Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA, NAMAKKAL

tamil

Profile of this Institution

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Namakkal, a technology transfer centre for Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Home Science and Fisheries production was started functioning from 13.10.2004 as a constituent unit of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai – 7 and financially supported under the Transfer of Technology Project, Zonal Co’ordinating Unit, Zone VIII, ICAR, New Delhi. Our Kendra caters the farming community, Self Help Groups, Rural Youths, Extension personnel etc., through various programmes like trainings, On Farm Testings, FrontLine Demonstrations and advisory services. A total of fifty acres of land is possessed by this kendra and has established various demonstration units with emphasis to integrate Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Home Science enterprises so that, year round income can be generated by the farming community.

Sl.No.	Sanctioned post	Name of the incumbent	Discipline	Date of joining
1.	Programme Coordinator	Dr. B. Mohan ,	M.V.Sc., Ph.D.(Animal Nutrition)	20.06.2006
2.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr.S.Athithan	M.F.Sc., Ph.D., (Fisheries)	10.01.2008
3.	Subject Matter Specialist	Th. S. Alagudurai	M.Sc., (Agronomy)	19.05.2006
4.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. V. Meenakshi	M.Sc., Ph.D., (Food Science and Nutrition)	22.05.2006
5.	Subject Matter Specialist	Mrs. C. Sharmila Bharathi	M.Sc., (Horticulture)	25.05.2006
6.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr.D.Thirunavukkarasu	M.V.Sc., (A.H.Extension)	03.07.2007
7.	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. S. Manokaran	M.V.Sc., (ARGO)	20.11.2009
8.	Programme Assistant	Tmt. S. Shanthi Priya	M.Sc.,(Horticulture)	18.05.2006
9.	Computer Programmer	Tmt. K.Bibijan B.Sc.,	-	01.06.2007
10.	Farm Manager	Tmt. M. Daisy	B.Sc.,(Agriculture)	25.05.2006
11.	Accountant/ Superintendent	Th.M.Thangavel,	M.A., M.Com, MLIS, M.Phil.,	01.10.2009
12.	Stenographer	Tmt. K. Selvarani	H.Sc., DECE.,	01.08.2005
13.	Driver	Th. B. Sivaboran	XI	18.05.2006
14.	Driver	Th.S.Kalaimani	--	07.08.2009
15.	Supporting staff	Tmt. M.Nagammal	--	14.09.2005
16.	Supporting staff	Th. K.Selvam	VII	16.03.2007

Mandate of this Kendra

Conducting “On Farm Testing” for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use system.
Organizing training to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
Organizing short and long – term training courses in agriculture and allied vocations for the farmers and rural youth with emphasis on “Learning by doing” for higher production on farms and generating self employment.
Organizing frontline demonstration on various crops to generate production data and feedback information.
Resource and knowledge centre for Agricultural Technology for supporting initiatives of Public, Private and Volunteer Sectors.

Training Programmes Conducted - 2008 - 2009

a. On campus Training

S. No	Discipline	No. of trainings	No. of participants	Major area covered
1.	Agriculture	14	384	SRI, Direct sowing technique in Paddy, Recent Production techniques in millets, minor millets, Pulses, Maize, Oilseeds, Cotton, Sugarcane and forage crops, Vermicomposting, Agroforestry, Weed management.
2.	Horticulture	13	390	Recent production techniques in fruits, Vegetables and spices, Protray Nursery, Precision farming techniques, Training and pruning in fruit crops
3.	Animal Husbandry (Goat, Sheep, Dairy, Poultry, Turkey, Rabbit and Piggery)	34	1578	Dairy, Sheep, Goat rearing, Poultry, Turkey, Rabbit and Piggery

4.	Fisheries	11	335	Carp farming, Fish Pickle preparation
5.	Home Science	28	535	Value added milk, Amla, Tomato and Tapioca products. Mushroom production, Drudgery reduction.

b. Off campus Training

S. No	Discipline	No. of trainings	No. of participants	Major area covered
1.	Agriculture	8	204	SRI, Direct sowing technique in Paddy, Recent Production techniques in millets, minor millets, Pulses, Maize, Oilseeds, Cotton, Sugarcane and forage crops, Vermicomposting, Agroforestry, Weed management.
2.	Horticulture	2	28	Recent production techniques in fruits, Vegetables and spices, Protray Nursery, Precision farming techniques, Training and pruning in fruit crops
3.	Animal Husbandry	6	140	Goat, Sheep, Dairy, Poultry, Turkey, Rabbit and Piggery
4.	Fisheries	7	406	Carp farming, Fish Pickle preparation
5.	Home Science	3	85	Tomato products, Milking machine, Usage of Farm implements.

