Precision Farming Development Centers (PFDC) Work Plan 2006 - 07 NCPAH Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture Govt. of India

Precision Farming Development

Centers (PFDC)

Work Plan 2006 - 07

NCPAHDepartment of Agriculture & Cooperation

Ministry of AgricultureGovt. of India

Thrust Areas – 2005 - 06

Trials Technology Demonstrations Trainings Technology Display Center Handouts & Publications Mass Media – Radio & TV Talks Survey of Farmers

PFDC Thrust Areas 2005-06 -

Trials

•The PFDCs have been

conducting experimental trials on

important crops of the state with

plasticulture applications to

ascertain results and fine tune

the technologies for field

application.

• PFDCs give their

recommendations based on the

trials undertaken by them.Total – 102 Trials; Covering – 50 Crops

Trials - Research Work 2005 - 06

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Amaranthus Drip Irrigation and Mulching 1 1Amla Drip Irrigation and Mulching 1 1

Precision Farming 1 1Anthurium Green House 1 1Aonla Green House 1 1Apricot Drip Irrigation 1 1Banana Drip Irrigation 1 1 1 3

Fertigation 1 1Precision Farming 1 1

Bhendi Fertigation 1 1Brinjal Green House 1 1Broccoli Drip Irrigation 1 1Cabbage Drip Irrigation 1 1

Mulching 1 1Capsicum Drip Irrigation and Mulching 1 1

Fertigation 1 2 3Green House 1 1 1 1 1 2 7Precision Farming 1 1

Carnation Green House 2 2Castor Mulching 1 1


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Cauliflower Drip Irrigation 1 1Drip Irrigation and Mulching 1 1Green House 1 1Water & Nutrient 1 1

Cherry Tomato Shadenet 1 1Chillies Drip Irrigation and Mulching 1 1Chrysanthemum Fertigation 1 1

Coconut Drip Irrigation 1 1Fertigation 1 1Precision Farming 1 1

Cucumber Green House 1 1 2Cumin Precision Farming 1 1Fennel Precision Farming 1 1Fenugreek Precision Farming 1 1Fig Water & Nutrient 1 1Flower Mulching 1 1Galdiolus Green House 1 1Gerbera Green House 1 1 2Gladiolus Drip Irrigation 1 1

Precision Farming 1 1


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Grapes & Chillies

Green House 1 1

Grebera Green House 1 1Guava Mulching 2 2

Water & Nutrient 1 1Guava, Mango, Aonla

Drip irrigation and Fertigation 1 1

Green House 1 1Jasmine Mulching 1 1Kinnow and sweet orange

Precision Farming 1 1

Leafy Vegetable Plastic low tunnel 1 1Lilly Drip Irrigation 1 1Litchi Fertigation 1 1

Precision Farming 1 1Mango Fertigation 1 1

Precision Farming 1 1Water & Nutrient 1 1

Mango, Litchi Green House 1 1Muskmel Green House 1 1Nursery Raising Plug Trays 1 1Okra Water & Nutrient 1 1


Total – 102 Trials; Covering – 50 Crops

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Onion Drip Irrigation 1 1Pea Precision Farming 1 1Pineapple Water & Nutrient 1 1Plum Mulching 1 1Pointed Gourd Fertigation 1 1Pomegranate Precision Farming 1 1Potato Drip Irrigation 1 1

Drip Irrigation and Mulching 1 1Precision Farming 1 1

Quantification Green House 1 1Strawberry Green House 1 1Summer Squash Green House 1 1

Plastic low tunnel 1 1Tomato Drip Irrigation 1 1

Fertigation 2 2Green House 1 1 1 3Green House and Mulches 1 1Mulching 1 1Precision Farming 1 1

Vanilla Drip Irrigation 1 1Drip Irrigation 1 1Green House 1 1 2Micro Irrigation 1 1Others 1 1Polyhouse, Low tunnel 1 1

Grand Total 4 4 4 5 13 9 7 5 8 5 4 7 6 2 3 11 5 102

PFDC Thrust Areas 2005-06

Demonstration

• Seeing is believing. The

PFDCs demonstrate precision

farming and plasticulture

applications live on plants, round

the year in research farms as

well as in the farmers fields.

