KVK, Targhadia (Rajkot)

KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA
Targhadia (Rajkot)

Year of Establishment : September, 2004

Information of HOD

Name	:	Dr. G. V. Marviya
Designation	:	Senior Scientist & Head
Contact Address	:	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Main dry farming research station, JAU, Targhadia, Dis. Rajkot Pin – 360 023
Mobile	:	98255 54434
E-mail	:	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Staff Position

Sl. No.	Sanctioned post	Name of the incumbent	Mobile No.	Discipline	If Permanent, please indicate		Date of joining
Sl. No.	Sanctioned post	Name of the incumbent	Mobile No.	Discipline	Current Pay Band	Current Pay	Date of joining
1.	Senior Scientist and Head	Dr. G. V. Marviya	9825554434	Bio-chemistry	131400-217100 (UL-13A )	135300/-	4-1-2022
2.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. M. M. Tajpara	9427667135	Animal Science	68900-205500 (UL-11)	92600/-	4-8-2015
3.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	9978303111	Agronomy	57700-182400 (UL-10)	66800/-	1-8-2017
4.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. M. K. Jadeja	7016848659	Agril. Extension	57700-182400 (UL-10)	95300/-	5-10-2019
5.	Subject Matter Specialist	Vacant	-	Horti-culture	.	-	-
6.	Subject Matter Specialist	Shri D. P. Sanepara	9426449712	Agril. Engg.	68900-205500 (UL-11)	101200/-	1-11-2016
7.	Subject Matter Specialist	Smt. H. H. Padsumbiya	9979673732	Home Science	68900-205500 (UL-11)	92600/-	16-02-2022
8.	Programme Assistant	Shri A. B. Dabhi	7990446090	Agronomy	39900-126600 (L-7)	44900/-	7-8-2014
9.	Computer Programmer	Miss. R. T. Padaliya	9979027064	-	39900-126600 (L-7)	49000/-	3-1-2009
10.	Farm Manager	S. R. Rathva	9712313538	Plant Breeding	39900-126600 (L-7)	38090/-	30-7-2018
11.	Accountant/ Superintendent	M. D. Vachhani	9825066876	-	39900-126600 (L-7)	44900/-	01-03-2022
12.	Stenographer	-	-	-	-	-	-
13.	Driver 1	Vacant	-	-	-	-	-
14.	Driver 2	Vacant	-	-	-	-	-
15.	Supporting staff 1	Smt.U.G.. Zala	-	-	14800-47100 (L-IS-1)	29700/-	16-9-2005
16.	Supporting staff 2	Vacant	-	-	-	-	-

Details of Operational area / Villages

Sr. No.	Taluka	Name of the block	Name of the village	Major crops & enterprises	Major problem identified	Identified Thrust Areas
1	Jasdan	Cluster I	Barvala	Groundnut, Cotton, Sesame, Wheat, Cumin, Chickpea, Garlic, Onion. * Enterprises are dairy business, Vermi composting, Preparation of roasted groundnut and chikki from groundnut and sesame	Pink ball worm in cotton, Heavy infestation of sucking pest in cotton, Phytopthora disease in sesame and White grub infestation in groundnut, Long inter-calving period in buffalo, Nutritional deficiency in animal feed and fodder, Less area under horticultural crops, Anemia problem in adolescent girls	· IPM and INM in major crops of this area · Increase drainage of soil · Reducing the inter-calving period in buffalo · Motivate the farmers for arid horticultural crops. · Efficient use of irrigation water · To create the awareness for grading, processing and marketing (value addition)
			Kamlapur
			Lilapur
			Shivrajpur
			Nani lakhavad
2	Vinchhiya	Cluster II	Amrapur
			Hingolgadh
			Gundala
			Bhoyara
			Lalavadar
3	Rajkot	Cluster III	Haripar
			Makanpar
			Umrali
			Khachharia
			Hodathali

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

A. Details of target and achievements of mandatory activities

OFT				FLD
1				2
Number of OFTs		Number of farmers		Number of FLDs		Number of farmers
Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement
12	04	37	12	195	155	195	155

Training				Extension Programmes
3				4
Number of Courses		Number of Participants		Number of Programmes		Number of participants
Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement
97	78	2425	2119	-	107	-	2668

Seed Production (Qtl.)		Planting materials (Nos.)
5		6
Target	Achievement	Target	Achievement
150	227	-	-

Livestock, poultry strains and fingerlings (No.)		Bio-products (Kg)
7		8
Target	Achievement	Target	Achievement
-	-	-	-

Technology Assessment (Kharif 2021, Rabi 2020-21, Summer 2021)

A.1. Abstract on the number of technologies assessed in respect of crops

Thematic areas	Cereals	Oilseeds	Pulses	Commercial Crops	Vegetables	Fruits	Flower	Plantation crops	Tuber Crops	TOTAL
Integrated Nutrient Management		1								1
Integrated Pest Management		1								1
Integrated Disease Management				1	1					2
TOTAL		2		1	1					4

B. Achievements on technologies Assessed

B.1. Technologies Assessed under various Crops

Thematic areas	Crop	Name of the technology assessed	No. of trials	Number of farmers	Area in ha (Per trail covering all the Technological Options)
Integrated Nutrient Management	Groundnut	Organic farming in Kharif Groundnut	1	1	0.4
Integrated Nutrient Management
Integrated Pest Management	Groundnut	Infestation of white grub in organic Kharif Groundnut	1	1	0.4
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Disease Management	Chilli	Effect of the fungicide on disease of chilli	1	3	0.4
Integrated Disease Management	Cumin	Use of Trichoderma for wilt disease management in cumin	1	3	0.4
		Total	4	8	1.60

