i Director of Extension Education, CSK HPKV, Palampur Extension Activities carried out during the year 2010-11 ........................................................... 1 1. Training Programmes: .............................................................................................................. 2 2. Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Officers’ Workshops: ......................................................... 2 3. Farmer-Scientist Interaction Programme (FSIP): ...................................................................... 3 4. Field Demonstrations on various aspects of farming: ............................................................... 3 4.1. Front-Line Demonstration on oilseeds: ............................................................................. 3 4.2. Front-line demonstrations on pulses: ................................................................................ 3 5. On-Farm Trials (OFTs): ............................................................................................................ 6 6. Kisan Mela/Kisan Gosthi/Field Days/Important Days: ............................................................... 6 7. Exhibitions: ............................................................................................................................... 6 8. Media Coordination with Doordarshan Kendra Shimla: ............................................................ 6 9. Live Phone-Ins, Thematic Telecasts, Live Chat Show: ............................................................. 6 10. Radio and TV Talks: ............................................................................................................. 6 11. Film Show: ........................................................................................................................... 7 12. Visit of Farmer Groups: ........................................................................................................ 7 13. Publications: ......................................................................................................................... 7 14. Participation in Seminars/Conference/trainings: ................................................................... 7 15. Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting: ..................................................................... 7 16. Income Generation: .............................................................................................................. 7 17. Miscellaneous Extension Projects ........................................................................................ 8 17.1. Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Project: ..................................................................... 8 17.2. National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP): ............................................................ 8 Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) .................................................................... 9 1. Technology products/publications sold ..................................................................................... 9 2. Diagnostic services .................................................................................................................. 9 3. Farm advisory services............................................................................................................. 9 4. Telephone helpline services (01894-203395) ........................................................................... 9 5. Detail of different commodities/material sold during 2010-11.................................................. 10 6. Sale of improved vegetable seed ........................................................................................... 10 7. Sale of Tea Husbandry Products ............................................................................................ 10 8. Sale of Home Science Products ............................................................................................. 11 9. Sale of Animal Nutrition Products ........................................................................................... 11
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Director of Extension Education, CSK HPKV, Palampur
Extension Activities carried out during the year 2010-11 ........................................................... 1
1. Training Programmes: .............................................................................................................. 2
2. Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Officers’ Workshops: ......................................................... 2
17.1. Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Project: ..................................................................... 8 17.2. National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP): ............................................................ 8
Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) .................................................................... 9
1. Technology products/publications sold ..................................................................................... 9
Annual Report of Directorate of Extension Educaiton CSK HPKV, Palampur
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING THE YEAR
2010-11
The Directorate of Extension Education provides extension services to the farmers of
Himachal Pradesh through various programmes and activities at headquarter as well as
through KVKs. The programmes implemented during 2010-11 include trainings,
demonstrations, Field days, Kisan melas/ Kisan gosthi, crop seminars, exhibitions, Radio
talks, TV telecast, Film Shows and Agricultural & Animal Husbandry workshops etc.
Transfer of technology activities were planned and coordinated in different districts of the
state through its Krishi Vigyan Kendras located at Dhaulakuan (Sirmour), Bajaura (Kullu),
Bara (Hamirpur), Rampur (Una), Sundernagar (Mandi), Chheb (Kangra), Kukumseri (L&S)
and Berthin (Bilaspur) and other districts through headquarter.
Different extension services undertaken during the period aimed primarily to pass on the
latest technologies to the farmers and create awareness about them in different districts of
the State are summarized in Table 1
Table 1: Extension Services undertaken during 2010-2011
Sr. No. Activities Number 1. Training programmes (on-campus and off campus) 675
2. Agricultural and animal Husbandry workshops 320 3. Farmer-Scientist Interaction Programme (FSIP) 1382 4. Demonstrations on cereals, oilseeds, pulses, vegetables, fruit crops
etc. 1984 5. On-farm trials (OFTs) 157 6. Kisan Mela 9 7. Field days and other important days 39 8. Exhibitions 10 9. Crop Seminar 4 10. Radio talks and TV telecast 27 11. Film Show 53
12. Visits of farmer groups to main campus of the university & KVKs 79 13. Farmers and others visited to the Museum of the University & KVKs 4336 14. Extension literature (Magazine/ manuals/ bulletins/ pamphlets/
The population of the village is 400 and the main occupation of the villagers is
agriculture. The major cropping system of the area was wheat-maize but now it is changing
into vegetable based cropping system. The elevation is approximately 550 AMSL. The
soils of his farm are sandy loam to loam in texture. The commercial crops grown by the
farmers of the area are tomato, brinjal, capsicum, okra, cucumber, bottle gourd, bitter
gourd, cauliflower, peas, cabbage, spinach and fruits viz. mango, amla and papaya. The
farmers have also started cultivating medicinal plants like Aloe Vera, amla, harad and
bhehra.
