ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17) - Krishi Vigyan Kendra … ICAR-KVK, Kanyakumari, Annual Report 2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17) PART I –GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE KVK 1.1. Name and address

1 ICAR-KVK, Kanyakumari, Annual Report 2016-17

ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17)

PART I –GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE KVK

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

KVKAddress Telephone E mail Web

Address Office Fax

ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Tamil Nadu Agricultural

University

Thirupathisaram – 629 901

Kanyakumari District

Tamil Nadu

04652 -275758

04652 -275759

04652 -275758 [email protected] www.kvk-

kumari.org

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

Address Telephone E mail Web Address

Office Fax

The Registrar

Tamil Nadu

Agricultural University

Coimbatore-641 003.

0422-2431222 0422-2431672 [email protected] www.tnau.ac.in

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

Name Telephone / Contact

Residence Mobile Email

Dr. K. Ramakrishnan - 9443749759 [email protected]

1.4. Year of sanction: 2004


1.5. Staff Position (as 31st March 2017)

Sl.

No. Sanctioned post

Name of the

incumbent Designation M/F Discipline

Highest

Qualification

(for PC,

SMS and

Prog. Asstt.)

Pay

Scale Basic pay

Date of

joining

KVK Permanent

/Temporary

Category

(SC/ST/

OBC/

Others)

1 Programme

Coordinator

Agrl. Extn./

Agronomy

Dr. R. Premavathi Assistant

Professor

F Agrl.

Extension

Ph. D. 15600-

39100

29890+GP

8000

16.04.15 Permanent OBC

2 Subject Matter

Specialist -

Agrl. Extn./

Agronomy

Dr.N.Thavaprakaash Assistant

Professor

M Agronomy Ph.D. 15600-

39100

29740+

GP8000


3 Subject Matter

Specialist -

Agrl.Entomology

/ Plant Pathology

Dr. R. Latha

Assistant

Professor

F Plant

Breeding

and Genetics

Ph. D. 15600-

39100

25610 +

GP 7000


4 Subject Matter

Specialist -

Horticulture

Dr. M.I.Manivannan Assistant

Professor

M Horticulture Ph.D. 15600-

39100

25610 +

GP 7000


5 Subject Matter

Specialist -

Agrl.

Engineering

Dr. K. Kavitha Assistant

Professor

F Plant

Pathology

Ph. D. 15600-

39100

25610 +

GP 7000


6 Subject Matter

Specialist -

Home Science

Dr. A. Vijayakumar Assistant

Professor

M Food

Science &

Nutrition

Ph. D. 15600-

39100

20370+

GP 6000

13.08.14 Permanent SC


7 Prog. Assistant

(Lab Tech.)/T-4

Tmt. K.R. Sudha Prog.Assistant

(Technical)

F Agrl.

Extension

M.Sc. (Agri.) 9300-

34800

14720+

GP 4400


8 Prog. Assistant

(Computer)/ T-4

Mr. V. Sivaraman Prog.Assistant

(Computer)

M Computer

Science

B.Sc .

(Computer

Science)

9300-

34800

14160 +

GP 4400

08.12.08 Permanent

OBC

9 Farm Manager Mr. R. Rajesh Kannan Farm

Manager

F Agriculture M.Sc .

(Horti.)

9300-

34800

14720 +

GP 4400


10 Assistant Mrs. M. Indira Assistant F - - 5200-

20200

13560 +

GP 2800

16.07.14 Permanent SC

11 Jr. Stenographer Mr. T. Arul Muthu Jr. Assistant M - - 5200-

20200

8820 + GP

2400


12 Driver Mr. G. Jayasekaran Driver M - - 9300-

34800

14510 +

GP 4200

01.05.04 Permanent

SC

13 Driver Mr. P. Murugan Driver M - - 5200-

20200

6700 + GP

2400


14 Supporting staff Mrs.

R.Shanmugasundaram

PUSM F - - 4800-

10000

5180 + GP

1300

10.04.15 Permanent

OBC

15 Supporting staff Mrs. S. Parvathy PUSM F - - 4800-

10000

5180 + GP

1300

10.04.15 Permanent

OBC


1.6. Total land with KVK (in ha) :18.76 ha

S. No. Item Area (ha)

1 Under Buildings 0.06

2. Under Demonstration Units 1.00

3. Under Crops 7.29

4. Orchard/Agro-forestry 10.41

5. Others -

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.)

Starting

Date

Plinth

area

(Sq.m)

Status of

construction

1. Administrative

Building

ICAR 22.01.2014 550 67,84,000.00 - - -

2. Farmers

Hostel

3. Staff Quarters

1 to 6

4. Demonstration

Units

5 Fencing

6 Rain Water

harvesting

system

7 Threshing

floor

8 Farm godown

9

10

B) Vehicles

Type of vehicle Year of

purchase Cost (Rs.) Total kms. run Present status

Mahindra - Bolero LX/2WD 2004 4,97,141 2,01,178 Condemned

Two wheeler - Hero Honda

splendor

2009 46,193 38,665 Good

Two wheeler - Honda activa 2009 47,875 25,432 Good

Not yet constructed

Not yet constructed


C) Equipment& AV aids

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

RO water purification system 2017 19,500.00 Good

Horizontal Laminar air flow cabinet 2017 28,783.00 Good

Electronic Weighing Balance 2017 4,750.00 Good

1.5 KVA UPS 2017 14,500.00 Good

UPS Batteries (12V x 26A) 16 Nos. 2017 47,981.00 Good

Multi functional Digital Copier with

Printer

2017 75,477.00

Good

Biometric Attendance System 2017 11,800.00 Good

LC D Projector 2017 34,000.00 Good

Public Address System 2017 34,986.00 Good

Digital Camera 2017 9,750.00 Good

Soil Testing Kit 2016 75,000.00 Good

Banana fibre extractor 2011 50,000.00 Good

Paddy Power Weeder 2011 32,531.00 Good

Fax machine 2009 15,000.00 Good

Computer 2009 31,900.00 Good

LCD Projector 2006 61,230.00 Good

Laptop 2006 38,700.00 Good

Drum seeder 2006 4,700.00 Good

Coconut climber 2006 2,500.00 Good

Cono weeder 2006 2,360.00 Good

Digital camera 2006 18,500.00 Good

HP Scanner 2005 3,237.00 Not working

Toshiba E-Studio 160 digital copier

cum printer

2005 71,400.00

Not working

Spectrophotometer 2004 75,072.00 Good

Flame photometer 2004 36,720.00 Good

Physical balance 2004 1,15,000.00 Good

Water distillation Still 2004 26,118.00 Good

Kjeldahl digestion and distillation 2004 24,589.00 Good

Shaker 2004 44,077.00 Good

Refrigerator 2004 15,750.00 Good

Grinder 2004 11,582.00 Good

Khelplus 2004 1,48,086.00 Good

UPS 2004 10,250.00 Good

Soil storage cabin 2004 37,496.00 Good


1.8. Details SAC meeting conducted in 2016-17

Sl.

No.

Date Number of

Participants

No. of

absentees

Salient

Recommendations

Action taken

1. 17.9.16 44 2 25 recommendations

were given

Following actions has been

taken and details is as given

below

Sl.

No.

Salient Recommendations Action taken

1. Data on mechanization in rice cultivation

viz., area of adoption, spread of technology,

problems faced, labour saving to be

documented

Documentation is under progress.

2 Trainings on value addition in pineapple to

be given to the needy people and the impact

study is to be conducted. The training has to

be conducted at the farm of Mr. Henry.

Preparatory arrangement where made to conduct

the training.

3 Requirement of vegetable seeds by the

farmers are to be satisfied by promoting

kitchen garden.

FLDs and OFTs on vegetable crops viz., Brinjal,

Bhendi, Cluster beans, Amaranthus is proposed

for 2017-18. Training on roof top gardening and

kitchen garden will be imparted shortly.

4 Create a whatsApp group for the farmers of

Kanyakumari district for sharing

information on Agriculture and allied

sectors.

Whatapp groups viz., Kumari farmers (35

Members) , ARYA Coconut (31 Members) and

ARYA Banana (32 Members) are available for

sharing of information on Agriculture and allied

sectors is shared periodically.

5 More number of technical messages (@ 2 /

Scientist / Month) is to be given to All India

Radio, Nagercoil to reach the technologies

widely to the farming community.

Technical messages (32 Nos.) on crop

production, protection and management were sent

to AIR, Nagercoil during 2016-17.

6 Coordinate veterinary health camps for

FMD in the KVK cluster villages with

Department of Animal Husbandry,

Nagercoil /VUTRC, Parakkai

Veterinary health camps will be coordinated

along with Department of Animal Husbandry.

7 Organoleptic properties are to be studied for

the table varieties of tapioca which are being

assessed in OFTs.

Organoleptic studies will be conducted shortly.

8 Shade loving fodder crops suitable for

growing in coconut garden are to be

introduced.

Shade loving cereal fodder such as Guinea grass

and Bajra napier grass are raised in the

instructional farm during 2016-17 and the

planting materials were supplied to 60 farmers.

FLD on Cereal + legume fodder cultivation under

coconut garden is proposed for 2017-18


9 Introduction of Redgram in Kanyakumari

district with the support of Department of

Agriculture have to be made

Department of Agriculture has supplied seeds of

Red gram variety to the farmers.

10 Strengthening the revolving fund by

producing planting materials of horticultural

crops, value added products, spawn, etc.

Value added products from Papaya, Pineapple,

Mango and Mushroom Spawn production has

been initiated. Laminar air flow chamber has

been purchased so as to establish a laboratory

which facilitates large scale production of spawn.

11 Provide skill oriented training to the tribal

people for enhancing their livelihood. Training will be planned and conducted shortly

12 Trainings are to be organized on value

addition in Pineapple, Jack and Mango. Training will be planned and conducted shortly.

13 Conduct a campaign on mango fruit fly

management at appropriate time Mango fruit fly management for large mass of

farmers of Kanyakumari district were covered by

conducting live TV programme in TTN channel

on 19.12.2016 and All India Radio programmes

on 15.02.2017.

14 Joint diagnostic field visit involving ARS,

HRS and Department of Agriculture to

identify the problems in banana, ginger,

pepper, clove, rubber and pineapple in

Thiruvattar block

Joint field visit involving scientists of KVK

Thirupathisaram, ARS Thirupathisaram, HRS

Pechiparai and Assistant Director of Agriculture,

Thiruvattar was carried out in Andoor village of

Thiruvattar block on 20.9.16. The following

observations were recorded in the farmer’s field

and recommendations were given. The details is

given below

Sl.

No

Crop Diagnosis Recommendation

1 Pineapple Heart rot and root

rot

Drenching of copper oxy chloride @ 2g/lit

Foliar spray of Carbendazim+ Mancozeb @2g/lit

2 Ginger Rhizome rot Soil drenching with Metalaxyl + Mancozeb @ 2g/lit

3 Banana Sigatoka leaf spot Foliar spray of Propiconazole 0.1% + Teepol 1 ml/lit

4 Banana Micronutrient

deficiency

Foliar spray micronutrients viz., ZnSO4 (0.5%), FeSO4

(0.2%), CuSO4 (0.2%) and H3BO3 (0.1%) at 3rd

, 5th and

7th MAP

5 Banana Fusarium wilt Soil drenching with Carbendazim 1g/lit

15 Provide suitable management practice for

spiral whitefly in Tapioca. For popularizing the white fly management

practices FLD on “Demonstration of package of

practice for spiral white fly management in

tapioca” is proposed for the year 2017-18.

16 Establish a permanent exhibition at KVK

depicting all technologies for the benefit of

farmers.

Necessary steps were taken establish permanent

exhibition at shortly.


17 Study on the impact of trainings for their

effectiveness and adoption to be made. The effectiveness of training and adoption are

being documented in terms of pre and post

evaluation.

18 Officials from NABARD and Lead banks to

be involved in all training programmes.

They should be allowed to explain the

Agriculture schemes available in their

banks.

Officials from Lead bank (IOB) has participated

in the vocational training programme on

mushroom cultivation on 27.10.2016 and

explained about the crop insurance and

entrepreneurship development to 30 participants.

19 Awareness on ICT to be created among

farmers during training programmes Awareness on ICT in agriculture is imparted to

trainees of all on campus trainings

20 Quality seedlings of Marigold Hybrids to be

sold to farmers. Action will be taken in coordination with FRS,

Thovalai.

21 Prominent display boards of ICAR- KVK,

Kanyakumari to be displayed near KVK

campus and on the road side of National

High-way (Nagercoil - Thirunelveli).

Display board has been erected .

22 More number of success stories to be

documented and sent to UVV, AIR and TV

on regular basis.

Documentation is under progress.

23 Farmers database have to be developed at

KVK Kanyakumari. Farmers database is being updated periodically.

24 Impact study on adoption of TPS5 rice

variety with area coverage, yield, problems

and adoption percentage etc. to be

conducted.

Impact study on adoption of TPS5 rice variety is

under progress.

25 Adoption of wild boar management

technology developed by ICAR-KVK,

Vellore after patenting to be adopted to

manage the Wild boar problem in

Kanyakumari District.

After patenting the wild boar management

technology will be disseminated to farmers of

Kanyakumari district.


PART II - DETAILS OF DISTRICT

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

S. No Farming system/enterprise

1. Coconut based integrated farming system

2. Paddy based integrated farming system

3. Horticultural crops based mixed cropping system

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

topography)

S. No Agro-climatic Zone Characteristics

1. West coast plains and Ghat

region (High rainfall Zone)

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kanyakumari lies in 8o26’ N latitude,

77o 19’E longitude, Altitude 76m above MSL. Average

Maximum, Minimum temperature is 31.2 and 22.3o

C

respectively. Average rainfall ranges about 2186mm, RH

83%.

S. No Agro ecological situation Characteristics

1. The uplands Comprising of hills and hill bases suitable for growing crops

like Rubber, Cloves, Nutmeg, Pepper, Pineapple etc.

2. The Middle Comprising of plains and valleys fit for growing crops like

Paddy, Tapioca, Banana, Coconut etc.

3. The low lands Comprising the coastal belt ideal for growing Coconut,

Cashew etc.

2.3 Soil types

S. No Soil type Characteristics Area in ha

1. Lateritic soil Reddish brown sandy clay loam 20,033

2. Red soils Red, yellowish red and yellowish brown

sandy clay loam

Brown, dark gray and grayish brown sandy

clay

Brown and dark brown sandy clay loam

Yellowish red sandy loam

Dark yellowish brown sandy clay loam and

sandy loam

Yellowish red gravelly sandy loam

65,608

3. Coastal alluvium Very pale brown sand 3,830

4. Alluvium Brown sandy clay loam 1,590


2.4. Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district 2016-17

S.

No

Crop Area (ha) Production (000’

tons)

Productivity

(kg /ha)

1. Rice 12157 49494 4071

2. Maize 54 432 8000

3 Pulses (Blackgram) 592 385 650

4. Coconut 23917 2871laks nuts 12004 nuts

5. Banana 6238 188968 32250

6. Tapioca 2887 100970 34974

7. Cashew 1174 335 285

8. Mango 1422 8246 5799

9. Jack 630 14992 23797

10. Pepper 173 26 153

11. Rubber 27407 85117 4200

12. Arecanut 890 1380 1550

13. Cloves & Cinnamon 700 616 880

14. Ginger 14 259 18500

15. Pineapple 32 1056 33000

16 Cucumber 92 644 7000

17 Jasmine 115 885 7700

* Please provide latest data from authorized sources. Source : JDA’s Office, Kanyakumari District

2.5. Weather data 2016-17

Month Rainfall (mm) Temperature (

0C) Relative Humidity

(%) Maximum Minimum

April ‘16 19.32 33.5 25.4 80.2

May’16 156.00 33.1 26.4 86.6

June’16 13.00 32.6 26.4 70.3

July’16 9.00 31.2 27.1 70.4

August’16 3.40 32.6 26.5 81.4

September’16 15.80 32.1 26.7 84.6

October’16 72.50 32.4 26.4 90.6

November’16 136.00 31.6 25.3 83.2

December’16 23.94 29.2 23.5 72.5

January ‘17 19.60 30.8 23.6 73.9

February’17 8.40 31.6 26.8 79.1

March’17 50.98 34.3 27.6 78.6

* Please provide latest data from authorized sources. Source : ADA, Thovalai


2.6. Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district 2016-17

Category Population Production Productivity

Cattle

Crossbred 92250

- -

Indigenous - -

Buffalo 4664 - -

Sheep - -

Crossbred 609

- -

Indigenous - -

Goats 117902 - -

Pigs - -

Crossbred 3036

- -

Indigenous - -

Rabbits 2014 - -

Poultry 653851 - -

Hens - - -

Desi(Backyard ) - - -

Improved(Poultry in

farm) 40818

- -

Ducks - - -

Turkey and others - - -

Category Area Production Productivity

Fish - - -

Marine - 42525.240 tonnes -

Inland 6984.1 ha 4368.46 tonnes 1.25t/ha

Prawn - 854.6 tonnes -

Scampi - - -

Shrimp - - -

Source: Office of Deputy Director Animal Husbandry and Asst. Director of Fisheries, Nagercoil,

Kanyakumari District.


2.7 District profile has been Updated for 2016-17 Yes / No: Yes

2.8 Details of Operational area / Villages

Sl.

No. Taluk

Name of the

Block

Name of the

villages

How long the

village is

covered under

operational area

of the KVK

(specify the

years)

Major crops

&

enterprises

being

practiced

Major problems identified Identified thrust areas

1 Kalkulam Kuruthencode Manavalakurichi,

Vellisanthai

Simon colony

1 year Rice,

Blackgram Heavy infestation of weeds in

rice fields

Improper usage of fertilizers to

rice

Indiscriminate use of

insecticides in rice

Lack of suitable varieties in rice

Lack of high yielding, YMV

resistant and synchronized

maturing blackgram variety

Lack of alternate crop to

Blackgram

Introduction of alternate crops

to rice

Varietal evaluation (Green

gram, Blackgram)

ICM practices in rice

2 Kalkulam Thukalay Muthalakurichi

Thucklay

Thiruvithangodu

Aathivilai

1 year Tapioca,

Banana,

Bhendi,

Chilli and

coconut

Soil acidity, micro-nutrient

deficiency, leaf spot disease in

banana

Reduced size of pods and low

shelf-life, incidence of pest and

diseases in bhendi

Lack of fodder intercrops in-

between coconut gardens, lack of

quality fodder to animals

Low yield, delayed maturity,

susceptible to fruit rot and

dieback in chilli

Integrated Nutrient

Management in Bhendi

Varietal evaluation

Integrated Crop Management

for Banana in acid soil

Integrated Pest and disease

management in Bhendi

Fodder cultivation


3 Thovalai

Thovalai

Thovalai

Chenbagaraman-

pudur

Boothapondi

Esanthimangala

m

Kozhikottupothai

3 years Rice, tapioca

tuberose ,

marigold

and

nutritional

gardening

Lack of alternate crops to rice

Wilt and tuber rot incidence in

tuberose

Reduced size of flowers and

poor shelf-life, incidence of pest

and diseases in marigold

Poor nutrition of farm families

Lack of short duration variety,

high incidence of Cassava

mosaic virus, tuber rot and

mealy bug in tapioca

Integrated disease management

in tuberose

Integrated crop management in

Marigold

Nutrition garden

4 Kalkulam Thiruvattar Vendalikodu

Kulasekaram

Aruvikkarai

3 years Pineapple,

pepper and

banana

Low yield, occurrence of foot rot

and wilt in pepper

Low productivity and occurrence

Pseudo-stem in banana

Integrated disease management

in pepper

Integrated pest management in

banana


0.6 Priority thrust areas

S. No. Thrust area

1 Varietal evaluation

2 ICM practices in rice

3 Introduction of alternate crops to rice

4 Integrated Crop Management for Banana in acid soil

5 Integrated pest management in banana

6 Integrated Nutrient Management in Bhendi

7 Integrated Pest and disease management in Bhendi

8 Integrated disease management in tuberose

9 Integrated crop management in Marigold

10 Integrated disease management in pepper

11 Fodder cultivation

12 Nutrition garden


PART III - TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

3.A. Details of target and achievements of mandatory activities

OFT FLD

1 2

Number of OFTs Number of farmers Number of FLDs Number of farmers

Targets Achievement Targets Achievement Targets Achievement Targets Achievement

6 6 30 30 9 9 90 90

Training Extension Programmes

3 4

Number of Courses Number of

Participants

Number of

Programmes

Number of

participants

Targets Achievement Targets Achievement Targets Achievement Targets Achievement

77 82 1700 1825 278 382 2387 5583

Seed Production (Qtl.) Planting materials (Nos.)

