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KVK NEWS

July-December,2010

Vol. I Issue No. 2

Kapurthala

A half yearly Newsletter of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kapurthala

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Seminar on warehousing developmentAct

Skill developmentprogramme forWomen SAC meeting Farmer ssuccessstory Potassiumstatus ofsoils On farmtrials Promisingtechnologies

y Maizehybrid seed productiony Intercroppingin orchards

New projectslaunchedy Mineralmixture

Trainingsand awareness Technologicalproblemsin dairy farming Awarenessthroughtelevision Achievements

OtherExtensionactivities E- connectivity Lab

Editorial Board

Editorin Chief DrManoj Sharma

Editor Dr GagandeepKaur

Members Sh. Rajan Bhatt

Mrs Avneet Ahuja

Mrs GurpreetKaur

Mrs DaljitKaur

Sh. BaljitSingh

From Editors deskAgriculture in India is the pivotal sector for ensuring

food and nutritional security, sustainable development and foralleviation of rural poverty. Our agriculture did extremely well and

it was on the ascendancy till the mid nineties but after that the

growth slowed down. Since 1996-97 the growth rate of

agricultural GDP has been, on an average, 1.75 % per year in

contrast with the rate of 4% that is required. It is the key factor for

generating employment opportunities for the vast majority of the

population. The agriculture sector, as a whole, has been

confronted with numerous challenges linked to food and energy

crisis coupled with climate change and degradation of natural

resources. Similarly, the farmer is facing rising input costs,

declining returns from the inputs, uncertain market, increasing

role of market in agriculture and blurring of distinction between

the domestic market and the international m arket.

To assist the farmer in these changing contexts new

strategies and innovative solutions are urgently required which in

turn will require technological support. In response to emerging

challenges KVK mandate has also broadened with time. From

vocational training, the focus shifted to On-farm testing during

1990s,: to technology assessment and refinement in 2000 and as

knowledge centre and resource centre in 2009. The KVKs at

present are involved in the

On farm testing to identify the location specificity ofagricultural technologies under various farming systems.

Frontline demonstration to establish the productionpotential of improved agricultural technologies on the

farmers field

Training of farmers to update their knowledge and skill invarious aspects of agriculture, training of extension

personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology

development

Works as knowledge and resource centre of agriculturaltechnology for supporting initiative of public, private and

voluntary sector for improving agricultural economy ofdistrict

Manoj Sharma

Contents


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Seminar on warehousing developmentact

To create awareness among the farmers

about the Warehousing (Development and

Regulation) Act, 2007, a two days seminar was

organised at KVK, Kapurthala on 10th

and 11th

November, 2010 in collaboration with the

Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC). The

aim of the seminar was to educate about the

provisions of the act and thereby providing an

opportunity to the farmers towards

safekeeping of farm goods in accredited

warehouses. A group of 30 progressive

farmers including 10 farm women attended

the seminar and the team from Central

Warehousing Corporation delivered lectures

on the various components of the the Act likedevelopment and regulation of warehouses,

the method of registration of warehouses, the

issuance of the negotiable warehouse

receipts.

Dr Manoj Sharma, Deputy Director (Training),

KVK, highlighted the importance and

economic impact of safe storage of food

grains and Dr Gagandeep Kaur made

presentation on post harvest management of

vegetables for prolonged storage. In order to

impart practical experience, participants were

taken for exposure visit to CWC warehouse atBhogpur. Apart from the training certificates,

all the participants were given a storage bin of

3 quintal capacity for safe storing food grains

and other commodities at the domestic level.

DrManoj Sharma deliveringlecture on

safestorage of food grains

Training certificateand astoragebin

beingpresented to atrainee

Traineeslooking the warehousegodown


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Skill develop

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through mobilization. The KVK, Kapurthala

has always been keen to work in this

direction and organises basic and advanced

skill development training programme from

time to time.

In this series, a four days duration training

cum visit programme sponsored by IFF

was organized at the KVK campus on 16th

to

20th November, 2011. Forty farm women

attended this programme.

The participants were interested to learn

practical skills in the preservation techniques

and therefore, products like papaya chutney,

cauliflower chutney, mixed pickles, mixed

fruit jam, dishes from sprouted pulses etc.

were demonstrated. Tie and dye and

detergent making techniques were also

shown. On theconcluding day, an interaction

with the bank representatives was arranged

to make the participants familiar with various

lending agencies and to help them in starting

their own business.