Total – 204 - Demonstrations

Technology Demonstrations

2005 - 06

Total – 204 - Demonstrations

PFDC Farmers Field PFDC Farms Grand TotalBangalore 6 17 23Bhubaneswar 2 5 7Bikaner 3 8 11Coimbatore 4 8 12Delhi 15 15Hissar 2 8 10Hyderabad 4 7 11Jorhat 4 4 8Kharagpur 2 16 18Lucknow 4 5 9Navasari 10 11 21Pantnagar 5 8 13Rahuri 3 4 7Raipur 2 3 5Samastipur 5 3 8Solan 6 8 14Tavanur 5 7 12Grand Total 67 137 204


Training

•The PFDCs conduct awareness

and training programmes on

plasticulture applications for the

benefit of farmers, departmental

officers, system suppliers, NGOs

etc.

• Training programmes speed up

the adoption by creating more

awareness. PFDC are being told to

conduct more such programmes.350 – Programmes ; 18000 Persons

Training & Awareness Programmes

2005 - 06PFDC

TopicsArea Specific 1 1 2Crop Specific 5 16 3 8 6 1 2 1 2 44Drip & Mulching 1 4 5 10Drip Irrigation 2 1 1 3 1 4 12Fertigation 1 1Green House 9 1 4 2 1 18 12 47Green House & Mulching

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Low Tunnel 1 1Micro Irrigation 4 1 6 3 14Mulching 3 5 23 1 32Plasticulture & Precision Farming

3 17 17 4 12 10 7 4 1 16 7 12 12 13 20 155

Post Harvest 3 3Shadenet 1 1 2Sprinkler Irrigation

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Water Conservation

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Grand Total 23 17 25 21 14 12 10 31 9 42 18 33 7 12 12 18 46 350

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PFDC Thrust Areas 2005-06 – Technology Display Center

• One stop technology display center

and information centre, which houses

products and information on precision

farming & plasticulture technologies

under one roof.

• The center has literatures,

photographs, models, charts, products

like green house models, shade nets,

drip, sprinkler etc.

• Strong Industry Participation on

product availability.

PFDC Thrust Areas 2005-06 – Handouts & Publications

• Important information such as package

of practices, success stories, cost benefit

of Plasticulture applications, training

manuals etc. are prepared for all the

important crops and applications of the

state and circulated to the farmers.

Handouts & Publications 2005 - 06

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Bangalore 5 1 3 9Bhubaneswar 2 1 1 4Bikaner 3 3Coimbatore 5 2 1 8Delhi 1 8 10 2 5 26Hissar 11 4 1 16Hyderabad 3 3Jorhat 1 15 7 12 35Kharagpur 4 3 1 8Lucknow 8 5 2 1 16Navasari 6 9 1 16PantNagar 2 17 19Rahuri 10 2 12Raipur 2 2 3 7Samastipur 6 2 8Solan 12 2 3 17Tavanur 4 4Grand Total 3 1 111 39 5 49 3 211

211 Nos. of Publications

PFDC Thrust Areas – Mass Media

• PFDCs take part in the Radio or TV talks to spread the

usage of plasticulture applications through mass media.

• PFDCs participate in Radio/Television talks. During FY

2005-06, 76 such talks were organized by the PFDCs

26 – Radio Talks & 50 - T.V. Shows

Radio Talks & T.V. Shows 2005 - 06

PFDC Radio Television Grand TotalBangalore 3 3Bhubaneswar 2 2Bikaner 1 1Hissar 2 1 3Hyderabad 5 5Jorhat 7 12 19Kharagpur 1 1Lucknow 5 5Navasari 5 5Pantnagar 6 5 11Rahuri 1 4 5Raipur 3 3Samastipur 4 4Solan 5 5Tavanur 3 1 4Grand Total 26 50 76

26 – Radio Talks & 50 - T.V. Shows


Surveys

• The PFDCs conduct surveys -

to understand the penetration

of plasticulture applications at

the field level and collect

feedback from farmers on issues

like their problems,

• The surveys also involve

multiple visits to same farmer

and to apprise them of best

practices.