5 6

Target Achievement Target Achievement

30.00 (TPS 5 Rice) 46.89 20000 setts of (CO

(BN) 5-Fodder)

45800

Livestock, poultry strains and fingerlings

(No.)

Bio-products (Kg)

7 8

Target Achievement Target Achievement

- - 2000 Pkts (200 ml

Coconut tonic)

3315


3.B1. Abstract of interventions undertaken based on thrust areas identified for the district as given in Sl.No.2.7

S.

No Thrust area

Crop/

Enterprise Identified Problem

Interventions

Title of OFT

if any

Title of

FLD if any

Number of

Training

(farmers)

Number

of

Training

(Youths)

Number

of

Training

(extension

personnel

)

Exten

sion

activi

ties

(No.)

Suppl

y of

seeds

(Qtl.)

Supply

of

plantin

g

materia

ls (No.)

Supp

ly of

livest

ock

(No.)

Supply of bio

products

No. Kg

1 Introduction of

alternate crops

to rice

Rice Lack of alternate

crops in rice growing

areas during Kharif

season

Low gross income in

rice, farmers need

alternate and high

remunerative crop

Assessing the

performance

of alternate

crops to rice

in

Kanyakumari

District

- 3 - - 2 Ragi-

0.1

Baby

corm-

0.1

- -

2 Varietal

evaluation

Blackgram Low productivity

(300kg/ha against the

potential yield of

750kg/ha)

Lack of suitable/ideal

variety as rice fallow

pulse for

Kanyakumari

Assessment

of suitability

of Blackgram

variety

VBN-8 in

Kanyakumari

District

- 3 - - 2 0.25 - - Pseudomon

as

5 kg

3 Varietal

evaluation

Bhendi Low yield (16

tonnes/ha) as against

potential yield (22.1

t/ha)

Imbalance use of

fertilizers

Reduced size of pods

and

Shelf-life in bhendi

Assessment

of Integrated

Nutrient

Management

in Bhendi

hybrid Co Bh

H1

3 - 1 1 0.05 Azospirilum

phosphobact

eria

20 kg

20 kg


4 Varietal

evaluation

Chilli Low dry chilli yield

(2.5 tonnes/ha) as

against potential dry

yield (6.74 t/ha)

Incidence of fruit rot

(22%).

Low shelf life (2

days)

Assessment

of Chilli

hybrid in

Kanyakumari

district

3 - - 1 0.002

5 - - - -

5 Integrated

disease

management

Pepper Low yield (33%).

Occurrence of foot

rot & wilt (25%)

causes considerable

yield reduction

Assessment

of

Management

practices in

pepper

3 1 1 2 - - T.harzianu

m-

T. viride

25 kg

25

nos.

6 Integrated

disease

management

Tuberose Low yield.

Occurrence of 21 %

tuber rot & wilt

causes considerable

yield reduction

Assessment

of tuber rot

and wilt

management

in tuberose

2 - - 2 - - Paecillomyc

es

T. viride

Pseudomon

as

15 kg

15 kg

20 kg

7 Integrated crop

Management

Rice Lack of alternate

variety to ASD 16,

Heavy infestation of

weeds in rice fields

due to no or non

proper usage of

herbicide,

Improper usage of

fertilizers,

Indiscriminate use of

insecticides for leaf

folder and stem borer

- Demonstrati

on of ICM

practices in

rice during

Kharif

season

2 - 1 4 2.0 - - - -


8 Integrated crop

Management

Rice Low yield, Required

alternate variety to

rabi season,

Soil Acidity

Occurrence of pests

(leaf folder and stem

borer) and diseases

(sheath rot and

bacterial blight)

- Demonstrati

on of Rice

var. CR

1009 Sub1

with

improved

crop

technologies

under acid

soil during

Rabi season

3 0 1 5 2.0 - - Pseudomon

as

Trichogram

ma egg

parasitoid

40 kg

60cc

.

9 Varietal

evaluation

Greengram Blackgram is the only

crop grown in rice-

fallow condition ,

YMV is serious

problem and loss is

severe,

Complete crop failure

in drought years

Demonstrati

on of

greengram

in

rice-fallow

condition

2 - - 2 0.8 - - - -

10 Integrated Crop

Management

Banana Acid soil,

Nutritional disorders

(Zinc) and

low yield

Integrated

Crop

Managemen

t practices

for Banana

in acid soil

3 - - 2 - - - - -

11 Integrated pest

management

Banana Low productivity (42

t/ha against the

potential yield of 55

t/ha) due to

Pseudostem weevil

infestation

Demonstrati

on of

Pseudostem

weevil

management

in banana

3 - - 3 Beauveria

bassiana

10 kg


12 Integrated Pest

and disease

management

Bhendi Low yield & poor

quality,

Incidence of pests

(Thrips, mites & fruit

borer),

Diseases (damping

off, Cercospora leaf

spot , powdery

mildew & vein

clearing) and non

adoption of bio

agents

Integrated

Pest and

disease

management

for Bhendi

3 - - 2 - - - Tricoderma

viride-

Pseudomon

as-

10 kg

10 kg

13 Integrated crop

management

Marigold Poor flower quality

viz., small flower

size, pale flower

colour, poor shelf

life, Incidence of Leaf

Spot , Cut worms,

Bud borer, Leaf

miner/thrips (12%)

and Mealy bug (18%)

Integrated

crop

management

in Marigold

2 - 1 1 - - Tricoderma

viride-

Pseudomon

as-

Azadiractin

20 kg

20 kg

4 lit

14 Fodder

cultivation

Guinea

grass

No quality green

fodder available to

animals causing poor

milk yield, intensive

cropping and no

separate space

available for pure

fodder

Demonstrati

on of

guinea grass

under

coconut

gardens

2 - - 1 11750

Nos. - - -

15 Nutrition garden Lack of knowledge

on multi nutritive

value of vegetables

and greens. In take of

vegetables with toxic

residues of pesticides

which are hazardous

to health

Demonstrati

on of

nutrition

garden

2 - - 2 - - - -


3.B2. Details of technology used during reporting period

S.No Title of Technology Source of

technology Crop/enterprise

No.of programmes conducted

OFT FLD Training Others (Extension activities)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Assessing the performance of alternate crops to rice

in Kanyakumari District

TNAU 2016

TNAU 2012

Ragi, Baby

corn

5 - 3 Demonstration - 2 Nos

2 Assessment of suitability of Blackgram variety

VBN-8 in Kanyakumari District

TNAU 2016 Blackgram 5 - 3 Demonstration - 2 Nos.

3 Assessment of Integrated Nutrient Management in

Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1

TNAU 2011

KAU 2011

Bhendi 5 - 3 Demonstration - 1 No.

4 Assessment of Chilli hybrid in Kanyakumari district TNAU 2011

IIHR 2012

Chilli 5 - 3 Demonstration - 1 No.

5 Assessment of Management practices in pepper IISR 2015

TNAU 2015

Pepper 5 - 3 Demonstration - 2 Nos.

6 Assessment of tuber rot and wilt management in

tuberose

IIHR 2015

TNAU 2013

Tuberose 5 - 2 Demonstrations - 2 Nos

7 Demonstration of ICM practices in rice during Kharif

season

TNAU 2012 Rice - 10 3 Field Day - 1 No.

Demonstration - 4 Nos

8 Demonstration of Rice var. CR 1009 Sub1 with

improved crop technologies under acid soil during

Rabi season

TNAU 2015 Rice - 10 4 Field Day - 1 No.

Demonstration - 4 Nos.

9 Demonstration of greengram in

rice-fallow condition

TNAU 2010 Greengram - 10 2 Demonstration - 2 Nos.

10 Integrated Crop Management practices for Banana in

acid soil

KAU 2011 Banana - 10 3 Demonstration - 3 Nos.

11 Demonstration of Pseudostem weevil management in

banana

TNAU 2012 Banana - 10 3 Demonstrations - 2 Nos

12 Integrated Pest and disease management for Bhendi TNAU 2013 Bhendi - 10 3 Demonstrations - 2 Nos

13 Integrated crop management in Marigold TNAU 2013 Marigold - 10 2 Demonstration - 1 No

14 Demonstration of guinea grass under coconut

gardens

TNAU 2012

Guinea grass - 10 2 Demonstrations - 1 No.

15 Demonstration of nutrition garden TNAU 2009 Vegetables 10 2 Demonstrations-2 Nos


3.B2 contd..

No. of farmers covered

OFT FLD Training Others (Specify)

General SC/ST General SC/ST General SC/ST General SC/ST

M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

1 5 - - - - - - - 42 11 2 1 16 12 1 2

2 4 - 1 - - - - - 26 20 3 3 15 10 1 1

3 5 - - - - - - - 13 51 0 12 12 10 1 2

4 5 - - - - - - - 17 58 0 0 11 8 1 1

5 4 1 - - - - - - 31 59 0 4 25 35 0 0

6 5 - - - - - - - 21 11 6 3 15 12 2 3

7 - - - - 10 - - - 39 1 1 1 40 11 12 12

8 - - - - 8 1 - 1 47 15 1 2 21 17 1 2

9 - - - - 7 2 - 1 14 6 2 8 12 13 2 3

10 - - - - 9 1 - - 16 22 - - 27 32 0 0

11 - - - - 10 - - - 49 40 2 8 32 25 1 5

12 - - - - 1 9 - - 7 57 0 13 12 15 1 3

13 - - - - 7 2 1 - 18 28 3 15 8 16 1 1

14 - - - - 2 8 - - 9 21 0 0 13 15 0 0

15 - - - - 2 8 - - 2 27 0 0 12 13 0 0


PART IV - On Farm Trial

4.A1. Abstract on the number of technologies assessed in respect of crops

Thematic

areas Cereals Oilseeds Pulses

Commercial

Crops Vegetables Fruits Flower

Plantation

crops

Tuber

Crops Total

Integrated

Nutrient

Management

1 1

Varietal

Evaluation

1 1 1 3

Integrated

Disease

Management

1 1 2

Total 1 1 2 1 1 6

4.A2. Abstract on the number of technologies refined in respect of crops- Nil

4.A3. Abstract on the number of technologies assessed in respect of livestock enterprises -Nil

4.A4. Abstract on the number of technologies refined in respect of livestock enterprises -Nil

4.B. Achievements on technologies Assessed and Refined

4.B.1. Technologies Assessed under various Crops

Thematic areas Crop Name of the technology

assessed

No. of

trials

Numbe

r of

farmers

Area in ha (Per

trial covering

all the

Technological

Options)

Varietal Evaluation Rice Assessing the performance of

alternate crops to rice in


5 5 0.4

Varietal Evaluation Blackgram Assessment of suitability of

Blackgram variety


5 5 0.4

Integrated Nutrient

Management

Bhendi Assessment of Integrated

Nutrient Management in Bhendi

hybrid Co Bh H1

5 5 0.4

Varietal Evaluation Chilli Assessment of Chilli hybrid in

Kanyakumari district

5 5 0.4

Integrated Disease

Management

Pepper Assessment of Management

practices in pepper

5 5 0.4

Integrated Disease

Management

Tuberose Assessment of tuber rot and wilt

management in tuberose

5 5 0.4

Total 30 30 2.4

4.B.2. Technologies Refined under various Crops -Nil

4.B.3. Technologies assessed under Livestock and other enterprises - Nil

4.B.4. Technologies Refined under Livestock and other enterprises - Nil


4.C1.Results of Technologies Assessed

Results of On Farm Trial

Crop/

enterprise

Farmin

g

situatio

n

Problem

definition Title of OFT

No.

of

tria

ls

Technology

Assessed

Parameters of

assessment Data on the parameter

Results of

assessment

Feedback

from the

farmer

Any

refineme

nt

needed

Justificati

on for

refinemen

t

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Rice Irrigated

Low

land

Lack of

alternate

crops in rice

growing

areas during

Kharif

season

Low gross

income in

rice, farmers

need

alternate and

high

remunerative

crop

Assessing

the

performance

of alternate

crops to rice

in

Kanyakumari

District

5 TO1 – Rice [ASD

16]

TO2 – Finger

millet [CO (Ra)

15]

TO3 – Baby corn

[Co (BC) 1]

1. Yield (q/ha)

2. Rice

equivalent

yield (q/ha)

3. BCR

TO1:

Yield (q/ha) : 60.59

Rice equivalent yield

(q/ha): 60.59

BCR : 2.07

TO2:



(q/ha): 11.89

BCR : 1.06

TO2:



(q/ha): 8.33

BCR : 0.82

• Finger millet

produced less

than average

yield (35

q/ha) due to

poorly filled

tips of fingers.

• More cost of

cultivation

(field

preparation –

Rs. 20000/ha

and weeding

(Rs.

12000/ha)

which

reduced the

net income

(Rs. 6528/ha)

and B:C ratio.

• Less than an

average yield

(66.0 q/ha)

due to mal-

formed cobs

(3rd

harvest

onwards) in

turn reduced

the yield and

economic

parameters.

More

difficult to

prepare fine

tilth field for

finger millet

Weeding is

difficult in

wet fields

Poor quality

cobs after

second

harvest in

Baby corn

Less yield

income of

both the

crops

- -


Blackgram Rainfed Low

productivity

(300kg/ha

against the

potential

yield of

750kg/ha)

Lack of

suitable/ideal

variety as

rice fallow

pulse for

Kanyakumar

i Suitable

crop as Rice

fallow pulse

Lack of ideal

variety for

Kanyakumar

i district

Assessment

of suitability

of

Blackgram

variety

VBN-8 in

Kanyakumari

District

5 TO1- Farmers

practices –T9

TO2 - VBN (BG)

6

TO3 - VBN(BG)

8

1. Number of

pods/plant

2. Yield (q/ha)

3. BCR

TO1:

Days to first flowering

– 35

TO2:


– 37

TO3:


– 39

Results are

awaited,

Crop is in

flowering

stage.

- - -

Bhendi Irrigated

Low yield

(16

tonnes/ha) as

against

potential

yield (22.1

t/ha)

Imbalance

use of

fertilizers

Reduced size

of pods and

Shelf-life in

bhendi

Assessment

of Integrated

Nutrient

Management

in Bhendi

hybrid Co Bh

H1

5 TO1 - Farmer’s

practice with

local cultivar+

Application of 50

t FYM/ha +

Imbalanced use

of fertilizers

TO2 - Bhendi

hybrid Co Bh H1

+ Azospirillum

and

Phosphobacteria

@ 2 kg/ha +

FYM @ 25 t/ha +

20:50:30 NPK

kg/ha as basal +

20 kg N/ha at 30

DAS + IIHR

1. Days to first

flowering

2. Number of

pods/plant

3. Pod

weight(g)

4. Length of

pod(cm)

5. Disease

Intensity(%)

6. Population/l

eaf of

sucking

pest(%)

7. Yield (q/ha)

8. BCR

TO1:


– 55.5

Number of pods/plant

– 47.6

Pod weight(g) - 17.7

Length of pod(cm) – 8

Disease Intensity(%) –

4.8

Population/leaf of

sucking pest(%) – 2.8

Yield (q/ha) - 230

BCR – 2.78

TO2:


- 52


– 71.8

Integrated

Nutrient

Management as

per TNAU

recommendatio

n increased the

fruit yield and

quality and

reduced the

incidence of

disease(25.0%)

and

pest(21.42%)

over control.

Nutrient

management

in bhendi

along with

the use of

bio fertilizers

and

vegetable

special have

improved the

yield (16.22

%) with

TNAU

recommenda

tions.

- -


vegetable special

TO3 - Bhendi

hybrid Co Bh H1

+ FYM @ 12 t

ha-1

+ 55:35:70

NPK kg ha-1

+ 55

kg N ha-1

30

DAS + IIHR

vegetable special

Pod weight(g) – 27.3

Length of pod(cm) -

12


3.6

Population/leaf of


Yield (q/ha) - 274.8

BCR – 2.97

TO3:


– 53.4


– 58.6

Pod weight(g) – 22.3

Length of pod(cm) -

10


3.8

Population/leaf of


Yield (q/ha) - 236

BCR – 2.79

Chilli Low dry

chilli yield

(2.5

tonnes/ha) as

against

potential dry

yield (6.74

t/ha)

Incidence of

fruit rot

(22%).

Low shelf

life (2 days

Assessment

of Chilli

hybrid in

Kanyakumari

district

5 TO1 - Farmers

practice

(Andarkulam

Local)

TO2 - Chilli

hybrid TNAU

CO1

TO3 - Chilli

hybrid Arka

Haritha

1. No. of days

to first

harvest

2. Number of

fruits/plant

3. Fruit weight

(g)

4. Disease

Intensity(%)

5. Population/l

eaf of

sucking

pest(%)

6. Yield (q/ha)

7. BCR

TO1:

No. of days to first

harvest – 55.2

Number of fruits/plant

- 115

Fruit weight (g) – 8.8

Disease Intensity (%)

– 5.4

Population/leaf of



BCR - 2.90

TO2:


Chilli hybrid

TNAU Co1

recorded

maximum

yield and

better fruit

quality with

less incidence

of

disease(37.03

%) and

sucking

pest(37.50%)

over control

Chilli hybrid

TNAU CO1

performed

well under

drought

conditions in

terms of

yield and

quality of

fruits

- -


harvest - 62


– 142.4

Fruit weight (g) - 9


– 3.4

Population/leaf of

sucking pest(%) - 2


BCR - 3.58

TO3:


harvest – 64.2


– 135.4

Fruit weight (g) – 9.0


– 4.2

Population/leaf of


Yield (q/ha) - 145

BCR - 3.36

Pepper Rainfed Low yield

(33%).

Occurrence

of foot rot &

wilt (25%)

causes

considerable

yield

reduction

Assessment

of

management

practices in

pepper

5 TO1-Farmers’

practice -

Repeated spray of

0.1%

Carbendazim

TO2- Soil

application of

Tricoderma

harzianum 50g

/vine + drenching

with Metalaxyl +

mancozeb

(Ridomil MZ @

0.125%) @ 5-10

litres/vine + foliar

spray with

1. Per cent

Disease

Incidence

((Total No.

of infected

plants / total

no. of plants

observed )x

100)

2. Yield (q/ha)

3. BCR

TO1:

PDI: 23.2 (%)

Yield: 3.58 q/ha

BCR: 4.30

TO2:

PDI: 11.2 (%)

Yield:4.96 q/ha

BCR: 5.30

TO3:

PDI: 14.4 (%)

Yield: 4.20 q/ha

BCR: 4.90

Soil application

of T.harzianum

followed by

soil drenching

with Metalaxyl

+ mancozeb

and foliar

spray with

Ridomil

reduced the

wilt incidence

(51.72 per

cent) and

increased the

yield (7.66 per

cent).

Good crop

stand and

reduction in

wilt

incidence

was noticed

in biocontrol

treated plots.

- -


Ridomil MZ

(0.125%)

TO3-Soil

application of

Tricoderma viride

50g /vine +

drenching with

Copper

oxychloride

(0.2%) @ 5-10

litres/vine + foliar

spray with

Copper hydroxide

(1%)

Tuberose Irrigated Low yield.