ScientificAdvisoryCommittee Meeting

The meeting was chaired by Dr. M.S. Gill,

Director of Extension Education and presided

over by Dr. A. M. Narula, Zonal Project

Director, Zone-I. In this meeting, KVK,

Kapurthala managed to get released its first

edition of KVK newsletter by the honorable

chairman, Dr. M. S. Gill. The Newsletter to be

issued twice a year will highlight KVKs

achievements, latest news, techniques and

methods available in agriculture for the

benefit of farmers. Dr. A. M.

Narula stressed that scientific advisory

committee is mandated to advise and assist

the KVK in improving its working and

formulate its future action plan. So he

requested heads of line department and

special invitees to give feedback specifically

regarding working of KVK. He urged the line

departments to promote the mobile advisory

service scheme of KVK.

Dr. J.S. Ghumman, Deputy Director (Animal


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Husbandry appreciated the linkage of

Department of Animal Husbandry and KVK

and established that technologies available at

the KVK like UMMB licks and mineral mixture

are being adopted on a large scale by the

dairy farmers. Dr. M. S. Gill, the Chairman,addressed suggestions and queries of the

members. He requested that Lead bank

should take feedback from the KVK as they

have a large number of progressive farmers in

contact with them and formulate such

schemes which are conducive to district

farmers and can be financed bysuch agencies.

He also insisted that the feedback on

technological constraints in technology likebeing currently faced in happy seeder and

Rotavator should be given to KVK and

University.


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Amarjit Singh Boparai -Mushroomgro er

Name:Sh. Amarjit Singh

Boparai

Village:Muskved

PO:Lakhan Kalan

District: Kapurthala

Mobile No:98554-85865

The name of Shri

Amarjit Singh of village

Muskved of Kapurthala district is well known

as a most successful mushroom grower who

has done wonders in mushroom cultivation in

addition to traditional farming. He started

mushroom cultivation with a small shed over

the terrace of his ancestral home in thevillageduring1993, now hassprawlingcultivation of

over an area of 2000 sq. ft. He obtained a

formal training on button mushroom

cultivation at Krishi Vigyan Kendra,

Kapurthala. The shed built by him with

bamboo poles and iron rods covered with

straw in itself is marker of his innovation. Now

his shed expands to an area of 1000 sq. ft

while rest of the area is being used for floor

for cleaning and packaging. He handles 350-

400 quintals of straw each season and

prepares his own compost. Recent innovation

introduced by him is use of poultry manure in

his compost which has enhanced the

mushroom productivity. Earlier he was

harvesting 20 Kg per quintal of compost,

however, in winter 2009, he harvested yield

to the tune of30 kg mushroom per quintal of

compost with modification in thecomposition

of compost. He himself picks, cleanses and

packs the mushroom at his farm, themushroom thus packed in perforated

polythene bags in standard size of200 gm is

transported to nearby markets of Kapurthala

and Jalandhar. The annual production is to the

tune of 114 quintal and with market price

ranging between 40 60 Rs/ kg, his net

turnover is 5,70,000/- whereas his net

returns amount to 3,15,000/- per season. He

asserts that he achieved this success with

proper guidance; desire to do the things in

better way; doing work with his own hands

instead of relying on labour and support of his

wife. However his expansion plans for hismushroom unit has been put to hold due to

the lack of skilled labour in the field. He

suggestsspawn production and packing units

can open new horizon for the mushroom

cultivation in district and create a great deal

employment of educated youth. It is now

expected that youth of state take cue from

him and adopt mushroom cultivation in big

away.

Potassium scenario in

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apurthaladistrict

Generally, it is assumed that in the indo-

gangetic plains of Punjab, Haryana potassium

is in ample amount but latest reports revealed

that potassium status has started showing a

declining trend because of itsexcess removal

in theexistingexhaustivecropping pattern. In

the KVK laboratory, 2026 soil samples were

analysed and found that 65 " of the samples

were low in K content (K


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Table 1: Potash status ofsoils in $ apurthaladistrict

Sr.

