ON FARM TRIALS

Title Management of frost injury in mustard through thiourea

Farming situation Irrigated

No. of trials 9Village identified Malaksar

Season Rabi 2013-14

Trial -1 : Agronomy Problem: Damage of mustard by frost

Treatment Yield q/ha

Percent increase over control

Percent

increase

over T2

T1

Farmers practice (no use of spray) 9.21 - -

T2

Thiourea spray at flowering stage @ 500ppm

11.05

19.97 -

T3

Thiourea spray at flowering stage @ 750ppm

11.25

22.14 1.80

RESULT

Title Assessment of new chemical in control of termite

Farming situation

Irrigated

No. of trials 9

Village identified Bhadasar (Sardarshahar)

Season Rabi 2013-14

Problem : Low productivity of wheat due to termite attack

Trial - 2 : Plant Protection

RESULT

Treatment Yield q/ha

Percent increase over

control

Percent increase over T2

T1Farmers practice (no seed treatment) 23.50 - -

T2Seed treatment with chloropyripos 20 EC @ 4.5 ml/kg

30.75 30.85 -

T3Seed treatment with imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 3 ml/kg

35.30 50.21 14.79

Title Effect of thiourea on grain yield of cluster bean

Farming situation Rainfed

No. of trials 9

Village identified Malaksar

Season Kharif 2014

Problem : Low yield of cluster bean due to moisture stress

Trial - 3 : Agronomy

Variety-RGC 1017

RESULTTreatment Yield

q/haPercent increase

over control

Percent increase over T2

T1 Farmers practice (No use of spray)

4.10 - -

T2 Spray of Thiourea at 25 and 45 DAS @ 0.1%

4.40 7.31 -

T3 Spray of Thiourea at 25 and 45 DAS @ 0.15%

4.75 15.85 7.95

Title Assessment of new chemical in control of sucking pests

Farming situation

Rainfed

No. of trials 10Village identified

Ruplisar

Season Kharif 2014

Problem : Low productivity of cluster bean due to sucking pests

Trial - 4 : Plant Protection

RESULTTreatment Yield

q/haPercent increase

over control

Percent increase over T2

T1 Farmers practice (No seed treatment) 3.50 - -

T2 Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 70 WS @ 5 g/kg

3.70 5.71 -

T3 Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 3 ml/kg

3.95 12.85 6.75

Title Effect of ethrel hormone to boost the production of long melon

Farming situation

Irrigated

No. of trials 9Village identified

Jeevandesar

Season Zaid 2014

Problem : Low yield of long melon Trial - 5 : Horticulture

RESULTTreatment Yield

q/haPercent increase

over control

Percent increase over T2

T1 Farmers practice (No use of hormone) 160 - -

T2 Use of RDF (N-128 kg/ha+ P2O5 98 kg/ha) 180 14.94 -

T3 T2 + ethrel spray @ 250ppm at 2&4 leaf stage 210 29.65 16.67

Title Weed control in cluster bean by double slot weeder

Farming situation

Rainfed

No. of trials 10Village identified

Bandhnau

Season Kharif 2014

Problem :Low productivity of cluster bean due to weed infestation

Trial - 6 : Agricultural Engineering

RESULTTreatment Yield

q/haPercent increase

over control

Percent increase over

T2

T1 Farmers practice (weeding by existing Kasia) 5.17 - -

T2 Weed control by Pendimethalin 0.75 kg/ha pre-emergence

5.40 4.45 -

T3 Weeding by double slot weeder 6.05 17.02 12.04

Nature of activities

No. of activiti

es

Beneficiaries

Field day 6 227Kisan Gosthi 19 548

Exhibition 3 421

Film Show 49 1330

Method Demonstrations

25 448

Group meetings 3 108

Lectures delivered 267 3199

News coverage 55 -

Radio talks 10 -

Extension Activities

Field day on moong bean

Field day on chickpea

Field day on mustard

Nature of extension activities

No. of activiti

es

Beneficiaries

Advisory Services 2474 2481Scientific field visits

80 497

Farmers visit to KVK

686 647

Diagnostic visits 8 164Exposure visits 2 8Ex-trainees Sammelan

3 213

Soil health Camp 2 106Animal Health Camp

3 220

Soil test campaigns

4 428

Celebration of days

2 219

Popular articles 28 -Extension Literature

15 5029

Contd….

Field day on cluster bean

Depicting nutrient deficiency in cauliflower

Diagnosing white grub attack

Contd….

Indicating pegging in groundnut Animal Treatment Camp Application of insecticide

by power sprayer

Diversion of farmer towards

spice crop

Feed back of farmer about demo

Dignitaries visiting Exhibition of KVK

Contd….

Advising to control yellowing in groundnut

Hoeing and weeding in cluster bean crop Field day on wheat

Organizing of farm schoolPresidential speech during ICAR foundation day

Women participation Veterinarian interacting with farmers

Vaccinating during ATC

Training to farm school participants

PC interacting with farmers

Contd….

