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	:	-
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	Discipline	If Permanent, please indicate		Date of joining
Sl. No.	Sanctioned post	Name of the incumbent	Discipline	Current Pay Band	Current Grade Pay	Date of joining
1.	Senior Scientist and Head	Dr. G. V. Marviya	Bio-chemistry	131400-217100 (UL-13A)	139400/-	1-1-2022
2.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. M. M. Tajpara	Animal Science	68900-205500 (UL-11)	98300/-	4-8-2015
3.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	Agronomy	57700-182400 (UL-10)	68800/-	1-8-2017
4.	Subject Matter Specialist	Vacant	Plant Protection	-	-	-
5.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. J. N. Thaker	Horti-culture	79800-211500 (UL-12)	101100	1-04-2023
6.	Subject Matter Specialist	Shri D. P. Sanepara	Agril. Engg.	68900-205500 (UL-11)	107300/-	1-11-2016
7.	Subject Matter Specialist	Smt. H. H. Padsumbiya	Home Science	68900-205500 (UL-11)	98300/-	17-2-2022
8.	Programme Assistant	Vacant	-	-	-	-
9.	Computer Programmer	Miss. R. T. Padaliya	Computer	44900-142400 (L-8)	53600/-	3-1-2009
10.	Farm Manager	S. R. Rathva	Plant Breeding	39900-126600 (L-7)	39900/-	30-7-2018
11.	Accountant/ Superintendent	M. D. Vachhani	-	-	-	-
12.	Stenographer	Vacant	-	-	-	-
13.	Driver 1	Vacant	-	-	-	-
14.	Driver 2	Vacant	-	-	-	-
15.	Supporting staff 1	Vacant	-	-	-	-
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	Rajkot	Cluster I	Gunda	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)
			Maliyasan
			Sanosara
			Kuvadava
			Lakhapar
2	Jasdan	Cluster II	Madava
			Sitaliya
			Kanesara
			Kothi
			Rajavadla Jam
3	Vinchhiya	Cluster III	Sanali
			Kandhevaliya
			Revaniya
			Thoriyali
			Hathsani

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
7	17	7	17	14	14	145	152

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
76	86	1900	2996	-	999	-	20285

Seed Production (Qtl.)		Planting materials (Nos.)
5		6
Target	Achievement	Target	Achievement
-	142.25	-	10

B.Details of each On Farm Trial :

OFT-1

1. Title of Technology Assessed: Natural farming in Kharif Groundnut

2. Problem Definition: Deteriorate in yield and quality of groundnut

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment:

1. Seed treatment through fungicides, Use of chemical fertilizers, Use of Insecticides-Pesticides (Farmers Practices)

2. FYM@ 10 ton/ha, Use of PSB @ 8g/kg seeds, Use of Trichoderma viride @ 2.5 kg/ha, Use of Beauveria bassiana @ 80 mi per pump, Metarhyzium anisopliae @ 5 kg/ha, Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 2.5 kg/ha (Recommended

Practices)

3. Bijamrut @ 20 lit./100 kg seeds, Ghan Jivamrut @ 200 kg/acre in basal dose and 100 kg at flowering stage, Jivamrut @ 200 lit./acre, Use of Dasparni Ark @ Agniastra and Brahmastra @ 6 to 8 lit. dissolved in 100 to 200 lit. of

water and spray in 1 acre, Nimastra @ 200 lit. spray in 1 acre without water(Interventions)

4. Source of technology: Prakrutik Krushi Book by Acharya Devvrat, Hon’ble Governor of Gujarat and JAU, Junagadh

5. Production system and thematic area: NRM

6. 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	1650	1500	1350
Average			1650	1500	1350

Note: In T3 Treatment due to heavy Infestation of white grub, plant population was reduced to 50%

7. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters recorded through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques: Farmers practices has given higher production as compare to recommended practices and interventions.

8. Final recommendation for micro level situation: Yield can be increased and stem rot infestation can be reduced with use of Trichoderma in mixture with castor cake.

9. Constraints identified and feedback for research: - White grub infestation was observed more in recommended practices and interventions treatment.

10. Process of farmers participation and their reaction: The farmers participation in natural farming awareness and training programme enhanced day by day and they are adopting natural farming on their fields also.

OFT-2

1. Title of Technology Assessed:De-topping in Cotton

2. Problem Definition: Low Yield of Cotton

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment:

1. Farmers Practices

2. De-topping at 75 DAS

3. De-topping of monopodial branches at 75 DAS & 90 DAS

4. Source of technology: JAU

5. Production system and thematic area: NCM

6. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	T1	T2	T3
1	Devabhai Dodiya	Anadpar (Ta: Rajkot)	Yield (Kg/ha)	3300	3550	3800
2	Kalpeshbhai Dodiya			3550	3650	3850
3	Manojbhai Dodiya			3350	3450	3750
Average yield				3400	3550	3800

7. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters recorded through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques: Interventions treatment has given higher production as compare to farmers practice and recommended treatment.

8. Final recommendation for micro level situation: Yield can be increased through De-topping of monopodial branches at 75 DAS & 90 DAS

9. Constraints identified and feedback for research: - De-topping is much laborious work and taking time for operation.

10. Process of farmers participation and their reaction: Farmers are aware about de-topping in cotton and adopting this technology in their fields.

OFT-3

1. Title of Technology Assessed: Response of new release variety of Tomato GT-6 on leaf curl occurrence and yield

2. Problem Definition: Low yield of Tomato and Heavy Infestation of leaf Curl Virus

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment:

T1: Sowing of Local Variety + any Pesticides.

T2: Sowing of GT-6 Variety + foliar sprayings of Acephate 75 WP @ 1.5 g / liter 10 days after transplanting, Fipronil 5 SC @ 1.5 ml / liter 20 DAT, and Imidacloprid 70 WG @ 2g / 15 liter 40 DAT

T3: Sowing of Local variety and foliar sprayings of Acephate 75 WP @ 1.5 g / liter 10 days after transplanting, Fipronil 5 SC @ 1.5 ml / liter 20 DAT, and Imidacloprid 70 WG @ 2g / 15 liter 40 DAT

4. Source of technology: JAU

5. Production system and thematic area: IPM

6 Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	T1	T2	T3
1	Vastabhai Ramabhai Raghavani	Ori (Ta: Jasdan)	Yield (Kg/ha)	18300	22800	20100
2	Vinodbhai Gobarbhai Gohil	Ori (Ta: Jasdan)		17700	22200	19700
3	Mohanbhai Limbahbai Jamod	Ori (Ta: Jasdan)		18000	22500	19600
Average yield				18000	22500	19800
(% plant infestation)				10 to 15	1 to 2	5 to 6

7. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques: Interventions (GT-6 variety) has given higher production as compare to Farmers practices and recommended practices.

8. Final recommendation for micro level situation: Farmers should grow latest variety of Tomato GT-6 and carried out foliar sprayings of Acephate 75 WP @ 1.5 g / liter 10 days after transplanting, Fipronil 5 SC @ 1.5 ml / liter 20 DAT, and

Imidacloprid 70 WG @ 2g / 15 liter 40 DAT

9. Constraints identified and feedback for research: Farmers are less aware about latest technologies.

0. Process of farmers participation and their reaction: Farmers getting trainings and knowledge for latest technologies for better production in tomato.