No

Name of

theBlock

Per cent

Geographical

area of the

District

Number of

soil samples

analysed

% samples

having low

Potash (

137.5 kg/ha)

1 Kapurthala 66.8 427 63.7% 36.3%

2 Sultanpur

Lodhi

29.6 421 48.2% 51.8%

3 Phagwara 111 66.6% 33.4%

4 Dhilwan 3.6 18 94.4% 5.6%

5 Nadala -- -- --

PromisingTechnologies

Hybrid seed production ofmai % e

Corn (maize) isconsidered the only important

Maizeseed production became a major agri

industry when realized that hybrid lines

could significantly out yield open pollinated

line

Breeders have developed several high-

yielding hybrids of maize in recent years.

These have made a major contribution to

increase food production. Several of these

hybrids are attractive to seed industry.

There are lot of business opportunities in

production of hybrid seed production

because of higher profit margin as well as

the farmers have to buy the hybrid seed

each year. Use of hybrid maize has

resulted in the development of new

enterprises like production, processing,

sale and distribution. The seed industry

consists of several components like

research, production, quality control and

marketing. Here is the technology of

production on hybrids developed by the

university

Parental lines of the hybrids

Name

of the

hybrid

Characteristic Seed required/

acre

Female

line

Male

line

Female

line

Male

line

PMH1 LM 13 LM14

6 kg 2 kg

PMH 2 LM 15 LM

16

5 kg 3 kg

Prakash CM

139

CM

140

6 kg 2 kg

JH 3459 CM

143

CM

144

5 kg 3 kg

For theseed production of these hybrids,

planting should be done in second

fortnight of July. The fresh seed of bothfemale and pollinator lines of the hybrids

should be obtained from the university.

Plantingshould be done at spacing of60 x

15 cm. seed production plot should be at

least 300 meters away from another

maize field. For PMH 1, PMH 2 and

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should be 1 & 3. For JH3459, it should be

kept 1 & 2. Off type plantsshould be rouged

out before pollination. Rouging has to be

performed in seedling stage, flowering

stage and at the time of harvesting by

seeing the plant and ear characters. All

the tassels in female lines must be

removed prior to pollen shedding.

Detasseling should be done daily. 75 kg

Nitrogen, 24 kg phosphorous and 12 kg

potash should be applied to seed

production plot. The seed should be

harvested from female lines only. Thats

the hybrid seed. The male linesshould be

harvested first and kept separately. ' hile

harvesting and shelling females lines off

typesearsshould be discarded.

Intercropping in orchards

As fruit trees take longer time to yield

profit to the grower, it is desirable to

supplement one's income by growing

some short-term crops till they are

shaded by the trees. Such crops when

taken in the orchard are calledintercrops. Farmers should keep the

following points in mind while going

for intercropping in orchards (

) ater requirements of the intercrops

should coincide with the requirement of

fruit trees.

Such intercropsshould beselected that do

not exhaust the nutrients and moisture

from thesoil, which isso essential for the

growth of fruit trees.

Perennial or exhaustive crops like

sugarcane, pigeonpea, maize, jowar etc.

should be discouraged as an intercrop inthe orchard.

Vegetables like tomato, onion,

cauliflower, beans, radish, palak etc. that

have their roots within 25cm depth of the

soil are most suited for intercropping.

Legumes such as pea, lentil, blackgram ,

green gram, sunhemp, cowpea etc., in

citrus orchards had been found very

beneficial in augmenting the nutrient

supply from thesoil.

Such inter-crops suppress weed growth

and reduce the evaporation of soil

moisture, besides adding considerable

quantities of organic matter, nitrogen and

other nutrients.

Papaya , Peach, Phalsa and guava could

also be included in the early stages of

growth of the trees, provided these are

maintained properly by adequate pruning

and removal at proper time.

Crop Age Intercrop

Mango Upto 7

years

Leguminous

vegetables, Papaya

(filler), Guava

Grapes Upto 8

months

Bitter gourd

Pears Upto 5

years

Peach, Cabbage,

Leguminous pulses

Ne 0 projects launched

Mineral mixture

KVK Kapurthala has started production of

mineral mixture to increase milk production

and improve the health of dairy animals. This

mineral mixturecontains major as well micro

minerals which are essential for maximizing

digestion and absorption of nutrients from

feedstuff the animal consumes and will act as

feed supplement. The cost of this feed


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supplement is Rs55 per kg and is available in

packing of 5 kg. The dairy animals require at

least 17 minerals in their diet for optimal milk

production, reproductive performance and

good health. Consumption of mineral mixture

not only improves the functioning of thevitalorgans in dairy animals but also their immune

and reproductive functions besides ensuring

their overall good health. The demonstrations

conducted at farmers field by KVK showed

that regular use of mineral mixture

supplement can lead to an increase in the milk

yield up to 1.0 litre daily. It is recommended

that for a cow giving up to 10 litres of milk

about 50grams of mineral mixture need to be

supplemented in bran or oilcake daily and

thus1.5 kg issufficient for a cow in a month.

