Cultivation of Ragi CO(Ra)15

OFT & Training 10 42 32

2 Paddy ICM ICM in Direct Sown Paddy Anna 4

FLD & Training 6 58 45

3 Blackgram ICM Inter cropping of Casurina with blackgram during the first year


4 Blackgram INM Foliar spraying of

pulse wonder in Blackgram


5 Paddy ICM Cultivation of Paddy CO (R) 52 variety


6 Pearl millet ICM Cultivation of Bajra CO 10


7 Sugarcane soil water conservation

Use of Soil Moisture Indicator tool for scheduling of irrigation in Sugarcane

FLD, Training & Newspaper coverage

25 110 58

8 Fodder crops varietal introduction

Cultivation of fodder Cowpea Co 9


9 Blackgram ICM Cultivation of Blackgram VBN6/8

CFLD & training 180 260 180

10 Forage Seed production Fodder seed production CO(FS)29/31

Training & Field advisory services

110 230 175

11 Groundnut varietal introduction

Cultivation of Groundnut variety

Dharani

CFLD & training 165 290 155

12 Cotton IPM Red gram & castor as inter crop and border crop variety in cotton

FLD, Training & radio talk

114 198 178

13 Groundnut Mechanization Mechanization of groundnut

cultivation

Training & Method demonstration

45 235 188

14 Soil Test INM Soil test based fertilizer application

Method Demonstration & Field advisory services

56 210 176

15 Groundnut INM Foliar spraying of groundnut rich in

Groundnut


88 187 160

16 Integrated Farming System

IFS Integrated Farming System

Training & Radio talk

26 230 185

17 Organic farming Organic farming Production of onsite inputs


14 220 192

18 Cotton INM Nutrient

management in cotton including cotton plus

Training & Method

demonstration

33 210 182

19 Sugarcane Resource conservation

Composting of Agricultural waste through NCOF waste decomposer


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20 Paddy & Groundnut

Seed treatment Seed treatment with Pseudomonas & Trichoderma viride in paddy and

groundnut


125 246 184

21 Forage Mixed fodder Mixed fodder production


65 189 171

22 Vegetables Nutritional diet Nutrition garden/School garden


26 120 111

23 Nursery Nursery Nursery Production Training & Method demonstration

15 30 22

24 Drumstick and Groundnut

ICM Intercropping of Drumstick + Groundnut


155 213 158

25 Tuberose Precision farming

Hi-Tech Tuberose cultivation


32 198 182

26 Cashewnut Soil & water conservation

Soil & water conservation practices in cashewnut


97 142 125

27 Cashewnut ICM Intercropping blackgram & fodder crops in cashewnut


75 256 214

28 Cashewnut IPM Management of Tea Mosquito bug in cashewnut


55 230 189

29 Cashewnut IPM Stem borer management through Sealer cum healer in cashewnut

Method Demonstration & Field advisory services

128 180 164

30 Maize IPM Fall Army worm Management in Maize

Training, Method demonstration & Field advisory service

102 350 302

31 Tuberose IPM Nematode management in tuberose


22 125 115

32 Brinjal IPM Use of pheromone traps for control of fruit & shoot borer in Brinjal


28 140 125

33 Groundnut IPDM Root rot Management using

bio products and chemicals in groundnut


34 Mushroom ICM Mushroom production


12 160 125

35 Poultry Varietal introduction

Production of desi poultry chicks


44 130 114

36 Animal husbandry

Herbal garden Ethno veterinary practices in livestock


33 125 98

37 Fish Fish rearing Composite fish culture


12 120 101

38 Fish Fish rearing Intensive culture of GIFT [Thilapia] fish


14 140 125

39 Animal husbandry

Balanced animal diet

Use of Mineral mixture in dairy


24 120 104

40 Animal husbandry

Balanced animal diet

Azolla cultivation and feeding animals & birds


29 254 215

41 Animal

husbandry

Animal pest and

disease management

Timely deworming

in large and small ruminats

Training & Method

demonstration

33 180 164

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42 Animal husbandry

Animal pest and disease management

Use of mastiguard in dairy animals


18 210 184

43 Animal husbandry

Animal pest and disease management

First Kid kit for livestock


22 168 135

44 Animal husbandry

Poultry Low cost manual hatchery for chicks ponds


28 250 195

45 Dairy Value addition value addition of

milk

Training & Method

demonstration

12 1 group

(20 Nos.)

1

46 Dairy Value addition Value addition in cashewnut


8 1 group (20

Nos.)

1

47 Vegetable Value addition Value Addition in Brinjal to convert

waste into wealth

FLD & Training 24 1 group (20

Nos.)

1

48 Paddy Varietal introduction

Cultivation of Paddy TKM 13


49 Paddy Water conservation

AWD Panipipe technology in paddy


50 Paddy Varietal

introduction

Cultivation of Paddy

DRR Dhan 45 variety


51 Tuberose Varietal introduction

Cultivation of tuberose Prajwal Variety


52 Cotton

IPDM IPDM in Cotton FLD & Training 44 96 88

53 Castor Varietal introduction

Cultivation of Castor variety YRCH 2


54 Vegetable Drudgery reduction

Uses of bhendi ring cutter


55 Vegetable Nutritional diet Uses of Nutrigarden FLD & Training 25 80 59

56 Paddy Mechanization Mechanization of Transplanting in Paddy

Training & Radio talk

35 125 110

57 Pulses INM 2% DAP spray in pulses


135 130 105

58 Nursery Nursery

production

Vegetable seedling

production through protray

Training & Field

advisory services

55 120 98

59 Cashewnut ICM ICM in cashew Training & Field advisory services

87 150 122

60 Soil Test INM Soil test based fertilizer application in all crops


178 140 105

61 Sugarcane Water conservation

Importance of soil Moisture indicator

Training 54 120 94

62 Groundnut Mechanization Mechanization in Groundnut

Training 55 125 98

63 Forage Seed production Fodder seed production CO5

slips & CO(FS)31

Training 24 140 115

64 Vermiculture Organic farming Vermicompost production techniques


18 135 120

65 Vegetable Precision farming

Precision farming Training 35 120 190

66 Animal

Husbandry

IFM Integrated feed

management in cattle

Training & Field

advisory services

45 120 96

67 Animal Husbandry

IPDM Integrated disease management in


68 125 92

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sheep and goat

68 Animal Husbandry

Biomass Mixed fodder cultivation


78 130 108

69 Fish Fish rearing Stunted yearlings for seasonal ponds


35 140 112

b. Details of FLDs

Sl.

No. Crop

Thematic

area

Technology

Demonstrated

Season

and

year

Source

of

funds

Area (ha) No. of

farmers/demonstration

Reasons for

shortfall in

achievement Proposed Actual SC/ST Others Total

Cereals

1 Paddy Resource

Conservation

Demonstration

of Pani pipe

technology

Rabi

2019

ICAR 4 4 1 9 10 ---

Millets

2 Ragi Varietal

Introduction

Demonstration

of Finger

millet variety

CO (Ra) 15

Kharif

2019

ICAR 2 2 -- 5 5 --

Commercial Crops

3 Cotton ICM Demonstration

of ICM

practices in

Cotton

Kharif

2019

ICAR 2 2 1 4 5 --

4 Sugarcane Value

addition

Demonstration

on Liquid

Jaggery

production

Technologies

Rabi

2109

ICAR -- -- 1 4 5 --

Oilseeds

5 Groundnut ICM Demonstration

of inter and

border crops

in Rainfed

Groundnut as

alternate to

Maize crop

Rabi

2109

ICAR 2 2 1 4 5 --

6 Groundnut IPDM Demonstration

of IPDM in

irrigated

Ground nut

Rabi

2019

ICAR 2 2 1 4 5 ---

7 Sesame ICM Demonstration

of Sesame

variety VRI 3

for drought

tolerance and

high yield

Rabi

2019

ICAR 4 4 -- 10 10 ---

8 Castor Varietal

Introduction

& ICM

Demonstration

of High

yielding wilt

resistant

Castor Hybrid

- YRCH 2

Kharif

2019

ICAR 2 2 -- 5 5 --

Pulses

9 Blackgram Varietal

Introduction

& ICM

Demonstration

of Black gram

variety ADT 6

for Rice

fallow

condition

Rabi

2019

ICAR 4 4 1 9 10 --

Horticultural Crops

10 Drumstick ICM Demonstration

of ICM in

Drumstick

Rabi

2019

ICAR 2 2 1 4 5 --

11 Brinjal Resource

Conservation

Demonstration

of Soil

Moisture

Indicator tool

for scheduling

of irrigation in

brinjal

Kharif

2019

ICAR 2 2 1 4 5 --

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12 Bhendi Drudgery

reduction

Demonstration

of bhendi ring

cutter

Kharif

2019

ICAR 4 4 1 9 10 --

13 Nutritional

Garden

ICM Demonstration

on Nutri-

garden

Rabi

2019

ICAR 0.2 0.2 -- 5 5 --

14 Watermelon ICM Demonstration

of ICM in

watermelon

Rabi

2019

ICAR 2 2 -- 5 5 --

Livestock

15 Dairy Disease

Management

Demonstration

on veterinary

first aid kit

2019 ICAR -- --

3 7 10

16 Dairy Disease

Management

Demonstration

on

management

of Metabolic

disorder in

cow

2019 ICAR -- -- 2 8 10

c. Details of farming situation

Crop Season

Farming

situation

(RF/Irrigated)

Soil type

Status of soil Previous

crop

Sowing

date

Harvest

date

Seasonal

rainfall

(mm)

No. of

rainy

days N P K

Paddy Rabi Irrigated Clay loam 195 23 121 Blackgram 31.8.18 12.1.19 472.1 22

Bajra Kharif Rainfed Red 221 27 133 Paddy 1.8.19 2.11.19 472.1 22

Ragi Kharif Irrigated Clay

loam

191 22 112 Groundnut 2.7.19 18.10.19 472.1 22

Little Millet Kharif Irrigated Clay loam 186 23 105 Paddy 24.7.19 22.10.19 472.1 23

Cotton Kharif Rainfed Black 181 21 125 Cotton 8.8.19 24.1.20 472.1 23

Sugarcane Rabi Irrigated Clay loam 173 28 146 Sugarcane 12.6.19 7.6.20 562 29

Groundnut Rabi Rainfed Red 187 29 158 Drumstick 25.9.19 31.3.19 232 12

Groundnut Rabi Irrigated Red 171 21 166 Drumstick 22.9.19 28.3.20 232 12

Sesame Rabi Rainfed Clay loam 192 19 172 Paddy 5.2.19 7.5.19 201 11

Castor Kharif Rainfed Clay loam 188 22 134 Maize 8.8.19 22.1.20 472 27

Blackgram Rabi Irrigated Clay loam 168 23 148 Paddy 9.10.19 10.1.20 232 12

Drumstick Rabi Irrigated Red 174 25 166 Groundnut 13.6.19 11.6.20 562 26

Brinjal Kharif Irrigated Sandy

loam

182 25 179 Groundnut 11.5.19 14.10.20 232 12

Bhendi Kharif Irrigated Clay loam 194 27 185 Brinjal 15.6.19 20.10.19 232 12

Nutritional

Garden

Rabi Irrigated Red 177 29 191 Banana 29.7.19 12.12.19 460 26

Watermelon Rabi Irrigated Clay loam 189 24 166 Drumstick 7.1.20 15.3.20 201 9

d. Technical Feedback on the demonstrated technologies

S.

No Crop Feed Back

1 Paddy • By this very low cost technology, no. of irrigation has reduced from 16 to 10

and saved 6 no. of irrigation which is very useful for low water level borewell

and by rental water using farmers.

• Alternate wetting and drying method of irrigation resulted in more productive tillers which leads to higher yield.

• Even though weed problem is there which not affect yield attributes

• The beneficial insects like water scavenger and spider activities are less due

to AWD irrigation

• Recommended to Summer and low water level area of Paddy cultivation

blocks. • Environmental safe by very less emission of methane gas.

2 Ragi • Highly tolerant to lodging and neck blast.

• Observed more no. of fingers (8-10/panicle) than local variety (5-6/panicle)

which leads to get 21% more yield (32.2 q/ha) than local variety (24.8 q/ha).

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• Requires only one pesticide spray for controlling sucking pest.

• More suitable for both rainfed and irrigated condition.

3

Cotton • Farmers are spending more money for spraying of pesticides

• The introduced technology reduces the cost of cultivation

• The installation of the pheromone traps control the population of the Spodoptera and Helicoverpa pest.

• The yellow sticky traps control the small flying and sucking insects

4

Sugarcane Recovery percentage is high (22.75%) but the shelf life is bit lesser than farmers

practice (Jaggery)

5

Groundnut • Due to the pest problem Fall Army Worm in Maize crop (26%), Groundnut act as alternate crop with inter and border crops to reduce the pest problem.

• Redgram act as barrier crop to control the major pest of Groundut and get

additional income (14%)

6

Groundnut • Introduced organic cultivation in Groundnut crop

• Pheromone trap is used to control Spodoptera and Helicoverpa pest

• Foliar application of Azardiractin 400 ml/acre control the sucking pest

• The installation of solar light traps 1 No./acre act at pest monitoring tool every morning to visit and after take the spraying activity

7 Sesame • Observed good drought tolerance and growth of the plant at rainfed

condition.

• Observed very less incidence of wilt disease and shoot webber damage.

• Noticed good yield (6.48 q/ha) than local existing varieties (5.2 q/ha) at

rainfed condition. • Marketability is good even though it is white type.

8 Castor • The general appearance of bunches and growth of the Castor crop hybrid

YRCH2 is very good and got better yield (25.2 q/ha) than local variety (19.40

q/ha).

• Good drought tolerant (upto 20 days drought spell) observed in the hybrid YRCH2.

• YRCH2 hybrid is moderately tolerant to capsule borer and Castor semi

looper.

• Observed better wilt resistant in YRCH2 Castor.

9

Blackgram • ADT 6 observed very good alternate for existing rice fallow Blackgram

variety ADT 5.

• Observed moderate resistance to Yellow Mosaic Virus, leaf crinkle and powdery mildew disease.

• ADT 6 Blackgram variety is good in making dishes like idli, vada due to its

high batter volume producing capacity than ADT 5.

10 Drumstick Under Progress

11

Brinjal • This soil moisture indicator tool was helpful to the farmers to save 30% irrigation water and this is very helpful for the farmers who borrow water

from nearby farmers who have borewells on cost basis.

12

Bhendi • Itching and wounds reduced to the labours who used to harvest Bhendi

without gloves.

• Reduced labour costs and harvest efficiency increased in Bhendi

• This Bhendi ring cutter is highly useful if harvest done after two days of irrigation. i.e. in dry field condition.

13

Nutritional

Garden

• Per capita consumption rate has increased and nutritional security ensured.

• Unutilized area and waste water have been utilized and market expenditures

for purchase of vegetables curtailed.

14

Watermelon • ICM practices like soil test based fertilizer application, seed treatment,

vegetable special spraying, Arka microbial consortia application and yellow sticky trap has helped the Watermelon farmers to get higher yield (340.5

q/ha).

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Livestock

15 Dairy Demonstration on Veterinary First Aid Kit • By using first aid kit emergency treatment like wound and indigestion

problem are treated without help of professional.

• The time required for treatment of serious illness is postponed till the arrival

of veterinary/professional (eg. Lactacidosis)

• The income from milch animal are improved compared to animal treated without first kit.

16 Dairy Demonstration on management of Metabolic disease (ketosis ) in cow

• Timely diagnosis of animal helped in timely treatment of the condition.

• Timely treatment helped in improvement of farmer’s income by high milk

yield (recovered by 15 days) compared to farmers without this kit (recovered after 2 month)

• Subclinical cases were also identified by using this kit.

e. Farmers’ reactions on specific technologies

S.

No Crop Feed Back

1 Paddy • The Pani-pipe technology gives more income by increasing additional

cropping area from saved water.

2 Ragi • It earns more income due to high yield.

• Cost of cultivation reduced to only one spray of pesticide for sucking pest control.

3 Cotton • No. of spraying is reduced. Yield has been increased .

• Spraying of NAA and Cotton plus has been reduced the shedding of squares.

4 Sugarcane • Good technology for income generating activity. It tastes good and replaces

white sugar.

• Its high cost (Rs.150/lit) hinders the marketing of liquid Jaggary when compared to Jaggary.

5 Groundnut • Reduced the spraying cost and additional income from Regram and Castor

6 Groundnut • It is very simple technology

• Low cost of pheromone traps compare to pesticides

• Seed treatment with Pseudomonas root rot problem is reduced

7 Sesame • Observed good drought tolerance and growth of the plant at rainfed condition.

8 Castor • The seed colour and size is better in YRCH2 than local variety.

• Marketability is very high for YRCH2.

9 Blackgram • Observed moderate resistance to Yellow Mosaic Virus, leaf crinkle and

powdery mildew disease.

10 Drumstick • Under Progress

11 Brinjal • Soil Moisture Indicator tool is very useful for scheduling of irrigation for

vegetables.

• This soil moisture indicator has helped to reduce 5 irrigations and get higher yield.

12 Bhendi • Apart from Bhendi harvest it works well in gourds harvest and marigold

flower harvest.

• Manual harvest using hands/fingers finds best if harvest done immediately

after irrigation. • Reduces drudgery such s thumb finger pain and shoulder pain while

harvesting gourds using ring cutter and time efficiency also observed.

13 Nutritional

Garden

• Expressed their satisfaction in producing chemical free vegetables for their

consumption.

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14 Watermelon • Spraying of IIHR vegetable special and soil application of Arka microbial

consortia has helped us to get higher yield.

• Soil test based fertilizer application, Pheromone trap and yellow stick trap helped us to reduce 3 rounds of pesticide spraying.

Livestock

15 Dairy Demonstration on Veterinary First Aid Kit

The kit was very helpful during Covid-19 lockdown period, when

availability of veterinary drugs and services were minimum.

16 Dairy Demonstration on management of Metabolic disease (ketosis ) in cow

Kit was very useful for timely diagnosis of condition.

Treatment cost was minimized and milk yield was increased.

f. Extension and Training activities under FLD

Sl.

