KVK, Amreli

KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA

Junagadh Agricultural University

Amreli

Year of Establishment: March, 2005

General information about the Krishi Vigyan Kendra:

The idea of establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) - Farm Science Center was evolved by the recommendations of the education commission/review by the planning commission and inter-Ministerial Committee, and further recommendation by the committee headed by Dr. Mohan Singh Mehta appointed by ICAR in 1973.

The first KVK was established in 1974 at Pondicherry under the administrative control of the Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Coimbtore. The number of KVKs increased 290 during the V to IX Five Year Plan. The Hon'ble Prime Minister of India announced that by the end of 2007 there should be one KVK in each district of the country.

Total 50 KVKs established during Twelth Plan. At present there are 686 KVKs in India which include 459 under State Agricultural University (SAU) /CAU-State/ Central Agricultural University (CAU), 67 under ICAR Institutes, 106 under Non-government Organization, 36 under State Governments, 3 under Public Sector Undertakingsand the remaining 15 under Central University/Deemed University/Other Educational Institution. Gujarat state is having 30 KVKs of which, 07 KVKs are under Junagadh Agricultural University and Amreli is one of them, established in March, 2005.

Senior Scientist and Head	:	Dr. N.S.Joshi
Specialization	:	Horticulture
Telephone Number	:	91-2792-227122
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Mobile	:	094281 91963

Staff Position:

S.N.	Name	Designation	Discipline	Mobile no.	Email id
1	Dr. N. S. Joshi	Senior Scientist Cum Head	Horticulture	9428191963	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2	Er. P. S. Jayswal	Scientist	Agriculture Engineering	9427569468	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
3	Dr. Neha Tiwari	Scientist	Home Scienc	9714245285	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
4	Mr. P. J. Prajapati	Scientist	Crop Production	8660468032	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
5	Mr. V. S. Parmer	Scientist	Extension Education	9724926891	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
6	Mr. N. M. Kachhadiya	Scientist	Plant Protection	9824059673	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
7	Ms. K. K Gadhiya	Agricultural Officer	Plant pathology		This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
8	Shri S .N. Joshi	Computer Programmer	-	9426554803	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9	Mr. S. G Baria	Farm Manager	Agriculture	9586218042	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10	Shri H. J. Ravaliya	Office Superitendent cum Accountant	-	9429772244	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
11	Shri A. H. Parmar	Stenographer	-	9909089570	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
12	Shri K. V. Borichha	Supporting staff	-	9879697820	-

Total land with KVK:

S. N.	Item	Area (ha)
1	Under Buildings	2.00
2.	Under Demonstration Units	2.00
3.	Under Crops	12.50
4.	Orchard/Agro-forestry	1.00
5.	Others (WHS & Polytechnic Home Sci. building)	2.50
	Total	20.00

DETAILS OF DISTRICT

Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

S. N.	Farming system/enterprise
1	Dry Farming
2	Rainfed : Cotton, Groundnut, Sesame, Black gram, Green gram, Mango, Onion
3	Agriculture – Horticulture (Mango)
4	Agriculture – Dairy
5	Agriculture – Fisheries
6	Cotton based cropping system
7	Groundnut based cropping system
8	Sesame based cropping system
9	Enterprise: Poultry, Fishery, Dairy, Sericulture, Vermicompost

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

a) Soil type

S. N.	Agro-climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	North Saurashtra Agro climatic Zone VI	Medium black soil, coastal alluvial soil, rocky soil and alkaline soil
1	North Saurashtra Agro climatic Zone VI	The climate of the district varies from moderately hot throughout the year except in winter. The climate is humid along with the coastal belt. The temperature varies from 8.01° Celsius in January to 43.7° Celsius in May. The average rainfall of last three years is 706 mm.