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 Trichodermaor 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. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	T1	T2	T3
1	Bhavanbhai Kurjibhai Handa	Kanesara	Yield (Kg/ha)	745	880	1070
2	Vijaybhai Popatbhai Meniya			780	935	1155
3	Maheshbhai Rameshbhai Meniya			790	1080	1170
Average yield				772	965	1132
(% plant infestation)				15 to 18	10 to 12	5 to 6

7. 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

8. Final recommendation for micro level situation: 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 gave higher yield and lower plant infestation % as compared to T1 and T2.

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

10. Process of farmers participation and their reaction: From the selected villages of KVK, Rajkot-I, progressive farmers who willing to adopt the new technologies were identified and selected to perform the OFT on their field. During the season

guidance provided to them and data collected by the KVK scientist. Farmers are happy and agreed with the result found after completion of the OFT and ready to adopt the technology in whole farm in next season.

OFT-5

1. Title of Technology Assessed:Performance of drip irrigation with line sowing method in cumin

2. Problem Definition: Low yield due to sowing method and over irrigation

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment:

T1: Broad casting method without drip irrigation (Farmer’s practices)

T2: Line sowing (20 cm) with drip irrigation (Recommended technology)

4. Source of technology: RTTC, JAU, Junagadh

5. Production system and thematic area: Resource Conservation Technology

6. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Yield (kg/ha)
			T1	T2
1	Kanubhai Kurjibhai Meniya	Gokhlana (Ta: Jasdan)	945	1170
2	Manubhai KUrjibhai Meniya	Gokhlana (Ta: Jasdan)	930	1130
3	Babubhai Devabhai Ramani	Khorana (Ta: Rajkot)	975	1225
Average			950		1175

7. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques: Line sowing with drip irrigation gave higher production of cumin as compare to broad casting method with flood

irrigation.

8. Final recommendation for micro level situation: Yield can be increased and disease infestation can be reduced with use of drip irrigation in line sowing of cumin.

9. Constraints identified and feedback for research: -

10. Process of farmers participation and their reaction: Low disease infestation and increased yield in line sowing cumin crop with controlled irrigation (i.e. drip irrigation)

OFT-6

1. Title of Technology Assessed: Chelated mineral mixture, by pass protein and by pass fat for enhancing milk production indairy buffalo

2. Problem Definition: Low milk production & infertility problems in dairy cow

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment:

1. Farmers practices (Control)

2. Buffalo Fed with 50 gms/day chelated mineral mixture supplementation

3. Buffalo fed with 50 gms/day chelated mineral mixture, 5 kg by pass protein

4. Buffalo fed with 50 gms/day chelated mineral mixture, 5 kg by pass protein, 100 gm by pass fat

4. Source of technology: NDRI, Kernal, Hariyana

5. Production system and thematic area: Nutrition Management

6. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	T1	T2	T3	T4
1	Jigneshbhai Karsanbhai Kakdiya	Kuvadva	Milk Yield (Lit/day)	8.3	9.4	10.2	11.1
2	Kishorbhai Narshibhai Pansuriya	Maliyasan	Milk Fat (%)	6.4	7.0	7.4	7.9
2	Kishorbhai Narshibhai Pansuriya	Maliyasan	Estrus after calving (days)	138	113	99	89

7. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques: T4 treatment has given higher production as compare to T1, T2& T3

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

9. Constraints identified and feedback for research: - Milk Yield, Milk fat can be increased and estrus after calving can be reduced with use of chelated mineral mixture, bypass protein and bypass fat

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

OFT-7

1. Title of Technology Assessed: Fortified health management for reducing calf mortality

2. Problem Definition: During winter season calf mortality due to Pneumonia, diarrhea & low body weight

3. Details of technologies selected for assessment:

T1: Colustrum after birth upto 3 days

T2: T1+ Antibiotics (Oxytetracyclin) after 5-7 days

T3: T1+ deworming (Panacure) (1st dose -21 days and 2nd dose -42 days)

T4: T1 +T2+T3 (colostrum feeding + Antibiotic + deworming)

4. Source of technology: IVRI, Izzatnagar

5. Production system and thematic area: Disease Management

6. Production system and thematic area: Health Management

7. Performance of the Technology with performance indicators:

No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	Result
No	Name of the farmer	Name of the Village	Unit	T1	T2	T3	T4
1	Bhaveshbhai Radhubhai Sojitra	Kuvadva	Calf survival rate ( % )	41%	70%	68%	88%
2	Bhaveshbhai Hanshrajbhai Parsana	Sanosara	Body weight (%)	10%	13%	19%	19%

8. Feedback, matrix scoring of various technology parameters done through farmer’s participation / other scoring techniques: T4 has given higher calf survival rate than T1, T2, T3 and higher body weight gain as compare to T1 & T2

9. Final recommendation for micro level situation: This is second year of trial, final result will be obtained after three-year trial

10. Constraints identified and feedback for research: - T4 has given higher calf survival rate as compare to T1, T2 & T3

11. Process of farmers participation and their reaction: This was second year of trial for experimentation and it is waited for farmer participation & reaction.

C. FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATION

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	NRM	Varietal + INM+IDM + IPM	GJG-32	10	4.0	23.00	15.00	19.00	16.00	18.75	41500	105000	63500	2.53	39500	85800	46300	2.17
Groundnut	ICM	IPM Chlorpyriphos	GJG-32	10	4.0	25.00	21.50	23.00	19.38	18.90	42000	138000	96000	3.29	41000	116250	75250	2.84

Frontline demonstration on pulse crops:

Crop

Thematic Area

technology demonstrated

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

Varietal+ INM+IDM+IPM

GJG-6

4.0

24.00

16.00

20.00

18.00

11.11

27000

101300

74300

3.75

24500

90000

65500

3.67

Frontline demonstration on cereal crops:

Crop	Thematic Area	technology demonstrated	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
Wheat	ICM	INM	GW-451	5	2.0	45.00	33.00	39.00	36.00	8.33	32000	98500	66500	3.07	30100		91500	61400	3.03
Pear millet	ICM	Varietal (Bio fortified)	GHB 1129 and GHB 1231	5	2.0	31.25	26.50	28.75	26.25	9.52	23000	61095	38095	2.66	22500		55780	33280	2.48

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 +Beuveria	10	4	12.40	9.90	10.90	7.80	39.74	4%	16%	36200	261600	225400	7.23	34000	187200	153200	5.51
Cumin	IDM	Line sowing for minimizing the disease intensities	5	2	12.10	9.20	10.10	8.00	26.25	6%	15.3%	35800	242400	206600	6.77	33500	192000	158500	5.73

FLD on Vegetable 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

Brinjal

Varietal

GRB-7

295

225

260

215

20.93

75000

234000

159000

3.12

70000

193000

123500

2.76

FLD on Farm Implements and Machinery

Agri-drone demonstration

Name of the implement	Season and year	Village Name	Crop	No. of Demo. at farmer’s field	Area (Acre)	Critical inputs	No. of farmers participated
Agri-drone	Kharif, 2023	Khorana	Cotton	1	1	Bio-pesticide (i.e. Beauveria bassiana)	42
	Kharif, 2023	Jiyana	Cotton	2	2		48
	Rabi, 2023-24	Ranpur	Chickpea	1	1		31
	Rabi, 2023-24	Ranpur	Cumin	1	1		31
	Rabi, 2023-24	Magharwada	Cumin	1	1		40
	Rabi, 2023-24	Magharwada	Chickpea	1	1		40

Farmers actively participated to see the Agri-drone demonstration and gave positive feedback about Agri-drone and interested to adopt the technology. The farmers have expressed their consent to spray pesticide using Agri-drone in their field.