C. 1. Results of Technologies Assessed

Results of On Farm Trial

Crop/ enterprise	Farming situation	Problem definition	Title of OFT	No. of trials	Technology Assessed	Parameters of assessment
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Groundnut	Rainfed	Higher use of chemical fertilizers	Organic farming in Kharif Groundnut	1	1.RDF (Chemical)+ Seed treatment 2. Only cow based 3. All Bio product.	Yield Kg/ha and White grub infestation (%)
Groundnut	Rainfed	Higher use of pesticides	Infestation of white grub in organic Kharif Groundnut	1	T-1 : Chemical + seed treatments for white grubs and sucking pests. T-2 : Cow base farming T-3 5 t FYM/ha + Bio-fertilizer	Yield Kg/ha and White grub infestation (%)
Chilli	Irrigated	Problem of diseases in chilli	Effect of the fungicide on disease of chilli	1	T1: 2 spray of Hexaconazol @ 1ml per litre @ 15 days interval T2: Seed treatment of Carbendazime @ 3 gm per seed + soil application of Trichoderma @2.5 kg/ha + Soil drenching of COC@ 40gm/10 lit T3: 2 spray of Hexaconazol @ 1ml per litre @ 15 days interval + Soil drenching of COC@ 40gm/10 lit	Yield Kg/ha and infestation (%)
Cumin	Irrigated	Heavy incidence of wilt disease in cumin	Use of Trichoderma for wilt disease management in cumin	1	T1 :No use of trichoderma or fungicide at the time of sowing T2:Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha with organic manure @500 kg / ha at the time of sowing.. T3: Application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha along with organic manure @500 kg / ha at the time of sowing and second application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha along with organic manure by broadcasting method at 15 days after germination.	Yield Kg/ha and infestation (%)

Technology Assessed	Source of Technology	Production	Please give the unit (kg/ha, t/ha, lit/animal, nuts/palm, nuts/palm/year )	Net Return (Profit) in Rs. / unit	BC Ratio
8	9	10	11	12	13
Organic farming in Kharif Groundnut
T1 RDF (Chemical) + Seed treatment	National Centre of Organic farming, Ghaziabad (U.P.)	2250	Kg/ha	81,100	4.8
T2 Only Cow Based		1700	Kg/ha	71,200	3.2
T3 All Bio Products		1930	Kg/ha	77,300	3.8
Infestation of white grub in organic Kharif Groundnut
1. RDF Chemical + seed treatments for white grubs and sucking pests.	National Centre of Organic farming, Ghaziabad (U.P.)	2250 (1.9%)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	81,100	4.8
2. Only cow based		1700 (2.5%)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	71,200	3.2
3. All Bio product		1930 (1.3%)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	77,300	3.8
Effect of the fungicide on disease of chilli
T 1: spray of Hexaconazol @ 1ml per litre @ 15 days interval	JAU, Junagadh	9917 (15%)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	97750	2.81
T2: Seed treatment of Carbendazime @ 3 gm per seed + soil application of Trichoderma @2.5 kg/ha + Soil drenching of COC@ 40gm/10 lit		13167 (8 %)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	145275	3.78
T3: 2 spray of Hexaconazol @ 1ml per litre @ 15 days interval + Soil drenching of COC@ 40gm/10 lit		10125 (10 %)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	98875	2.87
Use of Trichoderma for wilt disease management in cumin
T1 : No use of trichoderma or fungicide at the time of sowing	JAU, Junagadh	1063.5 (14.8 %)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	97235	2.72
T2 : Application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha with organic manure @500 kg / ha at the time of sowing		1250 (8.9 %)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	120560	3.37
T3 : Application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha along with organic manure @500 kg / ha at the time of sowing and second application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha along with organic manure by broadcasting method at 15 days after germination.		1375 (3.2 %)	Kg/ha ( % plant infestation)	136095	3.80

C2. Details of each On Farm Trial for assessment to be furnished in the following format separately as per the following details

OFT-1

1. Title of Technology Assessed : Organic farming in KharifGroundnut

2. Problem Definition : Non use of organic products in farming

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment :

1. RDF (Chemical)+ Seed treatment

2. Only cow based

3. All Bio product

4. Source of technology : JAU

5. Production system and thematic area : NCDF, Ghaziabad (UP)

6. Production system and thematic area : NRM

7. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Yield ( Kg/ha )
No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	T1	T2	T3
1	KVK Farm	Targhadia	2250	1700	1930
Average			2250	1700	1930

8 Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques : Chemical treatment has given higher production as compare to organic treatment.

9. Final recommendation for micro level situation :Yield can be increased and white grub infestation can be reduced with use of Trichoderma in mixture with castor cake.

10. Constraints identified and feedback for research : - White grub infestation was observed more in organic are as compare to chemical treatment.

11. Process of farmers participation and their reaction : This was first trial for experimentation and it will be improved and repeated nest.

OFT-2

1. Title of Technology Assessed : Infestation of white grub in organic Kharif Groundnut

2. Problem Definition : Higher use of pesticides

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment :

1. RDF Chemical + seed treatments for white grubs and sucking pests

2. Only cow based

3. All Bio product

4. Source of technology : JAU

5. Production system and thematic area : NCDF, Ghaziabad (UP)

6. Production system and thematic area : NRM

7. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
				T1	T2	T3
1	KVK Farm	Targhadia	Yield ( Kg/ha )	2250	1700	1930
			( % plant infestation)	1.9	2.5	1.3

8. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques : Chemical treatment has given higher production as compare to organic treatment.

9. Final recommendation for micro level situation :Yield can be increased and white grub infestation can be reduced with use of Trichoderma in mixture with castor cake.

10. Constraints identified and feedback for research : - White grub infestation was observed more in organic are as compare to chemical treatment.

11. Process of farmers participation and their reaction : This was first trial for experimentation and it will be improved and repeated nest.

