KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA
Targhadia (Rajkot)

Information of HOD

Faculty Information :

KVK Objectives:

Mandates:

Location

DETAILS OF DISTRICT

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

2.2  Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations

   a) Soil type

   b)Topography

2.3 Soil types

2.4 Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district (2019-20)

2.5 Weather data (2020)

2.6 Production and productivity of Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

2.7 Details of Operational area / Villages (2019-20 to 2021-22)

Details of Various Extension Activities (Jan. to Dec. 2020) :

Details of Training 

Extension Activities (including activities of FLD programmes)

DETAILS OF EACH ON FARM TRIAL (OFT)

Contd..

B.Details of FLDs implemented during 2020 oilseeds

Pulses :

Others

Details of farming situation

Technical Feedback on the demonstrated technologies

Farmers’ reactions on specific technologies

Extension and Training activities under FLD

C. Performance of Frontline demonstrations

Oilseed crops :

Frontline demonstration on pulse crops :

FLD on Other crops

FLD on Livestock

D. Success Stories / Case studies, if any (two or three pages write-up on each case with suitable action photographs. The Success Stories / Case Studies need not be restricted to the reporting period).

1. Self-employment through sewing business :              

1.  Name and address: Miss Soniyaben Jentibhai Vanghani, Village: Aambaradi, Ta: Jasdan, Dist: Rajkot

2.  Category: Women Empowerment

3.  Background: Soniaben is from Kamlapur village in Jasdan taluka of Rajkot district. Most of the people of this village are engaged in farming and animal husbandry business. The major crops grown in the area are groundnut, cotton, wheat, millet and cumin. Agriculture in the area is mainly rainfed.

4.  Training and motivational support  : Ms. Soniaben has been associated with KVK for the last two years. Organized two months vocational training on sewing of farm women in Kamlapur during the year 2019-20

Impact in the area :   Ms. Soniaben joined the training and was inspired to do so. After completing the training, Soniaben started sewing various types of clothes. Initially they started earning 500 to 1000 rupees a month. The women who came down due to covid-19 in March 2020 did not go out to shop and started sewing clothes with Soniaben and Soniaben started earning Rs 2,000 to Rs 500 per month. From this income he bought a new sewing machine for himself and also bought a new bicycle. 

2.Derisking farming through orchard – Raidhanbhai Suvan : 

   Raidhanbhai a young age farmers of Fuljar Village of Vinchhiya block of Rajkot District. He got the land of 11.5 bigha from his father for farming. Since from getting responsibility of farming, he used to cultivate only cotton crop in his land. But due to uncertain rain and sometimes the year with low rainfall, he could not able to get return of investment. He was fed up with traditional farming practices. In year 2016, Representative from Krishi Vighyan Kendra, Rajkot organize training in the Village. He enthusiastically participated in training program where he came to know about the de-risking farming through orchard development. After returning from training, the idea of orchard development was inspiring for the orchard development. In first phase, he has developed orchard of lemon plants in 2 bigha of land in year 2017. After getting the successful survival rate and growth of plants, he was motivated for more area under orchard. And he has planted 150 sapling of guava in his 2 bigha of land. Through this initiative, he is able to earn additional income of Rs. 60000. Right now, he was sowing groundnut and pulses as inter crop. He was not stopped from here, last year in 2018, he has initiated the creeper v egetables and earned around Rs 50000 in 1 bigha of land. So he got additional income of Rs 110000 without affecting the previous income of Rs 100000 from his 11.5 bigha of land.

    Now he become the role model for other farmers in Fuljar village and outside also. Through training inputs of KVK, Rajkot and linkages with Govt. scheme and Reliance Foundation support, he has established the model of De-Risking farming.

Details of Other Projects running at KVK, Rajkot-I

I.  Agricultural Technology Information Center (ATIC)

Objectives:

i)   To provide a ‘single window’ delivery system for the product and the species available from JAU to the farmers and other interested groups as a process of innovativeness in technology dissemination. 

ii)  To facilitate direct access to the farmers to the institutional research available in term of technology, advice, technology products, etc. for reducing technology dissemination losses.

iii) To provide mechanism for feed back from the users to the institute.

Progress of the scheme

FLD conducted

Details of Training and other extension activities

II. Cluster Frontline Demonstrations on oil seeds under NMOOP

           NMOOP was launched in April, 2014 keeping in view achievements of the erstwhile schemes namely, Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM), Three Born Oilseeds (TBOs) and Oil Palm Area Expansion (OPAE) programme during the 11th Plan period. The schemes had a positive impact on production and productivity of oilseeds and area expansion under Oil Palm. NMOOP comprising 3 Mini Mission (MM), one each for Oilseeds (MM-I), Oil Palm (MM-II) and Tree Borne Oilseeds-TBOs (MM-III) was launched from April, 2014.

Objectives:

1.      To increase production and productivity of oilseeds crops under different agro-ecological situations.

2.      To pilot innovations and improved efficiency within the overall objective of the scheme and its expected outcomes.