b) Topography

S.N.	Agro-ecological Situation	Soil texture	Altitude (m)	Principal Crops grown	Special Feature	Block Covered
1	Medium black soil with 400-700 mm rainfall	Silty clay to clayey	75-150	Groundnut Cotton Pearl millet	-	Savarkundla, Rajula and part of Jafrabad
2	Shallow black soils with 600-700 mm rainfall	Clayey	75-150	Groundnut Cotton Pearl millet Wheat	-	Kunkavav, Bagasara
3	Saline - alkali (Heavy texture) soils with 500-600 mm rainfall	Clayey	75-150	Cotton Groundnut Pearl millet Sorghum	Saline ground water	Amreli, Lathi, Liliya
4	Hilly soils with 300-600 mm rainfall	Clay loam, clayey	75-300	Groundnut Cotton Pearl millet Wheat	Well drained soils	Babra, Dhari, Khambha
5	Coastal alluvial soil with medium rainfall 750-1000 mm.	Sandy loam to silty clay loam	25-75	Cotton Groundnut Sesame Pearl millet	Saline ground water	Jafrabad and part of Rajula

Details of Operational area / Villages:

S.N.	Taluk	Name of the block	Name of the village	Major crops & enterprises	Major problem identified	Identified Thrust Areas
1	Lathi	Amreli	Kerala (Jogani)	Cotton, Groundnut, Cumin, wheat	· Lack of irrigation facility · Poor quality of irrigation water · Wild animal problem · Poor fertility status of Land · Low yield of major crops	INM, IPM, Conserve moisture Agriculture, Training on MIS
2	Lathi	Amreli	Harsupur Devaliya	Cotton, Groundnut, Green gram, wheat	· Lack of irrigation facility · Poor quality of irrigation water · Wild animal problem · Low yield of major crops	INM, IPM, Conserve Moisture agriculture
3	Liliya	Amreli	Saladi	Cotton, Green gram	· Saline land and poor quality of irrigation water · Poor fertility status of Land	Conserve Moisture agriculture, OFT in cotton on BBF, Training on MIS
4	Liliya	Amreli	Jatruda	Cotton, Groundnut	· Saline land and poor quality of irrigation water · Poor fertility status of Land · Low yield of major crops	INM, IPM, Conserve Moisture agriculture
5	Babra	Amreli	Vandaliya	Cotton, Groundnut, Cumin, Wheat	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem · Lack of irrigation facility	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
6	Kukavav	Amreli	Lunidhaar	Cotton, Groundnut, Green gram, black gram	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem · Lack of irrigation facility	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
7	Bagasra	Amreli	Haalariya	Groundnut, cotton, Green gram, black gram	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem · Lack of irrigation facility	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
8	Dhari	Amreli	Ditla	Cotton, Groundnut, Mango	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
9	Amreli	Amreli	Babapur	Cotton, Castor, Wheat	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem · Poor quality of irrigation water	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
10	Amreli	Amreli	Shedubhar	Cotton, Groundnut, Green gram, black gram	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem · Poor quality of irrigation water	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
11	Amreli	Amreli	Vaankiya	Cotton, Groundnut, pigeon pea	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem · Poor quality of irrigation water	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
12	Khambha	Amreli	Lakhapadar	Cotton, Groundnut, wheat, Pigeon pea	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
13	Savarkundla	Amreli	Nesdi	Cotton, Groundnut, wheat, Pigeon pea, lemon	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
14	Savarkundla	Amreli	Oliya	Cotton, Groundnut, wheat, Pigeon pea, lemon	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping
15	Rajula	Amreli	Maandardi	Cotton, Groundnut, wheat, Pigeon pea	· Low yield of major crops · Wild animal problem	ICM, introduction of new varieties, Scientific cropping

Frontline Demonstrations (April-2019 to December-2019):

Season	Number	Area (ha)
Kharif (KVK)	10	8
Kharif(ATIC)	40	16
Kharif(NMOOP)	100	25
Kharif(NFSM)	34	13.6
Kharif (NICRA)	50	20
Rabi (KVK)	20	16
Rabi (ATIC)	75	18.75
Rabi (NFSM)	25	10
Rabi(NICRA)	18	7.2
Total	372	134.55

On Farm Testing (April-2019 to December-2019):

Season	Number	Area (Ha)
Kharif	16	3.4
Rabi	1	5.25

Training Programmes (April-2019 to December-2019):

S.N.	Training Programmes	No.	No. of beneficiary
1.	On campus	29	1672
2.	Off campus	19	1045
3.	Sponsored	6	266
4.	Extension personnal	2	124
5.	Vocational	1	26
6.	Collobration training	3	154
	Total	60	3287