Occurrence

of 21 %

tuber rot &

wilt causes

considerable

yield

reduction

Assessment

of tuber rot

and wilt

management

in tuberose

5 TO1- Farmers’

practice -

Repeated spray of

0.1 %

carbendazim

TO2- Tuber

treatment with

Pseudomonas

fluorescens @

20g/kg tuber +

0.5% foliar

application +

0.2%

Terbuconozole

Soil application

TO3- Tuber

treatment with

Paecillomyces +

Trichoderma

viride +

Pseudomonas @

20g/kg tuber+

0.5%foliar

application + Soil

application

1. Per cent

Disease

Incidence

(mortality %)

2. Gall index

(0-5 scale)

3. Yield (q/ha)

4. BCR

TO1:

PDI: 44.00 (%)

Gall index (0-5) :2.72

Yield: 134.5q/ha

BCR: 3.29

TO2:

PDI: 28.80 (%)

Gall index (1-5) :2.38

Yield: 152.5q/ha

BCR: 3.66

TO3:

PDI: 16.00 (%)

Gall index (1-5) : 1.96

Yield: 167.75q/ha

BCR: 3.84

Tuber

treatment with

Paecillomyces

+ Trichoderma

viride +

Pseudomonas

followed by

soil

application

and foliar

spray recorded

the lowest

incidence of

tuber rot and

nematode

incidence

Reduction in

disease

incidence

and good

crop stand

- -


Contd..

Technology Assessed

Source of

Technology

Production

Please give the unit

(kg/ha, t/ha,

lit/animal, nuts/palm,

nuts/palm/year)

Net Return

(Profit) in Rs.

/ unit

BC Ratio

13 14 15 16 17 18

TO1 – Rice [ASD 16]

TO2 – Finger millet [CO (Ra) 15]

TO3 – Baby corn [Co (BC) 1]

TNAU 2012

& 2015

60.59 q/ha 58812.0 2.07

60.59 q/ha 6528.0 1.06

2.07 q/ha -15884.0 0.82

TO1. Farmers practices –T9

TO2. VBN (BG) 6

TO3. VBN(BG) 8

TNAU 2012

TNAU 2015

Crop is in flowering stage

TO1 - Farmer’s practice with local cultivar+ Application of 50 t FYM/ha

+ Imbalanced use of fertilizers

TO2 - Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1 + Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria

@ 2 kg/ha + FYM @ 25 t/ha + 20:50:30 NPK kg/ha as basal + 20 kg

N/ha at 30 DAS + IIHR vegetable special

TO3 - Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1 + FYM @ 12 t ha-1

+ 55:35:70 NPK kg

ha-1

+ 55 kg N ha-1

30 DAS + IIHR vegetable special

TNAU 2011

KAU 2011

230.2 q/ha 147485.4 2.78

274.8 q/ha 182462.3 2.97

236.0 q/ha 151542.9 2.79

TO1 - Farmers practice (Andarkulam Local)

TO2 - Chilli hybrid TNAU CO1

TO3 - Chilli hybrid Arka Haritha

TNAU 2011

IIHR 2012

121.8 q/ha 280871.0 2.90

154.4 q/ha 394145.0 3.58

145.0 q/ha 354620.0 3.36

TO1-Farmers’ practice - Repeated spray of 0.1% Carbendazim

TO2- Soil application of Tricoderma harzianum 50g /vine +

drenching with Metalaxyl + mancozeb (Ridomil MZ @ 0.125%) @

5-10 litres/vine + foliar spray with Ridomil MZ (0.125%)

TO3-Soil application of Tricoderma viride 50g /vine + drenching with

Copper oxychloride (0.2%) @ 5-10 litres/vine + foliar spray with

Copper hydroxide (1%)

IISR, 2015

TNAU, 2015

3.58 q/ha 140125.0 4.30

4.96 q/ha 200875.0 5.30

4.20 q/ha 152587.0 4.90

TO1- Farmers’ practice - Repeated spray of 0.1 % carbendazim

TO2- Tuber treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 20g/kg tuber +

0.5% foliar application + 0.2% Terbuconozole Soil application

TO3- Tuber treatment with Paecillomyces + Trichoderma viride +

Pseudomonas @ 20g/kg tuber+ 0.5%foliar application + Soil

application

TNAU, 2013

IIHR, 2015

134.5 q/ha 301900.0 3.29

152.5 q/ha 344300.0 3.66

167.75 q/ha 372250.0 3.84


4.C2. Details of each On Farm Trial for assessment to be furnished in the following format

separately as per the following details

OFT 1 : Assessing the performance of alternate crops to rice in Kanyakumari District

1 Title of Technology Assessed : Assessing the performance of alternate crops to rice in Kanyakumari

District

2 Problem Definition : Lack of alternate crops in rice growing areas during Kharif season

Low gross income in rice (Rs. 50000/ha)

Low net income in rice (<Rs. 20000/ha)

Farmers need alternate nutritive and high remunerative crops

3 Details of technologies

selected for assessment

: Technology

option 1 Rice [ASD 16]

Technology

option 2 Finger millet [CO (Ra) 15]

Technology

option 3 Baby corn [Co (BC) 1]

4 Source of technology : TNAU 2012 & 2015

5 Production system and

thematic area

: Rice – Rice – Pulse

Crop introduction

6 Performance of the

Technology with performance

indicators

:

S.

No.

Name and Village Technology option 1 Technology option 2 Technology option 3

Yield

(q/ha)

REY

(q/ha)

BCR Yield

(q/ha)

REY

(q/ha)

BCR Yield

(q/ha)

REY

(q/ha)

BCR

1 Kalyankumar

ChenbagaramanPudur 58.00 58.00 1.80 34.38 17.12 1.06 16.00 7.97 0.49

2 Esakki,

Chenbagaraman

Pudur

59.00 59.00 2.05 26.43 13.16 1.18 18.93 9.43 1.12

3 Murugan

Kozhikottupothai 60.50 60.50 2.58 18.88 9.40 1.18 15.70 7.82 0.78

4 George


5 Chidambaram


Mean 60.59 60.59 2.07 23.87 11.89 1.06 16.72 8.33 0.82

7 Feedback, matrix scoring of

various technology parameters

done through farmer’s

participation / other scoring

techniques

: More difficult to prepare fine tilth field for finger millet

Weeding is difficult in wet fields

Poor quality cobs after second harvest in Baby corn

Less yield income of both the crops

8 Final recommendation for micro

level situation

: Both Finger millet and Baby corn are failed to replace the rice crop as

alternative crops during Kharif season in Kanyakumari District.

9 Constraints identified and

feedback for research

: Irrigated lowland fields are very difficult to prepare to the fine tilth.

Heavy wind might be the reason for tip drying of finger millet cobs

Suitability of climatic conditions may be test verified for cultivation of

Baby corn.

10 Process of farmers participation

and their reaction

: Participation was good with little resistance initially to grow other than

rice crops in the Kharif season.


OFT 2 : Assessment of suitability of Blackgram variety VBN-8 in Kanyakumari District

1 Title of Technology

Assessed

: Assessment of suitability of Blackgram variety VBN-8 in


2 Problem Definition : • Low productivity (300kg/ha against the potential yield of 750kg/ha)

• Suitable crop as Rice fallow pulse

• Lack of ideal variety for Kanyakumari district



: Technology

option 1 Farmers Practice

Technology

option 2 Blackgram – VBN (BG) 6

Technology

option 3 Blackgram – VBN (BG)8

4 Source of technology : TNAU 2012 and TNAU 2016


thematic area

: Rice – Rice –Pulses; Varietal evaluation


Technology with

performance indicators

:

Crop is in flowering stage

S.

No.


Days to first flowering Days to first flowering Days to first flowering

1 S. Darwin

Vadakanpagam

35 38 40

2 M. Asirwatham

Manavalakurichi

34 37 39

3 R. Vijayakumar

Mondaikadu

35 39 38

4 A. Krishnakumar

Muthalakurichi

36 36 39

5 Rajendiran

Vadakanpagam

35 37 37

7 Feedback, matrix scoring

of various technology

parameters done through

farmer’s participation /

other scoring techniques

: -

8 Final recommendation for

micro level situation

: -



: -

10 Process of farmers

participation and their

reaction

: -


OFT 3 : Assessment of Integrated Nutrient Management in Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1


Assessed

: Assessment of Integrated Nutrient Management in Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1

2 Problem Definition : Low yield (160 quintals/ha) as against potential yield (221 quintals/ha)

Imbalanced use of fertilizers

Reduced size of pods(8 to 10 cm)


selected for

assessment

: Technology

option 1

Farmer’s practice with local cultivar+ Application of 50 t

FYM/ha + Imbalanced use of fertilizers

Technology

option 2

Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1 + Azospirillum and

Phosphobacteria @ 2 kg/ha + FYM @ 25 t/ha + 20:50:30

NPK kg/ha as basal + 20 kg N/ha at 30 DAS + IIHR

vegetable special

Technology

option 3

Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1 + FYM @ 12 t ha-1

+ 55:35:70

NPK kg ha-1

+ 55 kg N ha-1

30 DAS + IIHR vegetable

special

4 Source of technology : TNAU CPG(2013)

KAU CPG(2011)


thematic area

: Integrated Nutrient Management

Bhendi-Brinjal-Bhendi


Technology with


:

S.

No.


Days

to 50%

floweri

ng

No. of

fruits/

plant

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR Days

to 50%

floweri

ng

No.

of

fruits/

plant

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR Days

to

50%

flower

ing

No. of

fruits/

plant

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR

1 M.Barnabas,

Appattuvilai 55.0 48.0 234.0 2.77 53.0 70.0 268.0 2.97 54.0 62.0 245.0 2.85

2 S.John Bosco

Leelis,

Appattuvilai

55.0 51.0 220.0 2.75 52.0 68.0 250.0 2.95 54.0 55.0 230.0 2.76

3 S.Ponnus,wamy,

Appattuvilai 56.0 52.0 216.0 2.74 51.0 75.0 295.0 2.89 54.0 58.0 235.0 2.78

4 S.Sriram, Appattuvilai

55.0 45.0 239.0 2.81 53.0 72.0 275.0 3.05 53.0 58.0 238.0 2.82

5 A.Krishnakumar,

Appattuvilai 55.0 42.0 242.0 2.84 51.0 74.0 286.0 2.98 52.0 60.0 232.0 2.76

Mean 55.2 47.6 230.2 2.78 52.0 71.8 274.8 3.00 53.4 58.6 236.0 2.79


various technology




: Good crop stand and increased yield and quality of fruits was observed

with INM practices as per TNAU recommendations in Bhendi hybrid

Co Bh H1



: INM package with Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria @ 2 kg/ha +

FYM @ 25 t/ha + 20:50:30 NPK kg/ha as basal + 20 kg N/ha at 30

DAS + IIHR vegetable special registered highest yield and quality of

fruits in Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1



: -



reaction

: Farmers actively participated in the trial and observed the performance

and efficiency of INM practices in Bhendi as recommended by TNAU


OFT 4 : Assessment of Chilli hybrid in Kanyakumari district


Assessed

: Assessment of Chilli hybrid in Kanyakumari district

2 Problem Definition : Low yield (120 quintals/ha) as against potential yield (quintals 145

quintals/ha)

Low fruit weight(5.5 g)

Incidence of fruit rot (12%)



: Technology

option 1 Local cultivar(Andarkulam Local)

Technology

option 2 TNAU COCh H1

Technology

option 3 Arka Haritha

4 Source of technology : TNAU(2014)

IIHR(2009)


thematic area

: Bhendi-Chilli-Bhendi

Varietal evaluation


Technology with


:

S.

No.


Days

to first

harvest

No. of

fruits/

plant

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR Days

to first

harvest

No. of

fruits/

plant

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR Days

to first

harvest

No. of

fruits/

plant

Yield

(q/ha)

BC

R

1 M. Maria Sebastian,

Appattuvilai 65 118 142.0 3.36 60 150.0 180.0 3.96 65 136.0 146.0 3.42

2 S.Thangappan,

Appattuvilai 66 112 107.0 2.57 63 142.0 154.0 3.65 63 139.0 167.0 3.79

3 A.Mani,

Kappiarrai 66 115 110.0 2.63 62 144.0 138.0 3.19 65 130.0 120.0 2.87

4 R.Nesamony,

Kappiarrai 68 110 106.0 2.57 65 125.0 120.0 3.09 65 132.0 158.0 3.57

5 Arul Gnana Das,

Ponaravilai 65 120 144.0 3.39 60 151.0 180.0 3.99 63 140.0 134.0 3.15

Mean 66 115 121.8 2.90 62 142.4 154.4 3.58 64.2 135.4 145.0 3.36


various technology


farmer’s participation / other

scoring techniques

: Good crop stand and earliness was noticed with improved fruit yield and

quality and reduced incidence of disease and pest



: TNAU COCh H1 exerted superiority over the hybrid Arka Haritha and

Local cultivar with respect to earliness, yield and quality of fruits and

reaction to disease and pest



: -.



reaction


and found that the performance of hybrid TNAU COCh H1 was better

than other two cultivars


OFT 5 : Assessment of Management practices in pepper


Assessed

: Assessment of management practices in pepper

2 Problem Definition : Low yield (33%).

Occurrence of foot rot & wilt (25%) causes considerable yield reduction



: Technology

option1

Farmers’ practice - Repeated spray of 0.1% Carbendazim

Technology

option 2

Soil application of Tricoderma harzianum 50g /vine +

drenching with Metalaxyl + mancozeb (Ridomil MZ @

0.125%) @ 5-10 litres/vine + foliar spray with Ridomil

MZ (0.125%)

Technology

option 3

Soil application of Tricoderma viride 50g /vine +

drenching with Copper oxychloride (0.2%) @ 5-10

litres/vine + foliar spray with Copper hydroxide (1%)

4 Source of technology : IISR, 2015 & TNAU, 2015


thematic area

: Coconut/Arecanut-Pepper

Integrated Disease Management


Technology with


:

S.

No.

Name and

Village

Technology option 1 Technology option 2 Technology option 3

PDI

(%)

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR PDI

(%)

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR PDI

(%)

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR

1 V.Gireesh

Andoor 20.00 3.50 3.83 8.00 5.20 4.62 12.00 4.35 4.30

2 C. Paulraj,

Chempaloor 24.00 3.75 4.80 12.00 5.00 5.33 16.00 4.15 5.00

3 R.

Vijayakumar

Andoor

28.00 3.80 4.45 12.00 5.10 5.51 12.00 4.35 5.10

4 C. Usha

Andoor 24.00 3.85 4.38 12.00 5.00 5.97 20.00 4.15 5.39

5 J. Biju

Andoor 20.00 3.00 4.18 12.00 4.50 5.07 12.00 4.00 4.76

Mean 23.20 3.58 4.33 11.20 4.96 5.30 14.40 4.20 4.91

7 Feedback, matrix scoring

of various technology




: Reduction in disease incidence and good crop stand in biocontrol agent

treated plots.



: Soil application of T. harzianum followed by soil drenching with

Metalaxyl + Mancozeb and foliar spray reduced the wilt incidence

(51.72 per cent) and increased the yield (7.66 per cent).



: Timely availability of biocontrol agents is required. Location and crop

specific isolates of Trichoderma needs to be explored for better crop

disease management



reaction


of crop under each treatment. They visualized the results and found

that the performance of treatment involving T. harzianum (TO2) was

better followed by T. viride (TO3) when compared to conventional

farmers practice.


OFT 6 : Assessment of tuber rot and wilt management in tuberose


Assessed

: Assessment of tuber rot and wilt management in tuberose

2 Problem Definition : Low yield.

Occurrence of 21 % tuber rot & wilt causes considerable yield reduction



: Technology

option1

Farmers’ practice - Repeated spray of 0.1 %

carbendazim

Technology

option 2

Tuber treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens @

20g/kg tuber + 0.5% foliar application + 0.2%

Terbuconozole Soil application

Technology

option 3

Tuber treatment with Paecillomyces + Trichoderma

viride + Pseudomonas @ 20g/kg tuber+ 0.5%foliar

application + Soil application

4 Source of technology : TNAU, 2013 and IIHR, 2015


thematic area

: Tuberose

Integrated Disease Management


Technology with


:

S.

No.


PDI

(%)

Gall

index

(0-5)

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR PDI

(%)

Gall

index

(0-5)

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR PDI

(%)

Gall

index

(0-5)

Yield

(q/ha)

BCR

1 A. Appu

Senbaramanpudur 40 2.7 137.5 3.28 28 2.4 147.5 3.5 12 1.9 162.5 3.67

2 T. Subramaninan

Senbaramanpudur 44 2.6 132.5 3.29 20 2.4 157.5 3.8 16 2 175 4.04

3 S. Iyyappan

Senbaramanpudur 44 2.8 135 3.3 32 2.5 150 3.6 16 1.9 161.2 3.72

4 K. Veerapudiran

Senbaramanpudur 52 2.7 135 3.4 32 2.4 155 3.8 16 2.2 170 3.92

5 P. Selvam

Senbaramanpudur 40 2.8 132.5 3.21 32 2.2 152.5 3.7 20 1.8 170 3.86

Mean 44 2.7 134.5 3.29 28.8 2.4 152.5 3.6 16 2 167.7 3.84


various technology


farmer’s participation / other

scoring techniques

: Good crop stand and reduction in disease incidence was noticed in

biocontrol treated plots.



: Tuber treatment with Paecillomyces + Trichoderma viride +

Pseudomonas @ 20g/kg tuber followed by soil application 2 kg/ac and

foliar 0.5%) recorded the lowest incidence of tuber rot and nematode

incidence



: -.



reaction


and found that the performance of treatment involving Paecillomyces

+ Trichoderma viride + Pseudomonas was better than other practices.

4.D1. Results of Technologies Refined: Nil


PART V - FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATIONS

5.A. Summary of FLDs implemented during 2016-17

Sl.

No. Category

Farming

Situation

Season

and

Year Crop Variety/

breed Hybrid

Thematic area

Technology Demonstrated

Area (ha) No. of farmers/

demonstration

Reasons

for

shortfall

in

achieve.

Prop

osed

Actu

al

SC/

ST

Othe

rs

Tot

al

1 Cereals Irrigated Kharif

2016

Rice TPS 5 &

ASD 16

- Integrated crop

management

Demonstration of ICM

practices in rice during

Kharif season

4 4 0 10 10 -

2 Cereals Irrigated Rabi 2016 Rice CR

1009

sub1

- Integrated crop

management

Demonstration of Rice

var. CR 1009 Sub1 with

improved crop

technologies under acid

soil during Rabi season

4 4 1 9 10 -

3 Pulses Rainfed Summer

2017

Pulses C08 - Varietal

evaluation

Demonstration of

greengram in

rice-fallow condition

4 4 1 9 10 -

4 Fruits Irrigated Kharif

2016

Banana Red

banana

- Integrated crop

management

Integrated Crop

Management practices

for Banana in acid soil

4 4 - 10 10 -

5 Fruits Irrigated Kharif

2016

Banana Nendra

n

- Integrated pest

management

Demonstration of

Pseudostem weevil

management in banana

4 4 0 10 10 -

6 Vegetables Irrigated Rabi 2016 Bhendi Local - Integrated pest

and disease

management

Integrated Pest and

disease management for

Bhendi

2 2 - 10 10 -

7 Flower Irrigated Kharif

2016

Marigold Thovalai

Local

- Integrated crop

management

Integrated crop

management in Marigold

4 4 1 9 10 -

8 Fodder Rainfed Kharif

2016

Guinea

grass

Co GG3 Fodder

cultivation

Demonstration of

guinea grass under

coconut gardens

1 1 10 10 -

9 Others Irrigated Rabi 2016 Vegetables Local nutrition garden Demonstration of

nutrition garden

0.1 0.1 0 10 10 -


5.A. 1. Soil fertility status of FLDs plots during 2016-17

Sl.