By using Agri-drone technology, large area can be covered in short period of time as well as uniform spraying can be done and pesticide use efficiently is increased. Pesticide can be easily sprayed in standing crop like, cotton, chickpea, cumin, etc.

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	Another parameter		Economics of demonstration (Rs.)				Economics of check (Rs.)
Category	Thematic area	Name of the technology demonstrated	No. of Farmer	No.of Units (Animal/ Poultry/ Birds, etc)	Demo	Check	% change in major parameter	Demo	Check	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)	Gross Cost	Gross Return	Net Return	BCR (R/C)
Buffalo	Nutrient Management	Bypass Protein (22%)	20	20 animals	1892 kg/lactation	1683 kg/lactation	12.42			37900	85100	47200	2.25	36000	73600	37600	2.04
Buffalo	Nutrient Management	By Pass Fat	20	20 animals	8.1% Fat	6.8% Fat	19.12			35000	92420	57420	2.64	30000	71400	41400	2.38
Buffalo	Nutrient Management	Chelated Mineral mixture	20	20 animals	1648 kg/lactation	1493 kg/lactation	10.38			30000	67234	37234	2.24	27500	59040	31540	2.14
Fodder (Jinjvo)	Fodder Management		10	1	85	72	18.05			82300	123000	40700	2.49	73000	108000	35000	1.48

FLD on Other Enterprise: Kitchen Gardening

Category and Crop

Thematic area

Name of the technology

demonstrated

No. of Farmer

No. of Units

Yield (Kg)

% change in yield

Other parameters

Economics of demonstration (Rs. /ha)

Economics of check (Rs./ha)

Demons

ration

Check

Demo

Check

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net Return

BCR

(R/C)

Gross

Cost

Gross

Return

Net Return

BCR

(R/C)

Different vegetables

Nutritive & fresh healthy

vegetables

Kitchen garden

Farm women reaction

-Kitchen gardening gives continues supply of fresh vegetables at lower cost which gives daily nutritious diet

-In kitchen gardening farm women are not applying any agrochemicals so they produce organic vegetables

-Before demonstration, farm women were growing only three to four vegetable crops in their backyard but after demonstration they said that they will grow different vegetable crops through kitchen gardening in scientific way

-They gave extra vegetables to their neighbors

-Farm women said that now we will generate income by selling of extra vegetables because now they are aware about precious organic vegetables

- Due to kitchen gardening children learned to about plant cognization and bio diversity.

D. 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	26	0	26	0	0	0	26	0	26
Integrated Crop Management	1	25	0	25	5	0	5	30	0	30
Soil & water conservation
Integrated nutrient management	2	98	14	112	0	0	0	98	14	112
Production of organic inputs	2	30	20	50	5	7	12	35	27	62
Others (pl. specify) Organic/Natural Farming	7	198	20	218	26	8	34	224	28	252
Total	13	377	54	431	36	15	51	413	69	482
II Horticulture
a) Vegetable Crops
Others (pl specify) Natural Farming in vegetable crops	1	0	50	50	0	0	0	0	50	50
Total (a)	1	0	50	50	0	0	0	0	50	50
b) Fruits
Cultivation of Fruit	1	31	1	32	7	0	7	38	1	39
Others (pl specify) Natural Farming in horticulture crops	1	27	0	27	0	0	0	27	0	27
Total (b)	2	58	1	59	7	0	7	65	1	66
c) Ornamental Plants
Total (c)
d) Plantation crops
Others (pl specify) Honey bee rearing	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Total (d)	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
e) Tuber crops
Total (e)
f) Spices
Total (f)
g) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Total (g)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total (a to g)	4	83	51	134	7	0	7	90	51	141
III Soil Health and Fertility Management
Soil fertility management	1	43	0	43	0	0	0	43	0	43
Total	1	43	0	43	0	0	0	43	0	43
IV Livestock Production and Management
Dairy Management	2	16	19	35	3	4	7	19	23	42
Animal Nutrition Management	2	13	38	51	0	11	11	13	49	62
Disease Management	1	16	0	16	2	0	2	18	0	18
Feed & fodder technology	1	18	0	18	2	0	2	20	0	20
Production of quality animal products
Others (pl specify)	1	17	0	17	4	0	4	21	0	21
Total	7	80	57	137	11	15	26	91	72	163
V Home Science/Women empowerment
Household food security by kitchen gardening and nutrition gardening	1		17	17		1	1		18	18
Design and development of low/minimum cost diet	1		29	29		1	1		30	30
Designing and development for high nutrient efficiency diet	1		30	30					30	30
Processing and cooking	1		12	12					12	12
Storage loss minimization techniques	2		39	39		3	3		42	42
Value addition	1		17	17		2	2		19	19
Rural Crafts	1		34	34		2	2		36	36
Women and child care	1		36	36					36	36
Others (pl specify)
Total	9	0	214	214	0	9	9	0	223	223
VI Agril. Engineering
Farm Machinery and its maintenance	1	9	0	9	1	0	1	10	0	10
Installation and maintenance of micro irrigation systems	2	45	0	45	2	0	2	47	0	47
Repair and maintenance of farm machinery and implements	1	19	3	22	0	0	0	19	3	22
Small scale processing and value addition	1	16	0	16	2	0	2	18	0	18
Post Harvest Technology	1	18	0	18	1	0	1	19	0	19
Others: Rain water harvesting	1	26	0	26	3	0	3	29	0	29
Others: Efficient use of MIS	2	58	3	61	4	0	4	62	3	65
Total	9	191	6	197	13	0	13	204	6	210
VII Plant Protection
Integrated Pest Management	1	15	1	16	0	0	0	15	1	16
Bio-control of pests and diseases	1	31	8	39	0	0	0	31	8	39
Others (pl specify) Bio-control of weeds	1	0	42	42	0	8	8	0	50	50
Total	3	46	51	97	0	8	8	46	59	105
GRAND TOTAL	46	820	433	1253	67	47	114	887	480	1367

