On Farm Trials – Krishi Vigyan Kendras

Activities

On-farm testing to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems
Organize Frontline Demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers’ fields
Training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies
Training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development
To work as resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the district
Technologies assessed and refined for Tiruppur
Special Technologies promoted for Tiruppur
Successful Entrepreneurs Developed by KVK Pongalur

Sl. No	Thematic Area	Crop	Technology To be Assessed	Demos	Beneficiaries
1	Crop Management	Groundnut	Assessment of high yielding groundnut varieties	5	5
2	Crop Management	Vegetable cowpea	Assessment of Vegetable cowpea cv. PKM 1 and Arka Garima for higher yield and productivity in Tiruppur district	5	5
3	Composting Techniques	–	Assessing the composting techniques for recycling farm wastes	5	5
4	Plant Protection	guava	Assessment of INM modules against guava nematode	5	5
5	Home Science	Vegitables	Assessment of different types of herbal powder incorporated instant nutri-drink	5	5
6	Animal Science	Goat	Assessment of Ethno Veterinary Treatment for control of endo parasites in Goat	5	5

Sl. No	Thematic Area	Crop	Technology To be Assessed	Demos	Beneficiaries
1	Weed management	Maize	Assessment of weed management practices in Maize	5	5
2	Crop Management	Sugarcane	Maximizing cane yield in sugarcane through sett treatments	5	5
3	Varietal evaluation	Chilli	Assessment of chilli hybrids	5	5
4	Composting Techniques	Coconut	Assessment of Management modules against coconut Rugose spiraling whitefly	5	5
5	Plant Protection	Banana	Demonstration of Integrated Pest management against Banana pseudo stem borer	5	5
6	Plant Protection	Coconut	Assessing composting techniques for recycling coconut wastes	5	5
7	Food Science	Tomato / Banana	Assessment of coating formulation to improve shelf life of fruits and vegetables	5	5
8	Food Science	Coconut	Assessment of dehydration technology for desiccated coconut	5	5
9	Animal Science	Ovine	Assessment of performance of small ruminant mineral mixture on production performance of sheep	5	5
10	Animal Science	Poultry	Assessment of dietary supplementation of fresh and dried Azolla on the performance of Backyard poultry in Tiruppur district	5	5
11	Extension	Extension	Assessment of Effectiveness of Agricultural Technology Transfer among Rural Youth by using ICT tools	60 farmers each	60 farmers each
12	Extension	Extension	Assessment of the Effectiveness of different Training Evaluation Methods (Honey bee rearing)	60 farmers each	60 farmers each

Sl. No	Thematic Area	Crop	Technology To be Assessed	Demos	Beneficiaries
1	Plant Protection	Maize	Assessment of the Nutrient Requirement with Different Fertilizer Recommendations in Maize	5	5
2	Crop Production	Green gram	Performance of Green gram Variety	5	5
3	Crop Management	Tapioca	Assessing the performance of high yielding Tapioca variety suitable for Tiruppur district	5	5
4	Crop Management	Coconut	Assessment of management modules against Coconut Rugose Spiralling Whitefly	5	5
5	Organic Farming	Composting techniques	Assessing the composting techniques	5	5
6	Animal Science	Dairy Cattle	Assessment of feed additive for enhancing the milk yield and milk composition in cross breed dairy cattle	5	5
7	Extension	Extension	Assessing the Effectiveness of e-Extension Methods in terms of Knowledge Gain, Perception and Symbolic Adoption behaviour among the Rural Youth	3	3
8	Food Science	Food Science	Assessment of dehydration in Moringa leaves for suitable extruded product	1	1

Sl. No	Thematic Area	Crop	Technology To be Assessed	Demos	Beneficiaries
1	Plant Protection	Coconut	Assessment of Management Modules against Coconut Rugose Whitefly	5	5
2	Crop Production	Green gram	Assess the performance of Green gram variety for higher productivity	5	5
3	Crop Management	Maize	Assessing Nutrient Potential of residual plant nutrients & its effect on Maize yield	5	5
4	Organic Farming	–	Assess the performance of Different Composting Cultures to enhance the composting process	5	5
5	Crop Protection	Maize	Assessment of different types of herbal powder incorporated instant nutri-drink	5	5
6	Extension	–	Assessment of Ethno Veterinary Treatment for control of endo parasites in Goat5	5	5