It is worth to mention that this feed

supplement should not be considered a

medicine but should be considered as an

essential dietary constituent. Moreover long

term benefit of supplementation of minerals

includesenhanced conception, healthycalving

and more calves apart from reduction in

overall feedingcost in milk production.

Net housecultivation ofvegetables

To supplement the income of farmers,

particularly in the case of small farmers,

vegetables growing can be helpful. For

this purpose, PAU has standardized

technology for protected cultivation of

vegetables. Thrust is being given on the

cultivation of high-value vegetable crops

under net-house and poly-house. The

university has recommended net-house

cultivation of capsicum, tomato

(indeterminate type) and brinjal. There

are many benefits associated with net-

house cultivation of vegetables. The

technology helps to extend the growing

season, improves quality of the produce

and minimizes the pesticides residues, a

serious issue regarding freshly consumed

vegetables. To demonstrate this

technology among the farmers of

Kapurthala, KVK has constructed a small

shade unit at KVK premises.

The produce of the net-house, being

available in the off-season, fetches high

price in the market due to their better

quality and early availability.

Further, thevegetablesgrown in the net-

house contract minimum incidence of

viruses transmitted through insect vectors

like white-fly, aphid etc. Vegetables likecucumber, beans and bottle gourd also

give encouraging results under net-

houses.

Under theexistingscenario of demand for

better quality vegetables and

continuously shrinking land holding,

protected cultivation can help farmers

increase their profitability. The KVK will

utilize the facility created for training

purposes.


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Trainings anda 1 areness

Technological problems in dairyfarming

It was observed that majority of dairy

farmers were either land less or small and

medium. On the other hand only 8% farmerswho were possessing land more than 10 ha

kept dairy animals which show that large

farmers gave more attention to crop

production than the dairy farming. Similarly, it

was observed that 44.5% and 48.8% of

population was keeping up to 5 and 15

animals, respectively. Only 4.3% farmers

possessed between 16 to 25 animals and a

very small population (2.4%) was possessing

more than 25 animals. Thisshowed that very

few farmers were practicing dairy business on

commercial scale (2.4 %) and majority of

farmers i.e. 93.3% were having up to 15

animals. Further, it was also noticed that

majority of dairy farmers (74.9%) were

possessing cows with daily milk yield varying

from 4 to 10 lt./d and 85.8 % of farmers were

keeping buffaloes with daily milk yield ranging

between 2 to 8 lt./d.

Total numbers of dairy farms were

classified on the basis ofselling of milk in the

open market. It was observed that 29.2 %

farmers having domestic dairy only, whereas,

68.4 % population was running dairy businesson semi commercial basis, i.e. they were

selling surplus milk after meeting out their

daily requirements. However, very small

percentages (2.4%) were running on

commercial basis. Hence, there is a need to

put maximum efforts to make these domestic

and semi commercial into full fledged

commercial dairy units.

Table:Analysis ofproblems ofdifferent categoryofdairyfarmers

Sr.

No.

Problem Rankingofproblem bydairyfarmers

Domestic Semi commercial Commercial

1. Anoestrus 4.0 2.0 3.0

2. Repeat breeders 5.0 3.0 2.0

3. Mastitis 6.0 1.0 1.0

4. Indigestion 8.0 6.0 7.0

5. Marketing problems - 5.0 4.0

6. Feed availability 3.0 4.0 8.5

7. Green fodder availability 2.0 7.0 5.0

8.2

heat straw availability 7.0 8.0 6.0

29%

68%

3%

Classification ofdairyfarmers

according to numberofanimals

kept

Domestic (


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9. Cow dung management 1.0 9.0 8.5