No. Activity

No. of activities

organised Date

Number of

participants

Remarks

1 Field days 4 26.09.19

23.10.19

14.10.19 08.01.20

106 --

2 Farmers Training 12 08.07.19

25.07.19

06.08.19 20.08.19

28.08.19

03.09.09 12.09.19

26.09.19

10.10.19

23.10.19 14.11.19

28.11.19

180 --

3 Media coverage 3 28.09.19 24.10.19

09.01.20

Mass --

4 Training for

extension functionaries

2 13.09.19

21.11.19

30 --

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g. Performance of Frontline demonstrations

i) Frontline demonstrations on crops

Crop Thematic

Area

Technology

demonstrated

Name of the Variety/

Hybrid No. of

Farmers

Area

(ha)

Yield (q/ha) %

Increase

in yield

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha) Economics of check

(Rs./ha)

Demo Check Demo

Check Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C) High Low Average

Pulses

Blackgram Varietal

Introduction

Demonstration of

Black gram

variety ADT 6

for Rice fallow

condition

ADT 6 T 9 10 4 8.2 5.9 6.8 5.6 21 19500

47600 28100 1:2.44 20100 39300 19200 1:1.96

Oilseeds

Groundnut ICM Demonstration of

inter and border

crops in Rainfed

groundnut as

alternate to Maize

crop

Dharani VRI 2 5 2 31.4 27.1 28.45 26.8 6 60600 162600 102000 1:2.68 24300 48800 24500 1:2.01

Groundnut IPM Demonstration of

IPDM in

Groundnut

GJG 9 VRI 2 5 2 24.1 19.2 21 17.7 19 46160 126000 79840 1:2.73 44800 106200 61400 1:2.37

Sesame Varietal

Introduction

Demonstration of

Sesame variety

VRI 3 for drought

tolerance and high

yield

VRI 3 TMV 4 10 4 7.4 5.8 6.48 5.25 23 21250 58820 37070 1:2.74 21370 47240 25870 1:2.21

Castor Varietal

Introduction

Demonstration of

High yielding wilt

resistant Castor

Hybrid - YRCH 2

YRCH 2 -- 5 2 28.6 22.4 25.2 19.4 30 36500 103250 66750 2.83 41750 80120 38370 1:1.92

Cereals

Paddy Resource

Conservation

Demonstration on

Panipipe

technology &

alternate wetting

&drying in Paddy

CR1009 CR1009 10 4 56.3 51.3 54.15 46.1 17 46250 120650 74400 1:2.61 53750 102821 49071 1:1.91

Commercial crops

Cotton ICM Demonstration on

ICM practices in

Cotton

RCH II RCH II 5 2 17.4 13.8 15.86 13.3 19 37270 82472 45202 1:2.21 34860 69160 34300 1:1.98

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Millets

Finger millet

Varietal

Introduction

Demonstration on

finger millet

variety CO(Ra)15

CO(Ra)15 Local

variety

5 2 34.4 28.6 32.2 24.8 21 31750 88000 56250 1:2.77 33250 69071 35821 1:2.08

Barnyard

millet

Varietal

Introduction

Demonstration on

Barnyard Millet

MDU 1 Local

variety

5 2 16.3 11.8 13.55 11.21 19 25500 67700 42200 1:2.65 24750 56050 31300 1:2.26

Vegetables

Brinjal Resource

Conservation

Demonstration of

Soil Moisture

Indicating tool

for scheduling of

irrigation in

brinjal

Parul Ammu 5 2 318.4 290.2 10 96550 318000 221450 1:3.29 98430 296000 197570 1:3.01

Other

vegetables

Nutrition

garden

Demonstration on

Nutri-garden

-- -- 5 0.2 1.4 0.8 1.2 0 0 3210 6910 3700 1:2.15 0 0 0 0

Fruits

Water melon ICM Demonstration of

ICM in

watermelon

Apoorva

Apoorva

5 2 340.5 285.2 19 49705 68100 18395 1:1.37 48641 57040 8399 1:1.17

Plantation

crops

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Spices and

condiments

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Flowers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

* Economics to be worked out based total cost of production per unit area and not on critical inputs alone.

** BCR= GROSS RETURN/GROSS COST

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ii) Frontline demonstrations on Livestock

Category Thematic

area

Name of the

technology

demonstrated

No. of

Farmer

No.of Units

(Animal/

Poultry/

Birds, etc)

Major parameters(Milk

Yield lit/month/cow)

%

change

in major

parameter

Other parameter Economics of demonstration (Rs.) Economics of check

(Rs.)

Demo Check Demo Check Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Cattle

Cow Disease

Management

Demonstration on

veterinary first aid

kit

10 10 240 210 14 3900 7680 3780 1:1.97 3850 6720 2870 1:1.75

Cow Disease

Management

Demonstration on

management of

Metabolic disorder

in cow

10 10 1015 905 12 16740 32480 1:2.94 16605 28960 1.2.74

Buffalo -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Dairy -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Poultry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Sheep -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Goat -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --



iii) Frontline demonstrations on Fisheries

Category Thematic

area

Name of the

technology

demonstrated

No. of

Farmer

No.of

units

Major parameters % change

in major

parameter

Other parameter Economics of demonstration (Rs.) Economics of check

(Rs.)

Demons

ration Check

Demons

ration Check

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --



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iv) Frontline demonstrations on other enterprises

Category

Name of the

technology

demonstrated

No. of

Farmer

No.of

units

Major parameters % change

in major

parameter

Other parameter Economics of demonstration (Rs.) or

Rs./unit

Economics of check

(Rs.) or Rs./unit

Demo Check Demo Check Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Mushroom -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Apiculture -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Maize Sheller -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Bhendi ring cutter Demonstration of

bhendi ring cutter

10 -- 26 21.5 21 26 0 71900 175600 103700 1:2.44 79400 175600 96200 1:2.21

Value Addition

Sugarcane Liquid Jaggery from

Sugarcane juice

20 1 Recovery % 22.75

19 19.74 Shelf life

175

185 1440

1970 1:2.37 475 475 1:2

Vermi Compost -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

v) Frontline demonstrations on Women Empowerment : Nil

vi) Frontline demonstrations on Farm Implements and Machinery : Nil

vii) Frontline demonstrations on Other Enterprise: Kitchen Gardening :

Crop Thematic

Area

Technology

demonstrated

Name of the Variety/

Hybrid No. of

Farmers

Area

(ha)

Yield (q/ha) %

Increase

in yield

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha) Economics of check

(Rs./ha)

Demo Check Demo

Check Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR


Other

vegetables

Nutrition

garden

Demonstration on

Nutri-garden

-- -- 5 0.2 1.4 0.8 1.2 0 0 3210 6910 3700 1:2.15 0 0 0 0

viii) Frontline demonstrations on crop hybrids (Details of Hybrid FLDs implemented during 2019-20) : Nil

h) FLDs conducted with the FUNDING OF OTHER SOURCES including CFLD/ATMA/NABARD/other ICAR institutes etc : Nil

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i) Other Source funded FLDS in CROPS

Crop Source of

fund

Thematic

Area

technology

demonstrated

Name of the

Variety/ Hybrid No. of

Farmers

Area

(ha)

Yield (q/ha) %

Increase

in yield

Economics of demonstration

(Rs./ha)

Economics of check

(Rs./ha)

Domo Check Demo

Check Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR


Groundnut NFSM Varietal

Introduction

ICM in

Groundnut

GJG-7 VRI-2 25 10 22.59 20.36 21.78 17.5 24.46 37610 97107 59497 2.58 35,963 61,200 25,237 1.70

Blackgram NFSM Varietal

Introduction

& ICM

ICM in

Blackgram

VBN 8

VBN-8 VBN-5 25 10 7.4 5.8 6.7 5.3 26.4 21550 40200 18650 1.87 20500 31800 11300 1.55

ii) Other Source funded FLDS in Livestock : Nil

iii) Other Source funded FLDS in Fisheries : Nil

iv) Other Source funded FLDS in Other enterprises : Nil

v) Other Source funded FLDS in Women Empowerment : Nil

vi) Other Source funded FLDS in Farm Implements and Machinery : Nil

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4. TRAINING PROGRAMMES

4.1. Farmers’ Training including sponsored training programmes (on campus)

Thematic area No. of

courses

Participants

Others SC/ST Grand Total

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

I Crop Production

Resource Conservation Technologies

1 22 2 24 2 3 5 24 5 29

Integrated Crop Management 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

Soil & water conservation

Total 2 42 2 44 2 3 5 44 5 49

II Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops

Production of low value and high valume crops

1 21 0 21 0 0 0 21 0 21

Total (a) 1 21 0 21 0 0 0 21 0 21

b) Fruits

Cultivation of Fruit 1 11 2 13 2 5 7 13 7 20

Hi tech Tuberose cultivation 1 37 3 40 0 0 0 37 3 40

Total (b) 2 48 5 53 2 5 7 50 10 60

c) Ornamental Plants -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

d) Plantation crops -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

e) Tuber crops -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

f) Spices -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

g) Medicinal and Aromatic

Plants

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

GT (a-g) 3 69 5 74 2 5 7 71 10 81

III Soil Health and Fertility

Management

Soil fertility management 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

Total 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

IV Livestock Production

and Management

Dairy Management 1 26 21 47 26 21 47

Poultry Management 3 91 23 114 30 15 45 121 38 159

Goat management 2 19 3 22 1 0 1 20 3 23

Others (pl specify)

Total 6 136 47 183 31 15 46 167 62 229

V Home Science/Women

empowerment

Household food security by kitchen gardening and nutrition gardening

2 21 60 81 -- -- 21 60 81 21

Storage loss minimization techniques

1 37 4 41 -- -- 37 4 41 37

Value addition 3 28 31 59 1 8 9 29 39 68

Location specific drudgery reduction technologies

1 9 10 19 1 1 10 10 20

Total 7 95 105 200 2 8 10 97 113 210

VI Agril. Engineering

VII Plant Protection

Integrated Pest Management 2 55 55 2 0 2 57 0 57

Bio-control of pests and diseases

1 13 7 20 0 0 0 13 7 20

Total 3 68 7 75 2 0 2 70 7 77

VIII Fisheries

Planting material production 1 10 4 14 1 0 1 11 4 15

Vermi-compost production 1 122 4 126 18 3 21 140 7 147

Mushroom Production 1 14 23 37 0 0 0 14 23 37

Total 3 146 31 177 19 3 22 165 34 199

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courses

Participants



X Capacity Building and

Group Dynamics

Leadership development 1 24 1 25 1 0 1 25 1 26

Group dynamics 1 16 13 29 0 0 16 13 29

Formation and Management

of SHGs 1 0 0 0 18 2 20 18 2 20

Total 3 40 14 54 19 2 21 59 16 75

XI Agro-forestry

Production technologies 1 64 0 64 2 0 2 66 0 66

Total 1 64 0 64 2 0 2 66 0 66

GRAND TOTAL 29 680 211 891 79 36 115 759 247 1006

4.2 Farmers’ Training including sponsored training programmes (off campus)


courses

Participants



I Crop Production

Weed Management 1 23 18 41 4 1 5 27 19 46


1 17 5 22 0 0 0 17 5 22

Crop Diversification 1 12 7 19 0 0 0 12 7 19

Integrated Farming 1 0 4 4 25 12 37 25 16 41

Micro Irrigation/irrigation 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 20

Seed production 1 14 6 20 0 0 0 14 6 20

Nursery management 1 21 18 39 0 0 0 21 18 39

Integrated Crop Management 6 65 11 76 48 37 85 113 48 161

Soil & water conservation 1 14 2 16 0 0 0 14 2 16

Integrated nutrient

management 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 24 0 24

Total 15 210 71 281 77 50 127 287 121 408

II Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops

Production of low value and

high value crops 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

Off-season vegetables 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 18 0 18

ICM in Drumstick 1 0 0 0 5 2 7 5 2 7

Total (a) 3 38 0 38 5 2 7 43 2 45

b) Fruits


Rejuvenation of old orchards 1 18 23 41 0 0 0 18 23 41

Hi tech Tuberose cultivation 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

Marigold cultivation techniques

1 17 2 19 0 0 0 17 2 19

Total (b) 4 67 25 92 9 0 9 76 25 101

c) Ornamental Plants

d) Plantation crops

Production and Management technology

2 38 21 59 0 0 0 38 21 59

Total (d) 2 38 21 59 0 0 0 38 21 59

e) Tuber crops

f) Spices

g) Medicinal and Aromatic

Plants

GT (a-g) 9 143 46 189 14 2 16 157 48 205

III Soil Health and Fertility

Management


Management of Problematic soils

1 35 8 43 4 1 5 39 9 48

Micro nutrient deficiency in 1 18 3 21 2 3 5 20 6 26

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courses

Participants



crops

Balance use of fertilizers 1 33 4 37 3 2 5 36 6 42

Total 4 106 17 123 11 7 18 117 24 141


and Management

Dairy Management 1 0 0 0 19 15 34 19 15 34


Total 2 0 0 0 19 34 53 19 34 53


empowerment


3 144 144 0 68 68 0 212 212

Designing and development for high nutrient efficiency diet

1 23 25 48 0 0 0 23 25 48

Value addition 2 20 35 55 0 0 0 20 35 55

Women empowerment 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10

Women and child care 1 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 25 25

Total 8 43 239 282 0 68 68 43 307 350



Integrated Pest Management 9 177 29 206 16 6 22 193 35 228


3 65 26 91 31 13 44 96 39 135


3 86 15 101 36 0 36 122 15 137

Total 15 328 70 398 83 19 102 411 89 500

VIII Fisheries

IX Production of Inputs at

site



Small tools and implements 1 28 3 31 5 0 5 33 3 36


Total 6 127 39 166 25 6 31 152 45 197


Group Dynamics


Group dynamics 3 29 0 29 1 15 16 30 15 45

Formation and Management of SHGs

3 0 0 0 20 40 60 20 40 60

Entrepreneurial development of farmers/youths

2 14 27 41 5 20 25 19 47 66

Total 10 57 33 90 52 90 142 109 123 232

XI Agro-forestry

GRAND TOTAL 69 1014 515 1529 281 276 557 1295 791 2086

4.3 Farmers’ Training including sponsored training programmes – CONSOLIDATED (On + Off

campus)


courses

Participants



I Crop Production

Weed Management 1 23 18 41 4 1 5 27 19 46


2 39 7 46 2 3 5 41 10 51

Crop Diversification 1 12 7 19 0 0 0 12 7 19

Integrated Farming 1 0 4 4 25 12 37 25 16 41

Micro Irrigation/irrigation 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

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Seed production 1 14 6 20 0 0 0 14 6 20

Nursery management 1 21 18 39 0 0 0 21 18 39

Integrated Crop Management

7 85 11 96 48 37 85 133 48 181

Soil & water conservation 1 14 2 16 0 0 0 14 2 16

Integrated nutrient management

1 24 0 24 0 0 0 24 0 24

Total 17 252 73 325 79 53 132 331 126 457

II Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops

Production of low value and high value crops

2 41 0 41 0 0 0 41 0 41

Off-season vegetables 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 18 0 18

ICM in Drumstick 1 0 0 0 5 2 7 5 2 7

Total (a) 4 59 0 59 5 2 7 64 2 66

b) Fruits


Rejuvenation of old orchards

1 18 23 41 0 0 0 18 23 41

Hi tech Tuberose cultivation

2 57 3 60 0 0 0 57 3 60

Marigold cultivation techniques

1 17 2 19 0 0 0 17 2 19

Total (b) 6 115 30 145 11 5 16 126 35 161

c) Ornamental Plants

d) Plantation crops

Production and Management technology

2 38 21 59 0 0 0 38 21 59

Total (d) 2 38 21 59 0 0 0 38 21 59

e) Tuber crops

f) Spices

g) Medicinal and

Aromatic Plants

GT (a-g) 12 212 51 263 16 7 23 228 58 286

III Soil Health and

Fertility Management


Management of Problematic soils

1 35 8 43 4 1 5 39 9 48

Micro nutrient deficiency in crops

1 18 3 21 2 3 5 20 6 26

Balance use of fertilizers 1 33 4 37 3 2 5 36 6 42

Total 5 126 17 143 11 7 18 137 24 161


and Management

Dairy Management 2 26 21 47 19 15 34 45 36 81


Goat Management 2 19 3 22 1 0 1 20 3 23

Others (pl specify)

Total 8 136 47 183 50 49 99 186 96 282


empowerment


5 21 204 225 0 68 68 21 272 293

Designing and development for high nutrient efficiency diet

1 23 25 48 0 0 0 23 25 48

Storage loss minimization techniques

1 37 4 41 0 0 0 37 4 41

Value addition 5 48 66 114 1 8 9 49 74 123

Women empowerment 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 10

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courses

Participants



Location specific drudgery reduction technologies

1 9 10 19 1 0 1 10 10 20

Women and child care 1 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 25 25

Others (pl specify)

Total 15 138 344 482 2 76 78 140 420 560


Total


Integrated Pest Management

11 232 29 261 18 6 24 250 35 285


3 65 26 91 31 13 44 96 39 135


4 99 22 121 36 0 36 135 22 157

Total 18 396 77 473 85 19 104 481 96 577

VIII Fisheries

IX Production of Inputs

at site

Planting material production

2 46 4 50 1 0 1 47 4 51


Small tools and implements 1 28 3 31 5 0 5 33 3 36


Total 9 273 70 343 44 9 53 317 79 396


Group Dynamics


Group dynamics 4 45 13 58 1 15 16 46 28 74

Formation and Management of SHGs

4 0 0 0 38 42 80 38 42 80

Total 13 97 47 144 71 92 163 168 139 307

XI Agro-forestry

Production technologies 1 64 0 64 0 0 0 64 0 64

Total 1 64 0 64 0 0 0 64 0 64

GRAND TOTAL 98 1694 726 2420 358 312 668 2050 1038 3088

4.4 Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes (On campus)

Area of training No. of

Courses

No. of Participants

General SC/ST Grand Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Nursery Management of Horticulture crops 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 20

Integrated farming 1 22 8 30 0 0 0 22 8 30

Production of organic inputs 2 30 12 42 2 0 2 32 12 44

Bee-keeping 1 18 2 20 2 0 2 20 2 22

Value addition 1 31 2 33 2 0 0 33 2 35

Post Harvest Technology 1 0 11 11 0 1 1 0 12 12

Dairying 1 20 15 35 0 0 0 2 15 35

TOTAL 8 141 50 191 6 1 7 147 51 198

4.5 Training for Rural Youth including sponsored training programmes (Off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants

General SC/ST Grand Total



Protected cultivation of vegetable crops 1 20 0 20 5 0 5 25 0 25


Seed production 1 24 13 37 6 0 6 30 13 43



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Vermi-culture 1 29 4 33 2 5 7 31 9 40

Value addition 1 3 15 18 2 5 7 5 20 25


TOTAL 9 146 53 199 23 67 90 169 120 289

4.6 Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes–CONSOLIDATED (On + Off

campus)


Courses

No. of Participants




Protected cultivation of vegetable crops 1 20 0 20 5 0 5 25 0 25


Seed production 1 24 13 37 6 0 6 30 13 43



Vermi-culture 1 29 4 33 2 5 7 31 9 40

Bee-keeping 1 18 2 20 2 0 2 20 2 22

Value addition 2 34 17 51 4 5 9 38 22 60


Dairying 1 20 15 35 0 0 0 20 15 35

TOTAL 17 287 103 390 29 68 97 316 171 487

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4.7 Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes (On campus)


