Activities of KVK

Prakasam Krishi Vigyan Kendra is a farm science center of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, managed by an N.G.O., Grama Nava Nirman Samithi established in 1992 with Head quarters at Jammikunta of Karimnagar district, serving the farming community in the fields of Agriculture and allied activities.

Jammikunta is situated on the main Railway line, 40 km. Away from warangal towards Delhi. The district Head quarters Karimnagar is 52 km. from Jammikunta.

Keeping in view of geographical situations, cropping pattern, problems and needs of the farming community, KVK is working on following objectives:

1 ) To improve productivity in Agriculture and Allied enterprises.

2) To generate employment for Rural Youth in Agro, Agro based and Non-farm sector.

3) To improve the socio-economic condition of Rural community.

Mandates of the KVK

1 ) Conduct of On Farm Testings for location specific problems and technology refinements in Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Home Science.

2) Conduct of Training programmes to practicing farmer, Rural youth and Extension functionaries.

3) Conduct of Front line demonstrations on major crops of the district to show the performance of new varieties and latest technologies in Agriculture and Allied activities.

4) Conduct of Agricultural Exhibitions, Rythu Sadassu, Kisan melas, Field days, Ex training meetings and farmer scientist interaction programmes to propagate the new technologies and to solve the need based problems.

KVK has six major disciplines viz., Crop Production, Plant Protection, Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Home Science.

Infrastructure

Well established instructional farm in an area of 8 ha.

One Seminar Hall with 300 members capacity.

One Mini Training Hall with a capacity of 40 members

equipped with A.V. Aids

Library cum small Agricultural

Technology Information Centre

Soil Testing Laboratory

Farmers Hostel

Computer Lab with Fax and

Internet connectivity

S.No.	Title of the Project	Sponsored Agency
1	Trainings and capacity building activities to WUAs under DC-16 and DC1 7 of SRSP, Karimnagar	WALAMTARI, Hyderabad
2	Production of Air-Breathing fish (Murrel) seed and culture for the development of Fishermen community and other weaker sections	I.C.A.R.
3	Vermiculture project	APCOST, Hyderabad
4	Development of Women through Dairying	APDDCF Ltd
5	Watershed development under various schemes	DWMA
6	Promotion of composite fish culture	MANAGE
7	"Giriraja" miracle fowl for back yard poultry	CAPART
8	Promotion of Fresh wafer fish seed production for the development of weaker sections	D.S.T

Projects Implemented

Services

Farm advisory services.

Soil and Water testing facilities.

Pest and disease diagnostic services.

Advisory and Consultancy services in major commodities and project preparation.

Supplies

Seeds of different crops and different varieties.

Vermiculture and Compost

Barbery Goats and Nellore brown sheep.

Giriraja chicks.

Fish Fingerlings.

Horticulture and Forestry Seedlings.

Literature / Agricultural Information material developed

Literature developed on different pest and disease control measures in different crops of Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry.

Developed AX Aids on different Agriculture and Allied technologies in local language.

Linkages

K.V.K., has developed strong linkages with National, State and District level institutions and departments in the fields of Agriculture and allied activities like ICAR institutes, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultura University, Line Departments & Developmental Agencies in the district, NGOs and private input Agencies for technical information, Joint diagnostic visits, Campaigns, trainings, demonstrations, Extension activities and implementation of Programmes and Projects.