The problems being faced by these

three categories of dairy farmers were also

different. Major problems of the small dairyfarmers were cow dung management while

for semi commercial and commercial farmers

mastitis was the major problem. The landless

labourers who were keeping animals reported

that the disposal of the fresh cow dung was

the major problem as they were not

possessing land, whereas, this was not a

problem for those who were running business

on semi commercial or commercial basis. The

major technical problems in cross bred cows

reported were of mastitis followed by

anoestrous and repeat breeding. Since, these

farmers were having large number of cows

and thus due to deficiency in proper

management and feeding ofcross bred cows

problems persisted under both theconditions

(Table ). The farmers who were keepingsmall

number of animals (Domestic dairy) were not

facing such problems because they were

takingcare ofeach animals individually to themaximum possible extent but availability of

green fodder and concentrate was on the top

list probably due to poor financial conditions.

Availability of green fodder was a major

concern under commercial dairy farming and

not in semi commercial conditions. It is thus

suggested that in order to meet out green

fodder requirements of milch animals,

farmers must opt for silage making. This

practice will reducecost of milk production on

one hand and prevent nutritional diseases on

the other. From the table, it was concluded

that all these threecategories of dairy farming

were facing different types of problems,

hence their training needs were also found to

be different.

A 3 areness through television talks

The Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar has been

instrumental in providing support to

agricultural extension. A regular punjabi

programme titled Mera Pind Mere Khet and

Savi Dharti are being telecasted by

Doordarshan Kendra, Jalandhar for spreading

awareness amongst farmers related to various

aspects of agricultural activities including

conservation and sustainable use of natural

resources in agro ecosystem. The agriculture

based program being telecasted by

Doordarshan find audience among farmers,extension workers, and field-level

functionaries, as well as agricultural scientists,

researchers, and policy makers. KVK

Kapurthala has been actively utilising this far

reached multimedia tool to address

information and technology needs of farmers

for their economic growth and faster

dissemination of information.

KVK scientist has been participating asTechnical Expert in the Television Programme

Mera Pind Mere Khet and Savi Dharti.

Scientists of KVK delivered 16 T.V. talks on the

topics related to animal health management,

problems in dairy farming, balanced diet for

children and adults, employment

opportunities for farm women, establishment

and management of orchards, cultivation of

vegetables, integrated nutrient management

in paddy, soil testing and plant protection

measures for kharif crops. Apart from these

regular interview based programs, KVK

scientists participate in interactive televised

programmes like Amne Samne where the

farmers get to raise the queries in-person to

subject matter specialist. The KVK experts also

take part in Doordarshan interactive weekly


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live phone-in programme of whose purpose is

to provide an instant solution to farmers

field problem.

Agri-entrepreneurship is the needof

theday

Agri entrepreneurship iscreating a business in

the field of agriculture for the purpose of

achieving profit and growth by utilizing the

opportunities available at variousstages of

product development from farm field to the

consumer.4

hile promoting agripreneurship,

different types ofenterprises in agribusiness

areconsidered:

1. Primary producers: At the individualfamily level, each family is to be treated asan enterprise whose objective is to optimize

the production by making best use of the

technology, resources and cater according

to need and demand in the market.

2. Service providers: In order tooptimize agriculture income by every family

enterprise, there are different types of

services required at the village level. These

include the inputs procurement and

distribution, hiring of implements and

equipment like tractors, seeds drills,

sprayers, harvesters, threshers, dryers, and

technical services such as installation of

irrigation facilities, weed control, plant

protection, harvesting, threshing,

transportation, storage, etc. Similar

opportunities exist in the livestock

husbandry sector for providing breeding,

vaccination, disease diagnostic and

treatment services, apart from distribution

of cattle feed, mineral mixture, forageseeds, etc.

3. Input producers: Some inputs whichcan be produced by the local entrepreneurs at

the village are bio- fertilizers, bio- pesticides,

vermicompost, soil amendments, planting

materials, root media for raising plants in

pots, agricultural tools, irrigation accessories,

production ofcattle feed concentrate, mineral

mixture and complete feed etc.

4. Processing and marketing of farmproduce: Efficient management of

postproduction operations require higher

scale of technology as well as investment.Such enterprisescan be handled by people s

organisation/ self help groups, either in the

form ofcooperatives or servicesocieties. Such

ventures need good professional support for

managing the activities as competitive

business and to compete well with other

players in the market, particularly the retail

traders and middlemen.