Courses

No. of Participants



Productivity enhancement in field crops 1 9 7 16 2 0 2 11 7 18


Group Dynamics and farmers organization 1 27 0 27 0 0 0 27 0 27

TOTAL 3 47 13 60 7 0 7 54 13 67

4.8 Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes (off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants




Protected cultivation technology 1 23 11 34 7 8 15 30 19 49

Capacity building for ICT application 1 38 0 38 0 0 0 38 0 38

Management in farm animals 1 26 8 34 2 1 3 28 9 37

Innovative technologies for Doubling the farmers Income 1 17 12 29 9 5 14 26 17 43

TOTAL 6 177 38 215 24 17 41 201 55 256

4.9 Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes – CONSOLIDATED (On + Off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants



Productivity enhancement in field crops 1 9 7 16 2 0 2 11 7 18



Protected cultivation technology 1 23 11 34 7 8 15 30 19 49

Group Dynamics and farmers organization 1 27 0 27 0 0 0 27 0 27

Capacity building for ICT application 1 38 0 38 0 0 0 38 0 38

Management in farm animals 1 26 8 34 2 1 3 28 9 37

Innovative technologies for Doubling the farmers Income 1 17 12 29 9 5 14 26 17 43

TOTAL 9 224 51 275 31 17 48 255 68 323

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4.10 Sponsored training programmes


Courses

No. of Participants

General SC/ST Grand Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Crop production and management

Increasing production and productivity of crops 1 48 1 49 6 0 6 54 1 55

Commercial production of vegetables 1 12 18 30 7 6 13 19 24 43

Production and value addition

Production of Inputs at site 1 15 15 5 5 10 20 5 25

Total 3 75 19 94 18 11 29 93 30 123

Post harvest technology and value addition

Farm machinery

Livestock and fisheries

Home Science

Agricultural Extension

GRAND TOTAL 3 75 19 94 18 11 29 93 30 123

4.11 Name of sponsoring agencies involved

• Irrigation Management & Training Institute, Thuvakudi

• Department of Horticulture

• Department of Agriculture

4.12 Details of vocational training programmes carried out by KVKs for rural youth


Courses

No. of Participants



Crop production and

management

Organic farming 1 14 0 14 1 0 1 15 0 15

Cashew production technology 1 28 5 33 14 3 17 42 8 50

Total 2 42 5 47 15 3 18 57 8 65

Post harvest technology and

value addition

Livestock and fisheries

Dairy farming 2 25 20 45 0 0 0 25 20 45

Sheep and goat rearing 1 15 15 0 0 0 15 0 15

Total 3 40 20 60 0 0 0 40 20 60

Income generation activities

Farm machinery and

implements

2 25 2 27 3 0 3 28 2 30

Seed production 1 16 4 20 0 0 0 16 4 20

Others (pl. specify)

Total 3 41 6 47 3 0 3 44 6 50

Agricultural Extension

Grand Total 8 123 31 154 18 3 21 141 34 175

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5. EXTENSION PROGRAMMES

5.1 Extension programmes conducted

Activities No. of

programmes

No. of

farmers

No. of

Extension

Personnel

TOTAL

Advisory Services 279 895 29 924

Diagnostic visits 42 604 32 636

Field Day 4 106 6 112

Group discussions 19 434 18 452

Kisan Ghosthi 0 0 0 0

Film Show 11 174 8 182

Self -help groups 5 100 2 102

Kisan Mela 2 629 21 1650

Exhibition 8 784 18 802

Scientists' visit to farmers field 12 350 27 377

Plant/animal health camps 2 256 17 273

Farm Science Club 4 62 4 66

Ex-trainees Sammelan 0 0 0 0

Farmers' seminar/workshop 1 154 6 160

Method Demonstrations 29 892 15 907

Celebration of important days 7 1674 30 1704

Special day celebration 3 219 5 224

Exposure visits 5 29 2 31

Awareness programme on right use of

fertilizers 1 154

3 157

Awareness programme on Jal shakthi Abiyan 6 364 2 366

PM Telecast 1 150 9 159

PRA 5 179 5 184

Total 446 8209 259 8468

25.2 Details of other extension programmes

Particulars Number

Animal health camps (No. of animals treated) 2 (1968)

Newsletters (Tamil) 4

Electronic Media (CD./DVD) 0

Extension Literature 12

Farmers visit to KVK 2969

Lectures delivered as resource persons 23

News paper coverage 35

Popular articles 30

Radio Talks 29

Registration of farmers through AKPS 0

Research articles 2

Success stories 4

TV Talks 38

Total 5114

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6. MOBILE ADVISORY SERVICES

6.1. No of registered farmers on m-kisan portal: 31401

6.2 Details of messages sent through m-kisan portal

Types of

Messages Crop Livestock Weather Marketing Awareness

Other

enterprise Total

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

Text only 20 30904 28 30904 - - - - 4 30904 33 30904 85 30904

Voice only

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Voice &

Text

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Total 20 30904 28 30904 - - - - 4 30904 33 30904 85 30904

6.3 MOBILE ADVISORY SERVICES THROUGH OTHERS

No of registered farmers: Types of

Messages Crop Livestock Weather Marketing Awareness

Other

enterprise Total

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

No o

f

mes

sages

No o

f

farm

ers

Text only 277 4932 113 2192 12 548 24 548 36 548 159 2740 621 11508

Voice only 29 94500 11 42000 - - - - 2 10500 6 31500 48 178500

Voice &

Text

201 201 128 128 23 23 16 16 52 52 214 214 634 634

Total 507 99633 252 44320 35 571 40 564 90 11100 379 34454 1303 190642

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7. DETAILS OF TECHNOLOGY WEEK CELEBRATIONS

Types of Activities

No. of

Activities

Number of

Participants Related crop/livestock technology

Gosthies

Lectures organised 8 590

Cultivation aspects in field crops & horticultural crops through Organic way and organic input production

Cashew Cultivation Techniques and Schemes under Horticulture department

Soil Health Management through Organic Way

Ethno veterinary practices in livestock

Roof top gardening

Organic farming, organic certification and market strategies

Exhibition 5

Film show 5

Fair

Farm Visit 5

Diagnostic Practicals 2

Distribution of Literature (No.) 500

Distribution of Seed (q) --

Distribution of Planting materials (No.) --

Bio Product distribution (Kg) --

Bio Fertilizers (q) --

Distribution of fingerlings --

Distribution of Livestock specimen (No.) --

Total number of farmers visited the technology week

590

8. PRODUCTION OF SEED/PLANTING MATERIAL AND BIO-PRODUCTS

8.1 Production of seeds by the KVKs (quintal)

Enterprise Name of

crop Variety

Seed

produced Seed supplied to farmers Seed supplied

to other

agencies Qty

(q)

Value

(Rs)

Free seed Priced seed

Qty

(q)

No of

farmers

Value

(Rs) Qty (q)

No of

farmers

Value

(Rs)

Qty

(q)

Value

(Rs)

CEREALS

OIL SEEDS

PULSES

Black gram VBN-8 0.8 64000 0.5 62 40000 0.14 12 10490

Total

Pulses

0.8 64000 0.5 62 40000 0.14 12 10490

VEGATAB

LES

FRUITS

FLOWERS

SPICES

FODDER Fodder

Sorghum

CO(FS)-29 2.8 140000 1.43 115 71600

Desmanthus

/Hedge

lucerne

Velimasal 0.25 17500 21 23 14700

Fodder

sorghum

CO(FS)-31 0.1 5000 9 5 4500

Azolla 0.36 2175 36.25 32 2175

Total

Fodder

3.51 164675 67.68 175 92975

Special

Planting

Material

GREEN

MANURE

CROPS

Grand Total

of Seeds

4.31 228675 05 62 40000 67.82 187 103465

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8.2 Production of planting materials by the KVKs (seedlings, cuttings. Slips in numbers)

Enterprise Name of crop Variety

Planting material

produced Planting material supplied to farmers Planting material

supplied to other

agencies

Quantity

(Nos)

Value

(Rs)

Free supply Priced

Qty

(No

s)

No of

farmers

Value

(Rs)

Qty

(Nos)

No

of

farm

ers

Value

(Rs)

Quant

ity

(Nos)

Value

(Rs)

VEGAT

ABLES

Chilli seedlings SIERRA 6000 5400 5573 15 5016

Total Vegetable planting

materials

6000 5400 5573 15 5016

FRUITS

Mango SINDHURA

5000 300000 547 112 43760 3940 236400

Guava L-49 1500 75000 477 108 23850 886 26580

Jack fruit PLR-1 200 40000 193 52 15440

Lemon BALAJI 500 346 67 27680

Pomegranate MIRD

HULA 100 6000 33 22 1980

Sapota PKM-1 240 16800 100 51 7000

Amla NA-7 275 13750 127 45 6350

Total Fruit planting

materials

7815 451550 0 0 0 1823 457 126060 4826 262980

Coconut seedlings TALL 700 49000 681 75 47670

Coconut seedlings DWARF 1300 182000 1260 154 176400

Total forest and

plantation crops

2000 2310000 1941 229 224070

Super Napier grass 200000 200000 29960 29 24310

Cumbu Napier grass (Co

3, Co 4, Co 5 etc)

50000 25000 2150 4 1150

Total Fodder crops 25000 225000 32110 33 25460

Grand Total of Seeds 265815 912950 41447 734 380606 4826 262980

8.3 Production of Bio-Products

Cate

gory

Name of the

product

Comm

ercial

name

(if

any)

Bio-products

produced Bio-products supplied to farmers bio-products

supplied to

other agencies

Qty

(kg)

Value

(Rs)

Free distribution Priced

Qty

(kgs

)

No of

farmers

Value

(Rs)

Qty

(kgs)

No of

farme

rs

Value

(Rs)

Qty

(kgs

)

Value

(Rs)

Bio-

fertilize

rs

Rhyzobium 215 10750 20 20 1000 164 41 8200 100 5000

Azotobacter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Azospirillum 192 9600 35 35 1750 154 56 7700 50 2500

Azolla 230 9200 25 25 1000 95 21 3820 10 600

VAM 95 5700 10 10 600 85 70 5100

Phosphate

solubilizers

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Potassium

Solubilizers

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Waste

decomposer

10 25000 3 150 750 7 350 17500

Total bio-

fertilizers

742 60250 93 240 5100 505 538 42320

Bio-

inputs

Panchagavya 1840 1,10,400 150 150 9000 1595.5 356 95730 400 24000

Vermicompost 2000 20,000 100 100 1000 1900 1720 19000

Earthworms

for

vermicompost

100 20,000 10 10 2000 40 40 8000

Total bio-

inputs

3940 150400 260 260 12000 3535.5 2116 122730

56 Bio-

Pesticid

es

for

insect

pests

Trichoderma

viride

821 82,100 20 20 2000 590 166 59000 50 5000

Fungal

disease

s

Nemato

des

Psuedomonas 753 75,300 30 30 3000 610 181 61000 50 5000

Total bio-

pesticides

1574 157400 50 50 5000 1200 347 120000

Total bio-

products

6256 368050 403 550 22100 5240.5 3001 285050

8.4 Production of livestock materials

Cate

gory

Name of the

livestock/

fish/feed

Variety/i

mproved

species

name/Co

mmercial

name

(if any)

Production Supplied to farmers Supplied to

other

agencies

Quanti

ty (No)

Value

(Rs)

Free distribution Priced

Qty

(No)

No of

farme

rs

Value

(Rs)

Qty

(No)

No of

farmers

Value

(Rs)

Qty

(No)

Value

(Rs)

Dairy

cattle

Goat

and

Sheep

Goat 22 220000 - - - 12 9 95200 - -

Total goat and

sheep

22 220000 - - - 12 9 95200 - -

Poultry Desi bird GRAMA

PRIYA

500 30000 - - - 473 38 28770 - -

Total poultry 500 30000 - - - 473 38 28770 - -

PIGGE

RY

- - - - - - -

FISHE

RY

- - - - - - -

Grand Total

Livestock and

fishery

522 250000 - - - 485 47 12397

0

- -

9. DETAILS OF SOIL, WATER AND PLANT ANALYSIS

Samples/

SHC No. of Samples

No. of

Farmers

No. of

Villages

Amount

realized (Rs.)

Using Mini Soil

Testing Lab

Through

Traditional Lab

Soil samples 392 0 360 128 18000

Soil Health

Cards (SHC)

--- --- 1576 139 ---

Samples No. of Samples No. of Farmers No. of Villages Amount realized (Rs.)

Water 169 57 169 1690

Plant

Manure

Others (pl.specify)

Total 169 57 169 1690

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10. SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Date of SAC meeting Number of members attended

08.01.2020 23

Note: please attach the proceedings of sac meeting along with the list of participants

11. PUBLICATIONS

Publications in journals

S.

No Authors Year Title Journal

1 Rajkala, A, Shobana,S, Ashokkumar, M and

Alagukannan, G

2019-20 Impact of Training and Demonstration on Promotion

of Mushroom Cultivation

Journal of Krishi Vigyan Vol. 8(1) pp:162-165

Other publications

S.No Item Year Authors Title Publisher

1 Books 2019-20 Thirumalaivasan,

M., A.Rajkala and

G.Alagukannan

Climate Smart

Agricultural

Practices

ICAR KVK

2 Book chapters / manuals -- -- -- --

3 Training manuals 2019-20 S.Arivuelvi and

M.Thirumalaivasan

Seed Production

Technology

ICAR-KVK

2019-20 Dr.K.Karthik Dairy Farming ICAR-KVK

4 Conference, proceeding

papers, popular articles,

Bulletins, Short

communications

2019-20 Shobana, S and G.

Alagukannan

Knowledge and

Adoption of Value

added products by

Vocational

Training to SHG

members of Ariyalur District,

Tamil Nadu

Avinashilingam

College,

Coimbatore

5 Technical bulletin/

Folders

-- -- -- --

6 Reports -- -- -- --

7 others

Popular articles

2019-20 Ashokkumar, M Effective Management of

Nutrient, Pest and

weed to reap more

Dhinakaran

2019-20 Arivuselvi, S Article on

Importance of Soil

testing

Dhinakaran

2019-20 Rajkala, A Calender of

Operation for the

month of Aug-Sep

Dhinakaran

2019-20 Rajkala, A Hydrogel for

augmenting

dryland

productivity

Dhinakaran

58

2019 Rajkala, A Advanced

Technologies in

Blackgram

Cultivation

Dhinakaran

2019 Arivuselvi, S Importance of

Biofertilizers

Dhinakaran

2019 Ashokkumar, M Leaf Folder

Management in

Paddy

Dhinakaran

2019 Thirumalaivasn, M Castor Cultivation

for the prosperity in

rainfed lands

Dhinakaran

2019 Ashokkumar, M Plant protection

measures to

promote

beneficiary insects in Paddy

Dhinakaran

2019 Arivuselvi, S Biocontrol agents

to reduce cost of

cultivation

Dhinakaran

2019 Ashokkumar, M Control of Rats in

Paddy field by

Mint leaves

Dhinakaran

2019 Rajkala, A Technologies to

reduce cost of

cultivation in

Groundnut

Dhinakaran

2019 Ashokkumar, M Stem borer

management of

Paddy

Dhinakaran

2019 Ashokkumar, M Use of Bio control

agent (Egg Card) in Organic Cultivation

Dhinakaran

2019 Rajkala, A Fodder Production

and its Importance

Dhinakaran

2019 Alagukannan, G Resave of Crops

during Rainy

Season

Dhinakaran

2019 Rajkala, A Importanc eof crop

boosters in yield

incease

Dhinakaran

2019 Arivuselvi, S Seed treatment

contain diseases in

crop

Dhinakaran

2019 Ashokkumar, M Pest management

in Cotton

Dhinakaran

2019 Rajkala, A Cultivation

techniques in

Gingelly

Dhinakaran

2019 Thirumalaivasn, M Cotton Cultivation Techniques

Dhinakaran

2019 Raja Joslin, Y High Density

Planting in Cashew

Dhinakaran

2019 Shobana, S Food Adulteration

and diagnostic

method

Dhinakaran

2019 Raja Joslin, Y Tuberose

Cultivation

techniques

Dhinakaran

2019 Rajkala, A Waste decomposer

use in Sugarcane

Dhinakaran

59

trash

2019 Thirumalaivasn, M Nematode

Management in

crops

Dhinakaran

2019 Thirumalaivasn, M Cultivation

practices of

summer Cotton

Dhinakaran

2019 Rajkala, A Production of Vermicompost In

Silpaulin Sheet

Dhinakaran

2019 Raja Joslin, Y.,

G.Alagukannan,

A.Rajkala,

M.Ashokkumar, M.

Tirumalaivasan and

S.Shobana

Drip Irrigation

techniques

Patchai Boomi

2019 Alagukannan, G KVK, Ariyalur as a

Knowledge

resource center

Pasumai Vikatan

2019 Rajkala, A Rainfed Cotton

Cultivation

Techniques

Naveena Velanmai

2019 M.Thirumalaivasan Sustainable Dryland

Agricultural

Technologies

Naveena Velanmai

Leaflet/Folder

2019 Raja Joslin, Y Coconut

Cultivation

Technologies

ICAR-KVK

2020 Raja Joslin, Y Cashew Cultivation Technologies

ICAR-KVK

2019 Rajkala, A Importance of

Waste Decomposer

ICAR-KVK

2019 Rajkala, A Soil Moisture

Indicator and uses

ICAR-KVK

2019 Ashokkumar, M Fall Army Worm

Management

Practices

ICAR-KVK

2019 Ashokkumar, M Cotton pest

management

ICAR-KVK

2019 Thirumalaivasan, M Sustainable

Dryland

Agricultural

Technologies

ICAR-KVK

2020 Thirumalaivasan, M Fodder Production

and its Importance

ICAR-KVK

2020 Shobana, S Medicinal and

Nutritional values of fruits and

vegetables

ICAR-KVK

2019 Arivuselvi, S Importance soil

testing and sample

collection method

ICAR-KVK

2019 Shobana, S Value addition in

Cashew

ICAR-KVK

2020 Karthik, K Low cost feed

management

ICAR-KVK

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Newsletter/Magazine

Name of News

letter/Magazine Frequency No. of Copies printed for distribution

Seithi Malar Quarterely once 500

12. Training/workshops/seminars etc details attended by KVK staff

Trainings attended in the relevant field of specialization (Mention Title, duration, Institution,

location etc.)

