On-farm Testing (OFT) during 2019-20
S.No |
Discipline |
Title of the OFTs |
1 |
Crop production |
Assessment of yield potential of improved Ground nut varieties in tribal areas of vizianagaram district
|
2 |
Crop production |
Assessment of cropping system paddy - sun hemp
|
3 |
Crop production |
Assessment of Soil Test Based Targeted Yield Equation for Sugarcane
|
4 |
Plant Protection |
Assessment of improved management practices to control Tomato leaf miner
|
5 |
Plant Protection |
Assessment of package of practices to control whip smut and ESB in ratoon sugarcane
|
6 |
Plant Protection |
Assessment of TBG 104 along with package of practices to control viral diseases in Blackgram
|
7 |
Plant Protection |
Assessment of IPM 2-14 along with package of practices to control viral diseases in Greengram
|
8 |
Plant Protection |
Assessment of package of practices to control Fall Army Worm in Maize
|
9 |
Horticulture |
Assessment of triple resistant tomato variety Arka Samrat
|
10 |
Horticulture |
Assessment of Chilli variety LCA 616
|
11 |
Horticulture |
Assessment of turmeric variety Pragathi
|
12 |
Home Science |
Assessment of Rajashri & Vanaraja birds to improve the nutritional and income status of tribal families.
|
13 |
Home Science |
Assessment of improved sickles for harvesting of paddy to reduce drudgery
|
14 |
Home Science |
Assessment of mango harvester to reduce drudgery while harvesting of Mangos
|
Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) during 2019-20
S.No
|
Discipline |
Title of the FLDs |
1 |
Crop production |
Demonstration of Improved variety MTU 1075
paddy
|
2 |
Crop production |
Demonstration of Improved variety MTU 1156 in
paddy
|
3 |
Crop production |
Demonstration of LRG -52 In Red gram
|
4 |
Crop production |
Demonstration of Improved Ratoon management
practices in Sugarcane
|
5 |
Plant Protection |
Demonstration of stem application to control sucking pest in cotton
|
6 |
Plant Protection |
Demonstration of cultural and chemical measures to control BPH in paddy
|
7 |
Plant Protection |
Demonstration of seed treatment to control soil borne diseases in Ground nut
|
8 |
Plant Protection |
Demonstration of IPM in water melon
|
9 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of Ginger variety –Suprabha
|
10 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of Integrated crop management in Mango
|
11 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of Integrated crop management in Cashew
|
12 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of Cashew based multiple cropping system
|
13 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of raising Turmeric (Roma) seedlings through Pro tray technology
|
14 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of Fertigation schedule in Oil palm
|
15 |
Horticulture |
Demonstration of oil palm based multiple cropping system
|
16 |
Home Science |
Demonstration of triple layer hermetic storage bags for reducing pest incidence.
