KVK, Jaintia Hills(Directorate of Agriculture

Government of Meghalaya)(Estd: 2010)

Action Plan for 2012-13

Staff PositionSl. No. Name Designation Discipline

1. Shri G.Dohling DDA(Agro) I/C Programme Coordinator

Agronomy

2. Smti. R. W. Rangad Subject Matter Specialist Plant Protection

3. Km. B. Kharbamon Subject Matter Specialist Horticulture

4. Km. R. Lyngdoh Subject Matter Specialist Agronomy

5. Shri. P. Kharumnuid Subject Matter Specialist Extension

6. Shri. M. Kharbuli Farm Manager

On Farm Trials (Discipline–Wise Summary)

Discipline Crop/enterprise No. of Technology/ Social Concept to be

No. of trials proposed

Assessed Refined Assessment

Refinement

Plant Protection 1.Rice 1 Nil 5 Nil

2.Tomato 1 Nil 5 Nil

3.Brinjal 1 Nil 5 Nil

4.Ginger 1 Nil 5 Nil

Agronomy 1.Maize 1 Nil 5 Nil

2.Ground Nut 1 Nil 5 Nil

3.Sesamum 1 Nil 5 Nil

4.Soybean 1 Nil 5 Nil

contd…On Farm Trials (Discipline–Wise Summary)

Discipline Crop/enterprise No. of Technology/ Social Concept to be

No. of trials proposed

Assessed Refined Assessment

Refinement

Horticulture 1. Cabbage 2 Nil 10 Nil

2.Tomato 2 Nil 10 Nil

3.Citrus 1 Nil 5 Nil

Extension 1.Formation of groups

1 Nil 2 Nil

2.Bench mark Survey(PRA etc)

1 Nil 2 Nil

Total 15 Nil 69 Nil

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On Farm Trials (Discipline–Wise Proposed Details)

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined Assess

Refine

1.Rice High incidence of stem borer & leaf folder

Management of stem borer and leaf roller by augmentative release of Trichogramma egg parasitoids viz.,T.japonicum+T.chilonis@ 50000-10000/ha /10 days for 5 times starting from 30 DAT

Nil State Dept of Agri,

05 Nil New Technology 1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

1.Discipline: Plant Protection

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined Assess

Refine

2.Tomato High incidence of Bacterial Wilt disease

Management of bacterial wilt in tomato : i. Seed treatment with Biofor Pf (1 gm/10 gm of tomato seed) & ii. Root treatment with Biofor Pf (1 kg in 2 litre of water for 1000 seedlings) & iii. Soil application with Biofor Pf (10 g mixed with100g dried dried cowdung

Nil AAU, Jorhat.

05 Nil New Technology i)Nos. of infected plant at 10 days interval.ii) Yield record.iii)Farmers' reaction

Farmer Practice i)Nos. of infected plant at 10 days interval.ii) Yield record.iii)Farmers' reaction

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Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinementAssessed Refined Asse

ssRefine

3. Brinjal

High incidence of Fruit & Shoot Borer

Management of EFSB using(1) lucilure sex heromone@100traps/ha at 20-25 DAT(2) BT var kurstaki spray @ 500g/ha

Nil Division of Entomology, ICAR Umiam,Meghalaya-793103

05 Nil New Technology 1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinementAssessed Refine

dAssess

Refine

4.Ginger High incidence of soft rot disease

Management of rhizome/soft rot of ginger by (1)seed application of Trichoderma harzianum@20-25 g of Trichoderma in 1 litre of water for 1 kg or appropriate nos. of rhizomes (2) Soil drenching @20-25 gm of Trichoderma in 1 litre of water for spot application by jerry cane or sprayer whenever felt necessary(3)Soil application @ 5kg Trichoderma +Cowdung+ Oil cake

Nil AAU, Jorhat.