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	1	18	0	18	2	0	2	20	0	20
Resource Conservation Technologies	2	50	02	52	7	0	7	57	02	59
Micro Irrigation/irrigation	1	25	23	48	5	7	12	30	30	60
Soil & water conservation	1	20	1	21	4	0	4	24	1	25
Integrated nutrient management	1	20	0	20	4	0	4	24	0	24
Production of organic inputs	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	20	0	20
Total	7	153	26	179	22	7	29	175	33	208
II Horticulture
a) Vegetable Crops
Production of low value and high value crops	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Others (pl specify) IPM & IDM in vegetable crops.	1	13	9	22	0	0	0	13	9	22
Total (a)	2	38	9	47	0	0	0	38	9	47
b) Fruits
Total (b)
c) Ornamental Plants
Total (c)
d) Plantation crops
Total (d)
e) Tuber crops
Total (e)
f) Spices
Production and Management technology	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Total (f)	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
g) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Total (g)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total (a to g)	3	63	9	72	0	0	0	63	9	72
III Soil Health and Fertility Management
Integrated Nutrient Management	2	59	0	59	10	0	10	69	0	69
Total	2	59	0	59	10	0	10	69	0	69
IV Livestock Production and Management
Dairy Management	3	255	49	304	47	9	56	302	58	360
Animal Nutrition Management	1	15	0	15	3	0	3	18	0	18
Disease Management	1	64	48	112	3	5	8	67	53	120
Feed & fodder technology	1	109	0	109	11	0	11	120	0	120
Total	6	443	97	540	64	14	78	507	111	618
V Home Science/Women empowerment
Designing and development for high nutrient efficiency diet	1		19	19		5	5		24	24
Processing and cooking	1		18	18		3	3		21	21
Gender mainstreaming through SHGs	1	5	38	43				5	38	43
Storage loss minimization techniques	1		28	28		3	3		31	31
Value addition	1					20	20		20	20
Women empowerment	1		28	28					28	28
Location specific drudgery reduction technologies	1		23	23					23	23
Rural Crafts
Women and child care
Others (pl specify)
Total	7	5	154	159	0	31	31	5	185	190
VI Agril. Engineering
Farm Machinery and its maintenance	1	30	0	30	3	0	3	33	0	33
Use of Plastics in farming practices	1	17	2	19	3	0	3	20	2	22
Repair and maintenance of farm machinery and implements	1	29	0	29	2	0	2	31	0	31
Post Harvest Technology	1	19	2	21	5	0	5	24	2	26
Others: In-situ moisture conservation practices in dry land agriculture	1	23	0	23	2	0	2	25	0	25
Others: Importance and use of renewable energy in agriculture	1	18	4	22	2	0	2	20	4	24
Total	6	136	8	144	17	0	17	153	8	161
VII Plant Protection
Integrated Pest Management	2	30	5	35	0	0	0	30	5	35
Integrated Disease Management	1	19	6	25	0	0	0	19	6	25
Total	3	49	11	60	0	0	0	49	11	60
GRAND TOTAL	34	908	305	1213	113	52	165	1021	357	1378

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	2	44	0	44	2	0	2	46	0	46
Resource Conservation Technologies	2	50	2	52	7	0	7	57	2	59
Micro Irrigation/irrigation	1	25	23	48	5	7	12	30	30	60
Integrated Crop Management	1	25	0	25	5	0	5	30	0	30
Soil & water conservation	1	20	1	21	4	0	4	24	1	25
Integrated nutrient management	3	118	14	132	4	0	4	122	14	136
Production of organic inputs	3	50	20	70	5	7	12	55	27	82
Others (Organic and Natural Farming)	7	198	20	218	26	8	34	224	28	252
Total	20	530	80	610	58	22	80	588	102	690
II Horticulture
a) Vegetable Crops
Production of low value and high value crops	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Others (pl specify)	2	13	59	72	0	0	0	13	59	72
Total (a)	3	38	59	97	0	0	0	38	59	97
b) Fruits
Cultivation of Fruit	1	31	1	32	7	0	7	38	1	39
Others (pl specify)	1	27	0	27	0	0	0	27	0	27
Total (b)	2	58	1	59	7	0	7	65	1	66
c) Ornamental Plants
Total (c)
d) Plantation crops
Others (pl specify)	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Total (d)	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
e) Tuber crops
Total (e)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
f) Spices
Production and Management technology	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Total (f)	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
g) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Total (g)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total (a to g)	7	146	60	206	7	0	7	153	60	213
III Soil Health and Fertility Management
Soil fertility management	1	43	0	43	0	0	0	43	0	43
Integrated Nutrient Management	2	59	0	59	10	0	10	69	0	69
Total	3	102	0	102	10	0	10	112	0	112
IV Livestock Production and Management
Dairy Management	5	271	68	339	50	13	63	321	81	402
Animal Nutrition Management	3	28	38	66	3	11	14	31	49	80
Disease Management	2	80	48	128	5	5	10	85	53	138
Feed & fodder tech.	2	127	0	127	13	0	13	140	0	140
Others (pl specify)	1	17	0	17	4	0	4	21	0	21
Total	13	523	154	677	75	29	104	598	183	781
V Home Science/Women empowerment
Household food security by kitchen gardening and nutrition gardening	1	0	17	17	0	1	1	0	18	18
Design and development of low/minimum cost diet	1	0	29	29	0	1	1	0	30	30
Designing and development for high nutrient efficiency diet	2	0	49	49	0	5	5	0	54	54
Minimization of nutrient loss in processing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Processing and cooking	2	0	30	30	0	3	3	0	33	33
Gender mainstreaming through SHGs	1	5	38	43	0	0	0	5	38	43
Storage loss minimization techniques	3	0	67	67	0	6	6	0	73	73
Value addition	2	0	17	17	0	22	22	0	39	39
Women empowerment	1	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	28	28
Location specific drudgery reduction technologies	1	0	23	23	0	0	0	0	23	23
Rural Crafts	1	0	34	34	0	2	2	0	36	36
Women and child care	1	0	36	36	0	0	0	0	36	36
Others (pl specify)
Total	16	5	368	373	0	40	40	5	408	413
VI Agril. Engineering
Farm Machinery and its maintenance	2	39	0	39	4	0	4	43	0	43
Installation and maintenance of micro irrigation systems	2	45	0	45	2	0	2	47	0	47
Use of Plastics in farming practices	1	17	2	19	3	0	3	20	2	22
Repair and maintenance of farm machinery and implements	2	48	3	51	2	0	2	50	3	53
Small scale processing and value addition	1	16	0	16	2	0	2	18	0	18
Post-Harvest Technology	2	37	2	39	6	0	6	43	2	45
Others: Rain water harvesting	1	26	0	26	3	0	3	29	0	29
Others: Efficient use of MIS	2	58	3	61	4	0	4	62	3	65
Others: In-situ moisture conservation practices in dry land agriculture	1	23	0	23	2	0	2	25	0	25
Others: Importance and use of renewable energy in agriculture	1	18	4	22	2	0	2	20	4	24
Total	15	327	14	341	30	0	30	357	14	371
VII Plant Protection
Integrated Pest Management	3	45	6	51	0	0	0	45	6	51
Integrated Disease Management	1	19	6	25	0	0	0	19	6	25
Bio-control of pests and diseases	1	31	8	39	0	0	0	31	8	39
Production of bio control agents and bio pesticides
Others (pl specify)	1	0	42	42	0	8	8	0	50	50
Total	6	95	62	157	0	8	8	95	70	165
GRAND TOTAL	80	1728	738	2466	180	99	279	1908	837	2745

Training programmes for Extension Personnel including sponsored training

Area of training	No. of Courses	No. of Participants
		General/ Others			SC/ST			Grand Total
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Natural Farming	1	27	12	39	5	2	7	32	14	46
Importance and Efficient use of MIS in agriculture	1	40	0	40	0	0	0	40	0	40
TOTAL	2	67	12	79	5	2	7	72	14	86

