TAMILNADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF EXTENSION EDUCATION, CHENNAI
ICAR-KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA, NAMAKKAL - 637 002
Vol. 2
Chief Editor
Dr. N.K. Sudeep Kumar,
Director of Extension Educa on
Editor
Dr. N. Akila
Senior Scien st &
Professor and Head
Associate Editor
Dr. S. Sathya
Scien st / Assistant Professor
(Soil Science & Agri. Chemistry)
Editorial Members
Dr. C. Sharmila Bharathi
Dr. P. Murugan
Thiru. C. Sankar
Dr. M. Jothilakshmi
Dr. S. Paulpandi
Tmt. M. Daisy
NEWS LETTER
APRIL - JUNE 2017 No. 2
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Namakkal, is a centre for transfer of technologies
from lab to various groups like Farming Community, Self Help Groups, Rural
Youth, Extension Personnel etc., through organizing various events like
trainings, On Farm Tes ng, Front Line Demonstra ons and Advisory services
regularly. Based on the need of farmers, paid training on organic farming &
cer fica on, roof top gardening & honey bee rearing were conducted. In
addi on, rou ne trainings on basic crop produc on technologies, nutrient
management, pest & diseases management, dairy & goat farming, fish farming
techniques were taught to farmers & farm women during the past quarter.
The ac vi es done in April to June 2017 are given hereunder.
On campus training programme
From April to June 2017, thirteen on
campus trainings were conducted in KVK,
Namakkal. A total of 279 farmers were
benefi ed by these training programmes.
Pulses & oil seeds crop produc on details,
integrated nutrient management for
agricultural crops, nursery management in
hor cultural crops, protray nursery
techniques, integrated pest & disease management, summer management in
livestock, goat farming, hydroponic fodder produc on, ornamental fish
farming, composite culture, & fish feed prepara on were taught during the
training programme.
Paid training programme
KVK, Namakkal has introduced paid training programmes & four
programmes were conducted during May & June 2017 at KVK, Namakkal.
Organic farming and cer fica on on 15.05.2017 followed by two trainings on
roof top gardening on 22.05.2017 & 22.06.2017 & one training on honey bee
rearing techniques on 06.06.2017 were conducted by agronomy, hor culture
& entomology scien sts. Totally 84 trainees were par cipated & benefi ed.
Organic farming methodologies, ways to get organic farming cer fica on, kits
required for roof top gardening, pest management in vegetable crops, rearing
of bees & honey extrac on were taught during these programmes.
Sponsored training programme workshop for ADA's &
A total of five AO's of Namakkal district
sponsored on campus on 09.05.2017 &
trainings were 13.06.2017 at KVK,
conducted at KVK, Namakkal. Totally 70
Namakkal during the extension officials were
previous quarter. Of par cipated. Major
which, 2 trainings were problems occurred in
funded by Puduvaazhu & crop produc on of different blocks were discussed among
3 trainings by ATMA, Care Trust, Dept. of Hor culture, the officials for the be erment of farming community in
Namakkal respec vely. Trainings were mainly focused on their farming opera ons. Season oriented technical
IPM in tomato, protray nursery technique for turmeric, lectures were delivered to the officials in the programme
tapioca cul va on, shade net nursery produc on & micro by the staff of KVK.
enterprises training on coffee/milk/cool drinks outlet. Exhibi ons conducted/ par cipated
Totally 173 nos. were par cipated in the trainings. KVK, Namakkal
Training with line departments has par cipated in two
KVK Namakkal in days exhibi on for
associa on with Uzhavar Vizha 2017
agriculture & conducted by Mahendra
h o r c u l t u r e Engineering College,
departments, organized mallasamudram from
nine non funded off 30.06.2017 to
campus trainings at 01.07.2017. Totally 947 farmers were par cipated in the
farmers field. Integrated exhibi on. Fodder seeds, vegetable seeds, bio inputs,
insect-pests management through AESA in hor culture organic products for pest control & crop growth were
crops, IPM in bhendi & black gram were the topics of these displayed in the exhibi on.
trainings. A total of 491 farmers were par cipated in the Soil & water analysis & issue of soil health cards
above said training programmes. 100 soil samples
Off campus training programme & 36 water samples
A total of 17 off analyzed and soil test
campus trainings were based integrated
conducted in farmer's f e r l i z e r
field for successful crop recommenda on
produc on & livestock suggested to farmers for
rearing with scien fic all crops. Based on the
approach by the farming quality of irriga on water, suitable crops recommended to
community. Totally 744 farmers. Totally 100 soil health cards issued to farmers with
farmers (Male - 308 nos. & Female - 436 nos.) were soil test based integrated fer lizer recommenda on.
par cipated and benefi ed by these trainings. Exposure visit to KVK, Namakkal
Vermicompost prepara on, green fodder produc on, desi Thirty one
chicken rearing, dairy farming, integrated pest & disease students from
management in tapioca, sugarcane, co on, integrated Chi agong Veterinary
crop management in onion, soil sampling & nursery and Animal Sciences
management in chillies, management prac ces in carp University, Bangaladesh
culture were the areas focused during the trainings from has visited the KVK,
April to June 2017. Namakkal during their
Zonal workshop Internship programme
KVK, Namakkal has organized the monthly zonal at Veterinary College & Research Ins tute Campus,
Namakkal. In addi on, 122 students from PGP college of in storage of 5 lakhs liters
Agriculture & Regional Research Sta on, Aruppuko ai & during the summer
32 farmers from Perambalur visited the KVK during the last rainfall (received
quarter. 202mm). Their by 27
Village adop on programme open wells and 75 bore
wells recharged &
KVK Namakkal has resulted in 29.6 ha of
adopted two villages area has been increased A er Interven on
namely Peramandam for cul va on of crops at Jambumadai and Vadavathur
-palayam & Aniyapuram village of Namakkal District.