05 Nil New Technology 1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

1.Maize Low productivity of local yellow and local white

Evaluation on the performance of QPM varieties viz., Shaktiman 1,Shaktiman 2 ,Shaktiman 3 and Shaktiman 4 against local check

Nil Directorate of Maize Research (DMR),ICAR New Delhi

05 Nil New Technology 1.Day of 50% flowering 2.No. of cobs/Plant 3.Weight of grains/cob 4.Yield

Farmer Practice1.Day of 50% flowering 2.No. of cobs/Plant 3.Weight of grains/cob 4.Yield

2.Discipline: Agronomy

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

2.Ground nut

Non-traditional crop

Evaluation on the Performanceof ICGS-76 ,JL-24 and Girnar-1 varieties of Groundnut

Nil Division of Agronomy, ICAR for NEH,Umiam

05 Nil New Technology 1.Yield attributing characters 2.Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1.Yield attributing characters 2. Yield/ha

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

3. Sesamum

Non-conventional crop

Performance of TKG-22 and TC-25 against local check(White/black)

Nil Division of Agronomy, ICAR for NEH,Umiam

05 Nil New Technology 1.Yield attributing characters 2.Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1.Yield attributing characters 2. Yield/ha

Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

4. Soybean

low productivity of local variety

Performance of JS-80-21,Indira soya and Bragg against local check

Nil Division of Agronomy, ICAR for NEH,Umiam

05 Nil New Technology 1.Yield attributing characters 2.Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1.Yield attributing characters 2. Yield/ha

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Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

1.Tomato Low productivity of hybrid 017

Evaluation on the performance of Chiranjeevi against hybrid 017

Nil ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya

05 Nil New Technology 1. Yield attributing characters2.Yield

Farmer Practice1. Yield attributing characters2.Yield

3.Discipline: Horticulture

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Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

2. Cabbage Low productivity of

Evaluation on the performance of hybrid - 139 against

Nil ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya

05 Nil New Technology1. Yield attributing characters2.Yield

Farmer Practice1. Yield attributing characters2.Yield

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Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

3. Citrus Orchard decline

Orchard rejuvenation

Nil ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya

05 Nil New Technology1.No. of affected plants2.No. of productive plants

Farmer Practice1.No. of affected plants2.No. of productive plants

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Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

4. Cabbage Deficiency symptoms

Spray of micronutrient (calcium and magnesium)

Nil ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya

05 Nil New Technology1.No. of affected plants2.Yield

Farmer Practice1.No. of affected plants2.Yield

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Crop / Enterprise

Problemwith severity

Technology/ Social Concept to be

Source of techno and year of release

No. of trials proposed

Parameters of assessment/refinement

Assessed Refined

Assess

Refine

4. Tomato Deficiency symptoms

Spray of micronutrient (calcium and magnesium)

Nil ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya

05 Nil New Technology1.No. of affected plants2.Yield

Farmer Practice1.No. of affected plants2.Yield

Discipline Crop/enterprise

No: of Technology/ Social Concept

No. of demos proposed

Area (ha) to be covered/ no. of activity

No. of participants/famers to be covered

1.Plant Protection 1.Rice 1 05 1 15

2.Maize 1 05 1 15

2.Agronomy 1. Rice 1 05 1 15

2.Maize 1 05 1 15

3.Horticulture 1. Ginger 1 05 1 15

2.Tomato 1 05 1 15

FLDs(Discipline–Wise Summary)

FLD ( Discipline-wise proposed details)

Crop / Enterprise

Technology/ Social Concept to be Demonstrated

Source of tech and year of release

No. of demonstrations

Area (ha)/ activity to be covered

No. of farmers to be covered

Parameters of demonstration

1.Rice IPM through FFS•Pre sowing treatment of nursery bed/Seed treatment/Seedling root dip/Application of soil pesticides before transplanting/Weed management/Collection of egg masses and larvae of pest/Installation of pheromone traps/Augmentation release of Biocontrol agents/Need based application of pesticides•Var- chahsarang

Ministry of AgricultureDepartment of Agriculture & CooperationDirectorate of Plant Protection,Quarentine & StorageN.H.IV,Faridabad-121001