999 Farmers Surveyed

Surveys 2005 - 06

999 Farmers Surveyed

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Drip Irrigation 5 12 10 6 55 59 5 3 155Drip irrigation and fertigation

139 25 164

Drip Irrigation and Organic Farming

70 70

Drip irrigation, Fertigation, Greenhouse

83 83

Drip Irrigation, Mulching

2 30 112 144

Drip, Polyhouse, Low tunnel, Solar system

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Drip, Sprinkler, Pond 4 4Green house 3 3Greenhouse and Micro Irrigation

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Micro irrigation, Protected cultivation

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Mulching 30 10 40Plasticulture Technology

123 123

Poly house / poly tunnel

7 10 15 59 2 93

Sprinkler Irrigation 3 3Sub-surface Drainage (SSD)

12 12

Grand Total 12 25 12 290 3 26 85 20 127 112 7 59 15 123 67 16 999

PFDC-wise Work Plans

2006-07

Thrust Areas – 2006 - 07

Trials Technology Demonstrations Trainings Technology Display Center Handouts & Publications Mass Media – Radio & TV Talks Survey of Farmers

Farmers Officers1 Bangalore 25 5 9 4 7 Cucumber, Cauliflower, Carnation, Bird

of Paradice2 Bhubaneswar 15 5 6 6 6 Capsicum, Coconut, Mango, Rose,

Gerbera, Vegetables3 Bikaner 27 3 5 6 Kinnow, sweet Orange, Fennel,

Fenugreek, cumin, Vegetables4 Coimbatore 29 6 15 3 6 Coconut, Marigold, Chillies, Aonla,

Jasmine, Bittergourd, Banana5 Delhi 18 8 11 15 Kinnow, Sweet orange, Peach, Guava,

Vegetable, Musk Mellon, Potato, Bitter Gourd, Citrus, Okra

6 Hissar 9 7 10 Guava, Aonla, Cucurbits, Cucumber, Leafy Vegetable, Gerbera, Muskmelon, Capsicum, Tomato, Summersquash, Aonla, Strawberry

7 Hyderabad 22 8 8 10 Chilli, Okra, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Capsicum, Tomato, Mango, Rose

8 Jorhat 22 10 10 12 Tomato, Capsicum, Bamboo, Banana, Chrysanthemum, Anthurium, Pineapple

Training Programs Awareness Research Demonstrations CropsPFDCS.No.

Work Plan Summary

2006-07

Training – 438; Trials – 110; Demonstration - 166

Work Plan Summary

2006-07Farmers Officers

9 Kharagpur 7 1 7 7 Mango, Guava, Vegetable, Gerbera, Pineapple, Rose, Litchi, Sapota

10 Lucknow 26 14 5 14 Mango, Guava, Aonla, Litchi11 Navasari 18 2 4 8 Banana, Sugarcane, Brinjal, Tomato,

Rose, Castor, Okra, Potato, Cotton, Spider Lilly, Capsicum, Orbella

12 Pantnagar 20 4 7 14 Mango, Litchi, Vegetable, Radish, Tomato, Cauliflower, Coriander, Bittergourd, Strawberry

13 Rahuri 8 8 6 7 Gerbera, Carnation, Banana, Pomegranate, Tuberose

14 Raipur 36 4 4 4 Mango, Tuberose, Chilli, Litchi, Cucumber, Potato, Anthurium

15 Samastipur 25 5 4 18 Litchi, Banana, Pointed Gourd, Radish, Aonla

16 Solan 18 8 10 13 Capsicum, Cauliflower, Apricot, Pea, Tomato, Gladiolus, Strawberry, Plum, Mango

17 Tavanur 13 12 9 9 Bhindi, Banana, Arecanut, Cucumber, Vanilla, Coconut, Cardamon

338 100 33 110 166Grand total

PFDCS.No. CropsTraining Programs Awareness Research Demonstrations

Training – 438; Trials – 110; Demonstration - 166

PFDC – Bangalore, Karnataka

Experimental trials – 5 trials using greenhouse, net house, mulching and drip on cucumber, cauliflower, carnation and bird of paradise. Awareness and training programmes – 34 nos. for farmers. officers and others. Technology demonstration – 15 nos. in research as well as in farmers fields. Literatures – package of practices for precision farming in vegetable crops, flower crops and application specific folders. Radio and TV talks. Survey of farmers in select districts. Display center – an information repository and display center has been developed in the PFDC. Its further updation will be taken up during the year.Budgetary support asked for – Rs 62.3

lakhs.

PFDC – IARI, New Delhi

Experimental trials - 11 nos. comprising of testing of

modified design of energy conserving greenhouse,

comparative study of different shading nets, performance

evaluation of different filters, comparative study of different

design of greenhouses through simulation and modeling.