OFT-3

1. Title of Technology Assessed : Effect of the fungicide on disease of chilli

2. Problem Definition : Wilt diseases in chilli

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment :

T1: 2 spray of Hexaconazol @ 1ml per litre @ 15 days interval

T2: Seed treatment of Carbendazime @ 3 gm per seed + soil application of Trichoderma @2.5 kg/ha + Soil drenching of COC@ 40gm/10 lit

T3: 2 spray of Hexaconazol @ 1ml per litre @ 15 days interval + Soil drenching of COC@ 40gm/10 lit

4. Source of technology : JAU

5. Production system and thematic area : IDM

6. Production system and thematic area : IDM

7. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
				T1	T2	T3
1	KVK Farm	Targhadia	Yield ( Kg/ha )	9917	13167	10125
			( % plant infestation)	15	8	10

8. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques : T2 has given higher production as compare to T1 & T3

9. Final recommendation for micro level situation : this is first year of trial final result will be obtained after two year trial

10. Constraints identified and feedback for research : - T2 has given higher production as compare to T1 & T3

11. Process of farmers participation and their reaction : This was first trial for experimentation and it will be waited for farmer participation & reaction

OFT-4

1. Title of Technology Assessed : Use ofTrichoderma for wilt disease management in cumin

2. Problem Definition : Heavy incidence of wilt disease in cumin

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment :

T1: No use of Trichoderma or fungicide at the time of sowing

T2: Application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha with organic manure @500 kg / ha at the time of sowing..

T3: Application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha along with organic manure @500 kg / ha at the time of sowing and second application of Trichoderma @ 5 kg /ha along with organic manure by broadcasting method at 15 days after germination.

4. Source of technology : JAU

5. Production system and thematic area : IDM

6. Production system and thematic area : IDM

7. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
				T1	T2	T3
1	KVK Farm	Targhadia	Yield ( Kg/ha )	1063.5	1250	1375
			( % plant infestation)	14.8	8.9	3.2

8. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques : T3 has given higher production as compare to T1 & T2

9. Final recommendation for micro level situation : This is first year of trial final result will be obtained after two year trial

10. Constraints identified and feedback for research : - T3 has given higher production as compare to T2 & T3

11. Process of farmers participation and their reaction : This was first trial for experimentation and it will be waited for farmer participation & reaction

FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATION

A. Follow-up for results of FLDs implemented during previous years

List of technologies demonstrated during previous year and popularized during 2021 and recommended for large scale adoption in the district

S. No	Crop/ Enterprise	Thematic Area*	Technology demonstrated	Details of popularization methods suggested to the Extension system	Horizontal spread of technology
S. No	Crop/ Enterprise	Thematic Area*	Technology demonstrated		No. of villages	No. of farmers	Area in ha
1	Groundnut	IPM	Varietal evaluation+ IPM through Chlorpyriphos	Management of white grub through seed treatment	9	12	6.0
2	Groundnut	INM	Variety+ INM+ IPM+IDM	To test yield potentiality of newly released groundnut variety	8	11	5.0
3	Chickpea	Varietal evaluation	GJG-5	To test yield potentiality of newly released gram variety	10	11	7.0
4	Cumin	Pest Management	IPM	Management of pest through bio agent	1	10	4.0
5	Cumin	Disease Management	IDM	Management of wilt through bio agent	5	6	3.0
6	Buffalo	Nutrient Manage ment	Chelated mineral mixture power	Increased milk production	5	22	21
7	Cow	Nutrient Manage.	by Pass protein	Increased milk production	4	12	12
8	Cow	Nutrient Manage.	by pass fat	Increased milk fat %	4	14	14

B.Details of FLDs implemented during 2021

**(Kharif 2021, Rabi 2020-21, Summer 2021)**

Oilseeds (Kharif-2021):

Sr. No.	Crop	Thematic area	Technology Demonstrated	Season and year	Area (ha)		No. of farmers/ Demonstration			Reasons for shortfall in achievement
Sr. No.	Crop	Thematic area	Technology Demonstrated	Season and year	Proposed	Actual	SC/ ST	Others	Total	Reasons for shortfall in achievement
1	Groundnut	Pest Management	Varietal evaluation + IPM	Kharif 2021	4.0	4.0	1	9	10	-
2	Groundnut	Nutrient & Pest management	Varietal + INM+IDM + IPM	Kharif 2021	4.0	4.0	1	9	10	-

Pulses (Rabi 2020-21):

Sr. No.	Crop	Thematic area	Technology Demonstrated	Season and year	Area (ha)		No. of farmers/ Demonstration			Reasons for shortfall
					Proposed	Actual	SC/ ST	Others	Total
1	Chickpea	Varietal evaluation	Varietal evaluation (GG-5 )	Rabi 2020-21	20	20	10	40	50	-

Others (Spices & livestock):

Sr. No.	Crop	Thematic area	Technology Demonstrated	Season and year	Area (ha)		No. of farmers/ Demonstration			Reasons for shortfall
Sr. No.	Crop	Thematic area	Technology Demonstrated	Season and year	Proposed	Actual	SC/ ST	Others	Total	Reasons for shortfall
1	Cumin	IPM	GC-4	Rabi 2020-21	4	4	1	9	10	-
2	Cumin	IDM	GC-4	Rabi 2020-21	2	2	1	4	5	-
3	Cow	Nutrient Management	Bypass Protein (22%)	-	-	-	2	18	20	-
4	Cow	Nutrient Management	ByPass Fat	-	-	-	1	9	10	-
5	Buffalo	Nutrient Management	Chelated Mineral Mixture	-	-	-	4	36	40	-

Details of farming situation

Crop	Season	Farming situation (RF/Irrigated)	Soil type	Status of soil			Previous crop	Sowing date	Harvest date	Seasonal rainfall (mm)	No. of rainy days
Crop	Season	Farming situation (RF/Irrigated)	Soil type	N	P	K
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Groundnut	Kharif	RF	M. B.	L	M	H	Wheat/ Cumin	11/6/ 2021	16/10/ 2021	1156 mm	-
Groundnut	Kharif	RF	M. B.	L	M	H	Wheat/ Cumin	4/6/ 2021	2/10/ 2021	1156 mm	-
Chickpea	Rabi	Irrigated	M. B.	L	M	H	G’nut / Cotton	16/11/2020	21/2/ 2021	-	-
Cumin	Rabi	Irrigated	M. B.	L	M	H	G’nut / Cotton	24/11/2020	20/2/ 2021	-	-