Name of the staff Title Dates Duration Organized by

S.Prabu

Farm Manager

Training on Poultry

disease management

26.06.19 1 TANUVAS, Namakkal

M.Thirumalaivasan

SMS (Agronomy)

Training on FAW

management in Maize

and Nematode management in

Horticultural crops

22.07.19

–

23.07.19

2 TNAU, Coimbatore

M.Ashok kumar

SMS (Plant Protection)

Orientation training on

PKVY

21.08.19 1 ICAR-ATARI,

Hyderabad

S.Prabu

Farm Manager

Training programme

on Paddy transplanter 25.08.19 1 Nedar (Isha), Tanjavur

S.Shobana

SMS (Home Science)

Orientation training on

AC & ABC

27.08.19 -

28.08.19

2 MANAGE, Hyderabad

a. Y.Raja Joslin

SMS (Horticulture) b. S.Shobana

SMS (Home

Science)

Training on Nutrition

Garden

23.09.19 1 TNAU, Coimbatore

M.Ashok Kumar

SMS (Plant Protection)

Training on FAW in

Maize 04.11.19

–

12.11.19

9 ICAR-ATARI,

Hyderabad

M.Thirumalaivasan

SMS (Agronomy)

Skill development

training on seed

quality, maintenance of sunhemp

04.11.19 1 TRRI, Aduthurai

a. Y.Raja Joslin

SMS (Horticulture)

b. M.Thirumalaivasan SMS (Agronomy)

Training of Trainers

under NSDC scheme

27.11.19

–

29.11.19

3 ICAR-ATARI,

Hyderabad

13. DETAILS ON RAIN WATER HARVESTING STRUCTURE AND

MICRO-IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Activities conducted

No. of Training

programmes

No. of Demonstration

s

No. of plant materials

produced

Visit by

farmers

(No.)

Visit by

officials

(No.)

2 2 --- 67 15

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14. INTERVENTIONS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT/UNSEASONAL

RAINFALL/HAILSTORM/COLD WAVES ETC

Introduction of alternate crops/ varieties

Crops/cultivars Area (ha) Extent of damage

Recovery of damage

through KVK initiatives

if any

Groundnut 4 70 percent 80 percent

Total 4

Major area coverage under alternate crops/varieties

Crops Area (ha) Number of beneficiaries

Oilseeds 4 10

Pulses

Cereals

Vegetable crops

Tuber crops

Total 4 10

Farmers-scientists interaction on livestock management

Livestock components Number of

interactions No. of participants

Dairy 1 43

Poultry 2 78

Total 3 121

Animal health camps organised

Number of camps No. of animals No. of farmers

Animal Health Camps organised for livestock 1 1254

Total 1 1254

Seed distribution in drought hit states

Crops Quantity (qtl) Coverage of

area (ha)

Number of

farmers

Finger Millet 0.05 2 5

Total 0.05 2 5

Large scale adoption of resource conservation technologies

Crops/cultivars and gist of resource conservation technologies

introduced

Area

(ha)

Number of

farmers

Composting of Agricultural waste through Waste Decomposer 20 50

Soil Moisture Indicator 10 25

Total 30 75

Awareness campaign : Nil

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15. Awards/rewards received by KVK and staff

S.

No

Name of the

Award

Category

(International/National/

State/ Regional/ District/

Institutional/ Society etc.)

Recipient

(KVK/KVK-

STAFF/Contact

Farmer /

Trainee etc.)

Description about the

award /Remarks if any

1 Mr.M.Thirumalaiv

asan

National (Farm Innovator

Conclave) KVK Staff

For poster presentation on Farm Innovators Conclave

held at NASC, New Delhi

during 16-17th July 2019

2 Mr.R.Suresh National (Farm Innovator

Meet)

Youth Club

member of our

KVk

For designing innovative low

cost manual hatchery, he was

recognized in Farm

Innovators Conclave at

NASC, New Delhi during

16-17th July 2019

3 Mr.C.Vinothkumar National (Farmer Science

Congress)

Youth Club

member of our KVk

For organic production of

Mushroom using Waste

decomposer he was awarded

in Farmers Science Congress, UAS, Bangalore

held on 6th January, 2020.

4 Mrs.R.Kalaiselvi District (International

Women's Day)

Member of

MYTECH Agri

club of our KVK

Distict Collector Awarded

our women farmer as Best

Women Entreprenuer for

serving as a model in Value

Addition in milk

5 Mrs.B.Premshanthi District (International

Women's Day)

Member of

MYTECH Agri

club of our KVK


our women farmer as Best

Young Entreprenuer for

serving as a model in Dairy

Farming

6 Mrs.R.Meena District (International Women's Day)

Member of MYTECH Agri

club of our KVK


our women farmeras Best Women Entreprenuer for

serving as a model in

Kadaknath Chicken Rearing

7 Mrs.S.TamilSelvi District (International

Women's Day)

Member of

MYTECH Agri

club of our KVK


our women farmeras Best


serving as a model in Desi

Bird Rearing

8 Mrs.K.Uma District (International

Women's Day)

Member of

MYTECH Agri

club of our KVK


our women farmeras Best


serving as a model in

Cashewnut Processing

16. Details of sponsored projects/programmes implemented by KVK

S.No

Title of the

programme /

project

Sponsoring

agency Objectives Duration Amount (Rs)

1 Training on Coconut Tree

Climber

Coconut Development

Board, Chennai

Trained youths under Friends

of Coconut tree

to climb tree

using climbing

6 days Rs. 1,13,000

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machine and

value addition

2 Training on Cashew

Production

Technology

Directorate Cocoa and

Cashewnut

Development

Board, Kochi

Three days training given

to Cashew

farmers on

Cashew cultivation

practices, pest

management andvalue

addition in

Cashew.

3 days Rs.90,000

3 Kisan mela on Fall Army

Worm

Management and Fruits and

Vegetables

cultivation

techniques

ATMA, Ariyalur 2 Kisan mela conducted on

Fall Army

Worm Management

and Fruits and

Vegetables

cultivation techniques

1 day Rs.2,00,000

4 Training on

BIPM

MANAGE,

Hyderabad through ATMA,

Ariyalur

Skill training

to rural youths given in BIPM

and Goat

rearing

6 days Rs. 84,000

5 Farmers Field School

ATMA, Ariyalur 3 Farm Field School

conducted in 3

blocks of Ariyalur

district for 6

days in AESA

techniques in vegetable

cultivation

6 classes (covers entire

crop duration)

Rs. 87,000

6 Training on Climate smart

agriculture

Irrigation Management and

Training

Institute, Trichy

Provided training on

water

management

technologies for improving

water use

efficiency

1 day Rs.22,000

Total Rs.5,96,000

Please attach detailed report of each project/programme separately -

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17. SUCCESS STORIES

A. Success Story of IFS Farmer Mr.K.Ashok Kumar

1. Situation analyzed/Problem Statement:

Mr.K.Ashok Kumar, S/o. Kangadurai 42 years old residing at Karaivetti village of

Thirumanur block, Ariyalur district. He discontinued his studies after 10th standard and entered into

farming along with his parent cultivating Paddy and Sugarcane in his 4 acre land. later, he worked as

LIC agent for past 10 years. From the LIC occupation he could earn only Rs.1 lakh/year.

From his potential 4 acre land and available resources he could earn Rs.7 lakh / year but due

to lack of awareness on scientific practices and latest technologies he lost an income of Rs.6 lakh

every year.

2. Plan, Implement and Support:

In 2016, he came to know about KVK from friends, visited KVK and met Scientists. He was

explained about existing resources and got technical advices to develop the farm. Seeing the potential

of his land resources, Scientists suggested him to develop IFS model in his land.

As per our advice, IFS model was developed in his farm including five different components

viz., Fish, Goat, Cattle, Poultry, Paddy and Fodder. Through our KVK IFS demonstration he has also

been provided with vermi bag and azolla sheet. Through FLD programme “Gift Thilapia” fish variety

was introduced in this farm during 2018. Also mixed fodder plot was established to enrich the

nutrition status of his animal components. With our guidance and linkage provided with Agricultural

Engineering Department he installed solar water pumping system by availing Government subsidy.

Our KVK provided continuous handholding and technical support and Indian Bank, Ariyalur

provided him credit linkage to establish his farm activities.

3. Output:

The output from IFS model is as follows

S.No. Components Expenditure

(Rs.)

Gross income

(Rs.) Net income (Rs.)

i Fish – 50 cent Livestock waste

utilized

60,000 60,000

ii Goat – 50Nos. 2,00,000 4,00,000 2,00,000

iii Poultry – 6 batch (6000Nos.) 1,20,000 4,20,000 3,00,000

iv Cattle – 3Nos. 1,50,000 2,50,000 1,00,000

v Paddy – 2ac 80,000 1,00,000 20,000

Total 6,80,000

4. Outcome and Impact:

As an outcome, now Mr.K.Ashok Kumar is earning a net income of Rs.6.8lakhs/annum from

IFS component in his 4 acres land. His farm becomes model IFS farm in Ariyalur district which was

visited by District Collector, Ariyalur and Dr.A.Bhaskaran, Principle Scientist, ATARI, Hyderabad.

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About 200 farmers and farm women were visited his farm from various villages f Ariyalur

district. 28 farmers were adopted and started this model in small drum system.

He is serving as master trainer for our KVK trainings on IFS and his success was

disseminated through AIR, Karaikal, Trichy, DD Pothigai and YouTube. Around 1, 05,000 people

viewed his video in YouTube. His success story was published in TANUVAS magazine “Kalnadai

Velanmai” in December 2019 issue. He is serving farmers over phone calls also belonging to different

districts of Tamil Nadu includes Tanjore, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Trichy, Perambalur,

Karaikal, Cuddalore, etc.,

B. Success Story of Mrs.S.TamilSelvi in Desi Bird Rearing


Mrs.S.TamilSelvi 26 years old completed BE graduation and worked in a private company for

a monthly income of Rs.20,000/month. She was unable to care her family properly as there were day

and night shifts. Also she was not satisfied with her job as she could not meet out her family

requirements.


Mrs.S.TamilSelvi approached our KVK seeing our advertisement in Famous Tamil Magazine

“Pasumai Vikatan” for desi bird rearing training and attended training on Desi Bird Rearing on

24.02.2016. As a women farmer, she was much more interested in becoming an entrepreneur in Desi

bird poultry farming. She started feeding his birds with locally available feed stocks to reduce the cost

on feed. Previously she was rearing 20 mother Desi bird poultry birds, after seeing the demand of

Desi bird chicks she has expanded her poultry rearing unit with 75 parent mother birds and 10 cocks

.To utilize the eggs effectively for the production of chicks she has purchased one low cost hatchery

unit from Mr.R.Suresh (An innovator developed by ICAR-KVK, Ariyalur Dt.) with a capacity of 120

eggs and one automatic hatchery unit with a capacity of 250 eggs.

3. Output:

Desi bird poultry farming is fetching more income to this women entrepreneur as the cost of a

desi bird is fetching her Rs.800/bird which is 3 times more cost than the normal desi bird rearing and

she is selling Desi bird chicks eggs @Rs.30/egg. A One day old chick cost is Rs.70/chick and one

month old chick cost is Rs.170/chick. She is earning an income of Rs.36,000/month now from her

desi bird chicks rearing.

Sl.No. Particulars Amount (Rs.)

A Fixed cost

1 Poultry shed (1 Nos.)

16 x 21 feet 30,000

2 Auto feeder (10 Nos.) 2,000

3 Auto drinker (10 Nos.) 2,000

4 Automatic Hatchery Unit (1 nos.)

Low cost Hatchery Unit (1 nos.)

47,000

8,000

Total 89,000

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10% depreciation /year (I) 8,900

5 Parent bird (100 birds) 80,000

Depreciation per year (II) 12,000

Fixed cost per year(I + II) 20,900

B Expenditure

1 Feed cost per year

(2.5 kg feed/bird/month for 100 birds (250 kg feed/day)

@Rs.800/100 kg of feed)

60,000

2 Vaccination and Ethno veterinary practices per year 2,000

3 Fixed cost per year 20,900

Total Expenditure 82,900

C Gross Income

Sale of 250 chicks per month @Rs.170/chicks

Sale of 3,000 chicks per (year)

5,10,000

D Net Income (Gross Income – Expenditure) 4,27,100

Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) 1: 6.15

4. Outcome/Impact:

She is now supplying Desi bird chicks to a large number of farmers and farm women and

helping them in marketing tie-ups also. She has also developed at least 25 women entrepreneurs like

her in this poultry rearing job. She is serving as a master trainer in the poultry training programme

which is being conducted at our KVK. She is earning an income of Rs.45,000/month now and serving

as a role model for other women entrepreneurship farmers. Her low cost feed management and ethno

veterinary practices are getting popular among the backyard poultry/native chicken growers in

Ariyalur district. Her technology has spread through All India Radio, Karaikal at several occasions

Mrs.Tamil Selvi a Poultry Entrepreneur has received an honorarium award for successful

women entrepreneurship activities from ICAR KVK, Ariyalur District given by the NABARD

Manager in the programme of Mahila Kisan Celebration during March 2018. She also awarded as

Best Women Entrepreneur during International Women day during March, 2019 by District Collector,

Ariyalur.

C. Success Case of Mr.Ragunath on Genetic up gradation of Local Goat variety with

Tellichery breed


Mr.Ragunath, 27 years old BE graduate worked in a private company at Chennai for an

income of Rs.25, 000/ month during 2016. But due to his interest in organic farming he quitted his job

and returned to native place Thinakudi village of Jayankondam block of Ariyalur district to start

organic farming in his 12 acres of land.

Initially to start organic farming he purchased 2 Cows and 5 Local goat breed in his village

itself. But his goats kidding rate was less and milk yield for lactating mother is less leads to poor

weight gain in kid.

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In 2017, he visited our KVK to get advisories for organic farming. Later he joined as member

in KVK rural youth group and started getting advices through youth WhatsApp group and in person

regularly. He visited KVK farm and enquired about Tellicherry goat breed. Senior Scientist and Head

explained that Tellicherry breed is grown in our KVK to promote the technology of genetic

upgradation of local breed to earn more income in our Ariyalur district i.e crossing local breed and

Tellicherry breed results in more weight gain in kid. He registered for one male Tellicherry goat and

purchased 1 year old 20 kg goat after a month. Meanwhile he selected 2 healthy female goats of

“Kodi aadu” and “Palai aadu” breed for crossing.

3. Output:

The Kodi aadu crossed with Tellicherry breed gives birth to 2 – 3 kids and lactation was good

as kids had enough feeding from mother goat where his earlier practice has no enough lactation and

he fed kid with cow milk. It is also found that crossed kid had good weight gain i.e 10 months old kid

weight gains upto 20-24 kg whereas in his local practice 10 months old kid has only 10 – 15 kg. Now

he is having 30 goats in his farm.

It is also noticed that crossing Tellicherry with Palai Aadu is not profitable as such as crossing

Tellicherry with Kodi aadu. Marketability is also good and easy for the upgraded breed Rs.280 / kg

for meat purpose and Rs.350 / kg for rearing.

4. Outcome and Impact:

As an outcome, now Mr.K.Ragunath is earning a net income of Rs.35,000/month from selling

this goats for both meat purpose and rearing purpose. His farm becomes model farm in Ariyalur

district for this genetic upgradation of goat and also for organic farming.

About 60 farmers and farm women from various villages of Ariyalur district and 25 B.Sc

Agri final year RAWE students from JSA Agriculture college, Thittakudi were visited his farm for

learning purpose. 28 farmers were adopted and started this model in for their improved economic

status.

He is serving as master trainer for our KVK trainings on goat rearing and his success was

disseminated through AIR, Karaikal, Trichy and DD Pothigai. He is serving farmers over phone calls

also belonging to different districts of Tamil Nadu.

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18. CASE STUDIES

1. Title : ICAR – KVK, Ariyalur Excelled in Enhancement of productivity in

Blackgram and thereby the socio economic conditions of farmers

a. Problem Statement

Blackgram popularly known as ‘Urad’ is one of the most important pulse crop grown in

India. In Tamil Nadu it is being grown in an area of 3.41 lakhs ha. during Kharif, Rabi and Summer

seasons in almost all the districts of Tamil Nadu wherever paddy is cultivated. Blackgram is the

predominant Rice fallow pulse crop. In Ariyalur district Blackgram is grown in an area of 4,042 ha.

in almost all blocks of the district as sole crop and intercrop in Cashewnut plantations. The

productivity is low (520 kg/ha.) when compared to the potential yield of 1,000 kg/ha. due to various

problems.

1. Use of seeds of age old varieties like ADT 5, T9 and VBN 3

2. Non adoption of proper seed rate. The farmers are using 25-30 kg/ha. instead of recommended

seed rate of 20 kg/ha. It led to over population and thereby reduction in yield.

3. Susceptibility of ADT 5 and T9 varieties to YMV disease resulted in 30-35% yield loss and upto

60% yield loss when it is grown during summer season

4. Non availability of seeds of latest varieties like VBN 6, VBN 8 that are tolerant or free from

YMV disease.

5. Non adoption of recommended package of practices like fertilizer application, weed

management, IPDM, etc.

b. Plan, Implement and Support

ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra hosted by CREED, Ariyalur district put forth series of efforts

through its mandated activities to tallies these problems and achieve higher productivity in

Blackgram and thereby the enhanced income of the farmers. The following flowchart depicts the

series of interventions implemented step by step to tackle the above problems.

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Trainings On campus– 12 Nos.- 200 farmers

Off campus – 18 Nos. – 312 farmers

CFLDs

Demonstrations on ICM in Blackgram 2017-18 - 10 ha. 25 demos


2017-18

FLDs

Popularization of high yielding Blackgram VBN (Bg) 5 – 5 farmers – 2 ha. (2010-11)

Integrated Crop Management in Blackgram -10 farmers – 4 ha.(2013-14)

Demonstration of Blackgram VBN6 – 10 farmers – 4 ha. (2015-16)

Demonstration of Black gram as intercrop in Cashew gardens – 4 ha. – 10 farmers (2016-17)

Demonstration on use of spiral separator 2017-18 - 10 ha. 25 demos


Extension

efforts

Field days – 8 Nos.

Publications –12 Nos.

Exposure visits – 2 Nos.

Diagnostics visits – 12 Nos.

Advisory services – 162 Nos.

Farmers Scientists interface meet – 2 Nos.

Use of ICT in Technology dissemination by voice messages, Whatsapp,

Jiochat based plant diagnostic camps etc. 8,000 farmers benefitted

Facilitation

of farm

inputs

Seeds – 27.5q (ADT5, VBN 6, VBN 8,)

SeSeedsSe

Production and supply of bio products like Pseudomonas,

Phosphobacteria, Trichoderma viride, Azophos etc. - 200 kgs

Facilitation of other technical products like pulse wonder (965 kg),

traps (1950 Nos.) lures (3900 Nos.) required for IPM kits

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c. Output

By series of interventions provided by ICAR – KVK, Ariyalur the participating farmers

gained knowledge and skills in different technologies as depicted in the following table.

