ON FARM TRIALS
Jan 10, 2017
Title Management of frost injury in mustard through thiourea
Farming situation Irrigated
No. of trials 9Village identified Malaksar
Season Rabi 2013-14
Trial -1 : Agronomy Problem: Damage of mustard by frost
Treatment Yield q/ha
Percent increase over control
Percent
increase
over T2
T1
Farmers practice (no use of spray) 9.21 - -
T2
Thiourea spray at flowering stage @ 500ppm
11.05
19.97 -
T3
Thiourea spray at flowering stage @ 750ppm
11.25
22.14 1.80
RESULT
Title Assessment of new chemical in control of termite
Farming situation
Irrigated
No. of trials 9
Village identified Bhadasar (Sardarshahar)
Season Rabi 2013-14
Problem : Low productivity of wheat due to termite attack
Trial - 2 : Plant Protection
RESULT
Treatment Yield q/ha
Percent increase over
control
Percent increase over T2
T1Farmers practice (no seed treatment) 23.50 - -
T2Seed treatment with chloropyripos 20 EC @ 4.5 ml/kg
30.75 30.85 -
T3Seed treatment with imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 3 ml/kg
35.30 50.21 14.79
Title Effect of thiourea on grain yield of cluster bean
Farming situation Rainfed
No. of trials 9
Village identified Malaksar
Season Kharif 2014
Problem : Low yield of cluster bean due to moisture stress
Trial - 3 : Agronomy
Variety-RGC 1017
RESULTTreatment Yield
q/haPercent increase
over control
Percent increase over T2
T1 Farmers practice (No use of spray)
4.10 - -
T2 Spray of Thiourea at 25 and 45 DAS @ 0.1%
4.40 7.31 -
T3 Spray of Thiourea at 25 and 45 DAS @ 0.15%
4.75 15.85 7.95
Title Assessment of new chemical in control of sucking pests
Farming situation
Rainfed
No. of trials 10Village identified
Ruplisar
Season Kharif 2014
Problem : Low productivity of cluster bean due to sucking pests
Trial - 4 : Plant Protection
RESULTTreatment Yield
q/haPercent increase
over control
Percent increase over T2
T1 Farmers practice (No seed treatment) 3.50 - -
T2 Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 70 WS @ 5 g/kg
3.70 5.71 -
T3 Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 3 ml/kg
3.95 12.85 6.75
Title Effect of ethrel hormone to boost the production of long melon
Farming situation
Irrigated
No. of trials 9Village identified
Jeevandesar
Season Zaid 2014
Problem : Low yield of long melon Trial - 5 : Horticulture
RESULTTreatment Yield
q/haPercent increase
over control
Percent increase over T2
T1 Farmers practice (No use of hormone) 160 - -
T2 Use of RDF (N-128 kg/ha+ P2O5 98 kg/ha) 180 14.94 -
T3 T2 + ethrel spray @ 250ppm at 2&4 leaf stage 210 29.65 16.67
Title Weed control in cluster bean by double slot weeder
Farming situation
Rainfed
No. of trials 10Village identified
Bandhnau
Season Kharif 2014
Problem :Low productivity of cluster bean due to weed infestation
Trial - 6 : Agricultural Engineering
RESULTTreatment Yield
q/haPercent increase
over control
Percent increase over
T2
T1 Farmers practice (weeding by existing Kasia) 5.17 - -
T2 Weed control by Pendimethalin 0.75 kg/ha pre-emergence
5.40 4.45 -
T3 Weeding by double slot weeder 6.05 17.02 12.04
Nature of activities
No. of activiti
es
Beneficiaries
Field day 6 227Kisan Gosthi 19 548
Exhibition 3 421
Film Show 49 1330
Method Demonstrations
25 448
Group meetings 3 108
Lectures delivered 267 3199
News coverage 55 -
Radio talks 10 -
Extension Activities
Field day on moong bean
Field day on chickpea
Field day on mustard
Nature of extension activities
No. of activiti
es
Beneficiaries
Advisory Services 2474 2481Scientific field visits
80 497
Farmers visit to KVK
686 647
Diagnostic visits 8 164Exposure visits 2 8Ex-trainees Sammelan
3 213
Soil health Camp 2 106Animal Health Camp
3 220
Soil test campaigns
4 428
Celebration of days
2 219
Popular articles 28 -Extension Literature
15 5029
Contd….
Field day on cluster bean
Depicting nutrient deficiency in cauliflower
Diagnosing white grub attack
Contd….
Indicating pegging in groundnut Animal Treatment Camp Application of insecticide
by power sprayer
Diversion of farmer towards
spice crop
Feed back of farmer about demo
Dignitaries visiting Exhibition of KVK
Contd….
Advising to control yellowing in groundnut
Hoeing and weeding in cluster bean crop Field day on wheat
Organizing of farm schoolPresidential speech during ICAR foundation day
Women participation Veterinarian interacting with farmers
Vaccinating during ATC
Training to farm school participants
PC interacting with farmers
Contd….