No. Category

Farming

Situation

Season

and

Year Crop

Variety/

breed

Hybri

d

Thematic

area Technology

Demonstrated

Season and

year

Status of soil

(kg/ha)

Previous

crop

grown

N P K

1 Cereals Irrigated Kharif

2016

Rice TPS 5 &

ASD 16

- Integrated

crop

management

Demonstration of

ICM practices in

rice during Kharif

season

Kharif 2016 176-

278

4.8-

9.5

121-

205

Blackgram

2 Cereals Irrigated Rabi Rice CR 1009

Sub1

- Integrated

crop

management

Demonstration of

Rice var. CR 1009

Sub1 with improved

crop technologies

under acid soil

during Rabi season

Rabi 2016 211-

220

10-

12

150-

160

Rice

3 Pulses Rainfed Summer

2017

Pulses C08 - Varietal

evaluation

Demonstration of

greengram in

rice-fallow

condition

Summer

2017

172-

269

4.9-

8.9

109-

204

Rice

4 Fruit Irrigated Kharif

2016

Banana Redbanana - Integrated

Crop

Management

Integrated Crop

Management

practices for Banana

in acid soil

Kharif 2016 118-

161

7.6-

9.8

115-

18.

Banana

5 Fruit Irrigated Kharif

2016

Banana Nendran - Integrated

pest

management

Demonstration of

Pseudostem weevil

management in

banana

Kharif 2016 175-

273

5.4-

9.9

76-

154

Banana

6 Vegetables Irrigated Rabi 2016 Bhendi Local Integrated

pest and

disease

management

Integrated Pest and

disease

management for

Bhendi

Rabi 2016 180-

271

4.7-

9.8

77-

181

Tapioca /

Banana

7 Flowers Irrigated Kharif

2016

Marigold Thovalai

Local

Integrated

crop

management

Integrated crop

management in

Marigold

Kharif 2016 157-

221

9.3-

14.2

108-

181

Marigold


8 Fodder Rainfed Rabi 2016 Guinea

grass

CO-GG3 - Fodder

cultivation

Demonstration of

guinea grass under

coconut gardens

Rabi 2016 161-

217

7.4-

9.8

93-

117

Coconut

9 Others

(Specify)

Irrigated Rabi 2016 Vegetables Local Nutrition

garden

Demonstration of

nutrition garden

Rabi 2016 175-

204

4.6-

7.9

74-

107

Nil

5.B. Results of Frontline Demonstrations

5.B.1. Crops

Crop

Name of the

technology

demonstrate

d

Variety Hyb

rid

Farmin

g

situatio

n

No.

of

Dem

o

Are

a

(ha)

Yield (q/ha) %

Incre

ase

*Economics of demonstration

(Rs./ha)

*Economics of check

(Rs./ha)

Demo Chec

k

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

**

BC

R

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

**

BC

R H L A

Cereals Demonstrati

on of ICM

practices in

rice during

Kharif

season

TPS 5 &

ASD 16

- Irrigated

10 4.0 87.00 62.5

0 73.37 66.48 10.36 59468 133350 73701 2.27 69461 124221 54760 1.82

Cereals Demonstrati

on of Rice

var. CR 1009

Sub1 with

improved

crop

technologies

under acid

soil during

Rabi season

CR 1009

Sub1

- Irrigated

10 4.0 82.65 76.1

3 79.61 67.75 17.51 65490 159220 93730 2.43 66565 133973 67408 2.01


Pulses Demonstrati

on of

greengram in

rice-fallow

condition

Co 8 - Rainfed

(Rice

fallow) 10 4.0 Crop is in flowering stage

Fruit Integrated

Crop

Management

practices for

Banana in

acid soil

Redbanan

a

- Irrigated

10 4.0 455.0 397.

8 427.4 381.5 12.04 352400 1209760 857360 3.43 356900 1016000 659100 2.84

Fruit Demonstrati

on of

Pseudostem

weevil

management

in banana

Nendran - Irrigated

10 4.0 671.2 588.

7 643.7 537.5 16.50 107413 408000 300587 3.79 111425 342370 230945 3.07

Vegetables Integrated

Pest and

disease

management

for Bhendi

Local Irrigated

10 2.0 145 125 135 119.5 13 70362 135000 64638 1.92 73926 119500 45574 1.62

Flowers Integrated

crop

management

in Marigold

Thovalai

Local - Irrigated 10 4.0 155 120 137.5 115 19.56 212229 687500 475271 3.61 200749 575000 374251 2.98

Fodder Demonstrati

on of guinea

grass under

coconut

gardens

Guinea

grass-

CO-GG3

- Rainfed

10 4.0 160.4 133.

7 148.2 117.4 20.78 74315 149201 74850 2.01 74351 117365 43014 1.58

Others Demonstrati

on of

nutrition

garden

- - Rainfed

10 0.08 277.4 260 268.5 NA NA 175000 680750 505750 3.89 NA NA NA NA

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

** BCR= GROSS RETURN/GROSS COST

H–Highest Yield, L – Lowest Yield A – Average Yield


Data on additional parameters other than yield (viz., reduction of percentage in weed/pest/diseases etc.)

Parameter with unit Demo Check

Plant height (cm)

No. of tillers/m2

No. of productive tillers/m2

No. of grains/panicle

No. of filled grains/panicle

Weed population/m2

118.7

512.0

436.0

232.7

199.8

8.2

105.9

400.0

345.0

184.5

155.4

20.6

Plant height (cm)

No. of productive tillers/hill

Leaf folder damage (%)

120.8

23.1

1.93

116.7

19.9

3.86

Days of first flowering (Crop is in flowering stage) 32 34

Number of Hands/Bunch (Nos.)

Number of Fingers/hand (Nos.)

Bunch Weight (kg)

Percent Disease Index (%)

6.22

17.32

32.88

16.0

5.37

16.02

27.25

42.0

Bunch weight –kg

Pseudostem weevil incidence (%)

28.22

10.00

24.58

23.36

Whitefly population per leaf (Nos.)

YMV incidence (%)

2.0

11.04

4.3

23.36

Disease Intensity

Population/leaf of sucking pest

4.8

2.8

7.5

6.1

Plant height (cm)

Number of tillers/clump

Number of tillers/m2

Green biomass/cutting (q/ha)

Green biomass/ha (q/ha)

144.7 12.5 49.9 21.5

148.2

121.8 9.2

36.7 16.8

117.4

Expenditure towards vegetable purchase (Rs.)

Per capita consumption (g)

Nutritional knowledge (%)

61.5

45.2

13.3

13.9

78.4

48.5

5.B.2. Livestock and related enterprises : Nil

5.B.3. Fisheries : Nil


5.B.4. Other enterprises

Enterprise

Name of the

technology

demonstrated

Variety/

species

No. of

Demo

Units/

Area

{m2}

Yield (q/ha) %

Increase


(Rs./unit) or (Rs./m2)

*Economics of check

(Rs./unit) or (Rs./m2)

Demo Check

if any

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

**

BCR

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

**

BCR

H L A

Integrated

Farming

System

IFS -1 (Coconut

+ Cow + Desi

Chicken + Fodder

crops + Azolla +

Vermi-compost)

- 01 14000 - - - - - 274000 1087600 424400 3.97 544000 698400 154400 1.28

IFS -2 (Coconut

+ Goat + Fodder

crops + Azolla +

Vermi-compost)

- 01 3000 - - - - - 77750 160000 82250 2.06 16000 40000 24000 2.50

IFS -3 (Coconut

+ Goat + Cow +

Turkey+ Fodder

crops + Azolla +

Vermi-compost)

- 01 10000 - - - - - 176000 715000 539000 4.06 169500 408400 238900 2.41



H-High L-Low, A-Average

Data on additional parameters other than yield (viz., additional income realized, employment generation, quantum of farm resources recycled etc.) - Nil

5.B.5. Farm implements and machinery : Nil

5.B.6.Extension and Training activities under FLD

Sl.No. Activity No. of activities organised Number of participants Remarks

1 Field days 2 100 -

2 Farmers Training 24 474 -

3 Media coverage 1 50 -

4 Training for extension functionaries 5 107 -

5 Others (Please specify) - - -


PART VI – DEMONSTRATIONS ON CROP HYBRIDS

Demonstration details on crop hybrids - Nil

PART VII - TRAINING

7.A.Training of Farmers and Farm Women including sponsored training programmes (On

campus)

Area of training No. of

Courses

No. of Participants

General SC/ST Grand Total

Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Crop Production

Crop Diversification 1 12 11 23 0 0 0 12 11 23

Integrated Farming 1 2 14 16 0 0 0 2 14 16

Integrated Crop Management 2 10 24 34 1 3 4 11 27 38

Production of organic inputs 1 13 10 23 0 0 0 13 10 23

Others (PPV&FRA) 2 46 52 98 1 1 2 47 53 100

Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops

Production of low value and

high volume crop 2 11 41 52 0 0 0 11 41 52

Export potential vegetables 1 3 17 20 0 3 3 3 20 23

b) Fruits

c) Ornamental Plants

Export potential of

ornamental plants 1 13 20 33 1 9 10 14 29 43

d) Plantation crops

e) Tuber crops

f) Spices

g) Medicinal and Aromatic

Plants

Soil Health and Fertility

Management

Management of Problematic

soils 1 5 13 18 1 2 3 6 15 21

Soil and water testing 1 5 14 19 0 1 1 5 15 20

Livestock Production and

Management

Feed and Fodder technology 1 7 13 20 0 0 0 7 13 20

Home Science/Women

empowerment

Household food security by

kitchen gardening and

nutrition gardening

1 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 19 19

Value addition 1 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 16 16

Agril. Engineering


Farm machinery and its

maintenance 1 11 10 21 1 0 1 12 10 22

Plant Protection

Integrated Pest Management 1 14 11 25 3 0 3 17 11 28

Integrated Disease

Management 4 34 65 99 1 18 19 35 83 118

Bio-control of pests and

diseases 1 4 13 17 0 2 2 4 15 19

Fisheries

Production of Inputs at site

Vermi-compost production 1 6 8 14 0 2 2 6 10 16

Capacity Building and

Group Dynamics

Agro-forestry

TOTAL 24 206 371 577 9 39 48 215 410 625

7.B Training of Farmers and Farm Women including sponsored training programmes (Off

campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Crop Production



Seed production 1 19 1 20 0 0 0 19 1 20


Integrated Nutrient

Management 1 20 0 20 1 1 2 21 1 22


Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops


high volume crop 1 6 17 23 0 0 0 6 17 23


b) Fruits

Cultivation of Fruit 1 10 10 20 0 0 0 10 10 20


Export potential of


d) Plantation crops

e) Tuber crops

Production and Management

technology 6 162 0 162 18 0 18 180 0 180

Processing and value

addition 2 54 0 54 6 0 6 60 0 60


f) Spices


technology 1 2 16 18 0 0 0 2 16 18


Plants


Management

Integrated nutrient

management 1 7 12 19 0 0 0 7 12 19


soils 1 10 9 19 0 0 0 10 9 19



Management


Home Science/Women

empowerment



nutrition gardening

1 2 8 10 0 0 0 2 8 10

Value addition 1 9 8 17 0 0 0 9 8 17

Agril. Engineering

Plant Protection


Integrated Disease

Management 4 22 45 67 5 6 11 27 51 78

Fisheries



Group Dynamics

TOTAL 39 483 226 709 39 18 57 522 244 766

7.C.Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes (on campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Mushroom Production 1 12 9 21 0 0 0 12 9 21

Value addition 1 12 7 19 0 0 0 12 7 19

Small scale processing 1 4 14 18 2 0 2 6 14 20

Post Harvest Technology 1 2 21 23 0 0 0 2 21 23

TOTAL 4 30 51 81 2 0 2 32 51 83


7.D. Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes (off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fema

le Total Male

Fema

le Total Male

Femal

e Total

Nursery Management of

Horticulture crops 1 21 5 26 7 13 20 28 18 46


Value addition 1 7 13 20 0 0 0 7 13 20


TOTAL 4 42 39 81 7 13 20 49 52 101

7.E.Trainingprogrammes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes

(on campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Productivity enhancement in

field crops 2 32 20 52 2 3 5 34 23 57


Protected cultivation

technology 1 10 3 13 0 0 0 10 3 13

Total 4 62 35 97 4 6 10 66 41 107

7.F. Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes

(off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total


technology 1 10 3 13 1 0 1 11 3 14

Total 1 10 3 13 1 0 1 11 3 14

7.G. Sponsored training programmes conducted

S.N

o. Area of training

No. of

Courses No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

1 Crop production and

management

2 Production and value

addition

3. Soil health and

fertility management -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

4 Production of Inputs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


at site

5 Methods of protective

cultivation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

6 Others (PPV&FRA) 2 46 52 98 1 1 2 47 53 100

7

Post harvest

technology and value

addition

7.a. Processing and value

addition 3 18 42 60 2 0 2 20 42 62

8 Farm machinery

9. Livestock and

fisheries

10 Livestock production

and management

11. Home Science

12 Agricultural

Extension

Total 5 64 94 158 3 1 4 67 95 162

Details of sponsoring agencies involved

1. ICAR Attracting and Retaining Rural Youth in Agriculture project

2. GOI- PPV & FRA

7.H. Details of Vocational Training Programmes carried out by KVKs for rural youth

S.No

. Area of training

No. of

Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Femal

e Total


management

1.c. Commercial vegetable

production 1 10 4 14 1 0 1 11 4 15

1.e. Organic farming 1 28 0 28 0 0 0 28 0 28

1.f. Others (Integrated

Farming System) 1 6 16 22 0 0 0 6 16 22

2

Post harvest


addition

2.a. Value addition 1 1 18 19 0 0 0 1 18 19

3. Livestock and fisheries

4. Income generation

activities

4.d. Rural Crafts 1 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 15

4.g. Mushroom cultivation 1 17 12 29 1 0 1 18 12 30

5 Agricultural Extension

Grand Total 6 62 65 112 17 0 2 64 50 129


PART VIII – EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Extension Programmes (including extension activities undertaken in FLD programmes)

Nature of Extension

Programme

No. of

Programmes

No. of Participants

(General)

No. of Participants

SC / ST

No.of extension

personnel

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Field Day 2 40 2 42 6 3 9 7 4 11

KisanGhosthi 6 119 112 231 4 1 5 28 15 43

Exhibition 7 383 297 680 7 2 9 101 62 163

Film Show 17 466 577 1043 0 0 0 232 163 395

Method

Demonstrations 20 168 62 230 0 0 0 19 6 25

Farmers Seminar 1 274 223 497 14 17 31 41 18 59

Group meetings 4 59 43 102 0 0 0 23 11 34

Lectures delivered as

resource persons 25 490 398 888 30 50 80 148 92 240

Newspaper coverage 23 - - - - - - - - -

Radio talks 16 - - - - - - - - -

TV talks 3 - - - - - - - - -

Popular articles 8 - - - - - - - - -

Extension Literature 5 - - - - - - - - -

Advisory Services 211 281 38 319 2 0 2 1 3 4

Scientific visit to

farmers field 67 353 75 428 7 2 9 7 3 10

Farmers visit to KVK 246 396 111 507 0 0 0 10 4 14

Diagnostic visits 33 155 30 185 3 2 5 16 18 34

Exposure visits 6 89 49 138 4 0 4 0 0 0

Ex-trainees Sammelan 2 21 3 24 1 0 1 28 16 44

Soil health Camp 1 15 38 53 0 0 0 3 5 8

Animal Health Camp 4 152 71 223 0 0 0 0 0 0

Celebration of

important days

(Swachh Bharat

Abhiyan)

1 47 23 70 0 0 0 15 11 26

Total 708 3508 2152 5660 78 77 155 679 431 1110


PART IX – PRODUCTION OF SEED, PLANT AND LIVESTOCK MATERIALS

9.A. Production of seeds by the KVKs

Crop category Name of the

crop

Variety Hybrid Quantity of

seed

(qtl)

Value

Number of

farmers to

whom

provided

Cereals (crop wise) Rice TPS 5 46.89

(Rs.2400.00/q)

112536 115

Total 46.89 112536 115

9.B. Production of planting materials by the KVKs

9.C. Production of Bio-Products

Bio Products Name of the bio-

product

Quantity

Kg

Value (Rs.) Number of

farmers to

whom provided

Others (specify)

Coconut Tonic 3315 Packets

(Rs.10.00 / 200ml/pkt)

33150 200

Total 33150 200

9.D. Production of livestock materials - Nil

Crop category Name of

the crop

Variety Hybrid Number Value (Rs.) Number of

farmers to

whom

provided

Fodder crop Cumbu

Napier

Grass

CO(BN)

5

45800 setts

(60 paise/sett)

25990 50

Guinea

Grass

CO(GG)3 1600 slips

(Rs.1.50/slip)

2400 10

Others(specify) Bhendi

Vegetables

37.5 (kg)

(Rs.40.00/kg)

1500 25

Baby Corn 515 Nos.

(Rs.1.00/No.)

515 25

Total 30405 110


PART X – PUBLICATION, SUCCESS STORY, SWTL, TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND

DROUGHT MITIGATION

10. A. Literature Developed/Published (with full title, author & reference)

(A) KVK News Letter ((Date of start, Periodicity, number of copies distributed etc.)

(B) Literature developed/published

Item Title Authors name Number

Research papers

1 Influence of crop geometry, age

and number of seedlings on

physiological characters in relation

to yield of low land rice.

M.R. Nandhakumar,

K. Velayudham and

N. Thavaprakaash

Research on crops. 17

(1): 1-7. (2016)

2 Knowledge of ATMA Farm

School Beneficiaries on Integrated

Crop Management (ICM)

Technologies in Maize

S,Kalaivani,

S. Palaniswamy and

R. Premavathi

International Journal

Farm Science 6(3): 23-

27. (2016)

3 Impact Assessment of Exposure

Visits and Feedback of ATMA

Stakeholders

R. Premavathi and

S.Kalaivani

International Journal of

Information Research

and Review ,3(5): 2289-

2293. (2016)

4 Technology adoption behaviour of

jasmine growers- A critical

analysis

P.Bagya Janani,

R. Premavathi and

D.Puthira Prathap

Journal of Extension

Education, Vl.28 (1):

5607-5613. (2016)

5 Production potential of Greengram

(Vignaradiata (L) Wilczek.) in

response to System of Crop

Intensification practices.

E. Sathiyavani,

K. Velayudham and

N. Thavarpakaash.

Indian Journal of

Agricultural Research.

50(6): 619-622. (2016)

6 Effect of spatial pattern and

nitrogen scheduling on economic

indices and partial budgeting in

maize (Zea mays L.).

D. Selvakumar,

K. Velayudham and

N. Thavaprakaash.

International Research

Journal of Marketing

and Economics. 3 (92):

202-209. (2016)

Technical bulletins

1 Mushroom cultivation and value

addition (Tamil).

K.Kavitha, R. Latha,

N. Thavaprakaash and

R. Premavathi.

ICAR- KrishiVigyan

Kendra, Kanyakumari.

(2016)

2 Fungicides and bio fungicides in

plant disease management (Tamil).

K.Kavitha, N.

Thavaprakash,

R. Latha and

R. Premavathi

ICAR- KrishiVigyan


(2016)

3 Organic farming (Tamil). N.Thavaprakaash,

K. Kavitha, R. Premavathi

and K.R. Sudha

ICAR- KrishiVigyan


(2017)

Popular articles

1 Value added products from

banana- Success story of the

farmer (Tamil)

A.Vijayakumar, R.

Premavathi and

K. R. Sudha.

Uzhavarin Valarum

Velanmai. 8(1):56-57

2 Rice fallow blackgram cultivation

in Kanyakumari District (Tamil).