Technical Feedback on the demonstrated technologies

S. No.	Feed Back
1	To enhance the farmers to use recently developed certified varieties of different crops.
2	Proper use of fertilizers, Irrigation, insecticides and fungicide as per recommendation to reduce the production cost.
3	Low yield of Garlic variety G-4 to compare local variety.
4	High yield and big size of Onion variety Red-3 to compare local variety

Farmers’ reactions on specific technologies

S. No.	Feed Back
1.	Reddening in cotton
2.	Pink boll worm in cotton
3.	Pod borer / wire worm and ear wing problem in groundnut in sporadic area
4.	White grub damage was observed in groundnut in sporadic area
5.	Infestation of stem rot, rust and tikka disease were observed in groundnut
6.	Research needed for control of insect-pests and diseases in organic farming
7.	Colletotricum fungus (Onion ring disease) in Kharif onion
8.	Longer inter calving period in buffalo
9.	Mastitis problem in cow and buffalo

Extension and Training activities under FLD

Sl.No.	Activity	No. of activities organised	Date	Number of participants	Remarks
1	Field days	6	August and February	131	-
2	Farmers Training	4	2021	113	-
3	Media coverage	1	-	-	-
4	Training for extension functionaries	1	September	21	-

C. Performance of Frontline demonstrations

Frontline demonstrations on oilseed crops

Crop	Thematic Area	Technology demonstrated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Yield (q/ha)				% Increase in yield	Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
						Demo			Check		Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)
						High	Low	Average
Groundnut	Pest Management	Varietal evaluation+ IPM	GJG-32	10	4.0	31.00	23.00	27.00	21.00	28.6	36000	105000	69000	2.91	35100	95000	59900	2.70
Groundnut	Nutrient & Pest management	Varietal + INM+IDM + IPM	GJG-32	10	4.0	33.00	25.00	29.00	23.00	26.08	38000	115000	77000	3.02	35500	98500	63000	2.77

Frontline demonstration on pulse crops :

Crop

Thematic Area

technology

demon-strated

Variety

No. of

Farmers

Area

(ha)

Eq Yield (q/ha)

% Increase

in yield

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)

Economics of check

(Rs./ha)

Demo

Check

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net Return

BCR

(R/C)

High

Low

Average

Chickpea

Varietal evaluation

(GG-5 )

GG-5

26.50

22.25

23.75

20.50

15.85

27500

121125

93625

4.40

26500

104550

78050

9.95

FLD on Other crops

Category & Crop	Thematic Area	Name of the technology	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Yield (q/ha)				% Change in Yield	Other Parameters disease percent		Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
					Demo			Check		Demo	Check	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)
					High	Low	Average
Cumin	IPM	GC-4	10	4	12.50	10.62	11.69	9.73	20.00			36220	147500	111280	3.07	32100	121625	89526	2.78
Cumin	IDM	GC-4	5	2	13.75	11.25	12.25	10.50	14.28			35550	153125	117575	3.30	32100	131250	99150	3.08

FLD on Livestock

Category

Thematic area

Name of the technology

demonstrated

No. of Farmer

No.of Units

(Animal/ Poultry/

Birds, etc)

Major parameters

change

in major

parameter

Other parameter

Economics of demonstration (Rs.)

Economics of check

(Rs.)

Demo

Check

Demo

Check

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net

Return

BCR

(R/C)

Cow

Nutrient

Management

Bypass Protein (22%)

1686

1494

12.85

59852

79533

19681

1.32

53598

68540

14942

1.28

Buffalo

Nutrient

Management

By Pass Fat

8.0 %

6.7 %

19.40

Buffalo

Nutrient

Management

Chelated Mineral Mixture

1613

1491

8.18

59130

75086

15956

1.34

58126

69657

11531

1.27

Training Programmes

Farmers’ Training including sponsored training programmes (on campus)

Thematic area	No. of courses	Participants
		Others			SC/ST			Grand Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
I Crop Production
Weed Management	1	15	2	17	7	3	10	22	5	27
Resource Conservation Technologies	2	32	8	40	12	8	20	44	16	60
Production of organic inputs	2	31	7	38	13	6	19	44	13	57
Others (pl. specify)
Total	5	78	17	95	32	17	49	110	34	144
II Horticulture
Fruits
Cultivation of Fruit	1	19	4	23	0	0	0	19	4	23
Plant propagation techniques	1	21	5	26	0	0	0	21	5	26
Total	2	40	9	49	0	0	0	40	9	49
III Soil Health and Fertility Management
Soil fertility management	1	12	0	12	5	3	8	17	3	20
Integrated water management	1	15	5	20	7	2	9	22	7	29
Total	2	27	5	32	12	5	17	39	10	49
IV Livestock Production and Management
Dairy Management	3	54		54	8		8	62		62
Disease Management	1	18		18	2		2	20		20
Feed & fodder technology	1	19		19	3		3	22		22
Production of quality animal products	1	21		21	2		2	23		23
Total	6	112	0	112	15	0	15	127	0	127
VI Agril. Engineering
Farm Machinery and its maintenance	1	32	0	32	3	0	3	35	0	35
Installation and maintenance of micro irrigation systems	1	27	0	27	3	0	3	30	0	30
Use of Plastics in farming practices	1	11	0	11	4	0	4	15	0	15
Production of small tools and implements
Repair and maintenance of farm machinery and implements	1	21	0	21	2	0	2	23	0	23
Small scale processing and value addition	1	0	23	23	0	4	4	0	27	27
Post Harvest Technology
Others (pl specify)	2	47	6	53	5	1	6	52	7	59
Total	7	138	29	167	17	5	22	155	34	189
VII Plant Protection
Integrated Pest Management	2	47		47		3	3	47	3	50
Integrated Disease Management	1	19		19	4		4	23		23
Bio-control of pests and diseases	1	22		22	2		2	24		24
Production of bio control agents and bio pesticides	1	24		24	1		1	25		25
Others (pl specify)
Total	5	112	0	112	7	3	10	119	3	122
GRAND TOTAL	27	507	60	567	83	30	113	590	90	680