DIGNITRIES VISIT TO KVK

DIGNITRIES VISIT

Dean SKRAU Bikaner visiting fieldDir. CSSRI Karnal visiting ST lab.

President GVM visiting plastic mulch demoDignitary visiting low tunnel experiment

Types of Activities No. of Activities

No. of Participants

Gosthies 5 156Lectures organized 24 289Exhibition 1 133Film show 5 156Farm Visit 3 131Distribution of literature (No.)

- 1000

Total number of farmers visited the technology week

789

Technology weeks celebration 19 to 24 January, 2015

Presidential address on technology week

Launching soil health card Exhibition visit by President

President GVM interacting with KVK officials

Field diagnostic visitduring Technology

WeekExtraction of Aloevera juice

Kisan Mobile Advisory

Details of SMSs

Content Category No. of Messages

No. of Farmers

Crop Production 2 26948Plant Protection 22 219018Soil Science 3 37286Horticulture 6 48670Weather Advisory 2 24093Total 35 356015

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Details of samples analyzed and Soil Health Card distributed

DetailsNo. of Sampl

e

No. of Farme

r

No. of Villag

e

Amount Realized

(Rs)

Soil Samples

396 310 87

Water Samples

345 294 62

Plant Samples

114 98 90

Total 855 702 239

Particulars Quantity Provided to No. of Farmers

Amount realized

(Rs.)No (kg)

Bacillus (PSB)

320 64.0 228

Azotobactor 238 47.6 150Rhizobium 46 9.2 41Trichoderma 85 42.5 71Total 689 163.3 490

Bio products production at KVK

Seed Production at KVK farm

Name of crop

Variety Production (q)

Seed productionBarley RD-2660,

RD-271550

Wheat Raj-4037 10Cluster bean

RGC-1017

2.74

Moong bean

IPM-02-3 1.48

Commercial productionMustard NRCH13,

RH-149, NRCDR-2 , Laxmi

44.58

Seed production of barley

Crop museum at KVK farm

Planting materials produced and distributedParticulars Variety Qty

(No)Value(Rs)

No of farmers

Fruit plantsMango, Papaya, Date Palm , Mulberry, Karonda, Bael , Guava, Lime, Pomegranate, Lasoda

Amrapali, Red Lady 786, Halawai, Local,American Red NB 9, L 49, Kagzi, Sinduri’ Local

2753 90628 278

Medicinal plantsVajradanti, ArdusaMeetha Neem

Local 117 1755 29

Ornamental plants

Local 1218 27210 170

Shadow plants Local 1039 15445 66Total - 5127 135038 543

Plant distribution at KVK

Plant sale at KVK Nursery

Programmes taken under ATMATitle No of

Programmes Amount (Rs.)

Training 6

3,93,803

Crop demonstration 75Allied demonstration 65Farmers scientists interaction

2

Farm School 5

Conducting farm school

Women empowerment

Farmer scientist interactionPromotion of bio-fertilizer

INSTRUCTIONAL FARM

Name of crop

Area (ha)

Variety Production(q)

Gross incom

e

Net returns

Ber 1.0 Gola 7.5 30000 20,000

Bottle guard

0.25

Pusa meghdoot

7.92 13374 4874Brinjal ME13H-39

Cluster bean Pusa sadabahar

Green fodder

1.0 Multi cut chari

160.51 48153 46059

Crop museum cluster bean

0.25 RGC 1017, 986, 1066, 936, 1055,

1038

- - -

Barley+wheat

0.25 Barley: RD-2715, RD-2660, RD-

2592Wheat: Raj-4037, 4250,

HD-2851, KRL-210, 213, 19, DBW-110

- - -

Other Production

Demo on DBW wheat cultivar

Performance testing of new mustard cultivar

Seed production of barley

Performance testing of mustard cultivar

KVK FARM

Demo on Low tunnel and plastic mulch

Expansion of Alovera unit at KVK

Harvesting Alovera leaves

Oat cultivation for green fodder

Quality Ber production at KVK farm

Pruned Ber orchard

Contd

Contd

Agriculture students visiting low tunnel

VLWs visiting Azolla unit at KVK

VLWs visiting mustard field

VLWs visiting vegetable unit

Items/head Sanctioned

Expenditure

Pay and allowances 93.0 91.58Traveling allowances 0.50 1.29Contingencies• (Stationery, POL, meals of

Trainees, training materials, FLD except oilseeds & pulses, OFT, training of extension functionaries & Maintenance of buildings)

4.10 8.16

Total (A) 98.00 101.03

Utilization of KVK Funds Recurring contingencies items

Constraints

Administrative

Financial

Technical

• Implementation of Career Advancement Scheme (CAS)

• Inclusion of KVK Sardarshahar in NICRA project

• More budget allocations under contingencies head.

• There is need for separate budget allocation for development and maintenance of KVK farm (Fencing, Road network, Mechanization etc.

• Revision in existing rates of meals/refreshment of trainees

• A technical post for laboratory work should be granted

• Linkage of KVK with e-connectivity • Capacity building of KVK staff

THANKS