N. Thavaprakaash,

R. Latha and

R. Premavathi.

Uzhavarin Valarum

Velanmai. 8(2):33-34

3 Success story on improvement in

the status of farm women-

K.R. Sudha and

R. Premavathi.

Uzhavarin Valarum

Velanmai. 8(3) : 50-53


Handicrafts making from banana

fibre (Tamil)

4 Life status improvement in farm

women- Handicrafts making from

banana fibre (Tamil)

K.R. Sudha,

R. Premavathi and J. Jane

Sujatha

Krishi Jakran. 1(2)

: 51-53

5 Backyard poultry rearing with

Nandhanam 4 for getting

additional income (Tamil)

B. Balumahenriran,

S. Sangetha and K.Kavitha.

Uzhavarin Valarum

Velanmai. in 8(5) : 35-37

6 Green leaf manures for soil health

improvement (Tamil)

N. Thavaprakaash,

R. Premavathi and

K.R. Sudha.

Pachai Boomi.

December, 28-29.

7 Green manures for soil health

improvement. (Tamil)

N. Thavaprakaash,

R. Premavathi and

K.R. Sudha.

Naveena Velanmai.

January,2017. pp. 10-12.

8 Ten ideas to ger 10 ton of yield

(Tamil)

N.Thavaprakaash,

K. Kavitha, R. Premavathi

and K.R. Sudha.

Pachai Boomi. January,

28-30.

Extension literature

1 Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana

programme folder. (Tamil)

ICAR- KrishiVigyan

Kendra

ICAR- Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Kanyakumari

District. (2016)

2 Protection of farm lands from wild

boar (Tamil)

R. Premavathi, R. Rajesh

Kannan, K.R. Sudha and V.

Sivaraman

ICAR- Krishi Vigyan


(2016)

3 Oyster mushroom cultivation

(Tamil).

K. Kavitha, N.

Thavaprakaash, R. Latha

and R. Premavathi

ICAR- Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Kanyakumari

(2017)

4 Milky mushroom cultivation

(Tamil).

K. Kavitha,

N. Thavaprakaash,

R. Latha and R.Premavathi

ICAR- Krishi Vigyan


(2017)

5 Certification procedures in

Organic farming (Tamil).

N. Thavaprakaash,

K. Kavitha, K.R. Sudha

and R. Premavathi.

ICAR- Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Kanyakumari

(2017)

Book (without ISBN)

1 Documentation of KVK success

stories (Bilingual).

R. Premavathi, N.

Thavaprakash, K.Kavitha,

R. Latha,

M.I Manivannan,

K.R Sudha, R. Rajesh

Kannan and V. Sivaraman.

ICAR-KrishiVigyan


(2016)

Others -Book chapters

1 Effect of spacing, age of seedlings

and number of seedlings on yield

of rice.

M.R.Nandhakumar,

K. Velayudham, N.

Thavaprakaash, R.

Govindan, T.

Pradeeskumar and P.

Baskar.

In. Crop Production, Ed.

Thukkaiyannan, P. et al.

Laser Park Publication

House, Coimbatore

(ISBN: 97 893-842-34-

55-3). Pp. 42-47.

2 Effect of on yield of rice under

System of Rice intensification. In.

Crop Production, Ed.

Thukkaiyannan, P. et al.

N.Thavaprakaash, P.

Baskar and

A. Velayutham.


House, Coimbatore

(ISBN: 97 893-842-34-

55-3). Pp. 235-239.

3 Effect of method of rice planting

and weed management on yield

characters of rice. In. Crop

S.Sangeetha,

A. Velayutham,

N. Thavaprakaash and


House, Coimbatore

(ISBN: 97 893-842-34-


Production, Ed. Thukkaiyannan, P.

et al.

M.R. Nandhakumar. 55-3). Pp. 69-74.

Others - Symposium papers

1 Intervention towards adoption of

rice variety TPS 5 – A critical

analysis.

R.Premavathi,

N. Thavaprakash,

K. R. Sudha, H. Philip

and M. J.

ChandreGowda.

In: Abstract of 2nd

KVK

Symposium – Frontline

extension programmes for

realizing higher

productivity and

profitability in farming on

7-8 March 2017 at TNAU,

Coimbatore p 61-62.

2 Evaluation of nutrient

management technology in bhendi.

K.Kavitha, S. Sangeetha

and S. Sheeba.

In: Abstract of Second

KVK Symposium –

Frontline extension

programmes for realizing

higher productivity and



Coimbatore p 62-63.

3 Management practices of multi

nutrient deficiency for tapioca in

acid soil of high rainfall zone.

R. Latha, N.

Thavaprakash,

R. Premavathi,

K. Kavitha,

M. I. Manivannan,

H. Philip and M. J.

ChandreGowda.

In: Abstract of 2nd

KVK



realizing higher

productivity and



Coimbatore p 63-64.

4 Mechanized rice cultivation – a

way for resolving labour scarcity.

N. Thavaprakash, R

Latha, K Kavitha, R

Premavathi and H Philip.

In: Abstract of 2nd

KVK

Symposium– Frontline


realizing higher

productivity and



Coimbatore p 84-86.

5 Bio-control management of wilt

complex disease in chillies.

K. Kavitha,

V. Radhakrishnan and

S. Sheeba.

In: Abstract of 2nd

KVK



realizing higher

productivity and



Coimbatore p 108.

6 Management of sigatoka leaf spot

in banana in Kanyakumari district

of Tamil Nadu.

K. Kavitha,

K. Yamunarani, R.

Latha, N.

Thavaprakaash,

R. Premavathi, H. Philip

and M. J.

ChandreGowda.

In: Abstract of 2nd

KVK

Symposium– Frontline


realizing higher

productivity and



Coimbatore p 109.

TOTAL 32

10.B. Details of Electronic Media Produced - Nil


10.C. Success Stories / Case studies

Success Stories

1. RICE TPS-5 VARIETY – A BOON TO KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT

Background

Rice is one of the major crops being cultivated in Kanyakumari District. It occupies more than

12000 ha in two seasons (Kharif and Rabi) of the year. ASD 16 is the only rice variety cultivated by

the farmers in Kannipoo season. Low yield due to lodging, occurrence of pest and diseases (leaf

folder, stem borer and tungro)and poor grain filling are the major constraints reported by the farmers

while cultivating ASD rice varieties. So, farmers need alternate high yielding, non-lodging, pest and

disease resistant variety.

Scope

Agricultural Research Station, Thirupathisaram has released TPS-5 rice variety during 2013

which is having almost similar duration of existing ASD 16. Also the new variety produces 10-15%

higher yield, non-lodging, tall growing and moderately tolerant to most of pest and diseases. This

variety may fulfill the requirement of farmers.

KVK interventions

The new variety (TPS-5) seeds was introduced to the farmers through KVK and ARS,

Thirupathisaram initially through FLDs programmes. Created awareness through leaflets, folders, Air

Message and talk to the farmers. The new variety along with IWM and ICM practices were imparted

through frequent trainings and special programmes.

Trainings and Front Line Demonstrations were conducted on newly released TPS-5 variety

with early post emergence herbicide to the farmers. FLDs were raised during 2014 at Ramapuram

village of Agestheswaram block. FLDs on Integrated Weed Management in (TPS -5) rice were

conducted during 2015-16 at Ramapuram and Andarkulam villages. FLDs on Integrated Crop

Management in TPS-5 rice were conducted during 2016-17 in Peiyakulam ela of Manavalakurchi

village of Kurunthankodu block. On and off campus trainings, Field days, extension functionaries

trainings, special programmes, seminar, exhibitions were also conducted during 2014-15, 2015-16 and

2016-17. The following table clearly depicts the details of the programmes conducted at KVK from

2014- till date.

S. No. Title Nos. Total

participants

Extension

functionaries

(Nos.)

1. FLDs on popularization of new variety TPS-5

and early post emergence herbicide in rice

10 10 -

2. FLDs on IWM in (TPS-5) rice variety 10 10 -

3. FLDs on ICM in (TPS-5) rice variety 10 10 -

4. On and Off campus training programmes 12 260 16

5. Field days 3 160 24

6. Extension functionaries trainings 12 - 265

7. Pre -rabi and pre- kharif training programmes,

seminar, Exhibitions and meals

5 1800 120

8. ATMA trainings 7 156 38


Impact

During 2014-15, TPS 5 rice variety performed better with taller plants, increased panicle

length, number of tillers/m2, number of productive tillers/m2 and filled grains/panicle than ASD 16.

Demonstration (TPS 5 variety) recorded higher grain yield (70.1 q/ha) compared to ASD (56.5 q/ha).

Yield increase was 26 percentage. Similarly, higher net returns (Rs. 83389/ha) and BCR (2.69) were

recorded with TPS 5 compared to ASD 16 (net returns – Rs. 59119/ha); BCR – 2.24).

During 2015-16, the TPS variety was integrated with IWM practices and results indicated that

demonstration recorded 54.9 q/ha compared to the check (46.66 q/ha). Though the straw was not

harvested, the farmers realized higher gross income, net income and net income and B:C ratio.

Frontline demonstration on integrated crop management practices in rice with TPS 5 during

2016-17 was conducted in Manavalakurichi village. The crop growth with the demonstration in terms

of plant height, tillers, productive tillers were higher with demonstration than check.

Spread

The TPS -5 new variety has wide spread among the farmers of Agestheswaram,

Kurenthencode and Rajakagamangalam blocks of Kanyakumari district. The higher yield in TPS 5

was due to high productive tillers and grain yield/ panicle. The per cent yield increase ranged from

10.5 to 32.2. The TPS -5 variety resulted in an additional income of Rs. 7000 to 12500/ha.

Apart from the FLDs, the technology was transferred to the farmers through trainings, field

visits, diagnostic visit, seminars etc. The farmers interest groups of Rice in Thovalai and

Agastheeswaram and Kurunthancodu were also trained about this technology. The extension

functionaries of the district understood the importance of this new variety. The farmers were trained

to produce the seeds by themselves and started to supply seeds to the fellow farmers. The technology

has spread to 1000 to 1500 hectares in the district.

The seeds requirement of the farmers is satisfied partly by the KVK and ARS,

Thirupathisaram. Department of Agriculture, Nagercoil is presently involved in TPS 5 seed

production for further distribution to farmers.

2. MECHANIZATION IN RICE CULTIVATION

Background

Rice is one of the major crops of Kanyakumari District. It occupies about 12,000 ha during

both ‘Kannipoo’ (Kharif) and ‘Kumbapoo’ (Rabi) seasons. The farmers were following conventional

methods of Rice cultivation. The conventional method leads to high investment cost and labour with

low productivity. FLDs and trainings on SRI were conducted since 2008 to increase the productivity

with low input cost and without affecting the ecosystem. It resulted in yield increase (10-40%), and

savings of water (25 to 30%) and nitrogen (25 kg/ha). Though SRI technology is adopted in 50-60 per

cent area of this district, the farmers are facing labour scarcity for Rice cultivation and timely

operations. It ultimately delayed the farm operations and skipping of adoption of technologies which

resulted low productivity in Rice. Due to labour constraints, rice area of the district is decreasing year

by year.


Scope

Mechanization in rice is a way for reducing the labour scarcity, address the labour issues

besides reducing the time of operation. Tray nursery preparation, transplanting, weeding and

harvesting are the major operations which are possible to carry out using machine/implements.

KVK interventions

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kanyakumari had initiated the programme on mechanization in Rice

cultivation in the district. The mechanical transplanter and drum seeder have been demonstrated

through front line demonstrations since 2007-08. Subsequently, cono-weeder, power weeder and

combined harvesting was demonstrated in SRI Rice cultivation. During 2012-13, complete

mechanization in Rice cultivation was demonstrated through front line demonstration in Thovalai and

Agastheeswaram blocks. Farmers Field School (FFS) on mechanization in Rice was made during

2014-15 at Perumselvavilai of Vembanoor village which enabled the farmers to adopt complete

mechanization.

Tray nursery preparation (Plastic trays – 60 cm x 30 cm with seed rate of 20kg/ha),

mechanical Rice transplanting (walk behind and drive type), power weeding (TNAU model two row

weeder) and mechanical harvesting using combined harvester are the technologies demonstrated.

Impact

Farmers were well trained for cono weeding and combined harvesting of Rice. Mechanization

spread to 40-60 percent area of the district. Farmers are satisfied and expressed that mechanization in

Rice registered low labour requirement (41 man working days in complete mechanization and 139

man working days in conventional method), highly profitable (net profit of Rs. 40,400/- with BCR of

2.25.) and easy to adopt all the technologies viz., transplanting, weeding and harvesting in time.

Spread

During Rabi season, farmers adopted mechanical Rice transplanting around 500-600 ha. Two

progressive farmers purchased Rice transplanter through subsidy. Four cooperative societies and FIG

purchased Rice transplanters. Ten farmer groups purchased Paddy power weeder through Tamil Nadu

government subsidy scheme. In Kanyakumari district around 70-75 per cent of the Rice was harvested

through combined harvester during Kharif, 2016-17.

Two entrepreneurs were developed on mechanical transplanting and three on harvesting.

These entrepreneurs are engaging youth for the operations. They are charging Rs. 2,500/- for one acre

transplanting and Rs. 3000/- to Rs. 3500/- for one acre mechanical harvesting using combined

harvester. Each youth is being paid Rs. 750 – 1000 per day as wage.

3. MANAGEMENT OF SOIL ACIDITY THROUGH DOLOMITE APPLICATION FOR RICE

Background

Rice is one of the major crops being cultivated in Kanyakumari District. It occupies more than

12000 ha in two seasons of the year. The soil cultivated with Rice is acidic in 50 to 60 % of the

cultivable area. Therefore due to low pH and continuous submergence, the mobilization and reduction

of ferric iron to ferrous iron causes nutritional imbalance and disorder in rice crop. This has resulted

in yield reduction due to less productive and ill-filled grains.


Scope

The application of cheaper and high neutralizing powder amendment dolomite @ 500 kg/ha

during the last plough is effective in reclamation of soil acidity and also act as a source for calcium

and magnesium which are deficient in these soils.

KVK interventions

On campus trainings, off campus trainings, meetings and method demonstrations were

conducted on reclamation of soil acidity using low cost amendment and application of the

micronutrients since 2008-09 in different villages. Apart from this, FLD programmes were also

conducted at Perumselvavilai, Andarkulam, Veeranamangalam, Thuvarankadu and Thalakudi

villages.

Impact

The application of dolomite increased the yield of Rice. The Rice yield was increased from

5.0 to 8.32 t/ha due to the application of dolomite (Table). The percentage yield increase was ranged

from 10.5 to 32.2. The dolomite application is also resulted in an additional income of Rs. 7000 to

12500 per hectare.

Sl.

No.

Year Gross yield(t/ha) BCR Yield (%)

Increase Without

dolomite

With

dolomite

Without

dolomite

With dolomite

1 2007–08 4.19 5.00 1.82 2.07 19.3

2 2009–10 7.53 8.32 2.11 2.51 10.5

3 2010–11 5.61 7.24 2.05 2.59 29.1

4 2011–12 5.72 7.56 2.06 2.64 32.2

5 2012–13 6.10 7.21 2.14 2.48 18.2

6 2013–14 5.90 7.30 2.01 2.40 23.7

7 2014–15 5.72 7.56 2.06 2.64 32.2

8 2015–16 5.30 6.25 2.32 2.52 20.6

Increase in Yield (t/ha) with dolomite application

Because of this high return due to the management of soil acidity by dolomite application, the

farmers started practicing application of dolomite regularly with an additional cost of Rs. 1500 to

2000/ha. Employment generation is created in terms of dolomite incorporation @ one man day / acre.

Additional employment can be generated in processing of produce @ one man day/acre.

0

2

4

6

8

10

Without dol…


Spread

The farmers interest groups of Rice in Thovalai and Agastheeswaram of the district which has

major area were well trained in this technology. The extension functionaries of the district understood

the viability of the technology demonstrated. The farmers demanded to supply dolomite on subsidy

from the Government officials. They started purchasing the dolomite and showed enthusiasm in

application to their fields. The technology has spread to 2000 to 3000 hectares in the district.

4. NURSERY AND CUT FLOWER PRODUCTION

Background

Nursery production is an attractive farm enterprise which provides scope for self-employment

of rural youth and women. The enterprise requires little area and the least initial investment. But

technical knowledge and access to the produce (planting material) are important to start the enterprise.

The commercial activity of production and marketing of horticulture products is also a source of

gainful and quality employment to people.

Scope

With changing life styles and increased urban affluence, floriculture has assumed a definite

commercial status in recent times. Appreciation of the potential of commercial floriculture has

resulted in the blossoming of this field into a viable agri-business option. Availability of natural

resources like diverse agro-climatic conditions permit production of some of the temperate and

tropical flowers, almost all throughout the year in some part of Kanyakumari district.

KVK interventions

Considering the demand for production of quality planting material and cut flowers, the need

for creation of employment in the field of horticulture, vocational trainings and demonstrations on

nursery and cut flower production techniques were conducted for the duration of 21 and 10 days to the

women Self Help Groups and rural youth of Kanyakumari District since 2004. Exposure visits were

also made in well established nurseries and cut flower units

The technology and skills involved in nursery production viz., selection of site, planning and

layout of nursery, media and containers for propagation of nursery plants, nursery bed preparation and

pro tray nursery raising, seed treatment and sowing, maintenance of seedlings, propagation through

cuttings and layering, grafting and budding and micro propagation were disseminated through

trainings and demonstrations

Cut flower production

Orchid, Anthurium, Heliconia, Gladiolus, and Tuberose are important cut flower crops which

performs very well either under open or shade net conditions in the District. Technological backup on

selection of planting material and seed treatment, planting techniques, nutrition, weed, water and

shade management, plant protection, harvest, post-harvest handling and packing techniques were

provided through training and demonstrations.

Impact

After attending 21 days training programme during 2005-06 Mr. Sasikumar, Sarode,

Thuckalay has started a nursery unit (Indira nursery gardens) for the production of ornamental plants,

Casuraina, Jasmine and cut flowers like heliconia and orchids. Apart from nursery plants he is also


producing cut flowers like heliconia, orchids and anthurium and earning an average of Rs. 7500/

month.

Spread

The vocational training on nursery and cut flower production has motivated the Self Help

Groups and the rural youth those who have attended the training. As a result of this, two self-help

groups and four individuals started their own production units at their respective places. In case of

SHG the work and profits were shared among them. Nursery cum cut flower production venture are

also providing employment opportunities to some labourers throughout the year.

5. MANAGEMENT OF PSEUDOSTEM WEEVIL IN BANANA

Background

Banana is one of the important fruit crop in Kanyakumari district which occupies an area of

8500 ha as pure crop as well as intercrop /mixed crop in coconut /rubber/spice based cropping

systems. More than 75 percent of the holdings are below one ha and the production, profit and

employment derived from such small holdings are quite in sufficient to sustain the dependant families.

The low production and profitability is mainly due to inefficient farming practices, nutritional

imbalances and rampant pest and disease problems.

Scope

Incidence of pseudostem weevil and rhizome weevil are the most dangerous pests in banana

and at severe conditions it has resulted in yield reduction of more than 50 per cent. Scope for

expansion of land area and land holding size is limited and hence crop intensification through transfer

of advanced production and protection techniques is the only mean to enhance the production and

income.

KVK interventions

Pseudostem injection technology was assessed through OFT during 2010-11 and

subsequently the technology was demonstrated in large scale through FLD during 2011-12 & 2013-14

at Ellavuvillai, Enjaokodu, Thiruvattar, Kolvel, Thakalai villages. The technology demonstrated

includes Pseudostem injection of diluted Monocrotophos 36WSC (54ml of Monocrotophos with 350

ml of water) @ 2 ml at 45 cm from ground level and another 2 ml at 150 cm from the ground level at

monthly interval from 5th to 8

th month after planting. This successful technology was disseminated

through method demonstrations, on and off campus trainings to farmers and Extension personnel.

Impact

The technology of banana pseudostem injection with Monocrotophos @4 ml/plant recorded

the highest per cent reduction of pseudostem weevil (76.07%) over farmers practice with a net profit

of Rs. 3,84,840 and BCR of 3.33. The pseudostem injection technology is very simple, cost effective

and is highly accepted by the farmers for weevil management. Further pseudostem injection

technology is providing employment opportunities for the farm labourers and farmers @ Rs. 2/- per

plant and a net profit of Rs. 1500-2000/ha is earned as part time venture.