Farmers’ Training including sponsored training programmes (off campus)

Thematic area	No. of courses	Participants
		Others			SC/ST			Grand Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
I Crop Production
Weed Management	3	66	5	71	15	5	20	81	10	91
Resource Conservation Technologies	3	62	3	65	11	4	15	73	7	80
Soil & water conservation	3	61	13	74	15	5	20	76	18	94
Integrated nutrient management	1	20	3	23	3	2	5	23	5	28
Production of organic inputs	2	45	5	50	7	2	9	52	7	59
Total	12	254	29	283	51	18	69	305	47	352
II Horticulture
a) Vegetable Crops
Off-season vegetables	1	20	2	22	3		3	23	2	25
Nursery raising	1	19	4	23	4		4	23	4	27
Total (a)	2	39	6	45	7		7	46	6	52
b) Fruits
Micro irrigation systems of orchards	1	25		25				25		25
Total (b)	1	25		25				25		25
Grand Total (a to b)	3	64	6	70	7	0	7	71	6	77
III Soil Health and Fertility Management
Integrated Nutrient Management	1	20	0	20	7	0	7	27	0	27
Balance use of fertilizers	1	19	0	19	7	0	7	26	0	26
Soil and Water Testing	1	22	4	26	5	2	7	27	6	33
Total	3	61	4	65	19	2	21	80	6	86
IV Livestock Production and Management
Dairy Management	2	33		33	7		7	40		40
Disease Management	2	36		36	5		5	41		41
Feed & fodder technology	2	29		29	10		10	39		39
Production of quality animal products	1		21	21		3	3		24	24
Total	7	98	21	119	22	3	25	120	24	144
V Agril. Engineering
Farm Machinery and its maintenance	1	21	0	21	2	0	2	23	0	23
Installation and maintenance of micro irrigation systems	1	23	0	23	3	0	3	26	0	26
Use of Plastics in farming practices	1	25	0	25	2	0	2	27	0	27
Post Harvest Technology	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	15	0	15
Others (pl specify)	1	37	0	37	5	0	5	42	0	42
Total	5	121	0	121	12	0	12	133	0	133
VI Plant Protection
Integrated Pest Management	3	72		72	2		2	74		74
Integrated Disease Management	3	60		60	3		3	63		63
Production of bio control agents and bio pesticides	1	22		22	1		1	23		23
Others (pl specify)	1	21		21	1		1	22		22
Total	8	175	0	175	7	0	7	182	0	182
GRAND TOTAL	38	773	60	833	118	23	141	891	83	974

Farmers’ Training including sponsored training programmes – CONSOLIDATED

(On + Off campus)

Thematic area	No. of courses	Participants
		Others			SC/ST			Grand Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
I Crop Production
Weed Management	4	81	7	88	22	8	30	103	15	118
Resource Conservation Technologies	5	94	11	105	23	12	35	117	23	140
Soil & water conservation	3	61	13	74	15	5	20	76	18	94
Integrated nutrient management	1	20	3	23	3	2	5	23	5	28
Production of organic inputs	4	76	12	88	20	8	28	96	20	116
Total	17	332	46	378	83	35	118	415	81	496
II Horticulture
a) Vegetable Crops
Off-season vegetables	1	20	2	22	3		3	23	2	25
Nursery raising	1	19	4	23	4		4	23	4	27
Total (a)	2	39	6	45	7		7	46	6	52
b) Fruits
Cultivation of Fruit	1	19	4	23				19	4	23
Micro irrigation systems of orchards	1	25		25				25		25
Plant propagation techniques	1	21	5	26				21	5	26
Others (pl specify)
Total (b)	3	65	9	74				65	9	74
Grand Total (a to b)	5	104	15	119	7	0	7	111	15	126
III Soil Health and Fertility Management
Soil fertility management	1	12	0	12	5	3	8	17	3	20
Integrated water management	1	15	5	20	7	2	9	22	7	29
Integrated Nutrient Management	1	20	0	20	7	0	7	27	0	27
Nutrient Use Efficiency
Balance use of fertilizers	1	19	0	19	7	0	7	26	0	26
Soil and Water Testing	1	22	4	26	5	2	7	27	6	33
Total	5	88	9	97	31	7	38	119	16	135
IV Livestock Production and Management
Dairy Management	5	87		87	15		15	102		102
Disease Management	3	54		54	7		7	61		61
Feed & fodder technology	3	48		48	13		13	61		61
Production of quality animal products	2	21	21	42	2	3	5	23	24	47
Total	13	210	21	231	37	3	40	247	24	271
V Agril. Engineering
Farm Machinery and its maintenance	2	53	0	53	5	0	5	58	0	58
Installation and maintenance of micro irrigation systems	2	50	0	50	6	0	6	56	0	56
Use of Plastics in farming practices	2	36	0	36	6	0	6	42	0	42
Repair and maintenance of farm machinery and implements	1	21	0	21	2	0	2	23	0	23
Small scale processing and value addition	1	0	23	23	0	4	4	0	27	27
Post Harvest Technology	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	15	0	15
Others (pl specify)	3	84	6	90	10	1	11	94	7	101
Total	12	259	29	288	29	5	34	288	34	322
VI Plant Protection
Integrated Pest Management	5	119	0	119	2	3	5	121	3	124
Integrated Disease Management	4	79	0	79	7	0	7	86	0	86
Bio-control of pests and diseases	1	22	0	22	2	0	2	24	0	24
Production of bio control agents and bio pesticides	2	46	0	46	2	0	2	48	0	48
Others (pl specify)	1	21	0	21	1	0	1	22	0	22
Total	13	287	0	287	14	3	17	301	3	304
GRAND TOTAL	65	1280	120	1400	201	53	254	1481	173	1654