|
17 |
Home Science |
Demonstration of nutrition garden for nutritional security of tribal families
|
18 |
Home Science |
Demonstration of Bicycle Weeder for reducing drudgery while weeding in Maize, Groundnut, Chilli crops
|
On-farm Testing (OFT) during 2017-18
S.No |
Discipline |
Title of the OFTs |
1 |
Crop production |
Weed management in drum seeder paddy |
2 |
Crop production |
Assessment of yield potential of improved varieties of Ground Nut |
3 |
Crop production |
Assessment of Soil Test Based Targetted Yield Equation for Sugarcane |
4 |
Crop production |
Assessment of performance of non-traditional crops. |
5 |
Plant Protection |
Assessment of improved management practices for managing tomato leaf miner |
6 |
Plant Protection |
Management of Whip Smut and ESB in ratoon Sugarcane |
7 |
Plant Protection |
Performance of blackgram YMV tolerant varieties (Minikits) in rice fallow situations |
8 |
Plant Protection |
Performance of greengram YMV tolerant varieties in rice fallow situations |
9 |
Horticulture |
Turmeric varietal evaluation Roma and Salem |
10 |
Horticulture |
Chilli Varietal evaluation |
11 |
Horticulture |
Introduction of Marigold as an alternative crop to Tomato in late kharif/ rabi season |
12 |
Horticulture |
Integrated pest management for shoot and fruit borer in brinjal |
13 |
Homescience |
Assessment of triple layer hermetic storage system |
14 |
Homescience |
Assessment of easy planter in transplantation of vegetable crops |
15 |
Homescience |
Assessment of fertilizer dispenser for application of fertilizer in chilli & tomato crops |
16 |
Animal Husbandry |
Assessment of Guinea colonial variety as a drought resistant fodder in uplands. |
17 |
Animal Husbandry |
Introduction of Azolla as a creep feed in sheep lambs |
18 |
Animal Husbandry |
Assessment of improved backyard poultry breeds |
19 |
Animal Husbandry |
Assessment of Mineral licks in feed for large ruminants (milch cattle) |
Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) during 2017-18
S.No |
Title of the FLDs |
1 |
To reduce imbalanced and higher dose of fertilizers |
2 |
To test the efficacy of liquid bio fertilizers in paddy. |
3 |
Introducing the sweet corn to improve the income of the farmers |
4 |
To improve ratoon management |
5 |
To improve yield |
6 |
Reduced plant growth and yield due to severe incidence of sucking complex in Bt cotton followed by square drop due to pest as well as micronutrient deficiencies |
7 |
Sudden flare up of BPH and other pests at times is leading to severe crop loss |
8 |
Low yields due to collar rot incidence |
9 |
Micro nutrient deficiencies and low bunch weight |
10 |
Introduction of Ginger variety Nadia |
11 |
Farmers are getting low yields because of poor orchard management and not growing any intercrops. |
12 |
Micro nutrient deficiencies and low weight |
13 |
Drudgery reduction |
14 |
Fiber extraction instead of throwing |
15 |
Protective gloves in okra to reduce cuts and wounds |
16 |
Lack of perennial multicut fodder crops leading to shortage of green fodder to the dairy animals. |
17 |
Mortality is high and growth rate of sheep was very less due to poor management practices. |
18 |
Farmers having desi birds yield less meat, less egg production and less resistant to diseases; hence this trial was proposed. |
Technology/Assessment and Refinement:
S.No |
Category (Agril./Hort./A.H./H.Sc.) |
Nature of Extension Intervention |
Technology Intervention |
Yield (Kg./ha.) |
Feedback |
|||
Trial |
Control |
|||||||
1 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
OFT |
Assessment of liquid bio fertilizers in paddy |
5560 |
4920 |
Farmers are satisfied with this technology as it is advantageous in terms of cost reduction and increased yields over farmer practice. |
||
2 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
OFT |
Weed management in Drum seeder paddy |
T1 - 5786 T2 - 5783 |
5257 |
Farmers got 10% increase in yield and also a cost reduction Technology |
||
3 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
OFT |
Assessment of Black gram with varieties LBG-752 and PU-31 |
LBG-752 – 1051 PU- 31 - 920 |
950 |
Farmers participated during pre seasonal trainings & during field days and expressed that. They need YVMV tolerant/resistant varieties or hybrids, local adoptable variety and LBG-752 is tolerant and PV-31 is requested to YVMV. |