S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants
S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	Male	Female	Total
1	Practicing Farmer	18	600	140	740
2	Rural Youth	6	60	-	60
3	Extension Functionaries	10	164	-	164
	Total	34	824	140	964

S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants
S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	Male	Female	Total
1	Practicing Farmer	17	395	100	495
2	Rural Youth	6	53	32	85
3	Extension Functionaries	10	100	50	150
	Total	33	548	182	730

S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants
S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	Male	Female	Total
1	Practicing Farmer	9	240	60	300
2	Rural Youth	2	35	-	35
3	Extension Functionaries	2	30	-	30
	Total	13	305	60	365

S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants
S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	Male	Female	Total
1	Practicing Farmer	9	600	105	705
2	Rural Youth	3	40	10	50
3	Extension Functionaries	2	20	-	20
	Total	14	660	115	775

S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants
S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	Male	Female	Total
1	Practicing Farmer	4	170	25	195
2	Rural Youth	1	125	-	125
3	Extension Functionaries	-	-	-	-
	Total	5	295	25	320

S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants
S.No.	Client	No. of Programmes	Male	Female	Total
1	Practicing Farmer	8	-	300	300
2	Rural Youth	3	-	60	60
3	Extension Functionaries	3	-	90	90
	Total	14	-	460	460

S.No.	Crop	Component	No. of Demonstrations	Area (Ha.)
S.No.	Kharif
1	Redgram	Variety+Pest Control	10	10
2	Greengram	Variety+Pest Control	05	05
3	Sesamum	Variety+Pest Control	10	10
4	Soybean	Variety+Pest Control	10	10
5	Castor	Variety+Pest Control	10	10
	Rabi
1	Redgram	Variety+Pest Control	05	05
2	Greengram	Variety+Pest Control	05	05
3	Blackgram	Variety+Pest Control	10	10
4	Bengalgram	Variety+Pest Control	10	10
5	Groundnut	Variety+Pest Control	05	05
6	Sesamum	Variety+Pest Control	05	05

FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2006-07

Oil Seeds & Pulses

S.No.	Crop	Component	No. of Demonstrations	Area (Ha.)
S.No.	Kharif
1	Cotton	IPM	50	50
2	Cotton	Production technology	25	10
3	Cotton	Farm Implements	125	125
4	Cotton	Stem application	125	50
5	Chillies	Nutrient management	10	04
6	Paddy	SRI Cultivation	25	10
7	Turmeric	Wilt management	10	04

S.No.	Crop / Component	Problem to be rectified	No. of Treatments	No. of Replications
1	Cotton (Bt)	Spacing	03	03
2	Cotton	Sucking pests	03	03
3	Paddy	Panicle mite	03	03
4	Greengram	Production as cotton fallow	03	03
5	Vermiculture	Insitu culture of earth worms	03	03
6	Nutrition	Supplementary pre school children diet	03	03
7	Fisheries	Integrated fish farming	03	03

Extension activities (Conducted during the year 2005-06)