Training for Rural Youths including sponsored training programmes (On campus)

Area of training	No. of Courses	No. of Participants
		General					SC/ST							Grand Total
		Male	Female		Total			Male		Female		Total			Male		Female		Total
Integrated farming	1	23		0	23	5			0		5		28			0		28
TOTAL	1	23		0	23	5			0		5		28			0		28

Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training (off campus)

Area of training	No. of Courses	No. of Participants
		General/ Others			SC/ST			Grand Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Integrated Nutrient management	2	25	5	30	8	3	11	33	8	41
TOTAL	2	25	5	30	8	3	11	33	8	41

Details of vocational training programmes carried out by KVKs for rural youth

Area of training	No. of Courses	No. of Participants
		General/Others			SC/ST			Grand Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Crop production and management
Organic farming	1	15	0	15	6	0	6	21	0	21
Total	1	15	0	15	6	0	6	21	0	21
Agricultural Extension
Capacity building and group dynamics	4	217	1	218	10	1	11	227	2	229
Total	4	217	1	218	10	1	11	227	2	229
Grand Total	5	232	2	233	16	1	17	248	2	250

Extension Programmes

Activities	No. of programmes	No. of farmers	No. of Extension Personnel	TOTAL
Advisory Services (Other than KMAS)	10	19	1	20
Diagnostic visits	2	10	2	12
Field Day	6	131	2	133
Group discussions	4	61	-	61
Kisan Ghosthi	2	411	2	413
Film Show	1	51	1	52
Self -help groups	1	25	1	26
Kisan Mela	1	-	-	-
Exhibition	24	146	2	148
Scientists' visit to farmers field	12	23	2	25
Plant/animal health camps	1	13	1	14
Farm Science Club	-	-	-	-
Ex-trainees Sammelan	-	-	-	-
Farmers' seminar/workshop	3	22	1	23
Method Demonstrations	9	18	1	19
Celebration of world water day	1	47	2	49
Celebration of international women day	1	23	2	25
Celebration of honey bee day	1	25	2	27
Celebration of world milk day	1	31	1	32
Celebration of environment day	1	15	1	16
Celebration of food & nutrition day	1	46	1	47
Celebration of poshan maah	1	30	3	33
Celebration of Technology week	1	682	4	686
Priminister Programme	1	187	2	189
Celebration of swachta pakhwadia	3	78	3	81
Celebration National Pension day	1	32	3	35
Celebration of Mahila kisan diwas	1	30	3	33
Celebration of World food day	1	35	4	39
Celebgration of World soil day	1	70	3	73
Pradhanmantri Natural farming Programme	1	156	3	159
Celebration of Kisan Diwas	1	51	2	53
Celebration of world pulse day	1	65	4	69
Total	95	2533	59	2592

Details of other extension programmes

Particulars	Number
Electronic Media (CD./DVD)	1
Extension Literature	1
Newspaper coverage	10
Popular articles	-
Radio Talks	-
TV Talks	-
Animal health camps (Number of animals treated)	1 (78)
Others (pl. specify)	-
Total	13

Online activities during year 2021

S. No.	Activity Type	Mode of implementation (Video conferencing / Audio Conferencing / Facebook Live / YouTube Live/ Zoom/ Google meet/ Webex etc.)	Title of Program	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants/ Views
A	Farmers training	Audio conferencing	Agriculture & Animal science	6	324
1		Video conferencing	Pre seasonal training kharif	1	53
2		Google meet	Pre seasonal training Rabi	1	57
3		Zoom	Care & management of livestock	1	68
	Total			9	502
B	Farmers scientist’s interaction programme	Video conferencing	Plant protection	1	46
B	Total			1	46
C	Farmers seminars	-	-	-	-
C	Total			-	-
D	Expert lectures	-	-	-	-
D	Total			-	-
E	Any other (Pl. specify)
1	With the help of KVK and Reliance Foundation, information about the precautions of Covid-19, Arogya setu app and information about the distribution of groundnuts by the university was given to the farmers who were connected by phone	Audio conferencing	-	1	2400
	Total			1	2400
	Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E)			11	2948

PRODUCTION OF SEED/PLANTING MATERIAL AND BIO-PRODUCTS

Production of seeds by the KVKs

Crop	Name of the crop	Name of the variety	Name of the hybrid	Quantity of seed (q)	Value (Rs)	Number of farmers
Oilseeds	Groundnut (Breeder)	GJG-31	-	2650	-	-
	Groundnut (Breeder)	GJG-32	-	3000	-	-
	Groundnut (TF)	GJG-32	-	8200	-	-
	Groundnut (TF)	GJG-22	-	6000	-	-
Pulses	Chickpea (Foundation)	GJG-6	-	2880	-	-
Total				22730

Literature Developed/Published(with full title, author & reference)