Besides, the PFDC would be undertaking crop specific

experiments using greenhouse, fertigation, shadenet, drip,

GIS on potato, okra and garlic.

Awareness and training programmes – 26 nos. for

farmer, officers and others in places around Delhi like

Ghaziabad, Gurgaon etc.

Technology demonstration - 15 nos. in research farms as

well as in the farmers fields.Cont……..

PFDC – IARI, New Delhi

Literatures – crop specific folders on use of micro

irrigation, fertigation etc. in cultivation of Onion, tomato.

Application specific folders on mulching, greenhouses, low

tunnel, micro sprinkler etc.

Survey of farmers is select areas around Delhi.

Renovation and & face uplifting of display center.

Budgetary support asked for – Rs 68.69 lakhs.

PFDC – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Experimental trials - 3 nos. with drip, fertigation and mulching on coconut, marigold and Chilly.

Awareness and training programme - 13 Nos. awareness programs, 37 nos. training for farmers and officers and 2 nos. interactive seminars on micro irrigation.

Technology demonstration – 4 nos. is research farms with Drip, mulching, fertigation, pond lining on Aonla, Jasmine, vegetables, 2 nos. demonstrations in farmers field on drip, fertigation, bunch covering and mulching,

Literatures – crop specified folders on Sapota, Lemon, Coconut, Onion, Cabbage, Capsicum, Cut flowers, Curry leaf, Coriander, Fenugreek.

Cont……..

PFDC – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

case studies and success stories of farmers.Mini testing center for testing of plastics products used in agriculture.Information repository & display centre is being developed.


PFDC – Kharagpur, West Bengal

Experimental trials – 7 nos. comprising of testing of

filters for Micro Irrigation, development of testing of

automated flushing systems and cooling of green houses.

Crop specific experiments on mango, guava litchi, sapota

using mulching, drip and fertigation..

Awareness & training programmes – 8 nos. for

farmers and officers.

Technology demonstration – 7 nos. in research farms

as well as farmer fields.

Literatures – crop specific folders on mango guava

pineapple, cauliflower, cabbage, Okra, Brinjal and tomato.Cont……..

PFDC – Kharagpur, West Bengal

Radio & TV talks

Survey of farmers in select districts will be undertaken.

Information repository & display center – The IIT,

Kharagpur is not able to provide space for display center,

the PFDC has sought funds for construction of a room for

the purpose.


PFDC – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Experimental trials – 8 nos. using drip, fertigation,

mulching, greenhouse, low tunnels on Brinjal, Capsicum,

Bhindi, leafy vegetables, Grapes, Chillies, gerbera and

gladiolus.


farmers, Officers, and others.

Technology demonstration - 10 nos. demonstrations in

research farms as well as in farmers fields.

Literatures – Package of practices for capsicum, Banana,

Brinjal, tomato, chilli, cabbage, cauliflower, mango, and

sugarcane.Cont……..

Radio & TV talks.

Survey of farmers of select districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Information repository and display center – The place has

been allotted by the institution, and its furnishing will be

undertaken during the year.


PFDC – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

PFDC – Tavanur, Kerala

Experimental trials – 9 nos. using drip, greenhouse, low

tunnels, portable drier for domestics view on Banana,

Coconut, Vanilla, Cardamom, cucumber, nursery raising.


farmers, Officers and other agencies.


as well as in farmers fields.

Cont……..

PFDC – Tavanur, Kerala

Literatures – training manuals on micro irrigation,

greenhouse technology and plastic mulching. Package of

practices on Bhindi, Tomato, Salad cucumber, arcanut.

Radio & TV talks

Survey of farmers in select districts to collect. feedback

on micro irrigation.

Information repository & Display center will be furnished.


PFDC – Solan, Himachal Pradesh

Experimental trials – 10 nos. with drip, fertigation,

mulching, polyhouse on apricot, Cauliflower, pea, tomato,

gladiolus, plum, mango and capsicum.


farmers, officers and others on plasticulture applications.

Technology demonstration – 13 nos. in research farms as

well as in farmer fields with drip, mulching, fertigation,

polyhouse cultivation on apple, mango, vegetables

carnation, capsicum gladiolus tomato pea, peach,

Chrysanthemum, Lilly and apricot.Cont……..