Sponsored training programmes

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
Integrated Nutrient Management	2	98	14	112	0	0	0	98	14	112
Natural Farming	2	78	0	78	0	0	0	78	0	78
Total	4	176	14	190	0	0	0	176	14	190
Production and value addition
Fruit Plants	1	0	50	50	0	0	0	0	50	50
Vegetable crops	1	27	0	27	0	0	0	27	0	27
Soil health and fertility management	3	102	0	102	10	0	10	112	0	112
Others (pl. specify) Honey bee rearing	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	25	0	25
Total	6	154	50	204	10	0	10	164	50	214
Post harvest technology and value addition
Farm machinery
Micro Irrigation System
Operation and maintenance of micro irrigation system	1	15	0	15	2	0	2	17	0	17
Importance and Efficient use of drip irrigation system in horticulture crops	1	28	3	31	4	0	4	32	3	35
Total	2	43	3	46	6	0	6	49	3	52
Livestock and fisheries
Livestock production and management	1	0	38	38	0	11	11	0	49	49
Total	1	0	38	38	0	11	11	0	49	49
Home Science
Household nutritional security	1		27	27		3	3		30	30
Economic empowerment of women	1	5	38	43				5	38	43
Total	2	5	65	70	0	3	3	5	68	73
Agricultural Extension
Total	1	27	0	27	0	0	0	27	0	27
GRAND TOTAL	15	378	170	548	16	14	30	394	184	578

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
Fruits and Vegetables preservation (2 days)	1	0	31	31		4	4		35	35
Preparation and preservation of fruits & vegetables products (2 days)	1	0	26	26	0	0	0	0	26	26
Scientific dairy farming (2 days)	1		35	35		14	14		49	49
Integrated farming	1	50	0	50	05	00	05	55	0	55
Total	4	50	92	142	5	18	23	55	110	165

E. Extension Programmes

Sr. No.	Activities and Sub-activities	Area (ha)/ No.	Beneficiaries (No.)
1	Field Day	6	168
2	Kishan Gosthi	6	180
3	Radio Programme	1	-
4	Press Release	7	-
5	Lecture Delivered	16	2490
6	Telephonic Help Line	750	750
7	Khedut Shibir	2	136
8	Scientist Visit to Farmers field	44	208
9	Farmers Visit to KVK Farm	45	1936
10	Extn. Literature distributed	6	2004
11	TV/Film Show	7	1038
12	Animal Treatment Camp	1	69
13	Farmers workshop on cotton	1	50
14	Soil and water sample analysis	500	500
15	PM Kisan Samman Sammelan	2	207
16	Different activities under SHS	5	234
17	Celebration of international women day	1	28
18	Live telecast at KVK on International millets conference	1	80
19	Celebration of International Yoga Day	1	21
20	Celebration of ICAR foundation day	1	107
21	Celebration of Parthenium week	1	190
22	Celebration of Mahila Kisan Diwas	1	21
23	Climate Resilient and Smart Agriculture program	1	174
24	Celebration of Technology week	1	328
25	Mann Ki Bat Program	1	63
26	Mission Life Style for Environment (LiFE)	1	195
27	Celebration of World soil health day	1	55
28	Celebration of Kishan Diwas	1	397
29	Celebration of Poshan Mah	1	136
30	Awareness program under celebration of international year of millets	17	2877
31	Celebration of World Environment Day	1	25
32	Agro Dron Demonstration at farmers field	4	161
33	Rabi Krushi Mahotsav (7 Scientists)	-	-
34	Participant in Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra	28	11442

Details of other extension programmes

Particulars	Number
Electronic Media (CD. /DVD)	-
Extension Literature	6
Newspaper coverage	7
Popular articles	-
Radio Talks	1
TV Talks	-
Animal health camps (Number of animals treated)	1 (69)
Others (pl. specify)	-
Total	15

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
Oilseed	Groundnut (Breeder)	GJG-32	-	28.50	-	-
Oilseed	Groundnut (TF)	GJG-32	-	75.80	-	-
Pulses	Chickpea (Breeder)	GG-5	-	24.25	3010000/-	-

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

Item	Title	Authors name	Name & Number
Research papers/ Abstract	Seroprevalence & detection of the PPR virus of sheep & goat of the saurashtra region of Gujarat (Abstract)	M.M. Tajpara, N.M.Shah, H.H.Savsani, B.B.Javia	ISEE National Seminar-2023 Souvenir, 22-24 June 2023, UAS, Bangalore (A-547, Theme 10)
	Comparative efficacy of S-ELISA, N & F gene based reverse transcriptase PCR and cell culture methods for detection of PPR virus in clinical specimens	M. M. Tajpara N.M.Shah, D.R.Patel, B.B.Bhanderi	Indian Journal of Animal Health, 62(2): 286-291, December 2023
	Book chapter: “Evaluation of Different Size of Broad Bed and Furrow for Surface Runoff and Soil Loss and Productivity of Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) under Rainfed Conditions of Gujarat, India”	P.D. Vekariya D.P. Sanepara B.B. Limbasia V.D. Vora D.S. Hirpara	Book Publisher: “Novel Perspectives of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 4”, Chapter-4, P:39-52, Print ISBN 978-81-19039-78-4, eBook ISBN 978-81-19039-79-4 https://DOI: 10.9734/bpi/npgees/v4/4023E
	The study on Empowerment of women by Self Help Groups	Manvar H. A., Kathiriya J. B. Rajpura M. R.	International Journal of Novel Research and Development, Volume 8, Issue 7, page: 615-621, July 2023
	Role of Self-Help Group in Socio–Psychological Empowerment of Women	Manvar H. A., Rajpura M. R., Kathiriya J. B.	International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, Volume 8, Issue 7, page: 91-105, July 2023
	Exploring quality assessment of peanut oil for encapsulation	Sachin S. Bhuva, N.K. Dhamsaniya G.V. Marviya	The Pharma Innovation, 12(9):888-891.2023
	Effect of different process variables on functional properties of refractance window dried papaya pulp	A. R. Parmar, T. H. Barad, N.K. Dhamsaniya d G. V. Marviya	The Pharma Innovation, 12(10):1335-1339,2023
	Nanotechnology: A Smart Agriculture Invention (Review Paper)	Komal Lakhani, Aditi Diwedi, Priyanka N. Timbadiya, G. V. MarviyaKirankumar Suthar	Agriblossom.3(8):25-35,2023
Technical reports	Monthly, quarterly, Six monthly and Annual	Junagadh Agri. University	19
Extension Literature in Vernacur language	Prakrutik Krushi:Poshak Tatvono Bhandar	Dr. G. V. Marviya, Dr. J. H. Chaudhry, Shri D. P. Sanepara, Dr. M. M. Tajpara, Smt. H. H. Padsumbiya, Shri A. B. Dabhi Shri S. R. Rathva	1000 copies
	Prakrutik khetima Pak Sanrakshanna Upayo		1000 copies
	Prakrutik khetima Sendriy Carbannu Mahtva		1000 copies
	Prakrutik khetima Bijamrut, Jivamrut ane Ghanjivamrutnu Mahtva		1000 copies
	Prakrutik Krushi dwara Magfali, Kapas, Ghau ane Chanani Adhunik Kheti Padhdhati		1000 copies
	Prakrutik Krushi Calendar-2023		500 copies

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).