Sl. No.	Activity	Date	Number of Beneficiaries (Farmers/Rural Youth)			Number of Extension Functionaries
Sl. No.	Activity	Date	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1.	Kisan Mela
	i) Kisan Mela , Jagtial	26.03.2006	314	128	442	28	15	43
	ii) Kisan Mela MCRB	20.09.2006	229	146	375	26	08	32
2.	Field Day
	i) SRI Paddy	17.10.2005	44	08	52	02	--	02
	ii) SRI Paddy	11.11.2005	38	06	44	02	--	02
	iii) SRI Paddy	16.11.2005	26	04	30	02	--	02
	iv) Vermiculture	17.04.2006	32	05	37	02	--	02
	v) Castor	02.10.2005	82	09	91	02	--	02
	vi) Sesamum	04.10.2005	44	06	50	01	01	02
	vii) Groundnut	20.12.2005	38	13	51	02	--	02
	viii) Cotton IPM	20.10.2005	92	18	110	04	--	04
	ix) Cotton Production technology	20.10.2005	83	26	109	02	--	02
	x) Green gram	15.01.2006	42	11	53	01	--	01
	xi) Red gram	03.02.2006	36	09	45	--	--	--
	xii) Black gram	14.04.2006	34	07	41	01	--	01
	xiii) Bengal gram	16.04.2006	39	09	48	01	--	01
	xiv) Sesamum	26.04.2006	29	07	36	--	--	--
3.	Kisan Gosthi
	i) Tissue culture Banana	12.08.2006	46	--	46	04	--	04
	ii) Cotton IPM	02.09.2006	34	15	49	05	01	06
	iii) Nutrition & Health	06.02.2006	--	96	96	--	--	--
4.	Radio & TV Talk
	i) DD-8 on Income Generating programme	15.02.2006	--	28	28	--	04	04
	ii)Manchineeti royyala pempakamu	22.07.05	--	--	--	--	--	--
	iii)Manchineeti chepala pempakamu	13.08.05	--	---	---	---	--	-
	iv)Chepalu vati vyadulu nivarana	15.12.05	--	--	--	--	--	--
	v)Barbery mekala pempakamu	15.01.06	--	--	----	--	-	-
	vi)Paddy-SRI	21-5-05	--	--	--	--	--	--
	vii)Cotton-IPM	26-5-05	--	---	--	--	--	-
	viii)Cotton-Virus Control	15-9-05	--	--	--	--	--	--
	ix)Bio-Diesel Plantation	11-10-05	---	--	--	-	--	--
	Film Show
	i) Cotton IPM	20.10.2005	92	18	110	04	--	04
	ii) SRI Paddy cultivation	17.10.2005	44	08	52	02	--	02
	iii) PHT in Cotton	25.10.2005	22	45	67	02	--	02
	iv) Package of practices in Turmeric	11.11.2005	11	06	17	--	--	--
	v) Thrift and Credit management to new SHGs	15.11.2005	--	36	36	--	05	05
	vi) Vermiculture & Composting	28.02.2006	--	22	22	--	08	08
	vii) Package of practices in Chillies	04.08.2006	28	05	33	--	--	--
	viii) Package of practices in Groundnut	02.09.2006	32	08	40	01	--	01
	ix) Composite fish culture	04.10.2006	29	07	36	01	--	01
	x) Farm mechanisation	14.08.2006	41	15	56	01	--	01
6.	Exhibition/Rythusadassu
	i) DWACRA Bazar, Hyderabad	13.12.2005	--	12	12	--	--	--
	ii) DWACRA Bazar, Karimnagar	19.01.2006	--	18	18	--	--	--
7.	Advisory Services		2191	426	2617	213	26	239
8.	Ex-trainee Sammelan
	i) Fruit & Vegetable preservation	20.09.2005	--	28	28	--	--	--
	ii) Zardosi trainees	01.02.2006	--	34	34	--	--	--
	iii) Vermiculture beneficiaries	15.03.2006	--	76	76	--	--	--
	iv) Thrift & Credit management	19.08.2006	--	49	49	03	01	04
	v) Jute knitting & bag making	11.01.2006	--	31	31	--	--	--
9.	Others (Pl. Specify)
	i) World Food day- Madipally	16.10.2005	18	36	54	02	04	06
	ii) Farmers day, Hyderabad	03.11.2005	121	22	143	39	12	51
	iii) Rythu Sadassu, Karimnagar	15.11.2005	89	12	101	26	08	34
	iv) Rythu Sadassu, SBH, Jammikunta	19.01.2006	68	--	68	04	--	04
	v) Rythu Sadassu, Karimnagar	28.01.2006	136	28	164	18	06	24
	vi) Rythu Sadassu-KVK, Jammikunta	30.04.2006	148	29	177	09	03	12
	vii) Rythu Sadassu, Karimnagr	02.05.2006	248	98	346	65	15	80
	viii) Rythu Sadassu, Jagtial	03.05.2006	198	53	251	36	18	54
	ix) Rythu Sadassu, Siricilla	04.05.2006	234	86	320	32	08	40
	x) Rythu Sadassu, Manthani	05.05.2006	286	49	335	41	18	59
	xi) Rythu Sadassu, Peddapally	06.05.2006	267	94	361	48	16	64
	xii) Rythu Sadassu, Karimnagar	30.01.2006	93	14	107	18	04	22
	xiii) Rythu Sadassu, Abdi Jammikunta	21.07.2006	48	36	84	04	02	06
	xiv) International Womens Day	09.03.2006	22	106	128	06	19	25
	xv) Animal Health Camp	06.09.2006	96	18	114	06	--	06
	xvi) Animal Health Camp	23.09.2006	121	26	147	11	02	13
	xvii) Exposure visits
	a) School children KVK, Jammikunta	17.10.2005	86	39	125	09	03	12
	b) AEE’s, Ankapur	04.01.2006	--	--	--	24	08	32
	c) AEE’s, Gangadevipally	06.01.2006	--	--	--	18	06	24
	d) AEE’s Gangadevipally	11.01.2006	--	--	--	24	08	32
	e) Trainees, SRTRI, Pochampally	13.03.2006	--	12	12	--	02	02
	xviii) Rythu Chaitanya Yathras	02.04.2006 to 20.04.2006	614	412	1026	12	05	17