Sl.No. Crop /

Enterprises Technologies

% gain in

knowledge

% gain in

adoption

1 Blackgram Adoption of VBN 6

variety

62 44

2 Blackgram Foliar spraying of Pulse

wonder @5kg/ha or DAP 2% during flowering

stage

52 38

By adopting the basket of technologies disseminated through series of interventions the

productivity level in the demonstration field has increased sizably along the economic benefits. The

details are presented hereunder.

Sl.No. Crop Year

Productivity / ha. Increase in

income / ha.

From To %

increase From To

1 FLD 2016-17 6.24 q 8.84 q 42 26,085 45,564

2 CFLD 2017-18 5.9 q 8.5 q 44 38,200 62,160

3 CFLD 2018-19 3.9 q 7.1 q 82 5,060 62,160

4 CFLD 2019-20 5.3 q 6.7 q 26.4 11300 18650

d. Outcome

Based on the knowledge and skill enhancement, improved adoption of various technologies

by the participating farmers and their income level increase, the farmers in the neighboring villages

and nearby blocks started adopting those technologies in black gram cultivation. The details are

given below:

S.No. Technologies

Horizontal

spread to

neighboring

villages

No. of

Farmers

Area

(ha.)

Horizontal

spread to

neighboring

blocks

No. of

Farmers

Area

(ha.)

1 Cultivation

of high yielding

Black gram

VBN 6 variety

42 1850 680 4 627 255

2 Foliar

spraying of

Pulse wonder @5kg/ha or

DAP 2%

during flowering

stage

56 2150 728 4 532 247

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By adoption of different technologies disseminated by KVK and by horizontal spread of the

technologies, the first level beneficiaries accrued increased income from black gram cultivation as

below :

Sl.No. Village No. of

farmers

Net Income realized

(Rs.)/ ha.

Before

adoption

After

adoption

1 Cholamadevi, Kodalikarupur, T.Palur,

Alagapuram, Anaikudam, Andimadam,

Anikudichan (North), Chinnapattakadu,

Devamangalam, Devanur, Edaayankurichi, Edanganni, Edayar, Ariyalur,

Edayathankudi, Elaiyur, Elaiyur (East), Elaiyur

(West), Elakurichi, Elandakudam, Elayaperumalnallur, Eravangudy,

Cholankudikadu, Sirukadambur

1075 Rs.36,085 Rs.45,564

Likewise, by adoption of the technologies disseminated by ICAR-KVK, Ariyalur , the usage

of chemical inputs in black gram cultivation by the farmers have reduced sizeably.

Sl.No. Technologies Reduction in terms of

Kind

Reduction in terms

of Cost

1 Seed treatment with T.viridi,

Rhizobium, Phosphobacteria

Urea application to the

tune of 30kg/ha.

DAP @ 25kg/ha MOP @ 20kg/ha

Rs.2500/ha

2 Pheromone traps, Yellow sticky

traps

2 No. of Pesticide spray

reduced

Rs.1500/ha

FLD on use of spiral separator conducted during 2017-18 added the value to the intervention

made in black gram as it is highly useful to grade the black gram grains. The graded black gram by

spiral separator fetches good price in the market.

In black gram cultivation farmers reaped a maximum net income of Rs.36, 085/ha. Before

KVK intervention. Currently the farmers are getting an income of Rs.45,564/ha as the yield and

quality of black gram enhanced substantially. So there is 26.3 % increase in income if the price is

stable.

e. Impact

• After KVK interventions, the Department of Agriculture started distribution of VBN 6 black

gram seeds through its various subsidy schemes.

• The seeds of VBN 6 and VBN 8 from the KVK farm and from KVK promoted farmer fields is

as follows :

Year Qty. produced at KVK

farm (q.)

Seed produced at

Farmers field (q.)

Total seed

distributed (q.)

2014-15 11.0 22.0 33.0

2015-16 8.0 22.0 30.0

2016-17 18.0 96.5 114.5

2017-18 6.8 94.5 101.3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagapuram

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaikudam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andimadam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anikudichan_(North)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinnapattakadu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devamangalam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edaayankurichi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edaayankurichi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edanganni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edayar,_Ariyalur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edayathankudi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaiyur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaiyur_(East)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaiyur_(West)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaiyur_(West)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elakurichi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elandakudam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elayaperumalnallur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eravangudy

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2018-19 4.0 120.5 124.5

2019-20 0.8 150.7 130.0

Total 48.6 506.2 533.3

• Apart from KVK efforts, Department of agriculture also promoting seed production in farmers

field to meet the district seed requirement.

• Our KVK is always facilitating the farmers in procurement of seeds, bio products, bio fertilizers,

IPM practices and grading, etc.

• Out KVK intervention on Blackgram paved the way for increased production (2.25 mt) and

productivity (570 kg/ha.) (Source: Department of Agriculture, 2018-19).

• During 2015-16, there was the hike in price for Blackgram grains and it went upto Rs.100/kg at

that time the contribution of Blackgram to agricultural economy was high.

• Blackgram cultivation certainly improved the social status of farmers as the income of Rs.45,

564/ha in children education, repaid their loans, etc.

2. Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu marching towards fodder sufficiency

Introduction

Ariyalur District is classified as backward district in Tamil Nadu comprising six blocks. Of

which Thirumanur, T.Palur and Jayankondam blocks are potential for irrigation facilities favours

cultivation of Sugarcane, Paddy and Vegetables. Other three blocks are dry and mostly depends on

monsoon showers for crop production. Animal components viz., milch cows. goat, sheep and buffalo

forms the integral part of farming here apart from backyard poultry. The productivity in milch

animals, goat, sheep and poultry birds are less due to the following reasons / facts.

Problems

• Less preference of farmers to allocate a piece of land to raise fodder crops and thereby poor

nutrition of animals

• Lack of awareness and knowledge on different fodder crops required to provide balanced diet to

farm animals

• High cost of concentrate feed results in less remuneration from milch animals. About half of the

income spent for concentrate feed.

• Fertility problems in cows due to mal nutrition

• Less weight gain in sheep and goat

• Less egg production in poultry birds and thereby less per bird productivity.

Plan, Implement and Support

Considering the fodder situation in the district, ICAR-KVK, Ariyalur planned and

implemented strategic plans to bring more area under fodder crops. The different interventions made

to achieve the goal of fodder sufficiency is depicted as follows :

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Materials and Methods

Though most of the interventions were carried out in six blocks, but only two blocks viz.,

Jayankondam and Thirumanur were selected for the study. For the selection of respondents, list of

beneficiaries various programmes of KVK during last five years (2013-14 to 2017-18) was prepared.

Out of 685 beneficiaries, only 100 farmers were selected by simple random sampling procedure from

Jayankondam and Thirumanaur with 50 farmers from each block.

A questionnaire was prepared and the data were collected through personal interviews with

the respondents. The data collected were processed. Tabulated, classified and analysed interms of

percentage, Totally 10 practices were selected as criteria to evaluate the farmers for extent of

knowledge gained and adoption of fodder cultivation technologies as results of various intervention

viz., trainings, method demonstrations, Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs), On Farm Trials (OFTs),

diagnostic visits, advisory services, exposure visits, radio talks and popular articles.

FLDs

Demonstration of Silvipasture model - 5 farmers – 2 ha. (2012-13)

Demonstration of Mixed Fodder - 5 farmers – 2 ha. (2014-15)

Demonstration of multi cut fodder sorghum CO (FS) 31 – 50 farmers – 5 ha. 2016-17

Trainings

On campus–5 Nos.

Off campus–7 Nos.

Facilitation

of farm

inputs

Seeds – 5 q (COFS 29, 31, Velimasal)

Slips – 5000 (CO 4, CO 5)

Extension

efforts

Field days – 3 Nos.

Publications – 8 Nos.

Exposure visits – 2 Nos.

Diagnostics visits – 9 Nos.

Farmers Scientists interface meet – 2

Nos.

Use of ICT in Technology dissemination

by voice messages, Whatsapp, Jiochat

based plant diagnostic camps etc. –

8,000 farmers benefitted

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Table 1. Gain in knowledge level with respect to Fodder cultivation due to the intervention of CREED KVK at Ariyalur District of Tamilnadu

Sl. No Improved production practices

Knowledge Level

Before KVK

intervention

After KVK

intervention

Gain in

knowledge

(%)

1 Land preparation 60 88 28

2 Seeds 25 60 35

3 Sowing methods 32 52 20

4 Varieties 55 78 23

5 Seed rate 22 40 18

6 Sowing time 3 56 18

7 Nutrient management 42 64 22

8 Irrigation 48 67 19

9 Harvesting 40 51 11

10 Uses of fodder 34 72 38

Output

By the above interventions, the participating farmers improved in their knowledge and skills

in fodder crops raising. Primarily they realized the importance of having fodder cafeteria to feed

their animals. All 685 direct participating farmers established their own fodder area in 35 villages.

From these fodder units 1,900 animals are provided with green fodder and thereby health and

productivity has been improved. Productivity increase in milch animals by providing green fodder

and by curtailing concentrate feed the income is also increased.

Table : Output due to fodder cultivation

Sl.No. Parameters Before Situation

After

supplementary

green fodder

1 Health of the animal Weak Good

2 Calving period Prolonged (2 calves in 3

years)

Ideal (One calf/year)

3 Milk yield / day 6.5 8.2

4 Cost reduction in concentrated feed (lit.) --- 30-36 %

5 Total milk yield / lactation / cow (lit.) 1,170 1,476

6 Gross Cost /cow/lactation Rs.13,600 Rs.10,250

7 Gross return / cow Rs.25,470 Rs.32,472

8 Net return / cow . lactation Rs.11,870 Rs.22,222

9 BCR 1 : 1.87 1 : 3.1

Outcome :

Based on the performance of cow after feeding with sufficient green fodder, the farmers

started adopting green fodder crops cultivation.

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Table : Horizontal spread of fodder production technologies

Sl.

No. Technologies

Horizontal

spread to

neighboring

villages

No. of

Farmers Area

Horizontal

spread to

neighboring

blocks

No. of

Farmers Area

1 Cultivation

of fodder crops viz,,

Co (CN) 4/5,

Desmanthus, Subabul, CFS

29/31,

Sesbania

64 1385 268 6 425 300ha.

Now the farmers are giving importance to the cattle by cultivating green fodder crops and

feeding the animals. Currently about 600 farmers are having their fodder in the district. Still there is

heavy demand for fodder seeds and our KVK is promoting farmers to produce seeds / slips to

facilitate horizontal spread. So far 30 farmers are actively involved in production and supply of

fodder seeds including Azolla. By using the green fodder the cost on concentrate feed also reduced

substantially to the tune of 30-35%.

Impact

• After the KVK intervention in fodder crops cultivation the milk yield is substantially increased

in the district.

• More youth members are coming forward to rear milch animals and calf rearing. About 135

such youth members are being regularly guided in this regard.

• The overall health of the animals were improved and thereby increased yield and income is

being realized by our farmers.

3. Success Story on Hi tech Tuberose Cultivation

Problem Analysis:

In Ariyalur district, Sugarcane is the major crop cultivated by farmers in Kuvagam village of

Andimadam block. Farmers are getting a low income from these crops due to the high cost of

cultivation, labour scarcity, high input cost and less market price. In sugarcane, the productivity is

lower due to low yielding old varieties and lack of non adoption of integrated nutrient management

and susceptibility of old varieties to pest and disease.

Mr.S.Kamaraj, a farmer aged 39 residing at Kuvagam village of Andimadam block, Ariyalur

District approached the ICAR – KVK to get advisory to improve his income level from agriculture. In

his traditional method of farming, he was spending his money for labour wages and to carry out

farming operations in his 5 acres of land. The climate condition of Ariyalur district is best suitable to

cultivate cut flower crop tuberose. Tuberose is a traditional flower used in all the social functions of

Tamil Nadu as garland making, festival times and in perfume industry for extracting of essential oil. It

is used as both loose flower and cut flower.

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Plan, Implement and Support:

Our KVK Scientists have recommended cultivation of tuberose flower hybrid Prajwal

released by ICAR – IIHR, Bengaluru. A Front Line Demonstration was conducted by our Krishi

Vigyan Kendra, Cholamadevi, Ariyalur district in this farmer field to disseminate the technology. A

training on hi tech tuberose cultivation was given to the farmers of Kuvagam village on the Integrated

Cop Management practices in tuberose before conducting th front line demonstration. In this training,

the following topics were taught viz., soil test based fertilizer application, land preparation, basal

application of fertilizer and 25t/ha FYM, spacing (45cm x 25cm), bulb treatment with Psuedomonas

@ 10g/kg of bulb, neem cake @250kg/ha and Pacelomycetes linacious (Nematon) for management of

nematode, good planting material selection, mulching for weed management, irrigation, fertigation

techniques, IPM and harvesting. Our KVK team along with SMS (Horticulture) has visited his field

and gave technical guidance for cultivation of tuberose. Our KVK has helped the farmers in getting

the tuberose bulbs planting material from ICAR – IIHR, Bengaluru. Around 10 farmers including Mr.

Kamaraj were taken to ICAR – IIHR, Bengaluru to see the tuberose cultivation and Directorate of

Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka to learn about the new technologies in horticulture. The printed

article on tuberose cultivation was given to the farmers for further spread of this technology. The

tuberose bulbs were sown in the field after the seed treatment with pseudomonas, spacing 45 x 25 cm

and polythene mulching technique to control weed s and soil moisture conservation. Consultancy

services were given to the tuberose farmer for getting higher productivity of about 15.04 tonnes per

hectare per year.

Soil application of 25 tonnes per hectare farm yard manure, 400 kg single super phosphate, 2

kg azospirillum, 2 kg phospobacteria, 2.5 kg/ha Trichoderma viridi, nematicides 2.5kg/ha were done.

The gross cost of cultivation incurred for land preparation, tuberose bulbs, labour wages,

mulching sheet, fertilizer, pesticide, irrigation and harvesting is Rs.1,50,000 per hectare. Harvesting of

flowers starts from the 3rd month of the planting onwards in daily basis. On an average of 30 – 35 kg

of flower yield was harvested everyday from his 1 acre of land and it is taken to the nearby market in

Kumbakonam. Now the tuberose farmer has attained knowledge and skill on tuberose cultivation. The

nematode incidence in his field is reduced due to the application of nematicide and pseudomonas (bio

pesticide) in his field. In general, the other tuberose farmer are harvesting only 20 kg flower in 1 acre

area.

Output:

There was a significant increase in the yield of the Prajwal tuberose compare to that of the

local variety. The yield potential of this hybrid is 15 – 16 tonnes per hectare which is significantly

higher compare to the local variety which was synergized by the Integrated Crop Management

Practices. The price of the tuberose flower was ranged from Rs.50 – Rs.150 in the local market during

the different month of the year. The adoption of the successful technology namely precision farming

techniques of TNAU like raised bed planting, INM, IPM, mulching, drip and fertigation enhanced the

yield by 50% on an average.

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The individual flower weight was significantly higher in Prajwal than the local variety as

indicated by the number of flower per kilogram. The flower merchants also like the Prajwal flowers

for garland making due to its quality i.e fragrance and appearance.

Outcome:

This farmer has converted three acre of his land into tuberose cultivation. His annual income

has increased from 1 lakh to more than 5 lakh in the year from the sales of flower and tuberose bulbs

to neighbouring farmers.

The success story of Mr.S.Kamaraj has got wide publicity in both print and mass media like

radio (AIR, Karaikal, Trichy), Makkal TV, Door Dharshan and electronic media. As of now, the area

under tuberose cultivation in Kuvagam village and neighbouring village has been increased upto 100

hectares in the district.

Impact:

• Tuberose cultivation could increase the farmer income than any other crop in Ariyalur district

• Huge number of farmers are coming forward to cultivate tuberose

• Though it is of new origin to Ariyalur District. 2000 acres brought under tuberose cultivation

4. A Novel idea of CREED KVK, Ariyalur to Attract and Retain Youth in Agriculture

Situation / Problem Statement:

The total population of Ariyalur district is 7,52,481 in which 36% of total population includes

youth members (19-35 years) who are unemployed/underemployed. The major problems of the rural

youth are lack of employment for their qualification, lack of resources interms of land and finance to

start their own enterprise, unacceptance of the parents to let their wards in agriculture, lack of skills

and technical knowledge in agriculture, lack of credit facilities to rural youth from formal institutions.

These problems lead to unutilization of available natural resources (land and water), reduction in

district productivity and social and economic benefit of the individual.

Plan, Implement and support:

To overcome those problems, our KVK gave a call for rural youth in Daily news and the 1st

meet held on 03.06.2016 at our KVK. More than 131 youth members participated and awareness

created among rural youth about agriculture and allied enterprises. Keen interest of RY in agriculture

motivated us of form “Rural Youth Club” in which 324 youth are members now. They provided with

skilling programmes (13), trainings, meetings, exposure visits and advisories regularly. Motivational

meeting has also been conducted to the parents of our Youth Club Members to let their wards in

agriculture. But due to lack of financial support from formal institution we approached retired persons

exclusively Ex-servicemen to extend financial support who readily accepted our request and they

were formed into a group named as “Retired Youth Club” with 59 farmers. Retired youth club

members contributed money to give financial assistance to the deserving youth club members in the

form of loan at bank interest. A separate bank account has been opened for rural youth and retired

youth club. Youth cell has been formed at our KVK to look after RY-RY activities. Separate

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WhatsApp group named “Youth Club KVK Ariyalur” has been opened for easy access which also

acts as a platform for marketing their products.

S.No Name of the Skill programme Year No . of youth members

participated

1. Mushroom Growers (NSDC) 2016 – 17 20

2. Small Poultry Farmers (NSDC) 2016 – 17 20

3. Integrated Farming System(ATMA) 2017 – 18 20

4. Organic Cultivation of Fruits and

Vegetables(ATMA) 2017 – 18 20

5. Nursery Management of Horticulture crops 2017 – 18 32

6. Integrated farming 2017 – 18 29

7. Production of organic inputs 2017 – 18 37

8. Mushroom Production 2017 – 18 23

9. IPM in crops (ATMA) 2018 – 19 15

10. Mushroom Growers (NSDC) 2018 – 19 20

11. Organic Growers (NSDC) 2018 – 19 20

12. Production of organic inputs (KVK) 2018 – 19 29

13. Organic farming and marketing Strategies 2018 – 19 66

Output:

As an output of this RY-RY model, 324 youth members and 54 retired persons brought under

the umbrella of KVK. So far, an amount of Rs.10.3 lakhs was collected and disbursed to 36 youth

members to start their own agriculture and allied enterprise. The few examples are furnished below:

S.No Name Father’s name Qualification

Loan

availed

(Rs.)

from

Retired

youth

Club

Enterprise

Current

income per

month (Rs.)