3.      To undertake mitigation/restoration activities in case of natural calamities in the oilseeds sector.

Cluster Frontline Demonstrations of Kharif  Oil seeds (Kharif 2020)

1.  Area, technology demonstrated and input details:

2.  Details of training and extension activities:

3. Financial Progress (2019-20)

III.  Cluster Frontline Demonstrations on oil seeds under (NFSM)

i.  Rabi-2019-20

Detail of FLDs

Trainings programs conducted

Awareness programs / exposure visits / field days/Camps conducted

IV. Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

The ARYA project was started during the year 2015-16 at KVK Rajkot-1, Gujarat. At present KVK, Rajkot-1 is working for four talukas of Rajkot district namely (i) Jasdan (ii) Padadhari (iii) Vinchhiya (iv) Rajkot.  KVK, Rajkot-1 was identified for the objective of post-harvest technology, processing and value addition concept under ARYA project. Entrepreneurship development activities have been started with focus of processing, value addition, milk processing and nursery management.

1. Objectives of the ARYA Project:

1. To attract and empower the youth in rural areas to take up various agriculture, allied and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts.

2. To enable the farm youth to establish network groups to take up resources and capital intensive activities like post-harvest technology, processing &  value addition, nursery management, milk processing and marketing.

3. To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence of opportunities available under various schemes/program for sustainable development of youth

2. Major Activities Commenced:

Activities like project awareness programmes, training and capacity building programmes, visits at developed enterprises and motivate youth for entrepreneurship; empowering youth in rural areas by processing, value addition and marketing of agricultural produces and functional linkage with different institutions were commenced under ARYA project.

3. Training and Skill Development Programmes:

4. Formation of Enthusiastic Groups of Entrepreneurial Youth:

The groups of youth having age of 18 to 35 years have been formed to establishment of various enterprises in selected villages of Rajkot district.

Group 1: (15 youths):  Enterprise of Mini Oil Mill Unit at Targhadi village of Paddhari talukas (Enterprise: Year 2017-18)

Group 2: (15 youths): Enterprise of Mini Oil Mill Plant at  Raningpar village of Jasdan talukas (Enterprise: Year 2017-18)

Group 3: (7 youths): Pulverizer Machine Unit at Gadhaka village of Rajkot talukas (Enterprise: Year 2017-18)

Group 4: (5 youths): Namkeen (Farsan) Machine at Targhadia village of Rajkot taluka(Enterprise: Year 2017-18)

Group 5: (8 youths):  Milk-Mava making unit at Amabardi village of Jasdantaluka(Enterprise: Year 2017-18)

Group 6: (10 youths): Mini Dal Mill Unitat Sal Pipaliya village of Paddharitaluka (Entrepreneurial : Year 2020)

Group 7: (10 youths): Mini Cleaning cum Grading Machine Unitat Dungarka village of Paddharitaluka(Entrepreneurial :  Year 2019-20)

Group 8: (2 youths): Nursery Unitat Gunda village of Rajkot taluka (Entrepreneurial :  Year 2019-20)

5.  Critical Inputs/Equipment/Machinery provided for various enterprise under ARYA  Project :

1. Two Mini Oil Mill Units for processing of groundnut and other  oilseeds

   (Rs.  3,61,200/-  x  2 unit= Rs. 7,22,400/-)

2. One Pulverizer machine (Masala Mill) for  processing of spices (Rs.  82,110/-)

3. One Namkeen (Farsan) making machine (Rs.  16,800/-)

4. One Milk-Mava making unit for milk processing (Rs.  63,000/-)

5.OneMini Dal Mill Unit (Rs. 1,62,000/-)

6.OneMini Cleaning cum Grading Machine Unit(Rs. 56,000/-)

7.OneNursery Unit (Rs. 24.050/-)

6.   Establishment of Various Enterprises at different Villages under ARYA Project:

Entrepreneurship development activities were started with focus of processing & value addition, Milk processing and Nursery management.

6.1  Enterprise: Mini Oil Mill Unit at Targhadi village of Paddharitaluka:

An entrepreneurial group of 15 rural youths in Taraghadi village started enterprise of Mini Oil Mill unit and producing groundnut oil through processing of groundnut. The  group earning  net profit of  Rs. 1,57,500  per month by selling groundnut oil and cake. This enterprise is run more than 8 month during the year and earning net profit of Rs. 12,60,000  per year.

Monthly outcome of the Enterprise:

* Unit working 10 hours/day and enterprise is run more than 8 month during the year

6.2  Enterprise: Mini Oil Mill Plant at Raningpar village of Jasdantaluka:

The group of 15 rural youths in Raningpar village is earning uptoRs. 1,35,000 per month in addition to income from farming through processing of groundnut by enterprise of mini oil mil plant. This enterprise is run more than 8 month during the year and earning net profit of Rs. 10,80,000  per year.