Extension Programmes

Activities	No. of programmes	No. of farmers
Krushi Mela/ Krushi Exhibition	2	400
Field Day	16	157
Diagnostic visits	10	62
Scientists' visit to farmers field	25	204
Farmerss’ visit to KVK	434	434
Telephonic guidance	817	817
Press note published	14	-
Special day celebration	7	1125

Special events celebrated

S. N.	Activity	Date	No. of participants
1	Mahila Krushi Divas	06/08/2019	103
2	Animal Vaccination Programme	11/09/2019	153
3	Tree Plantation Programme	17/09/2019	100
4	Technology Week	16-20/09/2019	400
5	Swachhata hi Sewa Pakhavadiyu	11/09/2019 to 02/10/2019	500
6	Mahila Kisan Divas	15/10/2019	98
7	Fertilizer Application Awareness Programme	22/10/2019	160
8	Constitution Day	26/11/2019	60
9	World Soil Day	05/12/2019	120
10	Constitution Day	20/12/2019	60
11	Kisan Diwas	23/12/2019	60
12	Jay Kisan Jay Vigyan Day	25/12/2019	60

Details of scheme running under KVK, Amreli with its mandates and achievement

1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)A Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)-is an agricultural extension center in India. The name means "farm science center". Usually associated with a local agricultural university, these centers serve as the ultimate link between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and farmers, and aim to apply agricultural research in a practical, localized setting. All KVKs fall under the jurisdiction of one of the 11 Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs) throughout India.

Mandates :

1. Conduct ‘On Farm Testing’ (OFT) in farmers’ field for identifying technologies suitable for location specific sustainable land-use systems.

2. Organize ‘Frontline Demonstrations’ (FLD) on various crops/livestock to generate production data and feedback.

3. Organize training programmes to update the extension personal with recent advances in agricultural research on a regular basis.

4. Organize short and long term training courses in Agriculture and allied enterprises for farmers, rural youth and unemployed women with emphasis on “Learning by doing” for higher output and to generate self employment.

5. Function as knowledge cum resource centre for agriculture and allied sectors in the district.

6. Production of quality seeds and planting materials for distribution among the farmers.

A) Summary of Progress Report of activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli

a. Details of the target and achievements of mandatory activities by KVK during 2019-2020 (April 2019- January 2020)

OFT				FLD
1				2
Number of OFTs		Number of Farmers		Number of FLDs (Crops/Component)		Number of Farmers
Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement
8	8	29	29	85 (FLDs under KVK, ATIC, NICRA, NFSM)	85	598	573

Trainings (Including sponsored, vocational etc.)					Extension Activities
3					4
Number of Courses			Number of participants		Number of Activities		Number of participants
Clientele	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement
Farmers	62	62	2820	3219	220	378	9000	10072
Rural youth	5	6	135	289
Ext. Functionaries	2	3	50	298
Other Scheme Trainings (ATIC, NICRA, NFSM)	NICRA -6 ATIC-11 NMOOP-3 NFSM-7	NICRA -6 ATIC-11 NMOOP-3 NFSM-7	NICRA -240 ATIC-400 NMOOP-150 NFSM-200	NICRA -298 ATIC-484 NMOOP-175 NFSM-298	NICRA -100 ATIC -35 NMOOP-50 NFSM-10	NICRA -150 ATIC -40 NMOOP-56 NFSM-15	NICRA -220 ATIC -1150 NMOOP-210 NFSM-200	NICRA-250 ATIC -1290 NMOOP-219 NFSM-300

Seed Production (Qt.)		Planting material (Nos.)
5		6
Target	Achievement	Target	Achievement
-	143.05	1500	4500

Achievements of Frontline Demonstrations:

a. Details of farming situation of FLDs conducted (April 2019 to January 2020)

