KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA (RANGA REDDY DISTRICT)

CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE

HAYAT NAGAR RESEARCH FARM - HYDERABAD - ANDHRA PRADESH

                                    Newsletter of KVK, CRIDA

   Jan to June, 2013                                                   Issue No. 10

KVK - Kharif and Rabi Activities 2012-13

On Farm Testing (OFT)  :

                  The KVK under Technology Assessment and Refinement, has assessed 15 technologies (Varietal, ICM,IPM, Horticulture, Farm mechanization, Livestock management and Livestock breeding) in farmers field of KVK adopted villages during Kharif and Rabi of 2012-13, the details are presented below :

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Crop/ Animal/ Species

Name of the technology**

No. of farmers/ trials

Yield (Kg/ha)                                                    FP                            Demo

Tomato	Assessment of usage of bio-fertilizers in tomato	10	20000	46300
Chrysanthemum	Assessment of Chrysanthemum varieties – Raichur, Sipper, Aparajitha, PBAU 107, Poornima (High yielding)	5	3800	5500
Tube rose	Assessment of Tube rose variety – Hyderabad Single (High yielding)	5	900	1300
Cattle	Effect of supplementation of concentrate feed, mineral mixture, vitamin E and Tonophosphan in anoestrous condition in cattle	5	No conception	-
Sheep	Effect of growth on sheep supplementation of  balanced concentrate feed	5	16.98 Kg body weight	21.68 kg Body weight
Sheep & Goat	Replacement of Local Rams and bucks with better breeds of sheep and goat	14	Birth weight 1 – 1.5 Kg	-
Cotton	Performance and evaluation cotton picker machine	10	2800	2000
Pigeon pea	Conservation furrows in pigeon pea with CRIDA paired row planter	14	800	700
Chickpea	Planting chick pea with CRIDA 6 row planter	10	17600	1360

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Front Line Demonstrations conducted during Kharif 2012-13

 

Crop	Component (Intervention)	No. of farmers	Yield (Kg/ha)		% increase over control
			IP	FP
Rice	Direct sowing of rice using drum seeder	5	4550	4330	5.08
Maize	Demonstration of Production technologies in maize	100	4289	2850	50.49
Sorghum	Shootfly management	25	1280	750	70
Rice	BIPM in rice	5	3750	2500	50
Pigeon pea	Pigeon pea wilt tolerant variety PRG-158	27	1040	730	42.5
Pigeon pea	IPM in pigeon pea	20	750	450	66.0
Cotton	Spacing and fertilizer management in cotton	5	1625	1250	30.0
Cotton	Management of sucking pests in cotton	20	1500	1000	50
Tomato	Raising hybrid tomato nursery in portrays under shade net	15	23500	21000	12
Tomato	Demonstration of mulching practice in tomato	10	27000	19800	37
China aster	Demonstration of china aster variety Kamini to compare local variety (Local Red)	8	3100	2500	24
Hybrid Napier	Demonstration of Perennial fodder Hybrid napier Co-4, APBN1	75	350000	110000	218
Backyard poultry	Introduction of improved poultry breed Srinidhi for backyard poultry	50	Body weight and No. of eggs produced will be recorded
Home Science – Drudgery reduction	Demonstration of Milking stool and stand for drudgery reduction in rural women	10	Drudgery reduction  and postural problems reduced
Home Science – Drudgery reduction	Demonstration of Head loader managers for drudgery reduction in rural women	10	Drudgery reduction  and Postural problems reduced. Pain, stress in the neck ,and head reduced

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Training Programmes Organized by KVK during 2012-13

 

Discipline	No.  of Courses	Total No. of Participants		Total
		Male	Female
Crop Production	6	167	12	179
Plant Protection	6	113	30	143
Home Science	17	-	430	430
Veterinary Science	9	322	87	409
Agricultural Engineering	10	116	26	142
Horticulture	16	506	247	753
Agricultural Extension	10	232	98	330
Total	74	1456	930	2386

Extension activities organized by KVK

Soil and water conservation works completed at Three KVK adopted villages under NICRA project

 

Name of the Structure	Location of structure / farmer name	Total capacity of the structure
Pond-1,Farm Pond    FP - 1          17 x 17 x 3m  Slope 1:1	Ramadas Kandlapalli	650 Cu.m
Pond-2,Farm Pond      FP - 2        19 x 19 x4.5m  Slope 1:1	P.Anjaiah Kandlapalli	1000 Cu.m
Pond-3, Farm Pond   FP - 3           9 x 9 x 2.5m  Slope 1:1	K.Narasaiah Yenkepali	110 Cu.m
Community  Percolation Tank (CPT)	Mirzapur	8,000 Cu.m
Community  Percolation Tank (CPT) at Maisamma Gudi	Kandlapalli	9,115 Cu.m
Mini Percolation Tank (MPT)	Kassaiah Mirzapur	1000 Cu.m
TCB’s in  three villages	24 farmers	702 Cu.m
Leveling in three villages	24 farmers	--