2. Revival of Bringal cultivation in Bacterial Wilt Prone Area of Mandi
Brinjal is an important vegetable
crop in Himachal Pradesh in general
and in low and mid hills of Mandi
district in particular. In Himachal
Pradesh, it is grown in an area of
about 772 hectare producing 14,267
metric tonnes of fresh brinjal with
productivity of 184.81 q/ha (2005-
06). In low and mid hills of Mandi
district, it is an important cash crop
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with an area of 90 ha accounting for 1800 metric tonnes of total production with productivity
of 200 q/ha. Due to economic profitability of the crop, the farmers were resorting to large
scale cultivation of the crop; however bacterial wilt epidemic in solanaceous crops resulted
in sudden fall in its acreage. Unawareness of farmers about management techniques and
non adoption of resistant cultivars further hindered its cultivation.
At the same time ‘Arka Keshav’ – a bacterial wilt resistant cultivar was recommended for
cultivation in low and mid hills of the state by CSK HPKV Palampur to combat this problem.
In view of the yield potential and resistance to bacterial wilt, Krishi Vigyan Kendra
conducted front line demonstrations to introduce and popularize this variety in the bacterial
wilt prone areas of Mandi district in 2008 with the objective to enhance productivity of brinjal
and revival of its cultivation.
The brinjal production and
productivity in the district was low
due to severe incidence of bacterial
wilt in the past decade even under
best management practices,
introduction of Arka Keshav cultivar
was immediately accepted in such
areas. About 90 % of the farmers of
the demonstration areas were
satisfied by the performance of this
cultivar in frontline demonstrations and adopted this cultivar for future cultivation. The
acreage under this cultivar increased afterwards and resulted in revival of brinjal cultivation.
3. HRI 152 A Ray of Hope for Paddy growers in valley areas of Mandi
Paddy is the major cereal crop in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, grown in an area
of 21,345 ha producing 32,350 metric tonnes of grains having average yield of 15.16 q/ha
against state and national average yield of 14.13 and 21.20 q/ha, respectively. Irrigation
facilities in the district are meagre and only 18.2 % of the net cultivable area in the district is
irrigated. Average size of land holding is also marginal (0.43 ha) and scattered in undulated
hilly terrains in the district. During the past two decades the area under paddy cultivation
has declined considerably due to less profitability reasons being poor water availability
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owing to the climate change, labour intensive, lack of
HYV’s etc. (Table 1). Moreover the paddy hybrids
developed so far were not suitable in the district which
has otherwise gained success in the plain region of
nearby states. The HRI-152 (hybrid paddy) identified
by the CSK HPKV, Palampur for the low and mid hill
region of Himachal Pradesh was also found
performing best (80.0q/ha) in the district during its on
farm testing (2006) and finally was recommended in the year 2008. Therefore, to harness
the high yield potential of this hybrid, it was introduced and popularized under the existing
farming system of Agriculture – Animal husbandry and in agro-ecological situations I
(Valley area) and II (Moderate rainfall mid hill area) of the district.
During maturity of paddy crop, low temperature is responsible for poor grain filling
resulting in poor paddy productivity in the
region. Thus, an ideotype having short
duration can suit well under such situations.
Since, HRI-152 is a short duration hybrid
cultivar having 7-8 days short maturity over
some of the popular paddy cultivars including
RP-2421. Thus, HRI-152 proved to be a boon
under existing cropping patterns in valley and
mid hill zone of Mandi district.
Paddy productivity under local as well as HYV’s in the district is low even under best
management practices. But, introduction of hybrid paddy having higher yield potential has
greatly enhanced the productivity of this crop under irrigated framing situations. About 95 %
of the farmers were satisfied by the performance of this hybrid paddy under OFT’s/FLD’s
w.r.t. productivity as well as profitability since the hybrid is resistant to neck blast. Farmers
are now replacing some area of vegetables and maize with this high yielding hybrid paddy
HRI-152.
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A view of HRI 152 at maturity Farm women harvesting the crop
4. A Low Cost Vermicomposting Technology – a boon to hill farmers
Vermi-composting technology initially introduced in the hill state was out of the reach of
common farmers as it involved high costs and infrastructure. The resource poor farmers
were unable to harvest its benefit. Henceforth a simple low cost vermi-composting
technology was validated successfully so that each and every farmer of the state in general
and district Bilaspur and Mandi in particular is benefited. The technology was widely
accepted across these two districts.