Crop	Season	Farming situation	Type of Soil	Status of Soil			Sowing date	Harvesting Date
Crop	Season	Farming situation	Type of Soil	N	P	K	Sowing date	Harvesting Date
Sesame	Summer 2019	Irrigated	Medium Black	L	M	H	4th Week of February 2019	4th week of April 2019
Black Gram	Summer 2019	Irrigated	Medium Black	L	M	H	2nd to 3rd Week of February 2019	3rd week of April 2019
Green Gram	Summer 2019	Irrigated	Medium Black	L	M	H	3rd to 4th Week of February 2019	3rd week of April 2019
Okra	Summer 2019	Irrigated	Medium Black	L	M	H	2nd to 3rd Week of February 2019	1st to 2nd week of June 2019
Castor	Kharif-19	Rainfed	Medium Black	L	M	H	4th week of August 2019	Yield awaited
Cotton	Kharif-19	Rainfed	Medium Black	M	M	H	2nd Week of June to 2nd week of July 2019	3rd week of December 2019 to 2nd week of January 2020
Groundnut	Kharif-19	Rainfed	Medium Black	L	M	H	2nd Week of June to 2nd week of July 2019	2nd week of October to 4th week of October 2019
Wheat	Rabi 19-20	Irrigated	Medium Black	M	L	H	2nd to 3rd Week of November 2019	Yield awaited
Cumin	Rabi 19-20	Irrigated	Medium Black	L	M	H	3rd to 4th Week of November 2019	Yield awaited
Coriander	Rabi 19-20	Irrigated	Medium Black	M	M	H	2nd to 3rd Week of November 2019	Yield awaited

b. Performance of Front line demonstrations of crops

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /variety	No. of FLD	Area in ha.	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /variety	No. of FLD	Area in ha.	Demon.	Local check (Variety)	% increase in productivity over local check
1	Sesame	Summer 2019	GT-3	10	4	9.91	8.22	20.7
2	Black Gram	Summer 2019	Guj. Urd-1	10	4	10.78	8.48	27.3
3	Green Gram	Summer 2019	GM-4	10	4	10.23	8.77	16.9
4	Okra	Summer 2019	GO-6	5	2	149	125	19.46
5	Castor	Kharif-19	GCH-9	10	4	Yield awaited
6	Cotton	Kharif-19	INM	10	4	19.58	17.61	11.31
7	Groundnut	Kharif-19	GJG-22	10	4	21.97	19.25	16.47
8	Wheat	Rabi 19-20	INM	10	4	Yield awaited
9	Cumin	Rabi 19-20	IDM	10	4
10	Coriander	Rabi 19-20	GC-2	10	4

c. Economic Impact of FLDs

Sr. No.	Crop	Variety/ Component	Season	Average Cost of cultivation (Rs./ha)		Average Gross Return (Rs./ha)				Average Net Return (Profit) (Rs./ha)					Cost Ratio (Gross Return / Gross Cost)
				Demo	Local Check	Demo		Local Check		Demo		Local Check			Demo.	Local
1	Sesame	GT-3	Summer 2019	21378.4	20575.0	79280.0		57540.0		57901.6		36965.0			3.72	2.82
2	Black Gram	Guj. Urd-1	Summer 2019	18923.0	19058.0	33652.3		25609.6		14729.3		6551.6			1.80	1.36
3	Green Gram	GM-4	Summer 2019	20498.4	20915.0	66495.0		52620.0		45996.6		31705.0			3.26	2.57
4	Okra	GO-6	Summer 2019	116657	114749	185675		149496		69018		34747			1.59	1.30
5	Castor	GCH-9	Kharif-19	Yield awaited
6	Cotton	INM	Kharif-19	30000	32000		103774		86289		73774		54289	3.46		2.70
7	Groundnut	GJG-22	Kharif-19	27200	28000		116441		94133		89241		66133	4.28		3.36
8	Wheat	INM	Rabi 19-20	Yield awaited
9	Cumin	IDM	Rabi 19-20
10	Coriander	GC-2	Rabi 19-20

2. Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC)-The Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) is a “single window” support system linking the various units of a research institution with intermediary users and end users (farmers) in decision making and problem solving exercise. Its major mandate are:

1. To empower farmers through direct access to information and knowledge

2. To create strong linkage between research divisions / units and users of technology

3. To help livestock holders in problem solving and decision making

4. To facilitate a dynamic feed forward and feedback mechanism

5. To bridge the gap between attainable and attained in livestock development and production

6. To generate financial resources through sales and services

2. Summary of Progress Report of Agriculture Technology Information Centre Activities (ATIC) ( One of the running scheme under KVK, Amreli)

a. Trainings:

Sr. No.	Types of training	No. of Training	No. of participants
1	On Campus	6	256
2	Off Campus	5	228
Total		11	484

b. Front Line Demonstration:

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha.)	Average yield (Q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha.)	Demo.	Local check	% increase in productivity over local check
1	Groundnut	Kharif 19	IPM (Metarhizium, Beauveria , Azadirechtin chloropyriphos	50	12.5	21.4	18.6	14.9
2	Cotton	Kharif 19	G. Cot 10 Bt II	20	5	22.3	19.8	12.4
3	Cotton	Kharif 19	IPM (Cotton Inputs Beauveria , Azadirechtin, Pheromone trap)	50	12.5	14.8	13.3	10.9
4	Groundnut	Kharif 19	GJG-22	20	5	27.0	24.7	9.4
5	Sesame	Kharif 19	GT-4	10	2.5	4.3	3.7	14.5
6	Gram	Rabi 19-20	IPM (Trchoderma,Pheromen trap, HNPV)	25	6.25	Crop standing
7	Gram	Rabi 19-20	GG-5	25	6.25
8	Wheat	Rabi 19-20	GJW 463	25	6.25

3. National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)- was launched during February 2011^] by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with the funding from Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. The mega project has three major objectives of strategic research, technology demonstrations and capacity building. Assessment of the impact of climate change simultaneous with formulation of adaptive strategies is the prime approach under strategic research across all sectors of agriculture, dairying and fisheries.

Evolving climate resilient agricultural technologies that would increase farm production and productivity vis-à-vis continuous management of natural and manmade resources constitute an integral part of sustaining agriculture in the era of climate change. The four modules of NICRA – natural resource management, improving soil health, crop production and livestock – is aimed making the farmers self-reliant.

Mandates-

1. To enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture covering crops, livestock and fisheries to climatic variability and climate change through development and application of improved production and risk management technologies.

2. To demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers' fields for adapting to current climate risks.

3. To enhance the capacity of scientists and other stakeholders in climate resilient agricultural research and its application.

A) Summary of Progress Report ofactivities under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) (One of the running scheme under KVK, Amreli)

a. Trainings:

Thematic area	No. of Courses	No. of beneficiaries
Thematic area	No. of Courses	Male	Female	Total
Preparation of vermicompost and vermiwash unit	1	24	00	24
Proper soil sampling methods for soil testing	1	34	00	34
Integrated Nutrient Management in Kharif crops	1	130	00	130
Integrated pests and disease management in Kharif crops	1	55	00	55
Uses of mulching in agriculture	1	55	00	55
Total	5	298	00	298

b. Front Line Demonstration:

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Average yield (Q/ha)				% increase in productivity over local check
						Demo.		Local check
1	Groundnut	Kharif 19	GJG-22	10	4.0	30 (Groundnut)		19.5 (Cotton)		53.8
2	Cotton	Kharif 19	-	20	8.0	17.5		22.1		-20.8
	Sesame	Kharif 19	Sesame GT-4			7.7		Additional Return from Sesame
3	Cotton	Kharif 19	IPM	20	8.0	17.1	16		6.9
4	Castor	Kharif 19	GCH-9	2	0.8	Result awaited
Total				52	20.8

c. Front Line Demonstration:

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
						Demo.	Local check
1	Wheat	Rabi 19-20	GW-173	10	4.0	Standing
2	Chickpea	Rabi 19-20	GG-5	8	3.2
Total				18	7.2

III. Work under Natural Resource Management:

Name of intervention undertaken	No of units	No of farmers benefitted
Vermicompost Unit	05	05

IV. Livestock:

Intervention undertaken	No. of units	Area covered (ha)/ No. of Animals	No. of farmers covered
Mineral Mixture Supplementation	-	50 Animals	50
Feeding management	-	50 Animals	50
Unconventional Feed resources (Azolla Unit)	5	5	5

V. Extension Activities

Thematic area	No. of activities	No. of beneficiaries
Thematic area	No. of activities	Male	Female	Total
Method demonstration	8	142	61	203
Agro advisory services	12	590	68	658
Awareness	5	76	32	108
Exposure visit	1	5	41	47
Field Day	3	73	9	82
Group discussion	5	128	32	159
Diagnostic visit	5	27	5	32
Total	40	1041	249	1290

4. National Food Security Mission (NFSM)- The National Development Council (NDC) in its 53rd meeting held on 29th May, 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a Food Security Mission comprising rice, wheat and pulses to increase the annual production of rice by 10 million tonnes, wheat by 8 million tonnes and pulses by 2 million tonnes by the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). Accordingly, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 'National Food Security Mission' (NFSM), was launched in October 2007.