DIGNITRIES VISIT
Dean SKRAU Bikaner visiting fieldDir. CSSRI Karnal visiting ST lab.
President GVM visiting plastic mulch demoDignitary visiting low tunnel experiment
Types of Activities No. of Activities
No. of Participants
Gosthies 5 156Lectures organized 24 289Exhibition 1 133Film show 5 156Farm Visit 3 131Distribution of literature (No.)
- 1000
Total number of farmers visited the technology week
789
Technology weeks celebration 19 to 24 January, 2015
Presidential address on technology week
Launching soil health card Exhibition visit by President
President GVM interacting with KVK officials
Field diagnostic visitduring Technology
WeekExtraction of Aloevera juice
Kisan Mobile Advisory
Details of SMSs
Content Category No. of Messages
No. of Farmers
Crop Production 2 26948Plant Protection 22 219018Soil Science 3 37286Horticulture 6 48670Weather Advisory 2 24093Total 35 356015
Details of samples analyzed and Soil Health Card distributed
DetailsNo. of Sampl
e
No. of Farme
r
No. of Villag
e
Amount Realized
(Rs)
Soil Samples
396 310 87
Water Samples
345 294 62
Plant Samples
114 98 90
Total 855 702 239
Particulars Quantity Provided to No. of Farmers
Amount realized
(Rs.)No (kg)
Bacillus (PSB)
320 64.0 228
Azotobactor 238 47.6 150Rhizobium 46 9.2 41Trichoderma 85 42.5 71Total 689 163.3 490
Bio products production at KVK
Seed Production at KVK farm
Name of crop
Variety Production (q)
Seed productionBarley RD-2660,
RD-271550
Wheat Raj-4037 10Cluster bean
RGC-1017
2.74
Moong bean
IPM-02-3 1.48
Commercial productionMustard NRCH13,
RH-149, NRCDR-2 , Laxmi
44.58
Seed production of barley
Planting materials produced and distributedParticulars Variety Qty
(No)Value(Rs)
No of farmers
Fruit plantsMango, Papaya, Date Palm , Mulberry, Karonda, Bael , Guava, Lime, Pomegranate, Lasoda
Amrapali, Red Lady 786, Halawai, Local,American Red NB 9, L 49, Kagzi, Sinduri’ Local
2753 90628 278
Medicinal plantsVajradanti, ArdusaMeetha Neem
Local 117 1755 29
Ornamental plants
Local 1218 27210 170
Shadow plants Local 1039 15445 66Total - 5127 135038 543
Plant distribution at KVK
Plant sale at KVK Nursery
Programmes taken under ATMATitle No of
Programmes Amount (Rs.)
Training 6
3,93,803
Crop demonstration 75Allied demonstration 65Farmers scientists interaction
2
Farm School 5
Conducting farm school
Women empowerment
Farmer scientist interactionPromotion of bio-fertilizer
Name of crop
Area (ha)
Variety Production(q)
Gross incom
e
Net returns
Ber 1.0 Gola 7.5 30000 20,000
Bottle guard
0.25
Pusa meghdoot
7.92 13374 4874Brinjal ME13H-39
Cluster bean Pusa sadabahar
Green fodder
1.0 Multi cut chari
160.51 48153 46059
Crop museum cluster bean
0.25 RGC 1017, 986, 1066, 936, 1055,
1038
- - -
Barley+wheat
0.25 Barley: RD-2715, RD-2660, RD-
2592Wheat: Raj-4037, 4250,
HD-2851, KRL-210, 213, 19, DBW-110
- - -
Other Production
Demo on DBW wheat cultivar
Performance testing of new mustard cultivar
Seed production of barley
Performance testing of mustard cultivar
KVK FARM
Demo on Low tunnel and plastic mulch
Expansion of Alovera unit at KVK
Harvesting Alovera leaves
Oat cultivation for green fodder
Quality Ber production at KVK farm
Pruned Ber orchard
Contd
Agriculture students visiting low tunnel
VLWs visiting Azolla unit at KVK
VLWs visiting mustard field
VLWs visiting vegetable unit
Items/head Sanctioned
Expenditure
Pay and allowances 93.0 91.58Traveling allowances 0.50 1.29Contingencies• (Stationery, POL, meals of
Trainees, training materials, FLD except oilseeds & pulses, OFT, training of extension functionaries & Maintenance of buildings)
4.10 8.16
Total (A) 98.00 101.03
Utilization of KVK Funds Recurring contingencies items
Constraints
Administrative
Financial
Technical
• Implementation of Career Advancement Scheme (CAS)
• Inclusion of KVK Sardarshahar in NICRA project
• More budget allocations under contingencies head.
• There is need for separate budget allocation for development and maintenance of KVK farm (Fencing, Road network, Mechanization etc.
• Revision in existing rates of meals/refreshment of trainees
• A technical post for laboratory work should be granted
• Linkage of KVK with e-connectivity • Capacity building of KVK staff