5 1 15 New Technology 1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1. No. of infected plant 2. Yield/ha

1.Discipline: Plant Protection

Crop / Enterprise

Technology/ Social Concept to be Demonstrated

Source of tech and year of release

No. of demonstrations

Area (ha)/ activity to be covered

No. of farmers to be covered

Parameters of demonstration

2.Maize IPM through FFSSeed treatment /Application of soil pesticides before sowing/Weed management/Collection of egg masses and larvae of pest/Use of pheromone traps/Augmentation release of Bio control agents/Need based application of pesticides/rodent controlVar- Vijay composite

Department of Agriculture,Meghalaya

5 1 15 New Technology 1. No of infected plant 2.No. of cobs/Plant 3..Yield

Farmer Practice 1. No of infected plant 2.No. of cobs/Plant 3..Yield

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2.Discipline: AgronomyCrop / Enterprise

Technology/ Social Concept to be Demonstrated

Source of tech and year of release

No. of demonstrations

Area (ha)/ activity to be covered

No. of farmers to be covered

Parameters of demonstration

1.Rice SRI through FFS•Seed rate- 2kg/acre•Nursery area-1cent/acre•Age of seedlings-8to 12 days•Spacing- 25x 25 cm•Plants/hills- 1•Hills/sq meter- 16•Weeding- mechanical•Water management- keep soil moist till PI stage

Dept of Agriculture,Andra Pradesh

5 1 15 New Technology 1. No. of tillers/hills2. No of panicle/pl3.No of grain/panicle4Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1.No. of tillers/hills2. No of panicle/pl3.No of grain/panicle4Yield/ha

Crop / Enterprise

Technology/ Social Concept to be Demonstrated

Source of tech and year of release

No. of demonstrations

Area (ha)/ activity to be covered

No. of farmers to be covered

Parameters of demonstration

2.Maize Demo on cropping system for crop production & economic advantage through Intercropping of Maize with Soybean 1:1•Maize Var. Vijay- 1row•Soybean var. Bragg-1 row•Spacing-

•Maize-45x20cm•Soybean-40x10cm

•Fertilization-Maize-58:375:50kg/ha(urea/SSP/MOP)-Soybean-45:250:35kg/ha(urea/SSP/MOP)

Division of AgronomyICAR for NEH Umiam

5 1 15 New Technology 1. Yield of Maize2. Yield of Soybean3. Eco.advantage4.Net returns

Farmer Practice1. Yield of Maize2. Yield of Soybean3. Eco.advantage4.Net returns

25

3.Discipline: HorticultureCrop / Enterprise

Technology/ Social Concept to be Demonstrated

Source of tech and year of release

No. of demonstrations

Area (ha)/ activity to be covered

No. of farmers to be covered

Parameters of demonstration

1.Cabbage Production technology:•Seed rate- 1400-1600kg/ha•Spacing- 30 x 30cm•Plants/hills- 1•Weeding- mechanical•Nutrient application•FYM-25-30 t/ha•Urea-130kg/ha•SSP-375 kg/ha•MOP- 100 kg/ha

Department of Agriculture, Meghalaya

5 1 15 New Technology 1. No. of tillers/plant2. Yield attributing characters3.Yield/ha

Farmer Practice1. No. of tillers/plant2. Yield attributing characters3.Yield/ha

26

Crop / Enterprise

Technology/ Social Concept to be Demonstrated

Source of tech and year of release

No. of demonstrations

Area (ha)/ activity to be covered

No. of farmers to be covered

Parameters of demonstration

2. •Demo on cropping system for crop production & economic advantage through Intercropping of Tomato with cucumber ;•Tomato Var. •Cucumber var.•Spacing-