Spread

The success of this technology has now spread over an area of more than 1500 ha in this

district. Self-help group members, rural youth and farmers have taken initiative to adopt this

technology for additional income generation.


6. ROOT FEEDING OF COCONUT TONIC

Background

Coconut is the major crop in Kanyakumari District and occupies an area of more than 22,000

ha. Low yield in vast majority of gardens is due to lack of manuring and fertilizer application. The

soil fertility is also degraded year by year. Shedding of button, pre-mature nut and barren nuts are the

common problems in coconut cultivation. High acidity (<5.5) is yet another reason for the button

shedding. The average yield/tree/year is 65 with the highest yield potential of 150 to 180

nuts/tree/year. The farmers are not applying the scheduled manures and fertilizers.

Scope

Coconut tonic released by TNAU, Coimbatore is very effective in reducing button shedding

and increasing the yield.

KVK interventions

Training programmes and demonstrations were conducted for improving the soil fertility and

yield by manuring and short term measure of root feeding of coconut tonic. Apart from that, FLD

programmes were also conducted at Azhagappapuram, Udaiyarvilai, Manavalakurichi, Ethamozhi and

Puthalam villages on root feeding of TNAU coconut tonic. A healthy feeder root with pencil thickness

was selected from 50 cm away from the trunk without any damage to the root. A slanting cut was

given with a sharp knife (or) a blade and the root was inserted into the polythene sachet containing the

tonic (200 ml). The sachet and the root at the point of insertion were tied with a thread. The

technology of root feeding of TNAU coconut tonic was demonstrated as FLD during 2006-07 at five

villages in an total area of 2 ha to prove its efficiency in reducing the button shedding and increasing

the yield. Subsequently during 2007-08 also FLD was conducted in 2 ha at Puthalam village. The

button shedding percentage and yield of nuts/palm was recorded.

Impact

By the root feeding of coconut tonic, the barren nut was reduced in the demonstrated palms.

The reduction in the button shedding ranged from 6.5 to 10.2 per cent. The mean yield increase was

recorded as 94.4 nuts/tree/year and in the local check it was 80.2 nuts/tree/year. The usage of root

feeding of coconut tonic is increased year by year.

The area of adoption and coverage of village with farmers are also increased.

Details on the usage of coconut tonic

Year

Coconut tonic

purchased by

farmers (litres)

No. of farmers No. of

villages

Area adopted

(ha.)

2006-07 284 1661 33 8.1

2007-08 226 37 16 6.4

2008-09 171 97 7 12.2

2009-10 180 168 19 11.5

2010-11 153 110 12 9.3

2011-12 218 145 15 10.3

2012-13 130 120 14 9.4

2013-14 150 170 20 11.2

2014-15 201 105 10 8.2

2015-16 460 258 35 20.3


Spread

The technology was disseminated through trainings, demonstrations in farmer’s field,

exhibition and seminar. Leaflets were circulated at the time of trainings, demonstration for creating

awareness on root feeding of coconut tonic. Radio talks and messages were also given for mass

spreading of technology.

In KVK, the tonics is being sold to the farmers @ Rs. 10/packet. The farmers given the

following feedback after adopting the technology.

Barren nuts were reduced

Button shedding was reduced

Nut cracking was reduced

Enhanced flower retention

Increased yield

7. MECHANICAL COCONUT HARVESTER –A BOON TO THE FARMERS OF

KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT

Background

In Kanyakumari district, coconut is the major crop and is cultivated in 24,000 hectares. The

soil and climatic conditions prevailing in the district is highly suitable for its cultivation and each and

every household have one or two coconut palms. In recent years, harvesting of coconuts in correct

stage and time is felt difficult due to labour scarcity. The traditional method of coconut climbing is

cumbersome, risky and less effective, because of high energy consumption. The young generation is

not showing interest for harvesting of coconut because of poor respect in the society. The aged people

alone are doing traditional harvest. Often these aged people fall from coconut palms leading to

permanent handicap (or) death. In traditional methods, farmers are harvesting an average of 50-60

palms per day. The climbers cannot do the harvest during rainy seasons, since Kanyakumari district is

benefited by both southwest and northeast monsoons and this further affects the timely harvest of

coconuts. The labourers who are harvesting the coconut in traditional way are demanding Rs. 20 to

25/tree and they are attending harvesting in 3 months interval. This has led to yield reduction due to

improper maintenance of coconut palms and loss by theft of fallen coconuts.

Scope

Mechanical coconut harvester developed both by TNAU and KAU are easy to operate and

attracted the youth. Use of mechanical coconut harvester by the youth was recognized by the society

besides the employment year round (even during rainy seasons) which encouraged the youth to enter

into this new venture.

KVK interventions

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kanyakumari introduced the mechanical coconut harvesting

device through various demonstrations in different locations of the district to create awareness and

trainings were also conducted. A total of 21 numbers of trainings and demonstrations were conducted

in 20 villages of the district. About 330 men and 80 women were participated in the programmes.

There are two models of mechanical coconut harvesting device viz., (i) TNAU model and

(ii) Kerala model. The TNAU model is highly safe and it takes little more time (7-10 minutes) for


climbing the palm, but the aged and women farmers are using it. It is a rectangular frame type, one

fitted at bottom for standing and the other fitted at top for sitting. The Kerala model less safe, but it is

preferred by the labourers and youths for harvesting of coconuts.

Impact

The mechanical device for coconut harvest attracted the unemployed youths. At present the

trained unemployed youths formed groups of 4-6 members of each and started harvesting the

coconuts. The groups are formed in various places of the district namely Rajavoor, Colachel,

Thuckalay, Marthandam and Monday market. They are taking the device in two wheelers and

harvesting the coconuts. These groups are starting the harvest by 6.30 am and completing by 12.00

noon. Within this time, they are climbing 80 to 100 palms. These coconut harvesting groups are

charging Rs.10-15/tree depending on the total number of coconut trees available and height of the

tree. Each individual is having cell phone and they are communicating the programme to the customer

in advance. This has encouraged the farmers and coconut growers of the district. In the afternoon,

these youths are involved in their regular household activities. They are working in all the days, even

in rainy days with hat, except on Sundays. Each individual is earning minimum income of Rs.

1000/day and a maximum of Rs.1500/day and leading a happy life. Some of the mazons who were

engaged in construction work also shifted the job to harvesting of coconut, since it seems to be highly

remunerative.

The trained persons who are employed in government and private organizations are utilizing

the holidays and Sundays for harvesting the coconuts of their own. At times, on urgent need of tender

coconut for household purpose, the people themselves are using this device for harvesting.

Spread

A trained unemployed youth Thiru D.Venus of Colachel village is serving as a trainer and he

had trained more than 50 persons on mechanical coconut harvester. He is giving training on using

mechanical device and also harvesting the coconuts in the nearby villages. He is having 6 members in

his group. Thiru R. Ramu of Putheri village is a trained person working in a fertilizer shop. He is also

giving training at his leisure hours to the farmers and youths.

Thiru G. Suresh of Rajavoor with his five members group is doing the mechanical harvest in

the nearby villages. He was initially a tailor shifted his profession to coconut climbing using the

mechanical device. Thiru V. Thanesh from Monday market is having 4 members in his group is using

the mechanical device for harvesting coconut in the surrounding villages.

Thiru C. Suresh, a farmer of Thuckalay is harvesting coconuts in the villages around his

native village. Thiru.G.George of Marthandam with his 4 members group doing the mechanical

harvest. Mechanical harvesting persons are charging Rs. 10-15/palm in the villages and Rs. 15-

25/palm in the urban areas depending on the number of nuts and height of the trees. At present, 250-

300 coconut mechanical harvesting devices are being used in the district. The technology is a boon to

the farmers and growers of coconut in the district.


8. EMPOWERMENT OF FARM WOMEN THROUGH MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

Background

Rice is a major crop of Kanyakumari District cultivated in both the seasons (Kharif and Rabi).

Most of the farm holdings are very small with less than one acre and the earnings of farmers are very

less to sustain their livelihood.

Scope

The climatic condition of Kanyakumari is conducive for abundant production of mushrooms.

The demand for mushroom is high since it is one of the substitute for non-vegetarian foods and

possesses lot of medicinal values. Rice being the predominant crop, the availability of raw material

(Rice straw) for mushroom cultivation is not a constraint in Kanyakumari district

KVK interventions

An additional income generating activity was introduced by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra to

upgrade the standard of living of farming community through various trainings cum demonstrations.

Vocational trainings on Mushroom cultivation, Spawn production and Value addition were given to

rural youth and farm women. Exposure visits were also arranged for the trainees to visit

entrepreneur’s farm to study about this successful venture.

Impact

The training on mushroom cultivation has motivated and paved way for the farm women to

start mushroom unit in their homesteads. Also, this enterprise developed self-employment

opportunities among the farm women. The entrepreneur Mrs. T. Pushpalatha, Karumankoodal,

Mondaikadu post, Kanyakumari district is commercially involved in cultivation of Oyster mushroom

with a production capacity of 15 kg per day with net return of Rs.15,000/- per month. The

entrepreneur herself is acting as a master trainer for mushroom cultivation programme organized by

different banks, Department of Agriculture and NGOs and motivating farmers, rural youth and farm

women in mushroom cultivation. Success of this entrepreneur has motivated farm women to form

group for mushroom production. The mushroom produced by the group is procured by

Mrs. T. Pushpalatha and marketed in the local markets, nearby cities viz., Trivandrum .

Spread

Presently oyster mushroom cultivation is undertaken by 27 growers which generates an additional

income. Further guidance for bank loans were facilitated to all SHGs to develop infrastructure for

mushroom farming which motivated the growers towards mushroom cultivation commercially.

9. IMPROVING THE STATUS OF FARM WOMEN – HANDICRAFTS MAKING FROM

BANANA FIBRE

Background

Banana is one of the major crops of Kanyakumari district which occupies an area of 6800

ha as pure crop as well as intercrop /mixed crop in coconut /rubber/spice based cropping systems.

More than 75 per cent of the holdings are below one hectare and the production, profit and

employment derived from such small holdings are quite insufficient to sustain the dependant families.

Also, the disposal of pseudostem after the harvest of banana is a laborious and cost intensive.


Scope

All the banana varieties are being cultivated in Kanyakumari district and among them red and nendran

varieties are cultivated in large area. The harvested bunches are being marketed in the local markets

and exported to other countries through Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala which is near

to the district. All the parts of banana are highly useful to prepare value added products. Using banana

fibre for making garlands is well known to all. The fibre extracted can also be used for making

attractive handicrafts which has high demand in local and outside markets. The demand for the natural

fibre at national and international level is high. The quality and quantity of fibre extracted from red

banana and nendran varieties are good compared to other varieties. The availability of raw material

for this enterprise is sufficient, since both these varieties are cultivated predominantly in the district.

The farm women can do this activity in their leisure time in their house without spending huge

investment.

KVK interventions

An additional income generating activity was introduced by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra to upgrade the

standard of living of such farming community. Vocational trainings were given to the women group

in fibre extraction, processing, knitting and making different types of handicrafts from banana fibre in

collaboration with Khadi and Village Industries.

Process

The fibre is generally extracted by hand stripping by the elderly group. To get quality fibre, it

should be extracted within two days after harvest. The stripped fibre is dried and then coloured with

dyes for making attractive handicrafts. The shade dried coloured fibre is used for making knits of

different sizes and attractive handicrafts are prepared using the knits.

Handicrafts prepared

Tea set and round set

Table mat and door mat

Hand bag and pooja bag

Purse and basket

Flower vase and pen stand

Wall hanging and caps

Impact

The trained farm women are self-employed and marketing the handicrafts made from banana

fibre in local markets, exhibitions and tourist spots of the district. They are also exporting the products

through Fibre Workers Cooperative Society of Khadi and Village Industries. Since the raw material is

available sufficiently, this is one of the best income generating activity for the farm women without

any investments. Also, they need not move anywhere and can do this activity in their leisure time in

their house itself.

Spread

Fibre workers Self Help Groups were formed by the trained farm women and the enterprise

was strengthened. The trained farm women are doing this enterprise successfully and they also train

other farm women. Exhibition stalls were also arranged in the melas and special programmes

conducted by the KVK. Further, the entrepreneurs conveyed their successful venture technology

through radio programmes and Doordarshan programme.


Achiever farm women – Tmt. A. Dada Mary

The entrepreneur has studied eighth standard only and her husband is a mason. The income

generated by her husband was sufficient only to meet out the food expenses. The additional income

generated has helped the entrepreneur to give good education to their children and they are well

employed now. In addition, she is giving employment to farm women in banana fibre knit making and

handicrafts making. She is earning about Rs. 60,000/- per year. She has also received the National

level-Micro entrepreneur Award and the cash price of Rupees one lakh for the development of

entrepreneurship.

10. VALUE ADDITION IN BANANA – A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE FOR SELF

EMPLOYMENT

Background

Banana is one of the major crop of Kanyakumari district which occupies an area of 6800 ha as

pure crop as well as intercrop /mixed crop in coconut /rubber/spice based cropping systems. More

than 75 percent of the holdings are below one ha and the production, profit and employment derived

from such small holdings are quite insufficient to sustain the dependant families.

Scope

Value added products of banana have a potential market both in the domestic and global

levels. The parts of banana plant other than the fruit such as the flowers and pseudostem which

generally go as waste are potential raw materials for banana value addition. Being a banana growing

area, the availability of major raw materials is a boon for this enterprise.

KVK interventions

KVK, Kanyakumari has given vocational trainings on the aspect of value addition to farmers,

farm women and rural youth. Technological knowhow regarding preparation of different products

were disseminated to the trainees. An exposure visit was also arranged to Home Science College and

Research Institute, Madurai. In continuation of the above programmes, a special programme on value

addition in banana was conducted to the farmers and farm women in banana growing areas. A series

of trainings on preparation of different value added products from banana were given to selected

trainees. Finally, they were taken to Home Science College and Research Institute, Coimbatore as

exposure visit to know more about value addition. The information on marketing strategies was also

provided to them.

Value added products

Pseudostem pickle

Flower pickle

Unripe fruit pickle

Pseudostem candy

Fruit candy

Fruit halwa

Fruit powder

Flower vadagam

Nendran chips


Process

The banana farmers and farm women formed a group and were involved in the process of

value addition. The raw materials from the farmers’ field are being utilized for making value added

products. The farm women are involved in the preparation of value added products. All the products

were packed in different sizes of bottles and packets and marketed.

Impact

A banana farmer, Mr. C. Arumugam, Puthuvilai, Thalakkulam (P.o), Kanyakumari district

who has attended the vocational training and the special programme trainings has successfully

established a value addition enterprise. He is earning an average income of Rs. 45,000/- per month. In

addition, he is giving employment to 13 farm women. The products are being marketed in the name of

“Kumari Farmers products”. He is marketing the products in exhibitions also. The entrepreneur has

given programmes in radio and television about the enterprise. He has also published many articles in

Tamil magazines. Mr. C. Arumugam received “Velaan Asiriyar Award- 2014” and “Uzhavar

Ookuvipalar Award-2015” of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

Spread

Twenty banana farmers have successfully formed Banana Farmers Self Help Group. Farm

women who have attended the trainings are preparing the products for their household purposes and

spread it to neighbourers also. The entrepreneur is giving advisory services through phone. The scope

of this enterprise spreads to other districts and states also.

CASE STUDY

Title : Coconut Farming in Kanyakumari District

Background

Coconut is the major crop in Kanyakumari district which occupies an area of 25,000 ha. The

average yield is 50-nuts/palm/year, which is only half of what is realized in experimental fields. The

income and employment derived from such small holdings (<1ha) is quite insufficient to sustain the

dependant families. Despite its importance and wide spread cultivation, the crop is not quite

profitable, due to inefficient farming practices. In a situation where the coconut industries threatened

with recurring uncertainties the need for the farm practice, timely and sustained transfer of

technologies and extend of field adoption of the recommended practices that augments the coconut

farming as a profitable venture becomes very essential and most urgent. Thus the KVK made a study

to analyse the constraints of the coconut farming and provided recommended needs to overcome the

problems and to make coconut farming as a remunerative one.

Constraint analysis

A survey was conducted in all the 9 blocks of the district and the information about the

constraints in coconut farming were collected from the farmers (200 Nos.), extension officials (15

Nos.) and coconut traders (12 Nos.) through pre-tested questionnaires. The problems were classified

as management, technical and socio-economic problems. The criteria followed for problem


identification and prioritization are the extent, severity, importance and frequency of the problems

prevailed in the existing farming conditions. The rank-wise problems identified are as follows:

Management problem

Pests and disease

Red palm weevil

The pest is wide spread in all coconut growing areas of this district. The average intensity of

the disease is 15.6 per cent leading to a yield loss of 25 – 36 per cent.

Root wilt

The average intensity of the disease is 15.1 per cent leading to a yield loss of 25 – 35 per cent.

The poor management of the palm leads to stress and impaired resistance to diseases. Non-

adoption of timely controlled measures during initial stages of the infection of the pests and

diseases aggravate the situation beyond control.

Poor yield due to low quality planting material, button shedding, barren nuts production and

existence of sterile and unproductive palms in fields.

Lack of interest in farming and reduced intensity of intercropping/mixed cropping.

Low availability and utilisation of organic manure due to reduction in adoption of livestock

and integrated farming.

Poor management and low adoption of recommended cultivation practices.

Socio-economic and technical problems

Lack of skilled labour for plant protection and harvest.

High labour cost.

Marketing problem.

High cost of organic manures, transportation charges and application costs.

Easy and simple techniques for the early identification of certain pests and disease attacks are

yet to be evolved. (eg. Red palm weevil, budrot, etc.)

Lack of sufficient human resource development programmes.

Absence of training on processing technologies/byproduct utilization.

Technology for low input organic farming of coconut is needed.

Interventions

Red palm weevil and Root wilt management.

Coconut based mixed/multiple cropping.

In-situ green manuing

Nutrient management Soil application of inorganic macro nutrients

Essential nutrients through root feeding of TNAU

coconut tonic

Reduction of labour cost and employment generation towards harvest by the introduction of

coconut climber.


The first line transfer of technology involves training programmes and demonstrations for

farmers and extension personnel on different cropping systems, nutrient, irrigation and pest

management, recycling of palm waste through vermicomposting technology, value addition and by-

product utilisation.

Technology

Pest and disease management

Based on the research findings the following IPM package is recommended for the

management of red palm weevil and Root wilt disease.

Management of red palm weevil

Dead trees are to be cut open exposing the different stages of the pest inside the stem and the

debris are to be burnt.

Apply phorate (20g) and sand 100g mixture in the leaf axils and in the holes made by black

beetle on the unopened tender leaves.

Treat the wounds with a slurry mud and carbaryl so that egg laying can be prevented on the

wounds.

As a Eco-friendly method – Trapping the weevil using pheromone lure is recommended.

Usually the traps are serviced once in a week, the food and insecticide solution should be

replaced, at that time. Otherwise the decayed food bait emit a bad smell and may repel the

weevils which are attracted by pheromone. These weevils may find shelter in nearby healthy

palms. Traps should be made inactive when it is not possible to service in proper time or the

weevil are not trapped.

Under severe incidence of red palm weevil, root feeding with Monocrotophos 10 ml (1:1

strength) can be given.

Management the Root wilt disease

Integrated nutrient management by application of organic manure @ 50kg / palm / year and

balanced dose of chemical fertilizers i.e. 500g Nitrogen (1.1kg urea), 300g Phosphorus (1.7kg

Mussouriphos), 1000g Potassium (1.7kg Muriate of potash) in two splits - 1/3rd during April-

May and 2/3rd during September-October under rainfed condition and in four splits during

January, April, July and October under irrigated condition. In addition to this 500g MgSO4

(1kg Magnesium sulphate) also has to be applied along with second dose of fertilizer

application.