Item	Title	Authors name	Name & Number
Research papers	Incidence of Peste des petits ruminants virus infection in small ruminants of saurashtra region of Gujarat state	M. M. Tajpara, A.N. Kanani, H.H.Savsani, J.B. Kathiriya, P.V.Gohil, D.R. Patel and N.M.Shah	International Journal of Current Microbiology & Applied Sciences 10(7): 257-269 July 2021
	Molecular Detection & Sequencing of peste des petits ruminants virus of saurashtra region of gujarat	M. M.Tajpara, N.M.Shah, B.B. Javia, D.B. Barad, U.V. Ramani, D.R. Patel, V.A.Kalaria	The Indian Journal of Veterinary Science & Biotechnology 17(4): 17-22 October 2021
	Evaluation of Blackgram [(Vigna mungo (L.)] Genotypes for Saline Tolerance at Seedling Stage Using Sea Water	Mukul Kumar Gandhi, Abhay Kumar, G. V. Marviya and Prasenjit Paul	International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 11(10):136-145 October 2021
	Productivity and economics of groundnut + castor (3:1) intercropping system as influenced by nutrient management under rainfed condition of saurashtra region	D.S.Hirapara, P.D.Vekaria	5^th International Agronomy Congress (Abstract) November 2021
	Altered expression levels of transcripts of GNAC TFs during drought stress in susceptible and tolerant cultivaras of groundnut	Feba Jacob, Mahesh Mahatma, Yogita Deshmukh, Umesh K. Kandoliya, G. V. Marviya, Meera Joshi and Ashish Vala	Plant Stress 3:1-8 January 2022
Technical reports	Monthly, quart, Six monthly and Annual	Junagadh Agri. University	19
Others	Achievement and Endeavours of KVK Since inception	KVK-Targhadia	Agri. Extn. Publication Series No.: 3-1-3 August-2021

17. Details of HRD activities attended by KVK staff during 2021

Name of the staff	Designation	Title of the training programme	Institute where attended	Mode (Online/Offline)	Dates
Dr. B. B. Kabaria	Senior Scientist & head	State level annual action plan workshop of KVK (Gujarat)	ATARI Pune	Online	18/02/21
Dr. M. M. Tajpara Dr. J. H. Chudhray Dr. M. K. Jadeja	Subject Matter Specialist	Participatory Programme & Planning, Monitoring, & Evaluation	EEI Anand	Online	9/03/2021 to 10/03/2021
Dr. M. M. Tajpara	Subject Matter Specialist	Annual Review workshop of TDC-NICRA KVK	ATARI Pune	Online	15/05/2021
Dr. J. H. Chudhray	Subject Matter Specialist	Organization of Training Programme on Pulse with respect to seed Minikit Programme during Kharif 21	ATARI-Pune	Online	09/06/21
Dr. D. S. Hirpara	Senior Scientist & head	Online Annual zonal workshop of KVK Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa	ATARI-Pune	Online	04/08/21 to 06/08/21
Dr. D. S. Hirpara	Senior Scientist & head	ARYA Project Team Meeting	ATARI-Pune	Online	27/08/21
Dr. M. M. Tajpara, Dr. J. H. Chudhray Dr. M. K. Jadeja D. P. Sanepara	Subject Matter Specialist	Use of Mass Media for Transfer of Technology	EEI Anand	Online	01/09/21 to 03/09/21
Dr. D. S. Hirpara	Senior Scientist & head (I/C)	Review Meeting of Pulse Seed hub	ATARI-Pune	Online	14/10/21
Dr. D. S. Hirpara	Senior Scientist & head (I/C)	ARYA Research Project Review meeting	ATARI-Pune	Online	22/11/21
Dr. D. S. Hirpara	Senior Scientist & head (I/C)	5^th International Agronomy Congress	PJTSAU, Hyderabad	Offline	23/11/21 to 27/11/21
Dr. M. M. Tajpara	Subject Matter Specialist (I/C)	Natural Farming Training	Adalaj, Gandhinagar	Offline	26/11/21 to 01/12/21
Dr. M. K. Jadeja D. P. Sanepara	Subject Matter Specialist (I/C)	Presentation skills for professional excellence	JAU, Junagadh	Offline	01/12/21 to 03/12/21

Details of Other Projects running at KVK, Rajkot-I

I.Agricultural Technology Information Center (ATIC)

***Kharif*-2021**

Area, technology demonstrated and performance of FLDs:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Tech. Demons treated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Demo. Yield (qt/ha)			Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Tech. Demons treated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	H	L	A	Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	Groundnut	Variety & INM	GJG-22	50	20	23.20	18.15	20.60	17.90	15.08

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)
12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
40500	115360	74860	2.85	39300	100240	60940	2.55

***Rabi*-2020-21**

Area, technology demonstrated and input details:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Tech. Demons treated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha.)/ No.	Demo. Yield Qtl/ha			Yield of local Check Qtl./ha	Increase in yield (%)
						H	L	A
1	Chick pea	Varietal evaluation (GG-5 )	GG-5	50	20	26.50	22.25	23.75	20.50	15.85

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)
27500	121125	93625	4.40	26500	104550	78050	3.95

Details of training and other extension activities:

Nature of Extension Activity	No. of activities	Total Participants
On + Off campus Training	3	68
Kisan Ghosthi	2	53
Group meetings	2	38
Scientific visit to farmers field	3	27
Farmers visit to KVK	7	43
Extension Literature distribute	-	150

II. Cluster Frontline Demonstrations on oil seeds under NMOOP

***Kharif*-2021**

Area, technology demonstrated and performance of CFLDs:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Tech. Demons treated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Demo. Yield (qt/ha)			Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Tech. Demons treated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	H	L	A	Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	Groundnut	Variety & INM	GJG-22	50	20	23.75	18.75	21.25	18.50	14.86

Economics of demonstration (Rs/ha)				Economics of check (Rs/ha)
Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)

12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
40700	119000	78300	2.92	39500	103600	64100	2.62

Summer-2021

Area, technology demonstrated and input details:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Tech. Demons treated	Variety	No. of Farm-ers	Area (ha.)/ No.	Demo. Yield Qtl/ha			Yield of local Check Qtl./ha	Increase in yield (%)
						H	L	A
1	Sesame	Sesame Variety G.Til-3	G.Til-3	50	20	11.75	9.50	10.50	8.95	17.32

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)
28500	78750	50250	2.76	27800	67025	39325	2.41

Details of training and other extension activities:

Sr. No.	Extension Activities	No. of activities	Number of Participant
1	On campus training	1	24
2	Off campus training	1	26
3	Field day	1	22
4	Telephone help line	-	27
5	Scientist visit to farmer’s field	3	17