c. On Farm Testing - OFT

S. No	Title of the OFT	Treatments	Result
AGRICULTURE
1.	Nutrient management in sunflower	Application of 12.5 tonne FYM + 2kg Azospyrillum + Apply 50% NK + 100% P as basal + 25% NK at 20 & 40 DAS + 12.5kg micronutrient per ha + Foliar spray of 0.5% MnSo4 & 0.5% ZnSo4 on 30, 40 & 50 DAS.	Split application of N and K gradually increase the plant growth and seed set. Micronutrient application or foliar spray overcame the deficiency and increased the seed size and seed yield to 25% over recommended dose of fertilizer.
2.	Weed management in Maize	Spraying of Atrazine 50WP @ 500gm/ha at 3 DAS followed by 2,4-D sodium salt at 1.25 kg/ha as post emergence at 30 DAS	In addition to pre emergence herbicide application, application of post emergence herbicide 2, 4 –D sodium salt @ 1.25 kg/ha on 30 DAS, effectively controlled the weeds to the maximum extend (68 %) and increased the Crop yield (18 %).
3.	Nutrient management in rainfed Blackgram	12.5:25:12.5:10 kg NPKS/ha + 2% DAP + 1% MOP + 40ppm NAA spray at 1st flowering and 15 days after flowering.	1. Spraying of potassium improved seed set and overcame the stress/drought. 2.Spraying of NAA improved the flower initiation and arrested the flower drop 3. Yield Increase was 20 % over farmer’s practices (2 % DAP spray only)
HORTICULTURE
4.	Propping in banana by using polythene tape	Propping by using ¾ inch polythene tape during the bunch emergence period.	Though many farmer had spent thousands of rupees for propping the banana trees with bamboo poles during fruiting for support against strong wind (Rs.63,000/acre for 4 years). As compared to previous method, Propping banana stems with polythene tape or tying them with cables are practiced by big banana plantations due to its low cost nature (Rs.5,300/acre) .
5.	Nursery management in chillies under protrays	Nursery management in chillies under protrays	The yield of any crop is depended on quality seeds/ seedling . seedlings produced through protrays yielded 1659 kg of green chillies. This may be due to pest and disease free nature of the seedlings, well developed root system and better crop establishment in the main field.

ANIMAL SCIENCE
6	Assessing the performance of Nandanam Broiler II in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu	Back yard rearing of Nandanam Broilers.II	The chicks attained 310 gm weight at 4 weeks of age fed with locally available feed ingredients like broken cumbu, sorghum,rice. The mortality was 100 % at 1 month of age due to infectious coryza.The FCR is 1:2.2

d. Front Line Demonstration other than Oilseeds and Pulses

S. No	Title of the FLD	Technology Demonstrated	Result
AGRICULTURE
1.	Popularization of fodder sorghum CoFS 29	Introduction of CoFS 29	The new fodder sorghum CoFS 29 cultivation which is a multicut variety with profuse tillering (15 – 20 tillers / plant) and green fodder yield of 140 t per ha per year. ( 5-6 harvest )
2.	LCC based Nitrogen management in Paddy	LCC based nitrogen application	Use of LCC reduces the fertilizer cost of nitrogen since the requirement of nitrogen is reduced from 150 Kg to 75 Kg / ha. Reduced the incidence of Leaf folder and non lodging of plants was observed.
3.	Introduction of System of rice intensification technique in paddy	SRI	Adoption of SRI technique in farmers field reduce the cost of cultivation (seed, nursery preparation, weeding ) to Rs.1500/acre. Also 26 % of increase in yield was observed. The yield observed in farmers field was 3500 Kg / acre
HORTICULTURE
3.	Yield enhancement through use of hybrid seedlings in Tomato	Hybrid Tuberose Cultivation techniques.	Farmers felt the importance of new Hybrid and its market potential. Prajwal released from Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, which bears single type flowers on tall, stiff spike. The flower buds are slightly pinkish in colour while the flowers are white, the individual flowers are larger in size compared to local single. It yields 15 tonnes/ha/Maincrop. Prajwal come to flowering after three to four months of planting depending upon the size of bulb and flowering period extends up to 6-8 months.
4.	Yield enhancement through use of hybrid seedlings in Tomato	Protray nursery techniques	Hybrid Tomato Cultivation techniques. Farmers responded well to use of hybrid seedlings of tomato raised through protrays. They got 77.3% of increase in yield over local variety of tomato.
ANIMAL SCIENCE
6.	Popularization of benefits of commodity interest groups (CIG) among goat farming	community CIG	Eleven goat rearing Farmers at Vadugampalayam Pudur, Namakkal have been mobilized as CIG. The CIG has been facilitated with banks for financial assistance, NABRD farmers club programme and department of Animal Husbandry for Veterinary Health Sciences.
7.	Popularization of ram exchanges among sheep herds to avoid in breeding depression through formation of farmers linkages	Exchange of Rams among different herds.	Sheep rearers have been mobilized as group at Senbaghamadevi, Mallasamudiram block and exchange of rams among herds has been carried out.
8.	Drudgery reduction in milking man by using single cow milking machine	Single cow milking machine	1.Cost of milking a cow is Re.1 / animal. 2. Non scar formation and reduced joint pain in milking man.
9.	Introduction of Nandanam I Turkey in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu	Nandhanam Turkey 1	At the age of 4 – 6 months Nandhanam Turkey has obtained weight of 5 – 7 Kgs. FCR : 1:2.1