Pouring fungicide solution of Hexaconazol (Contaf 5E) - 2ml or Mancozeb (Dithane

M45/Indifil M45) - 3g in 300ml water per palm to the base of spindle leaf.

Cutting and removal of diseased uneconomical palms yielding less than 10 nuts per palm per

year.


Growing green manure crops - cowpea, sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea), Mimosa invisa,

Calapagonium mucanoides, Pueraria phaseoloides etc. in coconut basins during April-May

and incorporated during September-October.

Irrigating coconut palms with at least 250 litre water in a week.

Adopting suitable inter/mixed cropping in coconut gardens.

Apart from that the following management practices are recommended for the overall control of

the pest and diseases.

Application of 5 kg neem cake/palm along with organic manure during post-monsoon period.

Proper drainage during rainy season through digging of channels all around the plot and

irrigation during summer.

Application of correct dose of organic and inorganic fertilizers at least in two split doses per

year.

Minimum two inter cultivation operations should be taken-up in a year to loosen the hard sub-

surface soil and keep clean basin area of two metre radius.

Adoption of recommended spacing of 7.5 X 7.5 metre and removal and destroyal of the dead

trees.

Intercropping/mixed cropping in coconut

Integrating banana, tuber crops, cocoa, spices and medicinal plants substantially enhance the

food production and income in the existing coconut tree based cropping system. Hence, a location

specific coconut based cropping system models on the companion intercropping (banana, thippili,

kasthuri turmeric and mango ginger) mixed cropping (cocoa and spices) and multiple cropping

(Pepper, clove/nutmeg and pineapple) were demonstrated and recommended to improve the

productivity and profitability of coconut farming.

Micronutrient management through root feeding of TNAU Coconut tonic

The TNAU Coconut tonic contains most of the major and micronutrients namely nitrogen,

potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, boron and molybdenum in right proportion, in

addition, auxin and salicylic acid as growth regulators. Since the acidity of the tonic suit the sap of the

tree, the tonic directly enters into the metabolic stream.

The tonic is applied in 200 ml sachets, each for a single tree. The price of one sachet of 200 ml

is Rs.10/-. The sachets can be used within 30 days without any loss of quality from the date of

supply. The root feeding of tonic improves photosynthetic efficiency, metabolic activity and growth

of trees. Further it decreases button shedding due to hormonal imbalance. It also increases the

resistance to pests, diseases and environmental stresses. The number and size of nut is increased due

to balanced nutrition.


Coconut climber

Due to labour scarcity, the farmers and growers found difficult to harvest the coconuts in time

and also the cost of harvest is high. Kerala and TNAU model mechanical device of coconut climber

was introduced by Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the harvest of coconuts. A total of 31 trainings

programmes were conducted and 1410 farmers / rural youth were trained.

IMPACT

Horizontal spread

The IPM technology for the control of red palm weevil and Root wilt is adopted by 10 – 15%

of the coconut farmers.

The technology on coconut based cropping system spread over to 25 – 35% coconut area.

Root feeding of coconut tonic was adopted by 8 – 10% of the coconut growers of this district.

The coconut harvesting device is very easy to handle and can be used even on rainy days.

Many of the farmers were buying the climber for their own use in farms. A total of 610

numbers of climbers were purchased by farmers / rural youth. A total of 23 coconut

harvesting groups were formed in the district.

Economic gains

Due to the adoption of IPM package the incidence of red palm weevil and Root wilt reduced

considerably and only 4-7% incidence is noticed in case of red palm weevil and there is no

economic yield loss. The root wilt is still high percentage of 8-10.

Different cropping systems recorded the net profit of Rs.35,000-80,000/year

By the root feeding of coconut tonic cent per cent reduction in barren nut production was

observed and the button shedding was reduced to 15 – 20%.

By using the coconut climbing device the rural youth are earning Rs.15.00/tree and covering

80 to 100 trees/day.

Employment generation

Many of the youth have already started their own service for harvesting coconuts by using the

coconut climbing device. There are 23 coconut climbing groups is operate in the district.


10.D. Give details of innovative methodology or innovative technology of Transfer of

Technology developed and used during the year

Demonstration high yielding rice variety TPS5, CR1009 Sub1

Demonstration of green gram and blackgram varieties in rice fallow condition

Demonstration of alternate crops viz., Baby corn, Ragi for rice

Integrated crop management technologies in Rice, Banana under acid soil

Demonstration of high yielding chilli and bhendi hybrids

Integrated Pest Management in banana

Integrated Disease Management in tuberose and pepper

Integrated crop management in Marigold

Fodder cultivation under coconut gardens

Nutrition garden

Integrated farming system for garden land

10.E. Give details of 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 Agri/Horticultural

crops

Application and mixing of human

hair with surface soil

To avoid wild pig menace

2 Paddy Leaf extract of Bird’s eye chilli is

used in paddy

For control of ear head bug

3 Brinjal Brinjal seedlings are soaked in water

before planting, which contains one

gram of aseophoteda and 10 grams of

turmeric powder per litre of water.

For control of Fusarium

wilt

4 Banana Cris cross tagging with nylon rope,

coir rope

For protecting the crops

from wind damage

5. Banana Bunch covering with coconut frond

basket

For better colour and

texture in red banana and

Nendran

6 Papaya Mixing of 5g of Pseudomonas with

10ml of soar butter milk with 1 litre

of water

To control viral disease in

papaya

10.F. Indicate the specific training need analysis tools/methodology followed for

Based on the suggestion from the State Department of Agriculture and Horticulture as

well as from the farm science clubs, on campus and off campus trainings were organized considering

the crops being cultivated.

The pre-season campaigns viz., pre-Kharif , pre- Rabi, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana

were arranged in collaboration with the State Department of Agriculture and Horticulture to the


farmers. The request of the NGOs of the local area was also taken for organizing training

programmes.

Rural Youth

The trainings of the rural youth were formulated mainly by the need assessed during the

participatory rural appraisal. Emphasis has been given on mushroom production, vermi-composting,

root feeding of coconut tonic, coconut climber, paddy transplanter and seed production of agricultural

and horticultural crops. Banana fibre production techniques, value addition of products, post-harvest

processing of fruits and vegetables were also given. Animal husbandry related training programmes

such as backyard poultry rearing, scientific livestock management, goat and sheep rearing were given.

In-service personnel

The extension functionaries were invited for the various demonstrations and programmes

apart from the discussion during the zonal meeting of the district. Discussion was usually made at the

end of the meeting with the Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agricultural Officers and Assistant

Agricultural Officers. The crop based groups were formed among themselves and allowed for

discussion and made to come out with crop specific problems in which trainings and demonstrations

were required for the district extension functionaries.

10.G. Field activities

i. Number of villages adopted : NIL

ii. No. of farm families selected : NIL

iii. No. of survey/PRA conducted : 4

10.H. Activities of Soil and Water Testing Laboratory

Status of establishment of Lab : Yes

1. Year of establishment : 08.07.2005

2. List of equipments purchased with amount :

Sl. No. Name of the Equipment Qty. Cost

1. Spectrophotometer 1 75,072.00

2. Flame photometer 1 36,720.00

3. pH meter 1 7,344.00

4. Conductivity bridge 1 7,344.00

5. Physical balance 1 1,15,000.00

6. Chemical balance 1 4,600.00

7. Water distillation Still 1 26,118.00

8. Hot plate 1 1,875.00

9. Kjeldahl digestion and distillation 1 set 24,589.00

10. Shaker 2 44,077.00

11. Oven 1 8,862.00

12. Refrigerator 1 15,750.00

13. Grinder 1 11,582.00

14. Khelplus 1 1,48,086.00


15. UPS 1 10,250.00

16. Lab Set up

17. Chemical Storage Cabin (61/2’

x 3’ x 1’) 6 10,800.00

18. Solution preparation stand (5’ x 2

1/2’) 10 31,000.00

19. Chemical Storage Cabin (61/2’

x 4’ x 11/4

’) 3 6,900.00

20. Chemical Storage Cabin (6

1/2’ x 3’) front door with 6mm glass

thickness 18 gauge lock godrej 6 36,600.00

21. Glassware storage cabin (4

1/2’ x 3’) front door with 6mm glass

thickness 18 gauge lock godrej 7 22,400.00

22. Acid keeping holder (11/2’

x11/2’

x 11/2’

) 7 2,975.00

23. Acid keeping holder (61/2’

x11/2’

x 11/2’

) 7 7,980.00

24. Solution storage bin 6 7,050.00

25. Acid storage bin 1 1,650.00

26. Glassware holder 1 1,175.00

27. Solution storage holder 8 9,400.00

28. Acid proof holder 16 18,800.00

29. Acid proof holder (big size) 1 2,850.00

30. Glassware storage cabin (61/2’

x 4’) 1 5,850.00

31. Acid proof holder (small size) 1 1,175.00

32. Lab modification - 75,000.00

33. Soil sample digestion burner 4 3,700.00

34. Electrical fittings and exhaust fan 13,661

35. Soil storage cabin 1 37,496.00

36. Willey mill and water bath 4 25,100.00

37. Soil testing kit 1 75,000.00

Details of samples analyzed so far since establishment of SWTL:

Details No. of Samples

analyzed

No. of Farmers

benefited No. of Villages

Amount realized

(Rs.)

Soil Samples 2325 1445 422 64175

Water Samples 518 286 85 5230

Plant samples 728 301 83 18225

Manure samples - - - -

Others (specify) - - - -

Total 3435 1900 562 87620

Details of samples analyzed during the 2016-17 :


analyzed

No. of Farmers


Amount realized

(Rs.)

Soil Samples 135 131 25 13500


Plant samples - - - -

Manure samples - - - -

Others (specify) - - - -

Total 136 132 26 13550


10.I. Technology Week celebration during 2016-17 Yes/No, If Yes -

Technology week programme of KVK: (23.12.2016 to 29.12.2016)

S.

No.

Date Venue No. of participants

Male Female Total

1. 23.12.2016 Govt. High School, Thirupathisaram 15 8 23

2. 23.12.2016 Kattathurai, Thuckalay block 20 18 38

3. 26.12.2016 ICAR-KVK, Thirupathisaram 60 40 100

4. 27.12.2016 Parasery, Kurunthancode block 21 17 38

5. 28.12.2016 ICAR-KVK, Thirupathisaram 15 30 45

6. 29.12.2016 Aloor, Kurunthancode block 20 24 44

Total 151 137 288

Topics covered:

Essay competition on “Role of Agriculture in development of Indian economy” was

conducted to school students.

Fodder cultivation, animal insurance and subsidy schemes

Crop insurance schemes, cashless transaction and bio-gas production from farm waste.

Integrated Crop Management in rice

Integrated Crop Management in marigold

Integrated Crop Management in pulses

Collaboration:

Govt. High School, Thirupathisaram, Thovalai block

VUTRC, TANUVAS, Parakkai, Kanyakumari District

IDBI Bank, Nagercoil

ATMA, Kanyakumari District

10. J. Interventions on drought mitigation (if the KVK included in this special programme) - Nil


PART XI. IMPACT

11.A. Impact of KVK activities (Not to be restricted for reporting period).

Name of specific

technology/skill transferred

No. of

participants

% of

adoption

Change in income (Rs.)

Before

(Rs./Unit)

After (Rs./Unit)

Coconut tonic root feeding 90 12 25100 to 28500 35000 to 41000

Coconut climber 85 30 13500 to 14200 25000 to 29500

Soil test based paddy

cultivation

425 21 49200 to 57200 58100 to 72100

SRI in paddy and

mechanization

545 45.6 30,000 to 42500 43000 to 55000

Nursery and cut flower

production

75 15 2300

to3300/month

6100 to

8200/month

Mushroom production 95 14 - 13,000 to 15,000

Handicrafts from Banana fibre 125 12 2400 to

3100/month

4500

to7500/month

Value addition in banana 85 14.5 2200 to

3000/month

5100

to6900/month

NB: Should be based on actual study, questionnaire/group discussion etc. with ex-participants.

11.B. Cases of large scale adoption

1. Soil test based fertilizer application in paddy

Paddy is the major food crop cultivated in more than 17,307 hectares in Kanyakumari

District. The soil is acidic in 50-60 per cent of the paddy cultivated area. This has resulted in nutrient

imbalances and thereby reduction in the yield. In many cases the yield reduction is due to less number

of productive tillers and unfilled grains. The yield reduction is recorded to be the tune of 750 to 1500

kg/ha. The average yield is 4.5 t/ha. But with the introduction of SRI the average yield increased to

7.45t/ha. The yield targeted could not be attained due to soil problem.

Intervention

The addition of Dolomite based on soil test is cheaper available amendment. Application of

organic manures, in-situ green manuring and balanced fertilization for paddy.

Details of technology

The in-situ green manuring with Sesbania aculeate(Daincha-25 kg/ha) and incorporating into

the soil at time of flowering. Based on the soil test, application of the cheaper amendment/liming

material (Dolomite-500kg/ha) and balanced fertilization with the deficient nutrient viz. ZnSO4 at 25

kg/ha.

Result and Feedback

The demonstration on soil test based paddy cultivation recorded an average yield increase of

10-35 per cent with the BCR of 2.0-2.35. The tiller/hill increased from 25.5-27.9. There was no grain

discoloration. The grains fetched better marketability.


Impact

The soil test based fertilization application for paddy, gain momentum among the farmers,

since the amendment added not only mitigated the soil acidity but also a source of magnesium. The

magnesium imparted better chlorophyll synthesis thereby more grain formation and filling. The zinc

sulphate application has added influence on balanced fertilizers application and increased the yield.

The technology has spread to 1500-2000 hectares.

2. Banana Pseudostem Weevil management

Banana is one of the major crop of Kanyakumari district occupies an area of around 8500 ha.

Incidence of pseudo stem weevil and nematode are the major threats in banana cultivation and at

severe conditions it resulted in an yield reduction of 50 per cent. Hence, there is an urgent need to

cater the needs to this problem.

A technology which has already been developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University was

demonstrated by the KVK, Pechiparai for the past six years (2008-14) at different locations of

Kanyakumari district. The extension functionaries of the State Department of Agriculture and

Horticulture were also involved in this demonstration. The demonstration yielded huge response from

the farmers of this district as it was effective in managing the pest problem.

Interventions:

Pseudostem injection of monocrotophos for the management of pseudostem weevil in banana.

Technology demonstrated

The technology involves treatment stem injection of monocrotophos at 5, 7 and 8 month after

planting @ 2 ml at 45 and 150 cm height. The solution of monocrotophos is prepared by diluting

54ml of the commercially available monocrotophos in 350 ml of water. The injection has been given

at opposite direction to the first injection. This technology has now spread over an area of more than

1500 ha. in this district and is being recommended by the District extension functionaries.

Result

The technology of banana pseudostem injection of monocrotophos @ 4ml / plant registered

the highest per cent reduction (76.07%) over the farmers practices with a net profit of Rs.3,84,840. As

the banana pseudostem injection technology is very simple, cost effective and produced a BCR of

3.33 per rupee investment it is highly accepted by the farmers.

Impact

After attending the training programmes and demonstrations some of the self help groups,

rural youth and farmers have taken initiative to adopt the technology for income generation. They are

charging Rs. 2 per plant for pseudostem injection using monocrotophos and earning a net profit of

Rs.1500- 2000/ha. as a part time venture


11.C. Details of impact analysis of KVK activities carried out during the reporting period

(2016-17)

1. Management of soil acidity in Banana

The application of dolomite at the time of planting and 3 months after planting in acidic soils

of banana fields reclaimed the soil acidity. The nutrient disorders did not occur due to the application

of zinc sulphate as dolomite application enhanced the micro nutrient uptake. The mean of 16.5.0%

yield increase was observed over the control. It recorded the highest BC ratio. The technology has

spread to the areas where acid soil is a problem in banana cultivation.

2. ICM in rice TPS-5

Frontline demonstration on integrated crop management practices in rice with TPS 5 during

2016-17 was conducted in Manavalakurichi village. The crop growth with the demonstration in terms

of plant height, tillers, productive tillers were higher with demonstration than check. Demonstration

(TPS 5 variety) recorded higher grain yield (73.37 q/ha) compared to ASD (66.5 q/ha). Yield increase

was 10.36 percentage. Similarly, higher net returns (Rs. 73701/ha) and BCR (2.27) were recorded

with TPS 5 compared to ASD 16 (net returns – Rs. 54760/ha); BCR – 1.82). The TPS -5 new variety

has wide spread among the farmers of Agestheswaram, Kurenthencode and Rajakagamangalam

blocks of Kanyakumari district. The seeds requirement of the farmers is satisfied partly by the KVK

and ARS, Thirupathisaram. Department of Agriculture, Nagercoil is presently involved in TPS 5 seed

production for further distribution to farmers.


PART XII - LINKAGES

12.A. Functional linkage with different organizations

Name of organization Nature of linkage

Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tamilnadu Pre rabi / Kharif season training, monthly zonal

workshop, extension functionaries training, joint

diagnostic survey, demonstration of latest crop

production technology, campaign and exhibition,

ATMA related trainings, Uzhavar Peruvizha

activities.

Dept. of Horticulture, Govt. of Tamilnadu Joint diagnostic survey, co-implementation of

training programmes and demonstrations

All India Radio, Nagercoil Farm school and radio talks on different

agricultural technologies, weather based crop

advisory services and announcement of training

programmes, Live programme (Farmers

interaction)

Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai Programmes for the Pon Vilayum Bhoomi –

Technical talks and success stories on KVK

activities

NGO

YMCA, Marthandam

Conducting training programmes on bee keeping,

mushroom spawn production, medicinal plant

cultivation, kitchen garden, banana fibre

extraction etc

NABARD Farmers club formation , Farmers trainings and

sponsored programmes

Lead bank (IOB) Conducting training programmes on mushroom

cultivation and spawn production

VUTRC, TANUVAS Farmers training

Technical support

CTCRI, Trivandrum Technical knowledge sharing

CPCRI, Kasaragod Technical knowledge sharing

NB The nature of linkage should be indicated in terms of joint diagnostic survey, joint

implementation, participation in meeting, contribution received for infrastructural

development, conducting training programmes and demonstration or any other

12.B. List Externally Funded Projects / schemes undertaken by the KVK and operational now,

which have been financed by State Govt./Other Agencies

Name of the scheme

Role of KVK Date/

Month of

initiation

Funding

agency Amount (Rs.)

ARYA Entrepreneurship

development in

Banana and

Coconut value

added products

March’ 2016 GOI 20,00,000.00


12.C. Details of linkage with ATMA

a) Is ATMA implemented in your district Yes/No : YES

If yes, role of KVK in preparation of SREP of the district?

Coordination activities between KVK and ATMA during 2016-17

S.

No.

Programme

Particulars

No. of

programmes

attended by

KVK staff

No. of

programmes

Organized

by KVK

Other

remarks

(if any)

01 Meetings Governing Body meeting 1 - -

AMC meeting 3 - -

02 Research projects Nil - - -

03

Training

programmes

Blackgram, Pluses, Banana,

Paddy, Vegetables, Fodder,

Goat rearing, Roof top

gardening and Coconut

cultivation

22 1 -

04 Demonstrations Root wilt management 11 - -

05 Extension

Programmes

Others (Pl. specify) Field day 2 - -

Farm School 22 - -

06 Publications Nil

07 Other Activities

(Pl.specify) Nil - - -

12.D. Give details of programmes implemented under National Horticultural Mission - Nil

12.E. Nature of linkage with National Fisheries Development Board - Nil

12.F. Details of linkage with RKVY - Nil

12. G. Kisan Mobile Advisory Services

Month No. of SMS sent No. of farmers to

which SMS was sent

No. of feedback /

query on SMS sent

April 2016 - - -

May 2016 3 4290 5

June 2016 7 10010 7

July 2016 4 5720 2

August 2016 1 1430 1

September 2016 4 5720 6

October 2016 3 4290 3

November 2016 2 2860 2

December 2016 3 4290 1

January 2017 1 1430 -

February 2017 1 1430 3

March 2017 1 1430 1

Total for the year

2016-17 30 42900 31


PART XIII- PERFORMANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN KVK

13.A. Performance of demonstration units (other than instructional farm) - Nil

Sl.