Entrepreneurship through Scientific Dairy Farming: A source of livelihood for young farmer

Name of Farmer:	Anilbhai Govindbhai Lunagaria
Village:	Sarpadad
Taluka:	Paddhari
District:	Rajkot
Mo. No.:	9909138752
Age:	38 Years
Education:	10th Pass
Land Holding:	5 Acre
Livestock:	30 animals
Crops Grown:	Cotton, Groundnut, Chickpea

Anilbhai Govindbhai Lunagariya is a progressive livestock owner of the village Sarpadad of Paddhari taluka of Rajkot district. He was doing dairy farming with 3-4 dairy animals through conventional methods. At that time, he was facing the problem like high cost of feeding, low milk production and high maintenance cost of dairy animals. He was not satisfied with his efforts and works in dairy farming with respect to get income and profit from it. At the period of time of 2019, he came into touch of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Targhadia and got the information about capacity building training programme for becoming successful dairy entrepreneur. He enrolled his participation for training programme.

During training programme he got knowledge and skill for different aspect of scientific animal husbandry practices including selection of dairy animals, scientific feeding management, improvement of breeds, housing management and health management from animal scientist of KVK Targhadia through theory and practical.

Output of Intervention:

After successful completion of training, he has made improvement in his dairy farming adopting newer concept that learn by him during training. This helped him to reduce the cost of production resulting in the higher net return. He started scientific dairy farming by purchase of 20 buffalo under guidance of KVK, Targhadia. He made a comfortable shed, management for animals in modern way. He uses chaff cutter for cutting green and dry grass resulting in 30% saving of animal food and improves digestion. He also uses fogger system for control of temperature and mineral mixture powder to increase milk production and reduction of inter-calving period in animal. He is also carried out timely vaccination and deworming of animal for the control of microbial and parasitic disease in animal.

Year	No of animals	No of lactating animal	Total gross income	Total expenditure	Total Net income	Net income /lactating animal
2019-20	20	13	1092000	547500	544500	41884
2020-21	24	15	1365000	657000	708000	47200
2021-22	30	19	1729000	820000	909000	47842

He also got best innovative farmer award (Dairy farming) in SEEG-2024 at SDAU, Sardar Krushinagar.

Impact of Intervention:

Due to organization of skilled oriented training programme by KVK, Targhadia horizontal spread of technology in Rajkot district is observed through trainees / participants. Dairy farmers from nearby villages are inspired from scientific and modern dairy farm unit of village of Sarpadad, Shri Anilbhai Govindbhai Lunagariya and started a small dairy unit and adopted scientific dairy farming technologies which helped them to uplift their standard of living.

17. Details of HRD activities attended by KVK staff during 2023

Name of the staff	Designation	Title of the training programme	Institute were attended	Mode (Online/Offline)	Dates
Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	Scientist (Agronomy)	International Conference on “Pulses: Smart Crops for Agricultural Sustainability and Nutritional Security”	Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development at NASC Complex, New Delhi	Offline	10-12/02/2023
Dr. G. V. Marviya	Senior Scientist and Head	State level seminar on “Jaminjany Rog-Jivatonu Sankalit Niyantran”	JAU, Junagadh	Offline	24/02/2023
Shri D. P. Sanepara	Scientist (Agril. Engg.)	Application of Robotics and Drone Technologies in Agriculture	Dept. of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, DOAET, JAU, Junagadh	Offline	02-03/03/ 2023
Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	Scientist (Agronomy)	21 Days National Orientation Course on “Teaching Learning Evaluation Technology Program (TLETP 2023)”	ATARI, Ludhiana, RVSKVV, Gwalior and NADCL, Baramulla (J&K)	Online	05-25/04/2023
Dr. G. V. Marviya, Dr. M. M. Tajpara	Senior Sci. & Head, Scientist (AH)	Competency skills enhancement for extension professional	DEE, JAU, Junagadh	Offline	24-26/04/ 2023
Dr. J.N.Thaker Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	Scientist	Next Generation Communication and Management Competencies for Inspiring Service Excellence of Extension Professional	Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh	Offline	27-29/04/2023
Dr. G. V. Marviya	Senior Scientist and Head	Annual Action Plan Workshop on KVKs of Gujarat & Goa	ICAR-DMAPR-Anand	Offline	15-16/05/2023
Dr. G. V. Marviya Smt. Hetal H. Padsumbiya	Scientist (Home Science)	State level seminar on “Modern Agricultural Practices of Coconut”	JAU, Junagadh	Offline	06/06/2023
Dr. M. M. Tajpara	Scientist (Animal Husbandry)	ISEE National Seminar	UAS Bangalore	Offline	22-24/06/ 2023
Dr. G. V. Marviya	Senior Scientist and Head	Annual Zonal Workshop-2023 of KVKs of ZoneVIII	Aurangabad, Maharashtra	Offline	28-30/07/2023
Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	Scientist (Agronomy)	Two Week National Training on “Natural Farming: Present Status and Future Prospects”	MPUAT, Udaipur	Offline	04-18/09/2023
Dr. J. H. Chaudhary	Scientist (Agronomy)	Short Visit of Organic Farm of Gurukul Kurukshetra (Haryana)	JAU, Junagadh under NAHEP-IDP	Offline	20-22/11/2023
Dr. J.N.Thaker	Scientist	Orientation Training Programme on “Latest technologies in agriculture and allied subjects” for Rabi Krishi Mahotsav-2023	Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh	Offline	21/11/2023

Details of Other Projects running at KVK, Rajkot-I

(i) Agricultural Technology Information Centre(ATIC) Kharif-2023

1. Area, technology demonstrated and performance of FLDs:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology Demonstrated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Demo. Yield (qt/ha)			Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology Demonstrated	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 + IPM	GJG-32	50	20	25.25	20.75	23.25	20.00	16.25

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
42000	148219	106219	2.53	40950	127500	86550	2.11

Rabi-2022-23

1. Area, technology demonstrated and input details:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology Demonstrated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Demo. Yield (qt/ha)			Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology Demonstrated	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	Chick pea	Varietal evaluation	GJG-6	50	20	23.50	19.75	21.25	18.25	16.44

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
28500	113370	84870	2.98	27600	97365	69765	2.53

Details of training and other extension activities:

Nature of Extension Activity	No. of activities	Total Participants
On + Off campus Training	6	159
Kisan Ghosthi	2	32
Group meetings	2	21
Scientific visit to farmers field	6	65
Farmers visit to KVK	-	105

(ii) Cluster Frontline Demonstrations on Oilseeds under NFSM(NMOOP) Kharif-2023

1. Area, technology demonstrated and performance of CFLDs:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology Demonstrated	Variety	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Demo. Yield (qt/ha)			Yield of local Check (qt/ha)	Increase in yield (%)
Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology Demonstrated	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 + IDM + IPM	GJG-32	50	20	26.25	21.50	23.75	20.30	17.00