Radio & TV talks on using plasticultures applications in

the cultivation of various crops.

Survey of farmers in select districts.

The information repository and display center has been

established. However, its furnishing will be undertaken

during the year.


PFDC – Solan, Himachal Pradesh

PFDC – Bikaner, Rajasthan

Experimental trials – 5 nos. on development of precision

Farming techniques for kinnow, sweet orange, fenugreek,

and cumin. Besides, evaluation of tape drip irrigation and

sub surface drainage by porous pipe will be undertaken.

Awareness and training – 32 nos. – 27 for farmers, 3 for

officers and 2 Seminars.


with Drip, mulching and greenhouse cultivation on Ber,

pomegranate, aonla, Beal, lime, kinnow, sweet orange,

fruit and vegetables. 6 demonstrations in farmers fields

using various plasticulture applications.

Cont……..

PFDC – Bikaner, Rajasthan

Literatures – crop specific folders on micro irrigation and

package of practices for Beal, pomegranate, amla, lime,

kinnow, ,malta, tomato, Brinjal, cabbage, chillies, Onions.

Radio & TV takes.

Survey – of sprinkler irrigation irrigation systems of few

selected areas.

Information repository & display center – a display center

has been established in the PFDC – it will be furnished

during the year.Budgetary support asked for – Rs 40.31 lakhs.

PFDC – Hissar, Haryana

Experimental trials – 7 nos. using low tunnel, greenhouse,

drip, mulching and shade net technologies on summer

squash, cucumber, capsicum, guava, aonla and strawberry


farmers, officers and others at district level.

Technology demonstration – 10 nos. demonstrations in

research farms and farmers fields using plasticulture

applications on important crops.

Literatures – crop specific folders on mango sapota, citrus,

guava, grapes, strawberry, aonla, ber, tomato, cabbage and

cauliflower. Case studies and success stories

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PFDC – Hissar, Haryana

Survey of farmers on the use of sub surface drainage in

selected district of Haryana.

Information repository and display center – a display

center has been developed. Further addition will be

undertaken during the year.


PFDC – Jorhat, Assam

Experimental trials – 10 nos. using fertigation, rain

shelter, shade net house on tomato, capsicum, banana

chrysanthemum and anthurium.

Awareness of training programmes – 32 nos. for

farmers, officers, self help groups on alternative of crop

using plasticulture applications.


as well as in farmers fields.

Literatures – crop specific folders on vegetable & fruit crops

of the region. Case studies and success stories.

Cont……..Covers NE Region

PFDC – Jorhat, Assam

Radio & TV talks


Information repository and display center already in

operation - further improvement will be undertaken.


PFDC – Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Experimental trials – 7 nos. using greenhouse, drip,

fertigation, shade net on Capsicum, Coconut, Mango, Rose

and Gerbera.


farmers, officers, and others.


as well as in the farmers fields.

Literatures – Package of practices of different

horticultural crops and application specific folders.

Cont……..

Radio & TV talks

Survey of farmers in select districts for feedback on drip

irrigation

Information repository & display center – the center is

being developed


PFDC – Bhubaneswar, Orissa

PFDC – Samastipur, Bihar

Experimental trials – 4 nos. with drip and fertigation, mulching in litchis, Onion, Banana, pointed gourd, radish Aonla,

Awareness & Training programmes – 30 nos. for farmers, officers and others.

Technology demonstration – 7 nos. is research farms and farmer fields with mulching, drip, fertigation, greenhouse, micro sprinkler on Banana, capsicums, litchi, tomato, litchi, tomato, fruit and vegetable crops.

Literatures – Package of practices for important crops.

Survey of farmers is select districts of Bihar

A display center has been established. The furnishing will be undertaken during the Year.


PFDC – Navsari, Gujrat

Experimental trials – 6 nos. with greenhouse and drip on tomato, Lilly and capsicum.

Awareness & training programmes – 20 nos. farmers and 2 for officers.

Technology demonstration – 8 nos. in research farms as well as in farmers fields – using drip with fertigation, mulching and greenhouses on Banana, Sugarcane, Brinjal, vegetable nursery raising, alternative of vegetable crops and surface drainage technology.

Literatures – crop specific folders on Rose, Castor, Okra, Potato, Cotton and application specific on green house and drainage technologies.

Survey of farmers of few selected districts.