e. Special Programmes Conducted during the year 2008 – 2009

S.No	Title of the programme	Place	Duration (Days)	Name of the sponsoring / Organizing Institution	No. of participants
1.	An awareness programme on “Scientific Management of Natural Resources”	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus,Namakkal	14th -20th Nov 2008 (7 days)	Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission ,Tamil Nadu State Land Use Board, Chennai	808
2.	Farmers Training programme on Precision Farming techniques in Horticultural crops	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus,Namakkal	Three batches 2 days / Batch (03.02.09 & 04.02.09, 17.02.09 & 18.02.09, 03.03.09 & 04.03.09)	Precision Farming Development Centre, Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, TNAU, Coimbatore.	114
3	Technical workshop on Precision farming.	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus,Namakkal	One day (19.02.09)	Directorate of Extension Education, TNAU, Coimbatore.	83
4	Schemes available in Banks and Guidelines for Project preparation in Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Home Science	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus,Namakkal	One day (7.01.09)	KVK, Namakkal	62
5	Construction / Renovation of rural godown in India	Namagiripettai	24.09.08 – 26.09.08	DMI, Chennai	43
6	Construction / Renovation of rural godown in INdia	Thiruchengode	23.01.08 – 25.01.08	DMI, Chennai	44
7	Desi bird rearing	KVK, Namakkal	4.08.09 & 5.08.09	Vazhnthukattuvom Project, Namakkal	26
8	Production of mushroom	KVK, Namakkal	6.08.09 & 7.08.09	Vazhnthukattuvom Project, Namakkal	12

Photo Gallery


District Collector' visit to Organic Farming Exhibition at Namakkal on 11.12.08	Exhibition on farm implements conducted by KVK, Namakkal on 23.04.09


Exposure visit to Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur-29.08.09	Farm Field School, Feeding in goats, VadugapalaymPudur


FLD.Greengram-field day	FLD-Distribution-of-Nandhanam-Turkey-I-to-beneficiaries


FLD - Goat Commodity Interest Group, VadugapalaymPudur	FLD - Introduction of Rams in sheep flocks, Senbhagamadevi


FLD- COTTON-SENBAHAMADEVI	FLD- milking machine performance


Milk-product-sales-at-uzhavar-sandy,-Namakkal-0n-5.08.09	OFT-Distribution-of-Nanadhanam-Broilers-to-the-beneficiary


SLUB-Programme-organised-by-KVK,-Namakkal-from-14.11.2008-to-20.11.2008	Supplyof-goat-to-the-TANUVAS,--by-the-beneficiary-during-Seminar-on-Goat-rearing-held-on-5.07.09


The Vice-Chancellor,TANUVAS visit to milk-products sale unit at uzhavar sandy Namakkal	The-Vice-Chancellor,TANUVAS-visited-exhibition-during-EVM-programme-on-11.03.09

For further details, contact:

The Training Organiser,
Krishi Vigyan Kendra,
Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus,
Mohanur Road, Namakkal - 637 001.
Phone No: 954286-266572