6.3  Entrepreneurship development through spices processing:

An enthusiastic  group of 7 rural youths in Gadhaka village started enterprise of Spice processing unit and earning uptoRs. 59,500 per month in addition to previous income. This enterprise is run more than 6 month during the year and earning net profit of Rs. 3,57,000  per year.

6.4  Entrepreneurship development through Namkeen (Farsan) making:

An entrepreneurial group of 5 youths at Targhadia village started Namkeen making enterprise. They making and selling Namkeen (Farsan) products and earning extra income uptoRs. 39,000 per month in addition to agricultural income.  This enterprise earning net profit of Rs. 3,90,000  per year.

6.5  Enterprise: Milk-Mava making at Ambardi village:

The active group of 8 youths at Ambardi village of Jasdantaluka started milk processing enterprise.  They are producing milk-mava by processing of raw milk. The group generated net profit of Rs. 40,500 per month as a extra income by this enterprise along with farming.  This enterprise earning net profit of Rs. 4,05,000  per year.

Monthly outcome of the Enterprise

7.  Budget sanctioned and utilization under ARYA, 2015-16 to 2020-21:

V.  National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

1)  Technology demonstrations conducted

Module- 1: Crop Production:-

FLD conducted (Rabi-2019-20) :Cumin

FLD conducted (Rabi-2019-20) : Chickpea

Kharif Season (FLD):

FLD conducted (Kharif-2020):Groundnut

FLD conducted (Kharif-2020): Cotton

Module. 2: Livestock Management

2) Trainings programs conducted:

3) Awareness programs / exposure visits / field days/Camps conducted

VI.  Creation of Seed Hubs for Increasing Indigenous Production of Pulses in India (Seed hub)

Overview of Seed Production :

Trainings programs conducted

Awareness programs / exposure visits / field days/Camps conducted

VII. MeraGaonMeraGaurav (MGMG)

Background information / Introduction

   On the basis of agro climatic conditions, soil types, and cropping pattern; Gujarat has been divided into eight agro climatic zones. Rajkot district falls under North Saurashtra Agro climatic Zone. The total geographical area of North Saurashtra Agro Climatic Zone is 35.2 Lack ha. Out of total area, 73.40 per cent area falls under arid and semi-arid region. The soils of this zone are shallow to moderately deep. The soils of Rajkot district is medium in their availability of nitrogen while low in phosphorus and high in available potash except the available phosphorus and potash is in medium category in adopted villages. Monsoon commences usually by the middle of June and withdraws by middle of September. Average annual rainfall of districts is 1214.6 mm. Monsoon in this area commences in the end of June and retreats by the middle of September. Most of the precipitation is received from South – West monsoon, concentrating in the month of July and August. The maximum rainfall and number of rainy days are observed in July. The winter season sets by the end of October. This district is situated near seashore hence; there are no drastic fluctuations in the temperature. The average maximum and minimum temperatures are 42.0° C and 16.9 °C respectively. Overall climate of this station is humid and convenient for coastal crops

   The main crops of the region are groundnut, cotton, wheat, cumin, onion, garlic, castor, green gram, black gram, pearl millet, etc.

    Seasonal vegetables are also grown in limited area. Lift irrigation through tube well & dug well are the main sources of irrigation.

Activities organized by KVK-Targhadia, Rajkot-I under MGMG

VIII.  ParamparagatKrishiVikasYojana (PKVY)

   “PramparagatKrishiVikasYojana (PKVY)” a sub-component of Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) aims at development of sustainable models of organic farming through a mix of traditional wisdom and modern science to ensure long term soil fertility buildup, resource conservation and helps in climate change adaptation and mitigation. It Primarily aims to increase soil fertility and thereby helps in production of healthy food through organic practices without the use of agro-chemicals. PKVY also aims at empowering farmers through institutional development through clusters approach not only in farm practices management, input production, quality assurance but also in value addition and direct marketing through innovative means. Partipatory Guarantee System under PGS-India programme will be the key approach for quality assurance under the PKVY. The farmers will have option to adopt any form of organic farming in compliance of PGS-India standards. While adopting a system it must be ensured that the system adopted is compatible to the area and crop and assures optimum yield and provides adequate measures to manage nutrients, pests and diseases. Farmers will have the flexibility to use appropriate package of practices best suited to their situations.

Objectives of the Scheme :

1. To promote natural resource based integrated and climate resilient sustainable farming systems that ensure maintainance and increase of soil fertility, natural resource conservation, on-farm nutrient recycling and minimize dependence of farmers on external inputs.

2. To sustainably produce chemical free and nutritious food for human consumption.

3. To protect environment from hazardous inorganic chemicals by adoption of ecofriendly low cost traditional techniques and farmer friendly technologies.

4. To empower farmers through their own institutional development in the form of clusters and groups with capacity to manage production, processing, value addition and certification management.

5. To make farmers enterpreneurs through direct market linkages with local and national markets.

Details of FLDs :

1. Frontline Demonstrations of Rabi Wheat (2020) :

2. Frontline Demonstrations of Chickpea (2020) :

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