As animal husbandry is an important component of agriculture in the district and every
farm household has one or two animals with approximate cattle and buffalo population of
about 5.21 lakhs in the district. The abundant FYM is composted in open heaps in the fields
causing heavy loss of plant nutrients. Initially, the
farmers were not able to invest in high costing
vermi-compost production units. The proposed
low cost vermi-composting technology was
therefore highly suitable for the hill farmers, as
the farmers easily shifted from slow
decomposing traditional farm yard manuring
system to enriched and faster vermi-composting
technology. Many farmers have already adopted
this technology and many more are adopting at a fast pace with the intervention of KVK
Berthin and Sundernagar. This improved low cost composting technology has been proved
as a boon in faming systems of hill farmers besides reduction in biotic stresses in plants
because of its use.
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The vermiculture has been distributed to
the farmers across the district since last three
years and farmers have successfully
established their units. Apart from
vermiculture, farmers are also provided
technical knowhow for establishing their units
through trainings. More than 70% of the
farmers provided with the vermiculture and
technical knowhow have successfully
established their units.
Technology:
• Make 10 x5 feet beds in shady, upland site.
• Fill the bed up to 3 feet height with partially decomposed FYM, easily decomposable organic waste with 1 kg vermiculture (Eisinia foetida ) having at least 500 worms & eggs.
• Sprinkle water daily and cover with mulch.
• Vermicompost ready for use in 2.5-3 months.
Impact:
• HP Government proposed each household to have at least one vermicomposting unit.
• KVK trained 250 farmers through on campus trainings & 90 on farm demonstrations. Several awareness camps organized with department of agriculture.
• KVK supplied 10453 vermiculture kits(2 kg each)
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AWARDS & HONORS
Sr No.
Name of Faculty members
Award Dates Name of the Organization
1 Dr. V.K. Suri Honorary Fellowship-2010
September 11-12,2010
Union Ministery of state for Communications
2 Dr. V.K. Suri Gold Medal of India International Award
September 11-12,2010
American Biographical Institute, Releigh (NC), USA.
3 Dr. Anil Kumar, SMS, Agronomy. Dr. D.S. Yadav, SMS Extn. Dr. Amar Singh, SMS, Plant Pathology,
Samaj Kalyan Avam Vikas Parishad Karsog, Mandi
September, 2010
“Himalaya Shri Samman” for Pioneer research and extension work on System of rice Intensification(SRI) in mandi Distt of HP
4 Dr. V.K. Suri Honorary Fellowship-2010
Oct.30- November 01,2010
CSAUT, kanpur
5 Dr. Pankaj Sood, Extension Specialist
Dr. YSP, UHF, Solan, Nauni
November, 2010
Best paper Award in National Symposium on Prospects and challenges of IPM for Sustainabe
6 Dr. V.K. Suri Bharat Jyoti Award 2011
March 3,2011
India International friendship Society, New Delhi
7 Dr. V.K. Suri Best Citizen Award-2011
- Best Citizen Publishing House, New Delhi
8 Dr. V.K. Suri Shiksha Rattan Puruskar-2011
- India International Friendship Society, New Delhi
9 Dr. K.C. Sharma ISHA Foundation fellow Award 2011
May 3-5,2011
Indian Society of hill Agriculture
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VISITS ABROAD
Sr No.
Employees/Members Dates Purpose
1 Dr. Anil Kumar, SMS, Agronomy, KVK, Kukumseri.
8-12, November,2010
Research Paper Presentation in 3rd “ International Rice Congress” Organised by IRRI, Phillipines and Minstry of Agriculture & Rural Development, ARD) Vietnam.
2. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Rana, KVK, Kukumseri
27 June to 11 July, 2011
15 day training on Seabuck thorn breeding and Production at Lisavenko Institute of Horticulture for Siberia at Barnaul, Russia
PUBLICATIONS
S.No. College / Department Research Extension Others
Dirctorate of Extension Education 2 - -
12. KVK, Una 4 4 1
13. KVK, Hamirpur at Bara 3 9
14. KVK, Kangra 4 9 2
15. KVK, Dhaulakuan 8 10
16. KVK, Bajaura 5 18
17. RSS Mandi at Sundernagar 0 7
18 KVK Sundernagar
18. KVK, Berthin 5 1 2
19. KVK, Kukumseri 4 4 1
Total 31 58 5
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BOOKS PUBLISHED:
1. Name of the Book
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