Development ofAgri entrepreneurship

Success of a development of an agri-

enterprise venture depends upon following

factors:

1. Inherent viability of the agri-

enterprise: technical, financial and

commercial viability

2. Planning of the agri-enterprise.

3. Execution of the activities concerned

with agri-enterprise

4. Management of the agri-enterprise.

In order to inculcate agri-

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enterprise, it must be followed by a definite procedureso as to get maximum results.

Prodecure for agri -

entrepreneurshipdevolepment

Creation of awareness

Selection of potential

Agri-entrepreneur

Knowledge and skillenhancement

Preparation of business

plan

Hand- holding

Support required for

promotion of Agri -entrepreneurship

Environment

Easy finance

Single window approach

Promotion of agri-

enterprise

Infrastructure

Problems in agri -entrepreneurship

Subsistence farming

Lack of infrastructure

and marketingsupport

Low confidence andnegative attitude

Inability to get finance

Lack of awareness


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E-ConnectivityLab

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kapurthala has been

provided e-connectivity under the 10th Five

Year Plan by the Indian Council of Agricultural

Research. The purpose of this facility is to

enable KVKs to function as knowledge

resourcecentres in technology. Currently the

facility is being used for reporting purpose.

However, another advantage ofe-connectivity

is sharing of information through video

conferencing. Presently, the KVK hub is

providinga two way audio and one wayvideo

webcasting and broadcasting which will

further facilitate and strengthen

communication bond between the scientists.

Also this facility is being used for sendingSMSon agro-advisory alerts to the farmers and

other stakeholders in the district.

Establishment of this facility has provided an

enabling environment to KVK for developing

partnerships and collaborations between

scientists and farmers for sharing appropriate

technologies, best practices and innovative

ideas among all stakeholders. The facility has

provided internet access to global e-content

on agriculture. Also the KVK is now using theinformation like updated weather based agro-

advisories posted on websites regularly for

the use of farmers.

Achievements

Sr.

No.

TypeofCourses Planned Organi 5 ed

1 Short term 41 35

2. Vocational 08 07

3. In-Service 12 2

Training pictures


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Extension Activities

Activities Numberofactivities

conducted

Beneficiaries

Plant health clinic - 83

Exhibition 3 5000Method Demonstrations 5 55

Group meetings 4 40

Lectures delivered as

resource persons

36 1780

Newspaper coverage 8 Numerous

Radio talks 1 Numerous

TV talks 16 Numerous

Extension Literature 6 Numerous

AdvisoryServices - 880

Scientificvisit to farmersfield

36

Diagnosticvisits 20 45

Ex-traineesSammelan 4 88

Self Help Group Conveners

meetings

1 35

Total 140 8006 +


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UtilityServices under single window system

Sr. No. Input provided Qty (kg) Value (Rs.) Beneficiary

1. 6 heat PBW550 19125 382500 842.

Wheat DBW17 1920 38400 24

3. Onion PRO-6 3 3600 44. Coriander Pb. Sugandh 1025 14035 655. MoongSML-668 40 4000 56. Gobhi sarson 27 1850 37. Barseem BL-42 106 21200 158. UMMB Licks 100 7000 1009. Mineral Mixture 415 22825 8310. Sale ofegg 3045 number 6090 54

SCIENTISTS 7 OR8 INGAT8 V8 , 8 APURTHALA

Sr. No Sanctioned post Nameofthe incumbent Phone number

1 Programme Coordinator Dr. ManojSharma 98727-45890

2 Subject Matter Specialist

(Agronomy)

Smt Gurpreet Kaur 98889-98643


(HomeScience)

Smt. Avneet Kaur Ahuja 98154-83588


(Soil Science)

Sh. Rajan Bhatt 98159-63858


(Horticulture)

Dr. Gagandeep Kaur 98720-71306


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Linkages with linedepartment s

A strong linkage of KVK with the line

departments in the district has led to

extend the reach of itsextension activities

beyond itsexisting domain. The three wayleg model where faculty of KVK, financial

institutions (banks) and service delivery

support (line departments) work together

has facilitated the farmers making

adoption of technologieseasy and reward

paying. Here areglimpses of few activities

taken up by the KVK in collaboration with

various line departments.

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