1 P.Kumarasan Poorasamy B.E 40,000 Milky

Mushroom

22,000

2 S.Ashok Sathi Ozippu B.E 20,000 Oyster

Mushroom

14,000

3 R.Meena Ramachandiran B.Sc

(Nursing)

30,000 Desi

Chicken

40,000

4 S.Rajadurai Saminathan Diploma

Engg.

40,000 Desi

chicken

60,000

5 N.Archunan Nagarajan 12th 30,000 Milky

mushroom

19,200

6 P.Sumathi Palanichamy 12th 30,000 Desi

chicken

18,600

7 G.Venkatachalapathy Govindarajan 12th 40,000 Cow 19,700

8 A.Rajandiran Azagappan 12th 20,000 Desi

chicken

15,750

9 K.Sarath Kumar Kasavan B.Com 40,000 Mushroom 24,000

10 J.Indirajith Jagadesh Diploma 40,000 Poultry 18,000

11 T.Saravanan Thangarasu B.Sc 30,000 Poultry 35,000

12 P.Ilanthamilan Periyasamy B.E 40,000 Poultry 27,000

13 G.Durai Gangatharan SSLC 25,000 Mushroom 18,400

14 R.Suraendar Ramasamy B.E 30,000 Mushroom 16,000

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15 K.Uma Krishnamoorthy M.A 40,000 Poultry 17,000

16 A.Immanuvel Arokiyasamy M.Phil 35,000 Mushroom 15,000

Total 5,30,000 Avg. 27,400

Now, they are earning an average income of Rs.27,400/month from different agricultural

enterprises.

Outcome:

Being an innovative and successful model, Dr.Y.G.Prasad, Director, ATARI, Hyderabad

distributed the seed money on 06.12.17 and appreciated this model. Dr.H.Philip Former DEE, TNAU

highly appreciated this model while his visit to our KVK a 04.10.18 and distributed seed money. Our

KVK awarded “Mahindra Samriddhi KVK Samman – 2019” award for this innovative initiative.

Our skilled rural youth club members are serving as master trainer, resource person to various

trainings organized by our KVK and also other KVK (Karur, TANUVAS) of different districts. They

are acting as advisors and role model for other youngster to start agriculture enterprise. Youth

members also became an employer from employee who generating employment opportunities to

others in their own enterprise.

Their success cases has been broadcasted in AIR, Karaikal, Trichy and telecasted in Makkal

TV, Puthiyathalaimurai, DD etc., Youth members are also recognized in various occasions by

dignitaries.

• Director, ICAR – Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Hyderabad

• Directorate of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

• Director, SBI – Rural Self Employment Training Institute, Ariyalur

• DDM, NABARD

• JDA, Ariyalur District

• Lead Bank Manager, Ariyalur

• Principal Scientist from Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Hyderabad

• Also appreciated by the review committee at the Annual Review Workshop for KVKs of Zone X

held at CRIDA, Hyderabad during 20th – 22nd October, 2018.

Impact:

• It is evidenced that the regular guidance, monitorance and skilling programmes increased the

livestock numbers, Mushroom production, Organic farming area in the district quantifiably (i.e)

In Ariyalur district more than 40 youth members involved in Desi Chick and Kadaknath rearing,

32 members in Mushroom production and around 10% of agriculture area falls under organic

farming in the district after this trainings and skilling programmes. One of the Youth Club

Members Mr.Madhavan has developed Coconut Processing Unit in large scale under the guidance

of KVK with the financial support from Coconut Development Board, Cochin, NABARD.

• Benefit of RY-RY model and Rural Youth whatsApp group attracting youth from other districts

viz., Perambalur, Cuddalore, Tanjavur, Madurai, Karur to join in our whatsApp group and to avail

trainings and other benefits from our KVK and youth members. Also migration of rural youth to

cities is being reduced.

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19. INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY OR TRANSFER OF

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AND USED DURING THE YEAR

1. Rural Youth – Retired Youth (RY-RY model)

Our KVK has maintained the potential of rural youth and planned innovatively to bring them

into mainstream of agriculture. We have formed Rural Youth Club and they were capacitated on

various agricultural and allied aspects to enter into the income generating activities. As they are lack

of financial resources and facing hardship in availing credit facilities, they struggled to start their

ventures. Here our KVK think and act differently to bring resourceful and resource less persons in a

common platform. We approached retired persons and we formed a club named “Retired Youth Club”

which 60 persons are members currently. They are contributing money every month and the lumpsum

amount collected will be disbursed to youth members to start their agricultural activities. Currently

and amount of Rs.5,30,000 lakhs mobilised such a way to disbursed to 16 members. They were

regularly repaying their loan with bank interest.

Note : The details of genesis of RY-RY model is well explained in Chapter 9.

2. Abridging Resource less and Resourceful

This is and innovation of our KVK to bring uncultivated land into cultivation. The land

owned are sometimes unable to do agriculture due to several reasons viz., over age. No follower (Son

/ Daughter), working abroad, etc. by having very close association with the farmers our KVK could

identify such a resourceful (Land Water) persons and links them with potential youth members. The

youth members are identified from our youth club, so far by this kind of linkage 42 ha. Uncultivated

area brought under cultivation benefitting 10 farmers and youth members. They will pay the nominal

lease to the land owners. Our KVK is technically supporting the youth besides availing them the land

resource.

3. Technology delivery to the famer representatives

In Tamil Nadu Farmers Grievance day is the regular phenomenon in all the district and it is

being conducted on last Friday of every month. Around 300 progressive farmers representing almost

all parts of Ariyalur district and district and lock level officials are the partaken under the president

ship of District Collector. Our KVK is utilizing this platform effectively to disseminate the

technologies needed for the upcoming month. This 30 minutes programme consists of

• Powerpoint presentation,

• Exhibit of technological products,

• Method demonstration,

• Sharing of success of one farmer

• Information on KVK events for the ongoing month

• Release of booklets

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4. Group approach

ICAR KVK took concerted effort in holding series of methodological approach to analyze the

ground situation at each of its operational villages. To identify the problems for the crop production,

animal production and the allied aspects that support the livelihood of farm families. It followed

various specific methodologies as mentioned below.

Based on the data collection for baseline information CREED KVK planned its intervention

plan through FLD, OFT, FFS, various trainings (on and off ), etc.

5. Use of ICT in Technology Transfer

a. WhatsApp: We have two WhatsApp groups administrated by our KVK. One groups is specially

meant for Rural youth and the other group is for farmers. The Director of Extension Education,

TNAU is also the admin of this group and Director, ICAR-ATARI, Hyderabad is also present in

these groups.

The message are being regularly posted by our experts on different technologies needed as per

the crop calendar. These groups facilitates the exchange of technologies, ideas, clarifications,

marketing of technological inputs and products

b. Giochat programmes : This innovative ICT aided technology transfer mechanism is assisted by

Reliance Foundation. In this programmes, the field staff take the photo of field problems viz.,

pest attach, disease incidence, micro nutrient deficiencies, etc. and sent to experts at our Kendra.

Our expert teams views the photos on large screen like in Television and clarifies / suggest the

suitable measures to the farmers over phone.

This kind of programmes aid in reach of more number of farmers in minimum time. During

2017-18 four such programmes and covered 86 farmers to solve 112 problems in various crops

6. Identification, Validation and Promotion of Farmers innovation

Apart from innovation made by our KVK for the effective functioning, we are showing

special emphasize in identification, validation and promotion of farmers innovation at farm level. The

such innovations were highly appreciated by our Director ICAR-ATARI Dr.Y.G.Prasad during

December 2017. Their innovations were presented at

1. Innovators meet held at CRIDA on 14th April 2018 and these innovations find a place in the

book titled Farm Innovators published by ICAR-ATARI, Hyderabad

2. Agriculture conclave held at Lucknow on 5th to 8th October 2018

20. Indigenous technology practiced by the farmers in the KVK operational area which can be

considered for technology development (in detail with suitable photographs)

S.

No. Crop /

Enterprise ITK Practiced Purpose of ITK

1 Cashew 1 kg goat meat + 1 kg cow meat+ 1kg pig meat + 1 kg

desi chicken meat + 1 kg fish waste +1 kg blackgram flour+ 1 kg jaggery + 50 lit of water. mixed well. Kept for

fermentation for 40 days stiring in morning and evening

two times done. 1 litre gunapanjajam mixed with 30 litres of water and sprayed as nutrient for crops and also soil

Growth regulator

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application. It will improve the growth of cashew plants

traditionally.

2 Vegetables Cow urine and dung are collected, mixed with water and fermented for few days. After fermentation, the content is

sieved to control pests. Cow urine act as germicide and

cow dung provides nutrients to the crops.

To control the pest

3 Paddy Soaking the paddy seeds in diluted cows urine before sowing.

To improve the seed germination

percentage and

early vigour of the seedlings.

4 Paddy Bunds are strengthened with weeds and stubbles collected

from the fields, bunds are plastered with mud.

To prevent rat holes

and their damage.

5 Paddy Placing bird perches in the field to allow birds to sit and predate on the pests.

To control all kinds of larvae.

6 Paddy Storing of grains on a mud pot of more than 6 feet height. To control storage

pests.

7 Paddy Keeping neem leaves or pungam leaves in between gunny bags.

To control storage pests.

8 Duck

rearing

Duck rearing in Paddy field To increase soil

fertility and

collected pupae in summer season

9 Poultry Use of Phyllanthus niruri, cumin seeds, garlic extract,

and turmeric is mixed with boiled rice and can be given

as feed.

To contain ranikhet

as prophylactic and

after disease outbreak.

21. A. IMPACT OF KVK ACTIVITIES

Name of specific

technology/skill transferred

No. of

participants % of adoption

Change in income (Rs./ha.)

Before

(Rs./Unit)

After

(Rs./Unit)

Varietal introduction CO(R) 50 68 46 14,790 24,600

Mechanization of Transplanting

in Paddy

55 70 33,569 48,880

MN Mixture application 32 70 37,760 51,290

Introduction of Groundnut

variety VRI 2

52 60 37,014 53,458

Introduction of Sesame variety TMV 7

46 45 26,410 39,300

2% DAP spray in pulses 65 50 24,700 31,200

Vegetable seedling production

through protray

57 75 1,14,350 1,44,500

ICM in cashew 46 68 15,000 30,000

Management of shoot and fruit

borer in brinjal

26 45 62,300 86,400

Hi-Tech Tuberose cultivation 22 32 7,25,000 1,05,000

Seed treatment with

Pseudomonas in paddy and

groundnut

70 37 38,014 64,488

Introduction of fodder CO (CN) 5 and CO(FS) 29

59 73 16,500 26,250

Soil test based fertilizer

application

37 42 38,670 54,040

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Integrated feed management in

cattle

46 32 13,600/cow

/lactation

21,200/cow

/lactation

Integrated disease management in sheep and goat

42 22 4,200/goat /sheep

7,410 /goat / sheep

Mixed fodder cultivation 29 15 36,000/acre 48,100/acre

Composite fish culture 30 17 85,000/ha. 1,75,000/ha.

Stunted earlings for seasonal

ponds

25 11 94,000/ha. 1,20,500/ha.

Disease management in poultry

birds

162 88 4,800/

20 birds

6,300/

20 birds

Spraying of Pulse wonder 594 56 5,060/ha 62,160

Groundnut rich 786 52 23,626/ha 54,331/ha

Introduction of Bio fortified

paddy variety DRR Dhan 45

41 22 18,600 21,400

NCOF Water decomposer 86 48 1,18,000 1,26,000

Paddy AWD Pani pipe technology

115 46 19,420 24,370

Azolla cultivation 110 56 14,800/cow

/lactation

18,400/cow

/lactation

Insurance & Immunization for Livestock

40 45 - 30,000 (if any death

of dairy

animal)

Composite fish culture 65 27 3,5000 42,000

Stunted yearlings for seasonal

ponds

45 24 37,000 48,300

21.B. Cases of large scale adoption

Cases of large scale adoption

Villages Crop/Enterprise Technology Treatment % of

Adoption

Throughout the

District

Groundnut Groundnut

rich as foliar

spray to

improve the

yield

KVK has recommended spraying of

groundnut rich 5 kg/ha at the time

of peak flowering stage 2 times for

increasing the yield of groundnut by

18 percent.

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Nagamangalam Paddy CO(R) 50 Varietal

introduction

CO(R) 50

After seeing the performance of

CO®50 over CR1009. The farmers

were very much interested in

cultivation of CO®50. With the

advice of our Kendra and by the

demand from the farmers. The state

agricultural department has itself

started distribution of CO®50

paddy seeds in their depots. Now, it

is being spread not only our

operational area of village but also

in other blocks.

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Sembiyakudi Paddy Mechanization

of

Transplanting

in Paddy

Now, the farmers are carrying out

transplanting operation in time at

less cost.

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Cholamadevi All crops MN Mixture

application

Now the farmers have realized the

importance of micro nutrients and

started to regularly apply MN

mixture through soil and foliar

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Adoption

application.

Kasankottai Groundnut Introduction

of Groundnut

variety VRI 2

After the demonstration on VRI 2,

farmers are harvesting 1000 kg/ac.

And thereby the income level

increased.

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Puliyankuzhi Sesame Introduction

of Sesame

variety TMV

7

Now the farmers are familiarized in

using certified seeds. They also

harvest 15-20 % increased yield by

cultivation of TMV 7 over the

earlier varieties.

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Devamangalam Pulses 2% DAP

spray in

pulses

Farmers are regularly spraying 2%

DAP at flowering and pod

formation stage. So, they are

obtaining bold grains and thereby

increased yield.

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Silal Vegetables Vegetable

seedling

production

through

protray

Now the farmers using good quality

seedling raised in 84ortrays. So the

initial establishment and yield is

upto the expected level in all the

transplanted vegetable like tomato,

brinjal, chillies, etc.

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Veerakkan Cashew ICM in

cashew

The farmers are learned to manage

the tea mosquito bug and stem borer

by regular sprays and other

management practices. Now the

productivity has increased upto 250

kg/acre.

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Karaikuruchi Brinjal Management

of shoot and

fruit borer in

brinjal

Now the farmers are familiarized in

usage of pheromone trap and other

bio control measures in

management of brinjal shoot and

fruit borer. Now the infestation is

reduced to 10-15 %

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Kuvagam Tuberose Hi-Tech

Tuberose

cultivation

Farmers are now adopting the new

variety of hybrid namely Prajwal

with soil mulching techniques and

nematode management practices to

get higher yield.

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Kasankottai Paddy and

groundnut

Seed

treatment with

Pseudomonas

in paddy and

groundnut

Farmers are doing seed treatment

with Pseudomonas with 10g/kg of

seed as prophylactic measures and

also the soil application of 1 kg

/acre and thereby good control of

seed borne and soil borne diseases

and ensured.

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Across the district Fodder Introduction

of fodder CO

(CN)4 and

CO(FS) 29

The farmers are well aware of

importance of green fodder in

management of cattle and also to

improve the milk productivity. Now

farmers practicing the cultivation of

fodder CO(CN)4 and CO (FS) 29 in

at least 10 cents.

52

Kasankottai Groundnut Mechanization

in Groundnut

Now, the farmers are carrying out

sowing operation in time at less cost.

46

Across the district Cattle Integrated

feed

Judicious use of green fodder

cereal, legume and green fodder

59

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Adoption

management

in cattle

crops and concentrated feed along

with minerals enhances health of

animals

Across the district Cattle Integrated

disease management

in sheep and

goat

Ethno veterinary practices, animal

health Camp

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Across the district Cattle Mixed fodder cultivation

Judicious use of green fodder

cereal, legume and green fodder

crops and concentrated feed along

with minerals enhances health of

animals

39

Across the district fish Composite

fish culture

Intensive fish culture like catla,

mirgal and rogu

27

Across the district fish Stunted yearlings for

seasonal

ponds

Useful technology for short water

bodies

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Details of impact analysis of KVK activities carried out during the reporting period

1. Impact of FOCT Training on developing self employment through tree climbing at Ariyalur

District

Introduction

Krishi Vigyan Kendra designs different types of training courses for the farmers, farm women

and rural youth. Training is an important aspect of the entrepreneurship development and it is

considered as part of strategy for growth and development of an organization or individual.

Basically, training is intended to help individuals to learn and to bring the desired standard of

efficiency, condition and behavior.

The total population of Ariyalur District is 7,52,481 of these 3,51,270 are farmers. The youth

members (19-35 years) constitutes 36% of the total population and about 30% of them are

unemployed or underemployed. ICAR – Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) hosted by CREED was

started during March, 2009 at Ariyalur district. Since then the KVK marching towards empowerment

of farming community by dissemination of various technologies related to agriculture and allied

sector. Krishi VigyanKendra, Ariyalur has conducted training programmes to unemployed rural

youth in collaboration with Coconut Development Board, Cochin. The name of the training was

“Coconut Tree Climbing using climbing device” under friends of coconut trees (FOCT) concepts. The

preferred age of the trainees was 18 to 45 years. In total 160 rural youth were trained during last three

years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is an important and versatile tree crop with diverse end-uses,

supporting livelihood of many farm households in the primary sector, grown in many states of India.

But in recent days coconut farmers are facing serious problems in coconut harvesting due to the

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shortage of trained climbers to harvest the nuts and clean the trees annually. It costs high ranging from

Rs.50 – 80 per tree for climbing and harvesting.

The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of FOCT trainings on income and

employment generation to rural youth and its role on reducing problems in coconut harvesting.


By considering the problem of shortage of trained tree climbers, the Coconut Development

Board, Cochin have introduced the training on climbing of coconut trees using a safe and easy to use

climbing device. During 2017-18 to 2019-20 eight such a trainings programmes were conducted at

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ariyalur District with the financial support of Coconut Development Board

(CDB) to 160 coconut farmers or youth members to impart the skill of using palm climbing device

and management of coconut plantations for sustainable yields. The knowledge of coconut palm

management and associated pest and disease management was also taught to the trainees. The

selection of unemployed youth were done through advertising in print and electronic media and also

through oral information. For each training programme 20 trainees were admitted. Total 160 rural

youth were trained for safe climbing of coconut trees using coconut tree climber and improved

coconut cultivation practices. After successful completion of the training they were provided with a

palm climbing device, free accidental insurance for one year and a certificate of completion so as to

enable him to take this as his profession. These trainees were linked with Coconut Development

Board to get regular advices and schemes related to coconut farming. Out of 160 trainees 100 trainees

were selected by using simple random sampling. The information pertaining to tree climber by

traditional methods and advanced method of using climbing device was collected by using a well-

structured pretested schedule. Adoption was operationalized here as a decision to make full use

of coconut climbing device for harvesting of coconuts. Farmers adopt them either fully, partially

or do not adopt at all. Score 3, 2 and 1 was given for fully, partial and non-adoption respectively. In

order to interpret collected data and to draw meaningful conclusions, data were statistically

analysed by using analytical statistics i.e. correlation.