Instructional Farm

About 8 ha. area is under instructional farm. Cultivation of different varieties with different technologies on Paddy, Cotton, Pulses and Oilseeds. Developed Horticulture block with Banana, Mango and Teak Plantation with Drip irrigation.

Other Activities

Production and supply of quality seeds, planting material, Fish fingerlings, Vermiculture & compost and Live stock to the farmers.

Conduct of Vocational training programmes to Rural Youth (Men & Women)

Thrust Areas

Thrust areas identified through PRA, Bench mark surveys, Group discussions and observations :

a) Agro climatic conditions suitable for seed production of various crops like Paddy, Maize,

Chilli, Turmeric, Jowar, Tomato etc.

b) Rabi season is highly suitable for higher yields in pulses , maize, paddy and ground nut.

c) In black soils during Kharif Soybean can be grown under rain fed conditions.

d) Summer season suitable for raising sesamum.

e) Introduction of new crops like sweet sorghum can be taken up to improve economy in rain fed areas.

f) Promotion of IPM & INM in various crops.

g) Nursery management in respect of horticulture crops should be promoted to create self

employment among rural youth.

h) Banana can be taken up in black soils in place of Cotton under irrigated conditions,

i) Agro climatic conditions suitable to grow different winter vegetables and summer vegetables.

j) Bio-diesel plantations (Karanja and Jatropa) can be taken up in watershed and other rain fed areas.

k) Promotion of organic farming in the district.

l) The backyard poultry can be improved by introduction of improved breeds like Giriraja, Vanaraja etc.,

m) The pasture lands in the district (56,374 ha.) encourages dairy, sheep and goat rearing as

supplementary income sources.

n) Fodder development and live stock management need to be emphasized.

o) The existing major and minor irrigation sources in the district paves a path to develop pisci culture.

p) Existing irrigation sources in the district are very well suitable to develop Scampi culture.

q) Production & Popularisation of Air breathing fish culture by utilizing small water bodies as income

generating activity to rural youth.

r) The women and child health awareness camps with special emphasis on seasonal disease

management and nutritional deficiencies.

s) The rural women especially under non command area need supplementary income generating

skills like vermi composting, bag making, tailoring, embroidary, etc.,

t) Farmers need to be motivated towards issues like crop insurance, Insurance for live stock etc.,

u) Awareness programmes should be conducted in respect of quality improvement and market requirements in agriculture.

v) The CBO can be strengthened and trained in bio fertilizers and bio pesticides production.

Trainings (During the year 2006-07)

Trainings were conducted to the different functionaries such as practicing farmer, rural youth and extension functionaries in different disciplines.

Fodder Production

Vermiculture and compost

Barbery Goat

Nellore Brown Sheep

Giriraja Poultry

Fisheries

Horticulture Nursery

Azolla and BGA

Scampi Culture

Murrel Fish

FLD Cotton-Stem application

FLD Cotton Farm implements