||
4 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
OFT |
Introduction of sweet corn in tribal areas |
62,500 cobs |
8780 |
Farmers are very happy with Sweet corn due to higher returns when compared to the Maize. Farmers felt that seed cost is very high. |
||
5 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
OFT |
Introduction of IPM module for rice pest and diseases in vizianagaram district |
65850 |
50400 |
Farmers are satisfied with the increased yields (30.65%) |
||
6 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
OFT |
Blast management in Paddy |
66460 55500 |
47650 |
Farmers are satisfied with the increased yields (19.7%) |
||
7 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
OFT |
Management of fruit and shoot borer in Brinjal |
4909 |
4130 |
Farmers are satisfied with the increased yields (16.9%) and good quality of fruit. |
||
8 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
OFT |
Management of collar rot in Ground nut |
28266 |
22000 |
Farmers are satisfied with the increased yields (12.9%) and also reduced disease incidence. |
||
9 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
FLD |
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Okra |
2403 |
1935 |
Farmers were satisfied with the increased yields (18.86%) and also reduced incidence sucking pest complex, YVMV and shoot borer infestation. |
||
10 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
FLD |
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Tomato |
9568 |
8491 |
Farmers were satisfied with the increased yields (28.1%) and also reduced incidence wilt, leaf minor, fruit borer and sucking pest complex. |
||
11 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
FLD |
Management of sucking pests in Cotton |
21580 |
15420 |
Farmers were satisfied with the increased yields (24.1%) and also reduced incidence of sucking pest complex. |
||
12 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
FLD |
Stem borer management in Maize |
4909 |
4130 |
Farmers were satisfied with the increased yields (12.6%) and are willing to adopt recommended management practices |
||
13 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
FLD |
IPM in water melon |
28266 |
22000 |
Farmers were satisfied with the performance of the crop water melon in FLD plots (39.9% increases yields) |
||
14 |
Agriculture (Plant Protection) |
FLD |
Tea mosquito bug management in Cashew |
687 |
580 |
Farmers were satisfied with the increased yields (22.6% increased yields) |
||
15 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
FLD |
Soil test based nutrient management in paddy |
5025 |
4413 |
Soil test based fertilizer application, farmers saved the cost of fertilizers upto Rs.2000 per ha. |
||
16 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
FLD |
Yield demonstration of Maize hybrid DHM-117 |
5700 |
5200 |
Farmers satisfied with the performance of the hybrid and willing to replace the local available hybrids. |
||
17 |
Agriculture (Crop Production) |
FLD |
Yield demonstration of Red gram |
1685 |
1181 |
Farmers are satisfied with the performance of LRG-41. |
||
18 |
Horticulture |
OFT |
Evaluation of turmeric varieties Salem and Roma |
Salem -16420 Roma - 20050 |
12550 |
Varieties performance was good and farmers were continuing the new variety. |
||
19 |
Horticulture |
OFT |
Assessment of liquid bio fertilizers in Chilli |
4050 |
3020 |
Farmers were impressed with technology and continuing the use of liquid bio fertilizers in chilli |
||
20 |
Horticulture |
OFT |
Introduction of non-traditional crop Ginger |
9625 |
Ragi - 20 q |
Farmers got additional income from non-traditional crops |
||
21 |
Horticulture |
FLD |
Assessment of different intercrops in Cashew |
687 |
580 |
Farmers got additional income from pine apple as a inert crop in cashew. |
||
22 |
Horticulture |
FLD |
Yield demonstration of Chilli with LCA-353 variety |
3550 |
3025 |
Farmers were impressed with variety yield performence |
||
23 |
Home Science |
OFT |
Cultivation of Broom grass for additional income generation |
Farmers got additional income 10,000/ acre by growing this crop without any investment. |
||||
24 |
Home Science |
OFT |
Value addition to minor millets |