Results and Discussion

Trainees adopted the coconut tree climbing device in two ways one is for harvesting their own

coconuts and remaining one is as a profession for income generating purpose. The trainees expressed

that the device is time saving, simple and safe and reduced the harvesting cost. The device was so

designed to attract the youth and non-traditional coconut climbers to take up coconut harvesting as

vocation. The small farmers with few number of coconut trees were very happy to harvest nuts by

their own by using this simple device.

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Table 1. Distribution of respondents according to extend of adoption of coconut tree

climbing device at Ariyalur District.

(n=100)

S.No Technology

Extend of adoption

Fully Partially Not adoption

Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage

1 Use of coconut tree

climbing

device

52 52.00 38 38.00 10 10.00

It could be seen from Table 1 that 52.00 percent of the trainees were fully adopted the coconut

tree climbing device as an income generating activities by climbing others trees for wage. A person

could climb 25 to 30 trees in a day and earned Rs.750 to 1000/day. About 38.00 percent of the

trainees were partially adopted the device for climbing for wage, only 10.00 percent of the farmers

were not adopted this device. About 80 percent of the trainees were adopted the coconut tree climbing

device for earning income and remaining 20 per cent of the trainees adopted the device for harvesting

their own coconuts. This might be due to the fact that most of the rural youth trainees were

enthusiastic in participation of trainings as it involves more practical exposures and easy to climb

apart from ensuring safety. As Ariyalur district is having limited coconut plantations, the trained

climbers preferred to go to the nearby districts also to climb the trees and get income. The problem of

coconut growers in harvesting the nuts at high cost (Rs.50-80/tree) using the traditional climbers were

solved to the maximum extend as they could use this trained climbers at Rs.25-30/tree.

Table 2. Correlation analysis of profile characters and their extend of adoption of

coconut tree climbing device

S.No. Profile character Correlation Co-efficient

(‘r’ valve)

1 Age -0.226 NS

2 Education 0.575**

3 Farm size 0.457**

4 Farming experience -0.279*

5 Family type 0.047**

6 Annual income -0.279*

7 Social participation 0.356**

8 Mass Media exposure 0.268*

9 Extension agency contact 0.330*

10 Training exposure 0.285*

11 Risk bearing ability 0.543**

12 Motivation orientation 0.648**

* = significant at 0.05 level of probability

** = significant at 0.01 level of probability

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A perusal of data presented in table 2 revealed that, among the twelve profile characteristics

of respondents studied, nine characteristics namely education, farm size, family type, social

participation, mass media exposure, extension agency contact, training exposure, risk preference and

motivation orientation were significantly correlated with adoption of coconut climbing device.

However, age, farming experience and annual income were negatively correlated with adoption of

coconut climbing device for nut harvest and crown cleaning.

Education and farm size paves the way to quench the need for information for adoption.

Social participation act as supporting psychological variable to verify and clarify the misconception in

adoption of the device. Mass media exposure, extension contact and training exposure facilitated

quick acquisition of knowledge and better adoption. Social participation act as supporting

psychological variable to verify and clarify the misconception in adoption of the device.

Table 3. Income and employment generation to youth members by coconut tree climber

device

No. of persons

involved in

tree climbing

as a

profession

No. of trees

being climbed /

month / person

Cost/tree

(Rs.)

Income

generation/

Person (Rs.)

Employment

generation

/year

(Mandays)

83 750 30 22,500 24,500

It was evident from Table 3 that among the methods of climbing, 83 youth members out of

160 persons trained were involved in tree climbing as a profession. Number of trees climbed / month

by one person was 750 trees and thereby Rs.22,500 could be earned by a person per month. About

24,500 mandays of employment is being generated per year to the 83 tree climbers. This was mainly

due to use of advance method of climber leads easy to climb the tree, without any life accidental risk

by using coconut climber over other method of harvesting of coconuts. Whereas, manually climbing

the tall trees, experienced body pain, muscles catch and with lot of risk while climbing and very

difficult to meet out financial needs of a family with meager earnings. Hence the Friends of Coconut

Trees trainings designed by the Coconut Development Board and imparted by different KVKs

certainly could reduce the risk of tree climbing and body pain besides easing out to climb more

number of trees per day. This could paved the way for increased income and the employment to the

rural youth.

Conclusion

The study partially and fully has shown that ninety per cent of the trainees were adopted the

coconut tree climbing device. Correlation analysis also indicated that education, farm size, family

type, social participation, mass media exposure, extension agency contact, training exposure, risk

preference and motivation orientation were significantly correlated with adoption of coconut climbing

device. The study concludes that coconut climber equipment is a boon for the coconut harvesters,

since it has reduced the drudgery in tree climbing and improved the climbing efficiency there by

providing employment opportunity for rural youth, which has helped them to improve their

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livelihood. The FOCT training conducted by the ICAR KVK, Ariyalur paved the way for steady

income and employment to the youth members.

2. Impact Assessment of KVK's Interventions on Groundnut Cultivation with special reference

to IPDM practices in Ariyalur District

Introduction

Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu is located in North eastern part of Tamil Nadu which has the

potential of cultivating wet land, garden land and rainfed crops. Paddy is the major wet land cop while

groundnut and Blackgram are the important garden land crops. Pearlmillet, maize, cashew and cotton

are the rainfed crops raised in red sandy loam and black cotton soils during north east monsoon

season. The literacy level of farmers and the technical know-how on advanced crop production

practices was poor due to the lack of resource centres like KVK or Regional Agricultural Stations

Groundnut is an important oilseed crop cultivated in an area of more than 17,500 ha in rabi

season (November-December) under garden land condition mainly in five blocks of Ariyalur district

viz., T.Palur, Jayankondam, Andimadam, Ariyalur and Sendurai with borewell irrigation. The

important varieties under cultivation are Gujarat, VRI2, JL24 for domestic use and also for local

marketing. The groundnut farmers were less assured of their crop due to the socio factors viz., less

affordability towards high cost of inputs, biotic and abiotic stresses, improper marketing structure etc.

CREED KVK focused its extension activities in the five blocks of Ariyalur from 2009-10 to

2017-18 to improve the knowledge level of farmers and adoption of advanced Integrated pest and

disease management technologies pertaining to groundnut cultivation. The KVK demonstrated

various IPM technologies through series of interventions in the farm of trainings, front line

demonstrations, on farm trials, exposure visits, etc.

The present study was undertaken to ascertain the gain in knowledge level among the

respondents and to study the adoption level of various interventions on groundnut and also to find out

the reasons for non-adoption of certain technologies and to suggest suitable alternatives to enhance

the income level out of Groundnut cultivation.


Though most of the interventions were carried out in five blocks, but only two blocks viz.,

T.Palur and Andimadam were selected for the study. For the selection of respondents, list of

beneficiaries if various programmes of KVK during last five years (2013-14 to 2017-18) was

prepared. Out of 1200 beneficiaries, only 100 farmers were selected by simple random sampling

procedure from T.Palur and Andimadam with 50 farmers from each block.

A questionnaire was prepared and the data were collected through personal interviews with

the respondents. The data collected were processed. Tabulated, classified and analysed interms of

percentage, Totally 11 practices were selected as criteria to evaluate the farmers for extent of

knowledge gained and adoption of groundnut integrated pest and disease management technologies as

results of various intervention viz., trainings, method demonstrations, Front Line Demonstrations

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(FLDs), On Farm Trials (OFTs), diagnostic visits, advisory services, exposure visits, radio talks and

popular articles.

Results and Discussion

Gain in knowledge

Most of the farmers were traditional in nature and has less access to resource centres like

KVK before the inception of CREED KVK during 2009. It is presumed that the knowledge of farmers

to a larger degree relies upon the extent of exposure given to them through tools like trainings,

demonstrations, exposure visits, etc. The data presented in Table 1 reveals the increased knowledge

gain on various technologies of IPM due to the series of intervention of KVK. The highest gain of 54

percent was observed in knowledge on seed treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 10g/kg. of seed to

control the seed borne disease like root rot and stem rot. this could be due to the frequent trainings and

demonstrations conducted by the KVK and because of the easiness of technology in seed treatment.

This is in consonance with the findings of Changadeya et al., (2012). Installation of pheromone traps

@5/ha for monitoring and trapping of Sopdoptera litura and Helicoverpa armigera recorded the

knowledge gain to the tune of 46 per cent and it could be due to the trainings and method

demonstration organized by KVK at the farmer's field under Farm Field School programme. It is also

support the findings of Dubey et al. (2008). The beneficiary farmers realized the usefulness of the

technology by seeing the performance of groundnut crop under IPM measures followed filed and by

interaction with the successful farmers. Forty percent gain in knowledge was observed towards soil

application of Trichoderma viride 10kh/ha. to avoid the soil borne diseases like dry root rot, stem rot,

leaf spot and rust. Need based application of Imidacloprid 17.8% SL @120 ml/kg to groundnut field

recorded the knowledge gain of 38 percent as it is very effective, cheaper and easily available. The

least gain in knowledge was observed for crop rotation as the 32 percent of the farmers knew the crop

rotation and the rest of the 20 percent of the respondents alone understand the need of crop rotation

after KVK's intervention. The technologies viz., Installation of light trap @1 No./5 ha, collection and

destruction of egg masses and spraying of Hexaconazole 5% EC in 15 days interval revealed 30

percent of knowledge of gain due to the interventions of KVK as the exposure to these technologies

might be less.

Extent of Adoption

The data (Table 2) revealed that 56 percent of the farmers adopted seed treatment with

Trichoderma viride @10g/kg of seed, 44 percent of the farmer installation of each pheromone traps

@5/ha and 42 percent of the farmers adopted spraying of Hexaconazole 5% EC. The reason for higher

adoption of these technologies could be the beneficial effect of these technologies to control seed

borne diseases and pests and thereby increased level of income. Seed treatment, installation of

pheromone trap and spraying of Hexaconazole technologies to control the pest and diseases resulted

in high yield and hence the farmers is impressed upon this technology and its adoption was also high.

Likewise, the sucking pest and leaf defoliated are the major pest in groundnut cultivation and by

series of intervention of KVK the spray of Imidacloprid @ 125ml/ha and spraying of chloripyriphos

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20% EC recorded higher adoption percentage of 30. Though the deep ploughing in summer is

essential technique, 55 percent of the farmers were adopting this technology even before the KVK's

intervention. It was noted that gain in knowledge about soil application of T.viride among the farmers

was to an extent of 34 percent and its effects on control of soil borne disease like root rot, leaf spot

and rust. Besides, it is effective, low cost and available throughout the year in KVK itself and it

facilitated the farmers to use it regularly. About 12 percent of the farmers were taking collection and

destruction of egg masses before KVK's influence as it was effective and easy for control of leaf

eating caterpillar. The farmers used to take the samples like pest and disease to the nearby agro centre

and the shopkeeper recommends chemicals but after KVK's intervention, the farmers were familiar in

handling the IPM in groundnut.

Knowledge Acquisition Vs Extent of adoption

The gain in knowledge depends on various factors like easiness of technologies, educational

background of the participating farmers, extension approaches handled in technology transfer,

farmers' attitude, ability of extension personnel, teaching and learning situation etc. Likewise the

extent of adoption of a particular technology relies mainly on easiness and usefulness of the

technology besides the socio economic status, access to the technological inputs and its low cost. This

is in accordance with the findings of Alagukannan et al. (2015) in Banana cultivation at Tuticorin

District. The present study on percentage gain in knowledge and percentage adoption could certainly

generate some useful information for future line of study or the charges needed in existing system of

cultivation of groundnut. About deep ploughing in summer season, 88 percent of the respondents

gained knowledge on summer ploughing and it was adopted by 78 percent of the respondents. The

similar trend was also noticed in the case of soil application of neem cake @ 250kg/ha. In contrary to

that, crop rotation was known to the farmers to an extent of 52 percent after KVK trainings but its

adoption was less (18 %). This could be due to preference of the farmers to the groundnut in terms of

income over the other crops. Similarly the gain in knowledge in respect of installation of light traps

was 42% but only 12 percent of farmers used installation of light trap due to non availability of light

traps in local and high cost. The other technologies like installation of pheromone trap, seed treatment

with Trichoderma viride, spraying of Hexaconazole, Imidacloprid and Chloripyriphos exhibited the

similar trend of comparatively higher level of acquisition of knowledge and also adoption among the

participating farmers by the various interventions of KVK. In contrary to that the knowledge acquired

by the beneficiary farmers was high but its adoption was less for the technologies viz., collection and

destruction of egg masses of leaf eating caterpillar and soil application of T.viride. This implies that

still more awareness on this technology has to be imparted to the farmers and easy availability of

T.viride in right time should be ensured.

Conclusion and Recommendation

The findings of the present study reveals that the interventions of CREED KVK, certainly

facilitated the knowledge acquisition by the farmers and adoption at higher level in groundnut

cultivation with respect to the technologies viz., summer ploughing, soil application of neem cake,

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installation of pheromone trap, seed treatment with T.viride, soil application of T.viride, spraying of

Hexaconazole, Imidaclorprid and Chloripyriphos to control various pests and diseases and to get

higher yield. The present study also suggests the need of alternatives or timely availability of critical

inputs like light traps could be ensured and some more awareness is required on use of light trap, crop

rotation and collection and destruction of egg masses techniques. The extension system should be

further invigorated using ICT tools to improve the knowledge acquisition and adoption of

technologies in Groundnut cultivation at Ariyalur District.

Table 1. Gain in knowledge level with respect to IPDM practices in Groundnut

cultivation due to the intervention of CREED KVK at Ariyalur District of

Tamilnadu

Sl. No IPM Technology

Knowledge Level

Before KVK

intervention

After KVK

intervention

Gain in

knowledge

(%)

a. Cultural practices

1 Deep ploughing in summer to expose

soil

60 88 28

2 Soil application of Neem cake

@200kg/ha

25 60 35

3 Crop rotation 32 52 20

b. Mechanical practices

4 Installation of light traps 1 No./5 ha. 12 42 30

5 Installation of each pheromone traps @5No./ha. for monitoring and trapping

of S.litura and H.armigera

20 46 66

6 Collection and destruction of egg

masses of leaf eating caterpillar

8 38 30

c. Biological control of pest and diseases

7 Seed treatment with T.viride10g/kg of

seed

24 78 54

8 Soil application of T.viride @10 kg/ha 20 60 40

d. Chemical control

9 Two spray Hexzaconazole 5% EC

@1500 ml/500 lit. of water at 15 days

interval

45 75 30

10 Need based application of

Imidaclorprid 17.8@ SL @125ml/ha.

for managing sucking pest of

Groundnut

32 70 38

11 Spraying of chloripyriphos 20%EC

@1500ml/500 lit. of water for

managing defoliators

48 80 32

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Table 2. Change in adoption level with respect to IPDM practices in Groundnut

cultivation due to the intervention of CREED KVK at Ariyalur District of

Tamilnadu

Sl. No IPM Technology

Knowledge Level

Before KVK

intervention

After KVK

After KVK

intervention

Gain in

knowledge

(%)

a. Cultural practices

1 Deep ploughing in summer to expose soil

55 78 23

2 Soil application of Neem cake

@200kg/ha

22 40 18

3 Crop rotation 3 56 18

b. Mechanical practices

4 Installation of light traps 1 No./5 ha. 10 22 12

5 Installation of each pheromone traps

@5No./ha. for monitoring and trapping of S.litura and H.armigera

18 62 44

6 Collection and destruction of egg

masses of leaf eating caterpillar

12 32 20

c. Biological control of pest and diseases

7 Seed treatment with T.viride10g/kg of

seed

16 72 56

8 Soil application of T.viride @10 kg/ha 22 56 34

d. Chemical control

9 Two spray Hexzaconazole 5% EC

@1500 ml/500 lit. of water at 15 days

interval

38 80 42

10 Need based application of Imidaclorprid 17.8@ SL @125ml/ha.

for managing sucking pest of

Groundnut

35 65 30

11 Spraying of chloripyriphos 20%EC @1500ml/500 lit. of water for

managing defoliators

44 74 30

3. Impact study on Mushroom cultivation for Micro Entrepreneurship development

Introduction

Cultivated mushrooms have now become popular all over the world. Mushroom cultivation

can directly improve livelihoods through economic, nutritional and medicinal contributions.

Mushroom is a popular food due to their special flavour, nutritive value and medicinal properties.

Mushrooms are a good source of vitamin B, C and D, including niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, and

folate, and various minerals including potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron and copper.

They provide high quality fats and low in carbohydrates and cholesterol, which is ideal for reducing

body weight. Mushroom cultivation can help reduce vulnerability to poverty and strengthens

livelihoods through the generation of a fast yielding and nutritious source of food and a reliable

source of income. It is an indoor crop, grown independent without sunlight and do not require fertile

land and can be grown on small scale as it does not include any significant capital investment.

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Mushroom cultivation will improve the socio-economic condition of farmers, families and solve

employment problems of both literate and illiterate of rural areas and semi-urban, especially women.

Mushroom cultivation is a women friendly profession. Mushroom growing is an agricultural activity

in which women can utilize their spare time and play a vital role without sacrificing their household

responsibilities. Promotion of mushroom cultivation could relieve pressure on land, increase food and

nutritional security and uplift the status of women through earning additional income and in

household decision making as far as concerned

Mushroom substrate can be prepared from any clean agricultural waste material, and

mushrooms can be produced in temporary clean shelters. They can be cultivated on a part-time basis,

and require little maintenance. Mushroom cultivation activities can play an important role in

supporting the local economy by contributing to subsistence food security, nutrition, and medicine;

generating additional employment and income through local, regional and national trade; and offering

opportunities for processing enterprises such as pickling and drying. Oyster as well as Button

mushroom offers good potential for its cultivation in Ariyalur district. The demonstration and training

conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ariyalur. The trained people after getting proper know how and

skill started its production. Apart from the trained trainees, a lot of other farmers and farm women

started its cultivation by seeing their neighbour and fellow farmer nearby villages. But methods of

mushroom cultivation of these two groups differ a lot and the difference were mainly due to proper

training from KVK taken before mushroom cultivation was started. Keeping in view the increasing

demand of mushroom due to globalization and opening of the economy, the present study was

undertaken with the specific objective to assess the impact of training and demonstration on

mushroom production as an enterprise/self-employment.

Methodology

A complete list of 200 respondents was randomly prepared who have under gone through

training and demonstration on mushroom production technique from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ariyalur

districts from 2014- 15 to 2017-18. A questionnaire was framed covering background information. In

order to assess the knowledge gained by the trainees and effectiveness of training, a pre-test before

training and post evaluation after training was conducted to know the level of knowledge of

participants about species, pest and disease infestation in mushrooms as well as their storage process

and value addition etc. To test the knowledge of trainees, a set of 10 questions related to mushroom

production, nutritive value, value added products prepared from mushroom, its picking and storage

method etc. were prepared and the suggestions from the trainees were also recorded for further

improvement in the next training programme. Change in perception level was calculated from the

difference of scores obtained in pre and post knowledge test of the trainees. The data were tabulated

and statistically analyzed using frequency, percentages and ranking.