The Mission met with an overwhelming success and achieved the targeted additional production of rice, wheat and pulses. The Mission continued during 12th Five Year Plan with new targets of additional production of food grains of 25 million tonnes of food grains comprising of 10 million tonnes rice, 8 million tonnes of wheat, 4 million tonnes of pulses and 3 million tonnes of coarse cereals by the end of 12th Five Year Plan.

Mandates-

1. Increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country

2. Restoring soil fertility and productivity at the individual farm level

3. Enhancing farm level economy (i.e. farm profits) to restore confidence amongst the farmers.

A) Summary of Progress Report ofactivities under National Food Security Mission NFSM (One of the running scheme under KVK, Amreli)

a. Trainings:

Sr. No.	Types of training	No. of Training	No. of participants
1	On campus	1	43
2	Off campus	1	80
3	Field Day	4	120
4	Field visit	12	36
5	Sponsored training	2	70
Total		22	451

b. Cluster Front Line Demonstrations of Rabi Pulses under NFSM:

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Demo.	Local check	% increase in productivity over local check
1	Green gram	Kharif 19	GM-4, Trichoderma, Rhizobium, Beuvaria, PSB	25	10	3.11	2.66	17.69
2	Black gram	Kharif 19	GU-1, Trichoderma, Rhizobium, Beuvaria, PSB	25	10	3.45	2.69	31.48
3	Gram	Rabi 19-20	GG-5, Trichoderma,pheromone trap, Helilure, HNPV	25	10	Result awaited

5. National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)-India is one of the major oilseeds grower and importer of edible oils. India’s vegetable oil economy is the world’s fourth-largest after USA, China & Brazil. But a substantial portion of our requirement of edible oil is met through import of palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia hence government of India implemented the National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) during the 12th Five Year Plan, to expand the oil palm areas and increase the production of edible oils

Mandates-

Mini Mission–I (Oil Seeds)

1. The mission citing the importance of oil palm was launched in 12 potential states in India with the listed purpose,

2. To bring 75,000 hectares area under palm cultivation and increase the production of edible oils

3. To promote oil palms in all Northern-Eastern states

4. To address the demand for new oil palm plantations both from native and imported sources

5. To render assistance to farmers by providing planting materials, maintenance cost for palms, irrigation & bore well, and harvesting tools.

6. To buy Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) from farmers through processing industries

7. To provide profitable rates for FFBs when international Crude Palm Oil (CPO) price drops

8. To support farmers through Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)

Mini Mission-II (Oil Palm)

1. To increase the Seed Replacement Ratio (SSR) with a focus on the Varietal Replacement.

2. To raise the area of irrigation of the Oilseeds from 26% to 36%.

3. To encourage the inter-cropping of oilseeds with cereals/pulses and sugarcane.

4. To increase the availability of quality and efficient planting materials of Oil Palm and Tree Borne Oilseeds (TBOs).

Mini Mission-III (Tree Borne Oilseeds (TBOs)).

NMOOP implements the Mini Mission–III either through the Departments of Agriculture of the State Governments or the Department of Horticulture and it focuses on,

1. Expanding the plantation area.

2. Providing proper maintenance of the seedings.

3. Encouraging the intercropping during the gestation periods.

4. Providing technical support and training with the assistance of Government institutions.

A ) Summary of Progress Report ofACTIVITIES UNDER National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) ( One of the running scheme under KVK, Amreli)

a. Trainings:

Sr. No.	Types of training	No. of Training	No. of participants
1	Off campus	1	36
2	Field Day	6	75
3	Sponsored training	2	139
Total		9	250

b. Cluster Front Line Demonstrations of oilseed under NMoop:

SN	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No of FLD	Area (ha.)	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
SN	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No of FLD	Area (ha.)	Demo.	Local check	% increase in productivity over local check
1	Groundnut	Kharif-2019	GJG-22,Metarhizium, Rhizobium and PSB	50	20	25.7	23.00	11.93
2	Sesame	Kharif-2019	GT-4 and Beauria, Trichoderma, Azadirectine, Pendimethalin	50	20	5.8	4.9	19.65

6. District Agro-Meteorological Unit (DAMU) In order to provide direct services to the farming community of the country an exclusive Division of Agricultural Meteorology was set up in 1932 under the umbrella of India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Pune with the objective to minimize the impact of adverse weather on crops and to make use of favourable weather to boost agricultural production. India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India, New Delhi is operating an integrated Agro-Meteorological Advisory Service (AAS) at district level, in India, which represents a small step towards agriculture management in rhythm with weather and climate variability leading to weather proofing for farm production. Under AAS, needs of farming community was defined through ascertaining information requirement of diverse groups of end-users. It emerged, that prime need of the farmer is location specific weather forecast in quantitative terms.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) have jointly planned to augment the Agromet Advisory System (AAS) network to sub-district (block) level. 200 Krishi Vigyan Kendras including the 110 Aspirational districts have been identified for setting up of District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) to provide Agromet services to farmers.

District Agromet Unit in KVK, Amreli

The District Agromet Unit is running successfully in krishi Vigyan Kendra, JAU, Amreli since October 25, 2019 by recruitment of SMS (Agrometeorology) and Agromet observer. The AMFU (Agro-meteorological Field unit), DFRS, Targhadiya was already provides Agro advisories services to farmers of Amreli district by making District wise Agriculture based weather bulletine, But District agromet is the Concept of IMD and ICAR to provide agro-advisory service for block level Agriculture based weather bulletin.

Subject Matter Specialist (Agrometeorology)	Mr. N. J. Hadiya, M. Sc. (Agrometeorology)
Agromet Observer	Mr. N. Ghoniya M. Sc. (industrial Chemistry)

The District Agrometeorological Unit, KVK, JAU, Amreli is making Agro weather bulletin for all the 11 blocks viz. Amreli, Babra, Bagasara, Dhari, Jafrabad, Khambha, Lathi, Liliya, Kunkavav-vadiya, Rajula and Savarkundla of the Amreli district and also for the District itself.

Weather Bulletin

DAMU making weather bulletin on the basis of medium range forecast provided by India Meteorological Department supported by GFS model for the blockwise wether bulletin. The block-wise advisory is the experimental level now. The advisory preparation is Bilangual (Both the English and Local language) twice in a week on Tuesday and Friday. There are several weather parameter forecast received from IMD i.e. Rainfall, Maximum temperature, Minimum temperature, Relative humidity (maximum and minimum), Cloud cover, Wind speed and direction. After Interpretation of these parameters SMS (Agrometeorology) making weather bulletin by help of different subject matter specialists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra. The bulletin preparation is for main crops of Amreli distct i.e. Cotton, Groundnut, Wheat, Green gram, Pigeon pea, Black gram, Cumin, Chickpea, Mango, Castor, lemon, ber, etc., Plant protection, Field Preparation, Weed management, also for livestock enterprise, fisheries and Poultry.

Dissemination of weather bulletin.

The weather bulletin is disseminate to different departments connected to agriculture, NGOs, individually to farmers group by short message service (mKisan portal), and by social media by making farmers groups.

Farmer Awareness Programmes

Climate based farming is drawing farmer near to precision agriculture. So, farmer awareness is very important for cover more number can receive Agro advisories. Farmers can mitigate their crops itself against uneven weather patterns.

Advisories disseminated to farmers

Number of Weather Bulletin till the June, 11, 2020

District Name	No. of advisories
Amreli	4
Block name	No. of advisories
Amreli	54
Babra	54
Bagasara	54
Dhari	54
Jafrabad	54
Khambha	54
Kunkavav Vadiya	54
Lathi	54
Liliya	54
Rajula	54
Savarkundla	54
Total No. of Weather Bulletin	598

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