No.

Demo

Unit

Year of

establishment

Area

(ha)

Details of production Amount (Rs.)

Remarks Variety Produce Qty.

Cost of

inputs

Gross

income

13.B. Performance of instructional farm (Crops) including seed production

Name

of the crop

Date of

sowing

Date of

harvest Are

a

(ha

) Details of production Amount (Rs.) Remark

s Variety Type of

Produce

Qty.

(kg)

Cost of

inputs

Gross

income

Cereals

Rice

(kharif)

04.06.16 08.10.16 0.6 TPS 5 TFL seed 3500 25000 84000

Cereals

Rice (Rabi)

04.11.16 13.03.17 0.6 TPS 5 TFL seed 2000 22000 - Seed

processin

g is

under

progress

Vegetables

Bhendi

05.09.16 21.11.16 0.002 CO BH1 Vegetable 37.5 500 1500

Babycorn 25.07.16 17.09.16 0.002 Hybrid Vegetable 515

cobs

100 515

Fodder 10.06.16 - 0.004 Combu

napier CO5

Setts 45800 1000 25990

29.07.16 - 0.02 Guniea

grass

Rooted

Slips

1600

Nos.

500 2400

13.C. Performance of production Units (bio-agents / bio pesticides/ bio fertilizers etc.,)

Sl.

No.

Name of the

Product Qty

Amount (Rs.) Remarks

Cost of inputs Gross income

1. Coconut

tonic

3315 26520 33150

13.D. Performance of instructional farm (livestock and fisheries production) : Nil

Sl.

No

Name

of the

animal /

bird /

aquatics

Details of production Amount (Rs.)

Remarks Breed

Type of

Produce Qty.

Cost of

inputs

Gross

income

13.E. Utilization of hostel facilities : Not yet constructed

13.F. Database management

S.No Database target Database created

1 Farmers database Farmers database (3928 farmers)

13.G. Details on Rain Water Harvesting Structure and micro-irrigation system : Nil


PART XIV - FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

14.A. Details of KVK Bank accounts

Bank

account

Name of the

bank

Location Branc

h code

Accoun

t Name

Account

Number

MICR

Number

IFSC

Number

With

Host

Institute

With

KVK

SBI

Vadiveeswaram

Nagercoil 5599 Savings 11014054121 629002102 00005599

14.B. Utilization of KVK funds during the year 2016-17(Rs. in lakh)

Sl.No. PARTICULARS Amount Expenditure

A. RECURRING CONTINGENCIES

1 Pay & Allowances 9772000 10152416

2 Traveling allowances 250000 218797

3 Contingencies

a Stationery, telephone, postage and other expenditure on office

running, publication of Newsletter

300000 233510

b POL, repair of vehicles, tractor and equipments 200000 115945

c Meals/refreshment for trainees (@ Rs.75/day/trainee for residential

and @ Rs.40/day/trainee for non-residential trainings)

70000 47197

d Training material (need based materials and equipments for

conducting the training)

25000 24185

e Frontline demonstration 148000 139092

f On farm testing (on need based, location specific and newly

generated information in the major production systems of the area)

75000 65179

g Integrated Farming System (IFS) 30000 28728

h Training of extension functionaries 25000 21356

i Extension Activities 25000 24682

j Farmers' Field School 30000 31215

k EDP / Innovative activities 50000 13241

l Soil & Water Testing & Issue of Soil Health Cards 50000 49934

m Display Boards 10000 10070

n Maintenance of building 25000 25000

o Library (Purchase of Journal, Periodicals, News Paper &

Magazines)

10000 9731

TOTAL (A) 11210278

B.NON-RECURRING CONTINGENCIES

1 Equipments & Furniture

a) Office Automation 300000 300087

b) Furniture & Fixtures 200000 196245

2 Works 0 0

3 Vehicle

a) 4 Wheeler (Replacement) 800000 800000

TOTAL (B)

1296332

C. REVOLVING FUND

GRAND TOTAL (A+B+C) 12395000 12506610


14.C. Status of revolving fund (Rs. in lakh) for the three years

Year

Opening

balance as on

1st April

Income

during

the year

Expenditure

during the

year

Net balance in

hand as on 1st

April of each

year

April 2014 to March 2015 1245265.96 231266.04 713297.00 763235.00

April 2015 to March 2016 763235.00 190749.00 519039.00 434945.00

April 2016 to March 2017 434945.00 330709.00 146549.00 619105.00

15. Details of HRD activities attended by KVK staff during 2016-17

Name of the staff Designation Title of the training

programme

Institute where

attended

Dates

Dr. R. Latha SMS

(PB&G)

Training on

“WTO and its

implications

on Indian

Agriculture”

MANAGE,

Hyderabad

14.06.2016

to

17.06.2016

Mrs. M. Indira Assistant Orientation training ATARI, Hebbal 02.07.2016

Dr. N. Thavaprakaash SMS

(Agronomy)

Training on “Biogas

technology”

TNAU, Coimbatore 08.08.2016

to

13.08.2016

Dr. R. Latha

SMS

(PB&G)

Training on “Self

management through

personal profiling”

SAMETI,

Thiruvananthapuram

09.08.2016

to

12.08.2016

Dr. N. Thavaprakaash SMS

(Agronomy)

Training on “Climate

resilience in

agriculture and rural

development”

NIRD&PR,

Hyderabad

20.08.2016

to

28.08.2016

Dr. A. Vijayakumar SMS (FSN) Training on

“Question paper

authoring and

evaluation”


to

31.12.2016

Dr. R. Premavathi

Mr. V. Sivaraman

Programme

Coordinator

Prog. Asst.

(Comp.)

Training on

“Invigorating

extension through

ICT tools”


Dr. K. Kavitha SMS (Plant

Pathology)

Training on “PIMA” ICAR-KVK, Erode 21.02.2017

to

25.02.2017

Dr. N. Thavaprakaash

SMS

(Agronomy)

Training on

“Question paper

authoring and

evaluation”


to

25.02.2017

Dr. A. Vijayakumar SMS (FSN) Training on

“Capacity building

of KVK Home

Scientists on food

processing”

HSC & RI, Madurai 14.03.2017

to

16.03.2017


16. Please include any other important and relevant information which has not been reflected

above (write in detail).

1. Farmers Field School on ICM in Tapioca

In Kanyakumari district, Tapioca is cultivated predominantly as a pure crop and substitutes

staple food. Being grown as a vegetable in major horticultural crops, proper management practices are

not adopted by the farmers. Generally, long duration of the crop, poor development of tubers and

increased incidence of Cassava Mosaic virus is a common problem in Tapioca under poor

management conditions. Further, prevalence of drought condition is another most bottleneck factor

resulting in incidence of pests and diseases. Farmers are also unaware of the scope of processing and

value addition in Tapioca. Hence, introducing early maturing variety Hraswa and proper management

practices including balanced fertilization is necessary to obtain quality and good yield. Growing of

Tapioca as pure and major crop help the farmer to get good income and therefore, escalating their life

standards. Adoption of recent trends in cultivation of Tapioca entertains growing the crop throughout

the yield and rendered excellent opportunities for processing industries. Since, tremendous scope is

there for promotion of Tapioca cultivation, not only as a source of livelihood but also, as an agri-

business. Hence, training cum demonstration programmes were organized to disseminate the

technologies.

1. Field preparation and nursery management

2. Pre-evaluation studies, (soil, profile, erosion and sampling of pest and diseases)

3. Inputs assessment, bio fertilizers, bio control agents, bio-pesticides application & demonstration

of yellow sticky trap and panchakavya

4. Improved short duration varieties, sett treatment, season and planting

5. Integrated nutrient management

6. Irrigation and integrated weed management

7. Integrated disease management

8. Integrated pest management

9. Post harvest handling and value addition

10. Exposure visit – Farmers field to Home Science college & Research Institute, Madurai(Value

addition cum Byproduct utilization)

Impact

Reduced pesticides usage

Increased usage of organic and bioproducts(Azosprillum, Psuedomonas, Trichoderma,

Yellow sticky trap, Beauveria bassiana and neem based products

Timely applications increased the growth and yield

Increased the earliness, yield and net returns

Adoption of advanced production techniques resulted in 18-20% increased yield and profit

Size and quality of tubers enhanced

Processing and value addition of products was facilitated under group farming.

Reduced the cost and increased the net returns


SUMMARY FOR 2016-17

I. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Summary of technologies assessed under various crops

Thematic areas Crop Name of the technology assessed No. of

trials

Varietal Evaluation Rice Assessing the performance of alternate crops to rice in


5

Varietal Evaluation Blackgram Assessment of suitability of Blackgram variety


5

Integrated Nutrient

Management

Bhendi Assessment of Integrated Nutrient Management in

Bhendi hybrid Co Bh H1

5

Varietal Evaluation Chilli Assessment of Chilli hybrid in Kanyakumari district 5

Integrated Disease

Management

Pepper Assessment of Management practices in pepper 5

Integrated Disease

Management

Tuberose Assessment of tuber rot and wilt management in

tuberose

5

Total 30

Summary of technologies assessed under livestock : Nil

Summary of technologies assessed under various enterprises : Nil

Summary of technologies assessed under home science : Nil

II. TECHNOLOGY REFINEMENT

Summary of technologies refined under various crops : Nil

Summary of technologies assessed under refinement of various livestock : Nil

Summary of technologies refined under various enterprises : Nil

Summary of technologies refined under home science : Nil


II. FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATION

Crop

Name of the

technology

demonstrate

d

Variety Hyb

rid

Farmin

g

situatio

n

No.

of

Dem

o

Are

a

(ha)

Yield (q/ha) %

Incre

ase


(Rs./ha)

*Economics of check

(Rs./ha)

Demo Chec

k

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

**

BC

R

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

**

BC

R H L A

Cereals Demonstrati

on of ICM

practices in

rice during

Kharif

season

TPS 5 &

ASD 16

- Irrigated

10 4.0 87.00 62.5

0 73.37 66.48 10.36 59468 133350 73701 2.27 69461 124221 54760 1.82

Cereals Demonstrati

on of Rice

var. CR 1009

Sub1 with

improved

crop

technologies

under acid

soil during

Rabi season

CR 1009

Sub1

- Irrigated

10 4.0 82.65 76.1

3 79.61 67.75 17.51 65490 159220 93730 2.43 66565 133973 67408 2.01

Pulses Demonstrati

on of

greengram in

rice-fallow

condition

Co 8 - Rainfed

(Rice

fallow) 10 4.0 Crop is in flowering stage

Fruit Integrated

Crop

Management

practices for

Banana in

acid soil

Redbanan

a

- Irrigated

10 4.0 455.0 397.

8 427.4 381.5 12.04 352400 1209760 857360 3.43 356900 1016000 659100 2.84


Fruit Demonstrati

on of

Pseudostem

weevil

management

in banana

Nendran - Irrigated

10 4.0 671.2 588.

7 643.7 537.5 16.50 107413 408000 300587 3.79 111425 342370 230945 3.07

Vegetables Integrated

Pest and

disease

management

for Bhendi

Local Irrigated

10 2.0 145 125 135 119.5 13 70362 135000 64638 1.92 73926 119500 45574 1.62

Flowers Integrated

crop

management

in Marigold

Thovalai

Local - Irrigated 10 4.0 155 120 137.5 115 19.56 212229 687500 475271 3.61 200749 575000 374251 2.98

Fodder Demonstrati

on of guinea

grass under

coconut

gardens

Guinea

grass-

CO-GG3

- Rainfed

10 4.0 160.4 133.

7 148.2 117.4 20.78 74315 149201 74850 2.01 74351 117365 43014 1.58

Others Demonstrati

on of

nutrition

garden

- - Rainfed

10 0.08 277.4 260 268.5 NA NA 175000 680750 505750 3.89 NA NA NA NA




IV. Training Programme

Training of Farmers and Farm Women including sponsored training programmes (On campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Crop Production





Others (PPV&FRA) 2 46 52 98 1 1 2 47 53 100

Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops


high volume crop 2 11 41 52 0 0 0 11 41 52


b) Fruits


Export potential of


d) Plantation crops

e) Tuber crops

f) Spices


Plants


Management


soils 1 5 13 18 1 2 3 6 15 21



Management


Home Science/Women

empowerment



nutrition gardening

1 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 19 19

Value addition 1 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 16 16

Agril. Engineering

Farm machinery and its

maintenance 1 11 10 21 1 0 1 12 10 22

Plant Protection



Integrated Disease

Management 4 34 65 99 1 18 19 35 83 118

Bio-control of pests and

diseases 1 4 13 17 0 2 2 4 15 19

Fisheries


Vermi-compost production 1 6 8 14 0 2 2 6 10 16


Group Dynamics

Agro-forestry

TOTAL 24 206 371 577 9 39 48 215 410 625

Training of Farmers and Farm Women including sponsored training programmes (Off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Crop Production



Seed production 1 19 1 20 0 0 0 19 1 20


Integrated Nutrient

Management 1 20 0 20 1 1 2 21 1 22


Horticulture

a) Vegetable Crops


high volume crop 1 6 17 23 0 0 0 6 17 23


b) Fruits

Cultivation of Fruit 1 10 10 20 0 0 0 10 10 20


Export potential of


d) Plantation crops

e) Tuber crops


technology 6 162 0 162 18 0 18 180 0 180

Processing and value

addition 2 54 0 54 6 0 6 60 0 60

f) Spices


technology 1 2 16 18 0 0 0 2 16 18


Plants



Management

Integrated nutrient

management 1 7 12 19 0 0 0 7 12 19


soils 1 10 9 19 0 0 0 10 9 19



Management


Home Science/Women

empowerment



nutrition gardening

1 2 8 10 0 0 0 2 8 10

Value addition 1 9 8 17 0 0 0 9 8 17

Agril. Engineering

Plant Protection


Integrated Disease

Management 4 22 45 67 5 6 11 27 51 78

Fisheries



Group Dynamics

TOTAL 39 483 226 709 39 18 57 522 244 766

Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes (on campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total


Value addition 1 12 7 19 0 0 0 12 7 19


Post Harvest Technology 1 2 21 23 0 0 0 2 21 23

TOTAL 4 30 51 81 2 0 2 32 51 83

Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes (off campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fema

le Total Male

Fema

le Total Male

Femal

e Total

Nursery Management of

Horticulture crops 1 21 5 26 7 13 20 28 18 46



Value addition 1 7 13 20 0 0 0 7 13 20


TOTAL 4 42 39 81 7 13 20 49 52 101

Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes (on

campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total

Productivity enhancement in

field crops 2 32 20 52 2 3 5 34 23 57



technology 1 10 3 13 0 0 0 10 3 13

Total 4 62 35 97 4 6 10 66 41 107

Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training programmes (off

campus)


Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total


technology 1 10 3 13 1 0 1 11 3 14

Total 1 10 3 13 1 0 1 11 3 14

Sponsored training programmes conducted

S.N

o. Area of training

No. of

Courses No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Fema

le Total


management

2 Production and value

addition

3. Soil health and

fertility management -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

4 Production of Inputs

at site -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

5 Methods of protective

cultivation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

6 Others (PPV&FRA) 2 46 52 98 1 1 2 47 53 100

7

Post harvest


addition

7.a. Processing and value 3 18 42 60 2 0 2 20 42 62


addition

8 Farm machinery

9. Livestock and

fisheries

10 Livestock production

and management

11. Home Science

12 Agricultural

Extension

Total 5 64 94 158 3 1 4 67 95 162

Details of Vocational Training Programmes carried out by KVKs for rural youth

S.No

. Area of training

No. of

Courses

No. of Participants


Male Fem

ale Total Male

Fem

ale Total Male

Femal

e Total


management

1.c. Commercial vegetable

production 1 10 4 14 1 0 1 11 4 15

1.e. Organic farming 1 28 0 28 0 0 0 28 0 28

1.f. Others (Integrated

Farming System) 1 6 16 22 0 0 0 6 16 22

2

Post harvest


addition

2.a. Value addition 1 1 18 19 0 0 0 1 18 19

3. Livestock and fisheries

4. Income generation

activities

4.d. Rural Crafts 1 0 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 15

4.g. Mushroom cultivation 1 17 12 29 1 0 1 18 12 30

5 Agricultural Extension

Grand Total 6 62 65 112 17 0 2 64 50 129


V. Extension Programmes

Activities No. of

programmes

No. of

farmers

No. of Extension

Personnel

Total

Advisory Services 211 321 4 325

Diagnostic visits 33 190 34 224

Field Day 2 51 11 62

Group discussions 4 102 34 136

Kisan Ghosthi 6 236 43 279

Film Show 17 1043 395 1438

Self -help groups 0 0 0 0

Kisan Mela 0 0 0 0

Exhibition 7 689 163 852

Scientists' visit to farmers field 67 437 10 447

Plant/animal health camps 4 223 22 245

Farm Science Club 0 0 0 0

Ex-trainees Sammelan 2 25 44 69

Farmers' seminar/workshop 1 528 59 587

Method Demonstrations 20 230 25 255

Celebration of important days 1 70 26 96

Special day celebration 1 53 8 61

Exposure visits 6 589 163 752

Others (Please specify) 0 0 0 0

Total 382 4787 1041 5828

Details of other extension programmes

Particulars Number

Electronic Media -

Extension Literature 5

News Letter -

News paper coverage 23

Technical Articles 8

Technical Bulletins 3

Technical Reports 0

Radio Talks 16

TV Talks 3

Animal health camps (Number of animals treated) 223

Others (pl.specify) -

Total 283

PRODUCTION OF SEED/PLANTING MATERIAL

Production of seeds by the KVKs

Crop category Name of the

crop

Variety Hybrid Quantity of

seed

(qtl)

Value

Number of

farmers to

whom

provided

Cereals (crop wise) Rice TPS 5 46.89

(Rs.2400.00/q)

112536 115

Total 46.89 112536 115


Production of planting materials by the KVKs

Production of Bio-Products

Bio Products Name of the bio-

product

Quantity

Kg

Value (Rs.) Number of

farmers to

whom provided

Others (specify)

Coconut Tonic 3315 Packets

(Rs.10.00 / 200ml/pkt)

33150 200

Total 33150 200

Production of livestock materials : Nil

VII. DETAILS OF SOIL, WATER AND PLANT ANALYSIS 2016-17


analyzed

No. of Farmers


Amount realized

(Rs.)

Soil Samples 135 131 25 13500


Plant samples -- -- -- --

Manure samples -- -- -- --

Others (specify) -- -- -- --

Total 136 132 26 13550

VIII. SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Number of SACs conducted - 1

IX. NEWSLETTER

Number of issues of newsletter published - Nil

Crop category Name of

the crop

Variety Hybrid Number Value (Rs.) Number of

farmers to

whom

provided

Fodder crop Cumbu

Napier

Grass

CO(BN)

5

45800 setts

(60 paise/sett)

25990 50

Guinea

Grass

CO(GG)3 1600 slips

(Rs.1.50/slip)

2400 10

Others(specify) Bhendi

Vegetables

37.5 (kg)

(Rs.40.00/kg)

1500 25

Baby Corn 515 Nos.

(Rs.1.00/No.)

515 25

Total 30405 110


X. RESEARCH PAPER PUBLISHED

Number of research paper published - 6

XI. DETAILS ON RAIN WATER HARVESTING STRUCTURE AND MICRO-IRRIGATION

SYSTEM - Nil

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Documents

ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17) - Krishi Vigyan Kendra … ICAR-KVK, Kanyakumari, Annual Report 2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17) PART I –GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE KVK 1.1. Name and address