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

Detail of FLDs

Sr. No.	Crop	Tech. Demons treated	Critical Inputs (Variety)	No. of Farmers	Area (ha.)/ No.	Crop yield (q/ha) (Average)		Increase in yield (%)
						Demo	Local
1	Chickpea	Variety + INM + IDM + IPM	Seed of GJG-6 + bio fertilizer + Trichoderma + Behvaria	50	20	24.00	20.00	20.00

Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)

28000	122400	94400	4.37	26000	1,02,000	76000	3.92

Trainings programs conducted

Sr. No	On/Off Campus	No. of Training Conducted	Total No. of Participants
1	On Campus	2	53
2	Off Campus	2	55

Awareness programs / exposure visits / field days/Camps conducted

Sr. No.	Particulars	No. of Programmes	No. of participants
1	Agro advisory services	10	325
2	Literature Distributed	5	200

IV. Creation of Seed Hubs for Increasing Indigenous Production of Pulses in India

Overview of Seed Production :

Year	Season	Total Production (kg)	Selling as certified seed (kg)	Amount Paid to farmers (Rs.)	Total Income (Rs.)	Difference (Loss/ Profit)
2020-21	Rabi Chickpea (GG-5)	29600	-	1702000	1010000	692000
2020-21	Summer Green gram (GAM-5)	2080	-	164320	-	-

Trainings programs conducted

Sr. No	On/Off Campus	No. of Training Conducted	Total No. of Participants
1	On Campus	1	30
2	Off Campus	1	30

Awareness programs / exposure visits / field days/Camps conducted

Sr. No.	Particulars	No. of Programmes	No. of participants
1	Agro advisory services	5	200
2	Literature Distributed	3	150

V. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (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..

Objectives of the Scheme :

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

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

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

- 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.

1. Performance of FLDs:

(A) **Frontline Demonstrations of Rabi Chickpea (2020-21)**

Crop	Technology Demonstrated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Yield (q/ha)				% Increase in yield
					Demo			Check
					High	Low	Average
Chickpea	Varietal+ INM+IDM+IPM	GJG-6	20	8	27	19	23	19	21.05

Crop	No. of Farmers /demos	Area (ha)	Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
Crop	No. of Farmers /demos	Area (ha)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR
Chickpea	20	8	28400	117300	88900	4.13	25000	96900	71900	3.87

(B) Frontline Demonstrations of Wheat (2020-21)

Crop	Technology Demonstrated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Yield (q/ha)				% Increase in yield
					Demo			Check
					High	Low	Average
Wheat	Varietal+ INM+IDM+IPM	GW-451	20	8	55	49	52	45	15.55

Crop	No. of Farmers /demos	Area (ha)	Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)				Economics of check (Rs./ha)
Crop	No. of Farmers /demos	Area (ha)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR
Wheat	20	8	34000	110200	76200	3.24	31000	97000	66000	3.12

2. Others Extension Activities:

Sr. No.	Activity	No. of Participants
1	Training	2 (42)
2	Field day	1 (18)
3	Telephone help line	30
4	Farmers visit to KVK farm	30
5	Scientist visit to farmer’s field	3 (40)

VI. 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:

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.

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.

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

2. Training and Skill Development Programmes:

Sr	Training	No. of Youth participated
1	Nursery management	22
2	Post-harvest technology and value addition	25

3. Establishment of Enterprises at different villages under ARYA Project:

The groups of youth having age of 18 to 35 years have been formed and established 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 Jasdan taluka (Enterprise: Year 2017-18)

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

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

Group 8: (2 youths): Nursery Unitat Gunda village of Rajkot taluka (Entrepreneurial : Year 2020)

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

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/-)

5. Brief about enterprise-wise interventions:

5.1 Mini Oil Mill Unit at Targhadi village of Paddhari taluka:

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. 1,74,800 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. 13,11,000 per year.

5.2 Mini Oil Mill Plant at Raningpar village of Jasdan taluka:

The group of 15 rural youths in Raningpar village is earning upto Rs. 1,42,025 per month 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. 10,62,750 per year.

5.3 Entrepreneurship development through spices processing:

An enthusiastic group of 7 rural youths in Gadhaka village started enterprise of Spice processing unit and earning upto Rs. 61,500 per month. This enterprise is run more than 6 month during the year and earning net profit of Rs. 3,69,125 per year.

5.4 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 net profit of Rs. 3,90,000 per year.

5.5 Milk-Mava making at Ambardi village:

The active group of 8 youths at Ambardi village of Jasdan taluka started milk processing enterprise. They are producing milk-mava by processing of raw milk. The group generated net profit of Rs. 43,750 per month. This enterprise earning net profit of Rs. 4,37,500 per year.

5.6 Mini cleaning cum grading machine unit at Dungarka village of Paddhari taluka:

An entrepreneurial group of 8 rural youths in Dungarka village started enterprise Mini cleaning cum grading machine unit. This enterprise is run 5 month during the year and earning net profit of Rs. 2,80,000 per year.

5.7 Mini Dall Mill unit at Sal Pipaliya village of Paddhari taluka:

An entrepreneurial group of 10 rural youths in Sal Pipaliya village started enterprise Mini Dall Mill unit. This enterprise is run 6 month during the year and earning net profit of Rs. 3,90,000 per year.

5.8 Nursery unit at Gunda village of Rajkot taluka:

An entrepreneurial group of 4 rural youths in Gunda village started enterprise Nursery unit. This enterprise earning net profit of Rs. 1,80,000 per year.

VII. Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (MGMG)

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.

Sr. No.	Name of Institute	Total No. of Group	No. of Scientist Involved	No. of Village covered
1	KVK, JAU, Targhadia	2	6	10

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

S. No.	Name of activity	No. of activities conducted	No. of benefitted
1	Visit to village by teams	1	28
2	Interface meeting/ Goshthies	2	31
3	Training organized	3	87
4	Mobile based advisories	4	113
5	Literature Support Provided	4	128