for the year 2017-18. In
associa on with Na onal Food Security Mission on Pulses
Reliance Founda on & Green gram
M.M. Hospital, variety CO-8 with
Namakkal, KVK has organized a Human Health Camp at integrated crop
N.S. Arumugaudaiyar Government Higher Secondary management prac ce
School, Anniyapuram on 24.06.2017 for the benefit of recorded the high yield
village people. Totally 150 people were par cipated & of 875 kg / ha with net
benefi ed by this event. Basic health check up tests were return of Rs. 34000/ ha.
conducted & treated different ailments . Also it had more number
Awards of pods, synchronized maturity and suitable for machine
harvest and moderately resistant to YMV disease under
T h .C . S o w n d h a ra - rainfed condi on compared to variety TMV 13.
rasan, innova ve farmer
belonged to Vadavathur, New black gram variety VBN.6 produced more
KVK adopted village for number of pods, & grain yield of 680 kg/ha with net return
NICRA Scheme got “Best of Rs. 17,900/ha. Also results recorded uniform pods
Innova ve Farmer maturity, suitable for machine harvest and resistant to
Award-2017” by The YMV disease compared to local variety VBN 4.
D i re c to r G e n e ra l o f Na onal Mission for Oil seeds & oil palms
ICRISAT, Dr. David Bergvinson during CRIDA founda on
day-2017 held at Hyderabad on 12.04.2017. Groundnut
Th. Sowndhararasan received this pres gious award for variety (CO-6) were
con nuous adop on of climate resilient technologies in his recorded more number
farm and effec vely integra ng of dairy, goat and poultry of pods per plant and
enterprise with crop husbandry. higher pod yield per ha
(1400 kg/ha) compared
Th. K.K. Velusamy received best farmer award for to tradi onal groundnut
Integrated Farming System from Mahindra Engineering variety (TMV-7)
College, Mallasamudram during Uzavar Vizha 2017 held on cul va on.
30.06.2017 & 01.07.2017.
FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT
Na onal Innova on on Climate Resilient Agriculture Senior Scien st & Professor and Head
(NICRA) ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Veterinary College and Research Ins tute Campus,
Under NICRA Namakkal - 637 002.
scheme Ponnagkanni-
ku ai was repaired & Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Namakkal - 637 002
To
renovated to an area of Mr/Mrs _____________________________________
14,560 square meters
____________________________________________
with a water holding
capacity of 252 lakhs From _______________________________________
l i te rs w h i c h re s u l t s Senior Scien st & Professor and Head
Before Interven on Krishi Vigyan Kendra, VC&RI Campus, Namakkal - 637 002.
Success story
1. Name & Address of the farmer
2. Type of farm & stock size
3. Income generated / annum
4. Innova ve package of prac ce adopted
by the farmer
5. Technologies Prac ced
6. Strategies adopted for control of disease Adop on of scien fic as well as preven ve applica on of bio
pes cide and bio fungicide for the control of pest and disease in fruit
saplings.
7. Number of employment created
8. Tie up with other agencies
9. Economic empowerment of the farmer
Th. P. Allimuthu
S/o. T. Perumal,
Minnakkal (Po), Rasipuram Taluk,
Namakkal District - 637 505, Tamil Nadu.
Hor cultural nursery - Propaga on and produc on of various
hor cultural plants by budding, gra ing and air layering in an area
of 5 acres.
Rs. 5,50,000/- as a net profit.
v Year round mango produc on through different varie es gra ed
/ Top worked on a single mango tree. Single mango tree can bear
27 varie es of mango.
v Under Public private Partnership (PPP Model), he signed MOU
with TANUVAS Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu and
sold 10368 no.of plan ng material for the benefit of farming
community of Namakkal District.
v 2000 mango trees top worked per year across Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh with farm size of one cent to one acre. So far
10000 tress top worked.
v He trained 72 gra ing persons from 14 districts to do all types of
gra ing work in fruit saplings under Na onal Hor culture
Mission.
v Drip irriga on for all fruit crops
v High Density plan ng of Mango (var. Alphonso and Imam
Pasand) : 400/ acre.
v Organic farming.
v Recycling of farm waste and used as manure.
v The following varie es of Mangoes viz., Alphonso, Imam pasand,
Salem Bangalora, Mallika, Mulgoa, Sendura, Neelum,
Banganapalli, Neelisha, Rumani & Nadusalai were gra ed by
approach as well as epicotyl gra ing techniques and sold.
v He also done gra ing in Guava, Jack, Sapota, Amla with choice
varie es
15 numbers of female & male persons were involved daily for media
prepartaion, po ng, gra ing, watering and sale of plan ng material
in the nursery.
State Hor culture Department and KVK, TANUVAS.
He earned as a net profit of 5.50 lakhs per annum in 5 acres by sale
of gra ed saplings.