Display centre is being developed.Budgetary support asked for – Rs 55.00 lakhs.

PFDC – Rahuri, Maharashtra

Experimental trials – 4 nos. with drip and polyhouse on

Banana, pomegranate, gerbera and carnation.

Awareness and training programme – 27 nos. for

farmers and officers.

Technology demonstration – 4 nos. demonstrations in

research farms with drip irrigation and mulching on Banana

and pomegranate. 4 nos. demonstrations in farmers fields.

Literatures – crop specific folders on gerbera, carnation,

Banana, pomegranate and capsicum.


Display centre will be developed in the current year.Budgetary support asked for – Rs 40.53 lakhs.

PFDC – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Experimental trials – 5 nos. using greenhouse, fertigation, drip, and mulching in Mango and Guava. Awareness & training programmes – 40 nos. for farmers, officers and others. Technology demonstration – 14 nos. is research farms as well as in farmers fields. Radio & TV talks Survey of farmers in select districts will be undertaken to ascertain drip irrigation status.Literatures – package of practices for various crops Information repository & display center has been established. It will be refurbished and strengthened further with more information.


PFDC – Raipur, Chattisgarh

Experimental trials – 4 nos. using greenhouse in Anthurium

cultivation, drip, fertigation in potato, drip in cucumber and

fertigation in chilli.

Awareness and training programmes – 40 nos. for farmers,

officers and others.

Technology demonstration – 4 nos. is research farms, as well as

in the farmers fields.

Literatures – package of practices for mango, cashew, litchi,

marigold and garlic.

Radio & TV talks.

Survey of farmer is select districts to get feedback on drip irrigation.

Information repository & display center is being set up in the PFDC.


PFDC – Pantnagar, Uttranchal

Experimental trials – 7 numbers using green-house for round the

year cultivation and development of precision farming techniques

for Capsicum, Bitter gourd, Mango and Litchi.

Awareness and training programmes – 24 numbers for

farmers, officers and others.

Technology demonstration – 7 nos. in the research farms as

well as in farmers fields.

Literatures – crop specific folders on Mango & potato. Application

specific folders on micro irrigation, mulching and poly-house

cultivation.

Radio & TV talks

Information repository and display center – already exist. However

it will be developed further. Budgetary support asked for – Rs 31.00 lakhs.

Facilities asked for by PFDCs

Additional manpower for increased number of activities such as training programmes and other activities.

Multi-media facilities like laptop computer, LCD projector, potable wall mounted Screen, digital camera for conducting awareness and training programmer at district level.

Equipment for mini plastic testing center.

Total Fund Requirement of PFDCs

Budgetary support asked for – Rs 843.47 Lakhs. + 125 Lakhs (for 5 new PFDCs) = 968.47 Lakhs

S.No. PFDC Salary RC NRC TA T&D Total1 Bangalore 27.94 8.25 8.07 8.04 10.00 62.302 Bhubaneswar 15.32 4.00 8.93 0.80 4.50 33.553 Bikaner 13.71 4.50 10.00 0.80 11.30 40.314 Coimbatore 30.18 7.85 23.04 5.55 19.05 85.67

5 Delhi 19.79 14.65 21.25 6.50 6.50 68.696 Hissar 13.76 5.61 11.35 1.70 2.25 34.677 Hyderabad 31.37 12.04 21.93 4.60 7.25 77.19

8 Jorhat 21.37 32.90 10.10 7.60 7.00 78.97

9 Kharagpur 8.89 5.05 20.40 2.00 2.00 38.3410 Lucknow 8.00 10.25 9.00 3.30 10.00 40.5511 Navasari 20.50 7.00 20.00 2.00 5.50 55.00

12 Pantnagar 15.50 4.50 5.00 1.00 5.00 31.0013 Rahuri 13.83 5.45 16.50 0.75 4.00 40.5314 Raipur 13.00 6.25 3.00 1.50 10.00 33.7515 Samastipur 23.98 7.95 11.60 2.35 7.00 52.8816 Solan 12.77 5.74 8.62 2.79 6.30 36.2217 Tavanur 12.00 7.25 8.85 2.00 3.75 33.85

301.91 149.24 217.64 53.28 121.40 843.47Grand total

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Precision Farming Development Centers (PFDC) Work Plan 2006 - 07 NCPAH Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture Govt. of India