Processing by traditional methods( by hand) is difficult for women farmers. if there is a small millet processing units for processing will reduce the drudgery With investment of 1500/- farmer got income of 2800/- |
||||
25 |
Home Science |
FLD |
Use Of Ring Cutters and Harvesting Bags To Reduce drudgery |
Time taken for harvest is saved for 2hr 36 minutes for harvest of 1600 kg of bhendi in addition to protecting the hands from wounds normally happen in farmers practice |
||||
26 |
Home Science |
FLD |
Model Nutrition Garden |
Model nutrition garden ground in ST hostels to improve nutritional health status and create awareness on nutrition education from childhood. |
Crop technologies adopted by the farmers from 2013 to 2015 |
CROP |
Technology Adopted |
||
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
Paddy |
Soil test based nutrient management in paddy |
Soil test based nutrient management in paddy |
Soil test based nutrient management in paddy |
|
Drum seeder technology in Paddy |
Drum seeder technology in Paddy |
Weed management in Drum seeder paddy |
|
|
Assessment of liquid bio fertilizers in paddy |
Assessment of liquid bio fertilizers in paddy |
|
|
Evaluation of IPM module for rice pests and diseases. |
Introduction of IPM module for rice pest and diseases in vizianagaram district |
|
Yield demonstration with gall midge resistant rice variety RGL-2332 (Sri Kurma). |
|
Blast management in Paddy |
Ragi |
Varietal popularization in ragi with Bharati variety |
Yield assessment of Ragi varieties Bharati, Hima and Vakula |
|
Blackgram |
Assessment of Black gram variety LBG-752 |
Assessment of Black gram with varieties LBG-752 and PU-31 |
Yield assessment of Blackgram varieties LBG-752, PU-31 and LBG-787. |
Maize |
|
Yield demonstration of maize hybrid DHM-117 |
Yield demonstration of maize hybrid DHM-117 |
|
|
Stem borer management in Maize |
Stem borer management in Maize |
|
|
Introduction of zero tillage maize in tribal areas |
|
Redgram |
Yield demonstrations of Red gram with variety LRG-41 |
|
Yield demonstrations of Red gram with variety LRG-41 |
|
Inter crop of Ragi and Red gram in 8:2 ratio |
Inter crop of Ragi and Red gram in 8:2 ratio |
|
|
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Red gram |
|
|
Cotton |
|
Management of sucking pests in Cotton |
Management of sucking pests in Cotton |
Ground nut |
Gypsum application in Groundnut |
|
Management of collar rot in Ground nut |
Sweet corn |
|
Introduction of sweet corn in tribal areas |
Introduction of sweet corn in tribal areas |
Wheat |
|
|
Introduction of wheat crop in tribal areas of Vizianagaram district |
Tomato |
Trellising in tomato |
Trellising in tomato |
|
|
Bacterial wilt management in Tomato |
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Tomato |
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Tomato |
Brinjal |
|
|
Management of fruit and shoot borer in Brinjal |
Chilli |
Sucking Pests Management in chilli |
Integrated crop management practices in chilli |
Yield demonstration of Chilli with LCA-353 variety |
|
|
Assessment of liquid bio fertilizers in Chilli |
Assessment of liquid bio fertilizers in Chilli |
Bhendi |
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in okra |
|
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Okra |
Cabbage |
Spodoptera litura (Tobacco caterpillar) management in cabbage by adopting need based plant protection |
|
|
Rajmah |
|
|
Assessment of performance of Rajmah beans in tribal areas |
Watermelon |
|
IPM in water melon |
IPM in water melon |
Drumstick |
|
Introduction of Drumstick variety PKM-1 |
|
Cashew |
Orchard management in cashew |
Orchard management in cashew |
Assessment of different intercrops in Cashew |
|
Tea mosquito bug management in Cashew |
|
Tea mosquito bug management in Cashew |
Mango |
|
Integrated Crop Management in Mango |
|
Papaya |
|
Introduction of Papaya hybrid Arka Surya |
|
Turmeric |
|
Evaluation of turmeric varieties Salem and Roma |
Evaluation of turmeric varieties Salem and Roma |
Ginger |
|
|
Introduction of non-traditional crop Ginger |
Marigold |
|
|
Yield demonstration of Marigold with Pusa narangi gainda variety |
Broomsticks |
|
Cultivation of Broom stick for additional income generation |
Cultivation of Broom stick for additional income generation |
Crop technologies adopted by the farmers during 2007-2010