Change of Knowledge = After training – Before training X 100

Total respondents

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Results & Discussion

Training courses aim at enhancing adoption and diffusion of innovations. Some of the

outcomes envisaged for any training programme were gain in knowledge, gain in skill acquired and

ultimately in more adoption and integration among farming community. An important indicator of the

impact of training programme is the extent, to which they have adopted the package of practice of

mushroom cultivation technology. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ariyalur has been giving long and short

duration training on Mushroom production both to farmers, rural youth and rural women. Mushroom

production has become one of few enterprises which rural women of both district has adopted in big

way both at household level and as commercial enterprise as a source of income generation after the

proper dissemination of technology through KVK.

Change in perception level of respondents (N=200)

Change in perception level of respondents before and after training was shown in Table 1.

They develop a favourable attitude towards mushroom production after training. In pretest before

training, the knowledge of respondents about mushroom spawn production was zero and 1.75 per cent

regarding methods of compost making to 32.0 percent in case of awareness of loans, schemes and

subsides provided by public or private institutions for establishment of mushroom production unit as

revealed by Table 2. Post training score of various practices ranged from 58.00 per cent in case of

mushroom spawn production to 100 per cent in case of profitability in mushroom cultivation. It was

thus noticed that pre-training knowledge score was not much satisfactory for all the aspects of training

programme. However, the knowledge score gained by respondents after training was more

satisfactory in all aspects. The reason behind the satisfactory change in perception level might be due

to well educational background, keen interest of participants and methods followed for technology

transfer to the trainees.

Table 1: Change in perception level of respondents for mushroom production (N=200)

S.No. Particulars

Pre-test

Knowledge

before training

(%)

Post-test

Knowledge

after training

(%)

Change in

perception

level (%)

1 Knowledge of Species of Mushroom and Identification of

edible mushroom

8.5 90.25 81.75

2 Nutritive and medicinal value of mushroom

5.5 80 74.5

3 Materials and Techniques used for

different types of mushroom

production

8 81.75 73.75

4 Methods of compost making 1.75 64.5 62.75

5 Pest and disease infestation in

mushroom

5 78.75 73.75

6 Profitability in mushroom cultivation

22.5 100 77.5

7 Harvesting and storage process 7.5 89 81.5

8 Mushroom spawn production 0 58 58

9 Value added products of 10.25 86 75.75

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mushroom

10 Awareness of loans, schemes and

subsides provided by public or private institutions for

establishment of mushroom

production unit

32 98.25 66.25

Level of adoption

A total of 200 farmers and farm women participated in the training for mushroom production

in the year 2014-15 to 2018-19. Out of 200 farmers and farm women, only 78 farmers adopted desi

bird farming practices (Table 1).

Table 2. Impact of training programme of Mushroom cultivation farming

Year Number of

training

Number of

participants of

training

Number of participants

adopting mushroom

production

Percent

adoption

2014-15 1 26 8 30.76

2015-16 3 61 21 34.42

2016-17 4 73 28 38.00

2017-18 3 40 21 52.50

Total 11 200 78 Avg: 38.92

The average rate of adoption from the year of 2014-15 to 2017-18 was 38.92%. The highest

rate of adoption was noticed in the year of 2017-18 (52.50%), where as the lowest rate of adoption

was noticed in the year of 2014-15 (30.76%) (Table.2). The low adoption of mushroom production in

the year of 2014-15 may be due to hesitation on adoption of new technology as the mushroom

production level and lack of availability of spawn and marketing. In consequent years, the adoption

level increased on seeing of neighbour farms of benefited farmers.

Conclusion

Training and demonstration are integral part of KVK extension system. Krishi Vigyan Kendra

playing an important role in encouraging rural farmers and farm women to take up simple and quick

income generating enterprises from where they can earn additional income. The trainee respondents

were inspired greatly by the easy method of mushroom production. The mushrooms were included in

their daily diet and supplemented additional nutrition to them. The perception levels of the

respondents about mushroom and its production after the training have changed. The reason behind

the satisfactory change in perception level is due to well educational background, keen interest of

participants and methods followed for technology transfer to the trainees. It also provided an

opportunity to strengthen the link between farmers and scientists which helped in technology

dissemination and overall development of weaker section. The regular supply of quality spawn is the

single most important intervention that needs to be addressed for mushroom entrepreneurship to

flourish.

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22. Functional linkage with different organizations

S.No. Name of organization Nature of linkage

1 Department of Agriculture, Ariyalur District Training, Demonstration, Farm

School and Meetings (ATMA,

Zonal Monthly Meeting),

2 Department of Horticulture, Ariyalur District Training and Demonstration

3 Department of Animal Husbandry, Ariyalur District Training and Demonstration

4 Department of Agricultural Engineering Training and Demonstration

5 Department of Agricultural Marketing Training

6 Department of Seed Certification Training & Seed production

7 Department of Sericulture Training and demonstration

8 Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development

Board, Cochin

Seminar & Training

9 Coconut Development Board, Chennai Seminar & Training

10 Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi Training and Demonstration

11 National Commission for Women, New Delhi Seminar

12 AIR, TRICHY Radio Talk

13 AIR,Karaikal Radio Talk

14 Doordharshan TV Talk

14 NABARD Farmers club, Training and FPO

promotion

15 Pudhu Vaazhvu Thittam, Ariyalur District Training

16 Mahalir Thittam Training and Demonstration

17 LEAD Bank (SBI), Ariyalur Training

18 SBI-Rural Self Employment Training Institute(RSETI) Training

19 Reliance Foundation Capacity building and Voice

message

20 OSAI NGO Training

21 RISE NGO Training

List special programmes undertaken by the KVK and operational now, which have been financed by State Govt./Other Agencies

Name of the scheme Date/ Month of

initiation Funding agency Amount (Rs.)

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Minutes of SAC Meeting 2019-20

Dr.A.Baskaran, Principal Scientist, ATARI

Market preference of each variety before promotion to farmer.

Every year documentation of specific technologies should be done by KVK.

To conduct Agro forestry activity collaboration with forestry department.

Revolving Fund should be increase in KVK farm.

Dr.Backiyarani, Principal Scientist, NRCB, Trichy

The success story of individual farmers should be recorded and broadcasted through Radio and

TV channels.

Awards to be given to the farmers based on different technology.

To conduct FLD on Kuthiraivali MDU 5 in problematic soils.

Dr.Ambedkar, Director, TRRI, Aduthurai

Promotion of drought tolerant varieties and technologies.

To popularize the variety ADT 51, ADT 52, CR1009 Sub1 as alternate for CR1009 in Samba

season.

Promotion of Ecological Engineering.

Dr.Mothilal, Professor and Head, RRS, Virudhachalam

Promotion of semi spreading Groundnut varieties in Rainfed areas.

Promotion on High yielding varieties VRI 8, CO 7, BSR 2 and TMV 14 in irrigated condition.

Promotion of Mechanized Groundnut cultivation and Mechanized stripper to Ariyalur district.

Promotion of High yielding Sesame variety VRI 3 and TMV 7.

Promotion of VRI 3, VRI(CW)H1 and High Density planting in Cashew.

Dr.Sivakumar, Professor and Head, Cotton Research Station, Veppanthattai

Exposure visit to be organised to CRS for farmers.

Awareness creation on spraying schedule in Cotton crop to be conducted.

To conduct OFT on ELS Cotton for Rainfed condition.

To be conduct FLD on summer Cotton CSV33.

ZJDAH, Department of Animal Husbandry, Ariyalur

Awareness programme/ Camp on fertility management in Dairy cow should be conducted.

To be submit on Fodder establishment project for district.

Promotion and Demonstration of Cowpea as intercrop in Cashew garden.

To develop different Native Chicken varieties around the district.

District Forest Officer, Ariyalur

Promotion of Wild animal Repellent through Extension literatures.

Assistant Director of Agriculture, T.Palur

To improve trails on Fall Army Worm in Maize.

To conduct Front Line Demonstrations on Cumbu and Ragi.

To introduction of alternate Paddy variety for CR1009 in Samba.

Assistant Director of Horticulture, Andimadam

Awareness programme on High Density Planting in Cashew.

Popularization of VRI 3 Cashew seedlings produced from Nursery in Andimadam area.

Mrs.Jothi, Inspector, Department of Sericulture

Awareness creation on Sericulture to farmers.

Inspector, Department of Fishery, Ariyalur

To popularize fish pond and composite fish culture.

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Programme Co-ordinator, Kallakurichi, Villupuram district

Promotion of Dry and green fodder.

Programme should be conduct collaboration with TANUVAS and VUTRC.

District Development Manager, NABARD

New technologies disseminated through CAT programme.

Conducts skill training for Cashewnut nursery growers.

To register NAB skill portal and conduct agricultural related training programmes.

Awareness programme on Sericulture.

Lead Bank Development Manager, Ariyalur

To implement the doubling the Farmers Income.

To develop Food processing stores.

Mr.Selvam, Kilimangalam

To create Sub centre of Veterinary Clinics.

Promotion of Agro Forestry.

Promotion of Soil testing, Bio products, Soil Moisture Indicator and other new technologies to district farmers.

Mr.Durairaj, Puliyankuzhi

Promotion and introduction of mechanized Groundnut stripper.

Mr.Ashok Kumar, Karaivetti

Promotion of IFS farmers in Ariyalur district.

Awards given to successful farmers.

List of Scientific Advisory Committee Members

1 The Chairman, CREED - Chairman

2 The Director, ICAR-ATARI, Zone-X, Hyderabad - Member

3 The Director, Directorate of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Agricultural

University, Coimbatore

- Member

4 The Director, Directorate of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu University of

Veterinary and Animal Science, Chennai

- Member

5 The Director, ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thokamalai, Trichy - Member

6 The Professor and Head, Cotton Research Station, Veppanthattai, Perambalur - Member

7 The Director, Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute, Aduthurai, Thanjavur Dt. - Member

8 The Professor and Head, Regional Research Station, Vridhachalam, Cuddalore Dt. - Member

9. The Associate Professor and Head, Veterinary University Training and Research

Centre, Perambalur

- Member

10 Joint Director of Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture, Ariyalur District - Member

11 Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Ariyalur Dt. - Member

12 Deputy Director of Horticulture, Dept. of Horticulture, Ariyalur District - Member

13 Executive Engineer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ariyalur Dt. - Member

14 Assistant Director of Sericulture, Department of Sericulture, Trichy - Member

15 Assistant Director of Fishery, Department of Fishery, Ariyalur - Member

16 District Forest Officer, Department of Forest, Ariyalur - Member

17 Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency, Ariyalur - Member

18 Project Officer, Mahalir Thittam, Ariyalur District - Member

19 Manager, LEAD Bank, State Bank of India, Ariyalur District - Member

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20 The District Development Manager, NABARD, Perambalur - Member

21 The Director, SBI –RSETI, Ariyalur District - Member

22 Director, All India Radio, Trichy - Member

23 Director, All India Radio, Karaikal - Member

24 Secretary, RISE NGO, Varatharajenpettai - Member

25 General Manager, Ramco Cements, CSR Institute, Alathiyur, Ariyalur Dt. - Member

26 Mr.D.Durairaj, Jamin uthamalli, Chetti Street, Udayarpalayam Tk. Ariyalur

District – 6382973200

- Member

27 Mr.K.Ashok kumar, S/o.Kangadurai, Main Road, Karaivetti

Paradhur, Keelakavettankurichi PO, Thirumanur via, Ariyalur District 621715

- Member

28 Mrs.V.Vijaya, W/o.Vijayakumar, North street, Mallur, Varanavasi PO, Ariyalur

District 621 704

- Member

29 Mrs.M.Mariammal W/o.Muthaian, Elakurichi, Ariyalur District - Member

30 Mr.M.Selvam, 2/111, East street, Kilimangalam village, Ayanathur PO,

Sendurai Tk., Ariyalur District – 621705

- Member

31 Mrs.R.Tamil Selvi, W/o.Raja Chidambaram, Middle Street, Melakudiyiruppu,

Jayankondam – 621802 (Youth Club Member)

- Member

32 Mr.R.Asaithambi, Managing Director, FPO, Andimadam - Member

33 Dr.G. Alagukannan, Senior Scientist & Head, ICAR KVK (Hosted by CREED),

Cholamadevi, Ariyalur District.

- Member

Secretary

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Detailed Project Reports

1. Kisan Mela

ICAR – Krishi Vigyan Kendra (CREED) and Agricultural Department, Ariyalur jointly

organized the “Kisan Mela” on 27.08.2019 at Rithanya Mahal, Ariyalur. The District Collector

Dr.T.G.Vinay, IAS and Dr.V.Nadanasabapathy, Chairman, CREED KVK presided and inaugurated

the function by lightening the lamp. Dr.G.Alagukannan, Senior Scientist and Head delivered welcome

address. Dr.V.Nadanasabapathy, Chairman, CREED KVK honoured and felicitated the dignitaries.

Mr.V.Krishnamoorthy, Joint Director of Agriculture, Ariyalur explained the objectives and

importance of the Kisan Mela. The District Collector Dr.T.G.Vinay, IAS delivered presidential

address and during his speech he said that farmers should go for different cropping pattern instead of

following mono cropping to year round income. He also requested farmers to come forward to

cultivate the drought tolerant varieties and to adopt the technologies suitable for rainfed cultivation to

earn more income. He also expressed his expectation from farmers to adopt technologies for Fall

Army Worm (FAW) management in Maize as an outcome of this Kisan Mela. An additional

information on “Uzhavan App” and “e-Adangal App” has been given by Collector to avail adangal

and technologies at door step. Two folders on “Fall Army Worm Management in Maize” and

“Dryland Agricultural Technologies” were released by District Collector during Kisan Mela.

Dr.V.Nadanasabapathy, Chairman, CREED KVK who requested farmers to follow scientific

technologies to double the farmers income. Mr.R.Palanisamy, Deputy Director of Agriculture,

Ariyalur delivered speech about FAW and various schemes of Agri department and ATMA.

Mrs.Saranya, Assistant Director of Horticulture explained about various horticulture schemes and

technologies to get more yield in Cashewnut cultivation. Mr.L.S.Naveenkumar, DDM, NABARD

made his valuable presence in the function and explained various schemes to the farmers in

NABARD.

Technical session on Fall Army Worm management in Maize was handled by

Dr.Chandrasekaran, Assistant Professor, Horticulture College and Research Institute, Trichy.

Demonstration on FAW management viz., Installation of traps, Metarhizium spray, identification of

moths were given by KVK Scientists Mr.M.Ashok Kumar, SMS (Plant Protection) and

Mr.M.Thirumalaivasan, SMS (Agronomy) ADA’s, AO’s, BTM’s all the blocks are participated in this

programme.

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2. Skill training to rural youths given in BIPM and Goat rearing

CAR – KVK (Hosted by CREED) was established in the year 2009 in Cholamadevi Village,

Ariyalur District with the financial assistance of ICAR, New Delhi. Mandatory activities are

Conducting on-farm testing, organizing frontline demonstrations, organizing need based training of

farmers, farm women and rural youth, creating awareness about improved technologies to larger

masses through appropriate extension programmes, production and supply of good quality seeds and

planting materials, livestock, poultry and fisheries breeds and products and various bio-products to the

farming community. Function as resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technologies for

improving the agricultural economy of the Ariyalur district.

Our KVK received National Level Mahindra Krishi Vigyan Samman National award during

2019 and our host organization CREED received prestigious awards viz., Best Institution award by

Government of Tamil Nadu in 2002, Rajiv Gandhi Manav Sewa award by Government of India

during 2009, Rani Lady Meyyamai Aachi Memorial award for the year 2012 and UWA Effulgent Star

of the Decade Award for the year 2012-13.

Background of the project:

The overall population of Ariyalur district is 7,54,894 in which youth contributes 37% and

animal population is 7,97,000 in which goat population is 2,65,000 (Tellicherri, Boyer, Native breeds)

with semi intensive production system. Most of the youth are graduated who are unemployed and

foreign returned. The major problems faced by the rural youth are underemployment or

unemployment, lack of knowledge and skill in agricultural and allied sectors which lead to be in very

poor living conditions and also lead to migration. Poor resource base of rural youth and market

linkages hinders them in adoption of agricultural activities. The aim of this Skilling programme is to

help rural youth to retain them in agriculture and allied sectors.

Scope / Need of the Proposed programme

Ariyalur district comprises of six blocks viz., Ariyalur, Sendurai, T.Palur, Andimadam,

Thirumanur and Jayankondam. Our Krishi Vigyan Kendra is working on mission mode to retain rural

youth in agriculture by several ways. We have imparted skill trainings under Prime Ministers’

Koushal Vikas Yojna through National Skill Development Council, NewDelhi. Under this training

programme 40 rural youth were already trained for 200 hours duration in 2016-17. The training areas

were Poultry farming and Mushroom cultivation. They were linked with Banks to avail credit

facilities and start their ventures. Likewise we are imparting regular vocational trainings programmes

with the financial aid of Rural Self Employment Training Institute, Ariyalur, NABARD etc.

Objectives

To build the capacity of 15 rural youth in Goat rearing.

To ensure them to start goat rearing business and to become agripreneurs.

To develop these 15 rural youths as Master Trainers and role model at Ariyalur district.

To link them with market facilities.

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i. Staff Strength of the implementing agency

Krishi Vigyan Kendra is a science based innovative institute funded by Indian Council of

Agriculture Research, Government of India, New Delhi involved in promoting agriculture and other

allied enterprises through various approaches of technology assessment, refinement and

demonstration of technology. Technical experts from disciplines like Agronomy, Horticulture, Plant

protection, Agri- Extension, Soil science, Home science and Animal science are available with the

Kendra. Ministerial and supporting staffs are also available to facilitate the effecting conduct of

training programs.

ii. Infrastructure available/Raw material availability

Krishi Vigyan Kendra has established integrated model farm with various demonstration unit

namely shade net house, poly house, organic input, dairy unit, desi bird unit, Azolla unit, plant

propagation unit, goat, production of organic inputs, organic crop production unit, organic fertigation

tank, vermi composting unit, honeybee rearing unit, mushroom production unit, fish pond, drip and

fertigation, pandal vegetable cultivation, High density planting, orchard, fodder bank, nursery, flower

cultivation, micro irrigation techniques, pest management techniques for different crops, solar light

trap and 50 acres organic farming.

The building facilities include administrative building, staff quarters, trainee’s hostel,

conference hall and training hall with well equipped audio, video & multimedia facilities and internet

facilities.

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