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)
12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
42000	151406	109406	2.60	40950	129413	88463	2.16

2. Details of training and other extension activities:

Sr. No.	Extension Activities	No. of activities	Number of Participant
1	On campus training	2	53
2	Field day	1	20
3	Group meeting	1	19
4	Scientist visit to farmer’s field	3	45
5	Farmers visit to KVK	-	50
6	Telephone help line	-	27

(iii) Cluster Frontline Demonstrations on pulses under NFSM Rabi-2022-23

1. Area, technology demonstrated and performance of CFLDs:

Sr. No.	Crop	Technology Demonstrated	Critical Inputs (Variety)	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Crop yield (q/ha) (Average)		Increase in yield (%)
Sr. No.	Crop	Technology Demonstrated	Critical Inputs (Variety)	No. of Farmers	Area (ha)	Demo	Local
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Chickpea	Variety + INM + IDM + IPM	Seed of GJG-6 + Bio fertilizer + Trichoderma + Beauverria	50	20	21.00	18.00	16.66

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)
10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
26100	109300	83200	4.18	25000	96200	71200	3.85

2. Trainings programs conducted

Sr. No	On/Off Campus	No. of Training Conducted	Total No. of Participants
1	On Campus	1	33
2	Off Campus	1	29

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

Sr. No.	Particulars	No. of Programmes	No. of participants
1	Agro advisory services	5	281
2	Literature Distributed	1	151

(iv) Creation of Seed Hubs for Increasing Indigenous Production of Pulses in India

1. Seed production

Sr. No.	Year	Season	Crop & Variety	Total Seed Production (kg)	Selling as Certified Seed (kg)	Amount Paid to Farmers (Rs.)	Total Income from Seed (Rs.)	Difference (Loss/ Profit)
1	2022-23	Rabi, 2022-23	Chickpea (GG-5)	22,160	18,475	13,68,380	16,73,668	3,05,288 (Profit)

2. 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	27

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

Sr. No.	Particulars	No. of Programmes	No. of participants
1	Agro advisory services	5	189
2	Literature distributed	1	97

(v) Out Scaling of Natural Farming through KVKs

Details of training and other extension activities:

Sr. No.	Extension Activities	No. of activities	Number of Participant
1	Farmers Training	4	180
2	Awareness Program on Natural Farming	4	490
3	Demonstration on Natural Farming	12	12
4	Scientist visit to farmer’s field	5	25

(vi) Special Project on Cotton:

“Targeting technologies to agro-ecological zones - large scale demonstrations of best practices to enhance cotton productivity”

General Operational Guidelines:

1. The pilot project will be implemented as per the project implementation framework and work plan through Public Private Partnership in DBT mode adopting a cluster based and value chain approach

2. Implementing partners are responsible for selection of clusters, villages and farmer beneficiaries in identified districts/ states and are responsible for timely conduct of demonstrations as per protocol for interventions and activity timelines indicated.

3. Implementing partners (seed firms) and extension organizations (CITI CD&RA, SIMA CD&RA and ATARI-KVKs, SDA-ATMA) are responsible for capacity building of staff and farmers, providing extension services and timely collection of data for uploading in web portal as per project/ module requirements

4. All project sites to be geo-referenced for mapping of clusters

5. Engagement of project staff is per the norms of the host organization and their engagement is purely co-terminus with the project

6. NSAI, FSII and participating seed firms must ensure that only approved / notified genotypes suitable for HDPS, Closer Spacing and ELS are arranged and supplied to farmers in a timely manner in the pilot project for seed assistance through DBT ensuring seed quality meeting the minimum prescribed seed standards

7. CITI is mandated for development of the web portal to facilitate DBT pattern of assistance of DA & FW to farmers under on-going government schemes/ programs

8. CITI and CCI to provide market linkages and support to the clusters

9. Implementing partners to document and facilitate uploading of data, photos, videos and success stories emanating from the project activities from time to time

10. The pattern and quantum of assistance will be as per norms approved under the project and technology assistance up to one ha/ farmer household may be provided.

11. Statement of Expenditure and Utilization Certificate (duly vetted by the competent authority) for budget allocated must be provided on time by all the implementing partner

Under NFSM a special project on “Technology targeting agro-ecological zones – large scale demonstrations of best practices to enhance cotton productivity” has been awarded to ICAR-CICR, Nagpur. The project is proposed to be implemented in partnership with seed and textile industry partners with the extension support of KVKs in PPP mode. A copy of the letter from DA & FW, MoA, GoI conveying the administrative approval of the project is attached herewith. This project is a joint effort involving both the Ministries of Agriculture & FW and Ministry of Textile at the highest level.

Despite the country having more than 1/3rd of the global area, cotton productivity is far below the global average. High Density Planting system (HDPS) and Closer Spacing with compact genotypes at higher plant population (2-4 times) compared to the current plant population of 15000-18000 plants/ha will be demonstrated in farmers’ fields along with canopy and nutrient management for realizing enhanced productivity. Although India is the third largest cotton exporter, it imports Extra Long Staple Cotton (ELS) to meet the domestic requirement. Large scale demonstrations on production technology for ELS are also envisaged in the project.

In the special project on cotton, 44 KVKs in seven states under four ATARIs viz., Hyderabad (21 KVKs), Pune (18 KVKs), Jabalpur (2 KVKs) and Bengaluru (3 KVKs) have been proposed for providing extension support and to closely work with State Department of Agriculture and seed industry partners in cluster mode. Adequate budget provision has been made to KVKs to support envisaged extension activities, field manpower and machinery assistance.

CICR, is the Nodal Implementing institute for this project.

Scalable technologies for targeted agro-ecological zones

Sr. No.	Scalable technology	Current (Kg lint/ha)	Target (kg lint/ha)
1	High Density Planting System (HDPS) 90 x 15 cm in low productivity areas under rainfed cotton ecosystem with canopy management	350	750
2	Closer spacing 90 x 30 cm in medium deep soils with canopy management	600	1000
3	Production technology for ELS cotton in niche areas under irrigated/rainfed farming situations	500	750

List of Farmers under KVK Rajkot-I

Cluster name	Name of the village	Name of the farmer (as per Adhaar)	Intervention adopted (HDPS/ CS /ELS)	Area (acres)	Hybrid/ variety Name	Demonstrated plots yield per acre	Neighboring conventional plots yield per acre
Rajkot	Gondal	Vinodbhai Virjibhai Vadodariya	HDPS	5	Rasi NEO/ 929	14.0 q/acre	8.2 q/acre
	Derdi Kumbhaji	Chiragbhai Dilipbhai Gol	HDPS	1	RCH 608	9.5 q/acre	7.2 q/acre
	Kotda Sangani	Sureshbhai Vallabhbhai Ghelani	CS	5	Rasi NEO	10.0 q/acre	7.8 q/acre
	Gundasara	Kaushikbhai Dineshbhai Pipaliya	CS	4	Rasi NEO	10.5 q/acre	8.0 q/acre
	Mota Mandva	Jayntibhai Madhabhai Mansara	CS	3	Rasi NEO	11.2 q/acre	8.8 q/acre

Others Extension Activities:

Sr. No.	Activity	No. of Activities	No. of Participants
1	Farmers Training	1	55
2	Field day	1	77
3	Workshop	1	50
4	Farmers visit to KVK farm	-	5
5	Scientist/YP visit to farmer’s field	2	10

(vii) 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 & value addition and nursery management 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 Programmes (Year: 2023):

Sr	Training	No. of Youth participated
1	Small scale processing and value addition	25
2	Post-harvest technology and value addition	19
3	Nursery management	23

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

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

Group 3: (7 youths): Pulverizer Machine Unit at Gadhaka village of Rajkot talukas

Group 4: (5 youths): Namkeen (Farsan) Machine at Targhadia village of Rajkot taluka

Group 5: (8 youths): Milk-Mava making unit at Amabardi village of Jasdan taluka

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

Group 7: (8 youths): Mini Cleaning cum Grading Machine Unitat Dungarka village of Paddhari

Group 8: (2 youths): Nursery Unitat Bhichari village of Rajkot taluka

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 (Year: 2023):

Enterprise 1: Processing and valueaddition(Mini Oil Mill unit at Tardhadi village)

Year of establishment: June-2017 (15 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 15 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit:

Mini Oil Mill unit extraction capacity: 3000 kg groundnut per 24 hour

Total quantity of products produced:

Groundnut Oil: 93000 kg (i.e 6200 Tin) per year

Groundnut Cake: 111600 kg per year

Cost of production:

93000 kg groundnut and 111600 kg groundnut cake

Total production cost: Rs. 19920000 per year

Salevalueoftheproduce:Groundnut oil: 195 Rs/kg and Groundnut cake: 30 Rs/kg

93000 kg groundnut and 111600 kg groundnut cake

Total sale value: Rs. 21483000 per year

Neteconomicgains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 1563000
Employment generation: 10 youth employed 240 days in a year

Enterprise 2: Processing and valueaddition(Mini Oil Mill unit at Raningpar village)

Year of establishment: June-2017 (15 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 15 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit:

Mini Oil Mill unit extraction capacity: 3000 kg groundnut per 24 hour

Total quantity of products produced:

Groundnut Oil: 69000 kg (i.e. 4650 Tin) per year

Groundnut Cake: 83700 kg per year

Cost of production:

69000 kg groundnut and 83700 kg groundnut cake

Total production cost: Rs. 14987250 per year

Salevalueoftheproduce:Groundnut oil: 195 Rs/kg and Groundnut cake: 30 Rs/kg

69000 kg groundnut and 83700 kg groundnut cake

Total sale value: Rs. 16112250 per year

Neteconomicgains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 1125000
Employment generation: 10 youth employed 240 days in a year

Enterprise 3: Processing and valueaddition(Pulverizer machine (Masala Mill) unit)

Year of establishment: Sept-2017 (15 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 7 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit:

Pulverizer Machine: Capacity 50 to 100 kg spices grinding per hour

Total quantity of products produced:

Chilies powder: 4500 kg per year

Cumin-coriander powder: 4200 kg per year

Cost of production:

5000 kg Chilies and 4000 kg Cumin-coriander powder

Total production cost: Rs. 1811000 per year

Salevalueoftheproduce:

Chilies powder: 250 Rs/kg and Cumin-coriander powder: 275 Rs/kg

5000 kg Chilies and 4000 kg Cumin-coriander powder

Total sale value: Rs. 2350000 per year

Neteconomicgains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 539000
Employment generation: 5 youth employed 180 days in a year

Enterprise 4: Processing and valueaddition(Milk-Mava and Penda (sweets) making unit)

Year of establishment: Oct-2017 (8 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 8 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit:

Milk-Mava machine: Milk-Mava capacity: 5 kg, Milk boiling capacity: 25 lt

Total quantity of products produced:

Milk-Mava: 2500 kg per year

Sweet (Penda): 1800 kg per year

Cost of production:

2500 kg Milk-Mava and 1800 kg Sweet (Penda)

Total production cost: Rs. 1045300 per year

Salevalueoftheproduce:Milk-Mava: 375 Rs/kg and Sweet (Penda): 325 Rs/kg

2500 kg Milk-Mava and 1800 kg Sweet (Penda)

Total sale value: Rs. 1522500 per year

Neteconomicgains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 477200
Employment generation: 5 youth employed in a year

Enterprise 5: Processing and valueaddition(Namkeen (Farsan) making unit)

Year of establishment: Nove-2017 (5 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 5 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit:

Namkeen (Farsan) making machine: Size: 9 inch

Total quantity of products produced:

Namkeen (Gathiya, Sev and Fafada): 8200 kg per year

Cost of production:

8200 kg Namkeen (Gathiya, Sev and Fafada)

Total production cost : Rs. 1481000 per year

Salevalueoftheproduce:Namkeen (Gathiya, Sev and Fafada): 200 to 250 Rs/kg

8200 kg Namkeen (Gathiya, Sev and Fafada)

Total sale value: Rs. 1886000 per year

Neteconomicgains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 405000
Employment generation: 3 youth employed in 300 days in a year

Enterprise 6: Processing and valueaddition(Mini Cleaning cum Grading unit)

Year of establishment: April-2020 (8 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 8 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit: Cleaning and grading capacity: 500 kg per hour
Total quantity of products produced:

5600 qtl wheat, cumin and chickpea -Grading & cleaning on rent basis per year

Cost of production:

40 Rs./qt. grading & cleaning of wheat, cumin and chickpea (Rent basis/ job work)

Total Rent (Job work) cost: Rs. 224000 per year

Sale value of the produce:

100 Rs./qt. Rent (Job work) for grading & cleaning of wheat, cumin and chickpea

Total Rent (Job work) value: Rs. 560000 per year

Neteconomicgains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 336000
Employment generation: 4 youth employed in 150 days in a year

Enterprise 7: Processing and valueaddition(Mini Dal Mill unit)

Year of establishment: May-2020 (10 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.ofgroupsformed:1 (Group of 10 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit: Capacity: 200 kg per hour
Total quantity of products produced:
Cost of production: Rs. 95 to Rs. 110 per kg of different type of Dal
Sale value of the produce Rs. 110 to Rs. 130 per kg of different type of Dal
Net economic gains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 465000
Employment generation: 6 youth employed in 180 days in a year

Enterprise 8: Nursery management(Vegetable Nursery unit)

Year of establishment: June-2021 (4 youth in 1 group under ARYA project support)

No.of groups formed:1 (Group of 4 youths under ARYA project support )
Averagesize/capacityof theunit:

370 sq. meter (Agro-net Green 90% shed) provided under ARYA project

Total quantity of products produced: 1500000 seedling per year
Cost of production: Rs. 0.75 1.00 per seedling

Total production cost : Rs. 1225000 per year

Sale value of the produce: Rs. 1 to 1.50 per seedling

Total sale value : Rs. 1875000 per year

Net economic gains(Rs./unit/year): Rs. 650000
Employment generation: 2 youth employed in round the year

(viii) 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 soil 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 all teams	7	115
2	Interface meeting/ Goshthies	5	115
3	Training organized	4	113
4	Demonstrations conducted	3	78
5	Mobile based advisories	18	240
6	Literature support provided	6	124
7	Awareness programmes	2	65
	Total	45	850