•Fertilization-

5 1 15 New Technology 1. Cost benefit ratio2. Yield of individual crop

Farmer Practice1. Cost benefit ratio2. Yield of individual crop

Training Programmes

Discipline Farmers

Course (No.) On Off Spon. Total

1.Plant Protection 12 90 270 - 360

2.Agronomy 12 90 270 - 360

3. Horticulture 12 90 270 - 360

4. Extension 12 90 270 - 360

Total 48 360 1080 1440

Farmers& Farm Women

Rural YouthDiscipline Rural Youth

Course (No.) On Off Spon. Voc. Total

1.Plant Protection 5 40 120 - - 160

2.Agronomy 5 40 120 - - 160

3. Horticulture 5 40 120 - - 160

Total 15 120 360 480

Extension Functionaries

Discipline Extension Functionaries

Course (No.) On Off Spon. Total

1.Plant Protection 3 60 - - 60

2.Agronomy 3 60 - - 60

3. Horticulture 3 60 60

Total 9 180 - 180

Extension Activities

ExtensionActivity

Nos. Propose

d

Beneficiaries (No.) Total

Farmers Extn. Funct. Rural Youth

Field day 04 160 10 80 250

Kisan Mela 5 200 - 200 400

Method Demonstration

10 250 - - 250

Film Show 5 200 - 200 400

Seminar 1 50 - 50 100

Workshop 1 50 - 50 100

Group meetings 1 50 - - 50

Lectures delivered as resource persons

12 - - - -

Newspaper coverage

04 - - - -

ExtensionActivity

Nos. Propose

d

Beneficiaries (No.) Total

Farmers Extn. Funct. Rural Youth

Radio talk 36 - - - -

TV talks 01 - - - -

Popular articles 08 - - - -

Extension literature

10 - - - -

Scientific visit 36 - - - -

Farmers visit 02 - - - -

Diagnostic visit 36 - - - -

Celebration of Imp.Days(Farmers day)

01 100 - - 100

Exposure visit 02 100 - - 100

Total 167 1160 10 580 1750

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Seed Materials, Planting materials & Bio-products

Seed MaterialsItem Crop Variety Proposed

quantity (Qt)Value (Rs.)

To be provided/supplied to (Exp. No.

of farmers)

Cereals NA NA NA NA NA

Oilseeds NA NA NA NA NA

Pulses NA NA NA NA NA

Vegetables NA NA NA NA NA

Flowers NA NA NA NA NA

Others NA NA NA NA NA

Total

Planting MaterialsItem Crop Variety Proposed

quantity (Nos.)

Value (Rs.)

To be provided/supplied to (Exp. No. of

farmers)

Fruits NA NA NA NA NA

Spices NA NA NA NA NA

Forest Species NA NA NA NA NA

Vegetables NA NA NA NA NA

Plantation Crops NA NA NA NA NA

Others NA NA NA NA NA

Total NA NA NA NA NA

Bio-products Item Product

Name Species Proposed

quantityValue (Rs.)

To be provided to (Exp. No. of

farmers)No. Kg.

Bio-agents NA NA NA NA NA NA

Bio-fertilizers NA NA NA NA NA NA

Bio-pesticides NA NA NA NA NA NA

Others NA NA NA NA NA NA

Total NA NA NA NA NA NA

Literature proposed to be developed/ published

Item Title Number

Research papers Nil 0

Technical reports Nil 0

News letters Biannually KVK news letter 2

Technical bulletins

Nil 0

Popular articles 1. Prospect of Maize Cultivation in Jaintia Hills 2. Lakadong Turmeric-pride of Jaintia hills 3. Important Pest and Diseases of Rice in Jaintia Hills 4. Success of Ground Nut cultivation in Jaintia Hills 5. Local Germ Plasms –a source of sustainability in Hill Agriculture 6. Traditional agricultural tools and Implements of Jaintia Hills 7. Rice Cultivation and traditional customs in Jaintia Hills

7

Extension literature

1.Folder on IPM in Rice/Maize/Tomato/Brinjal/Ginger2.Folder on Production Technology of Groundnut/Seasamun/Soyabean/Maize/Rice

5

Others (Pl. specify)

Booklet- 1-Rice cultivation in Jaintia Hills 2.Weeds of rice in Jaintia hills 3.Farmer’s Friends

3

Total   17

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