No. 16 APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2015 Published in Malayalam & English Shri. Sreenivasan visiting KVK exhibition stall, Rajendra maidan, Ernakulam Fish harvest in progress at Pokkali fields, Pizhala, Ernakulam Dr. A.K . Singh Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension) ICAR launching Fishlizer, CMFRI, Kochi ICAR - KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA (ERNAKULAM) ICAR - CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE Dept. of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India Arattuvazhi Beach, Narakkal P.O., Ernakulam, Kerala - 682 505 Ph: 0484 - 2492450 e-mail: [email protected] Web:www.kvkernakulam.org.in Director’s MANDATES Message Krishi Vigyan Kendras are district level units of Indian Council The overall mandate of ICAR- of Agricultural Research functioning with major objective of KVK is to develop and disseminate district level agricultural development by spreading latest location specific technological technologies among farmers. In order to achieve this larger modules at district level through objective, KVK has experts from all fields of Agriculture. The Technology assessment, refinement area of operation of Krishi Vigyan Kendra of ICAR – Central and demonstration and to act as knowledge and resource centre for Marine Fisheries Research Institute is Ernakulam district. This agriculture and its allied activities. KVK has been working for the agricultural development of The specific activities to carry out this Ernakulam district since 1976. Major achievements of this KVK are popularisation mandate are: of prawn culture, mussel culture, cage fish farming, open precision farming, rain shelter farming, Kadaknath poultry, setting up of satellite seed production centres, ∙ Conducting on-farm testing to identify introduction of package for revival of Pokkali farming system, etc. Currently, the location specificity of agricultural KVK is giving thrust towards quality control of organic farming inputs. There is a technologies under various farming sales counter functioning at CMFRI to supply quality inputs to farmers. KVK has systems formed a task force to set up home vegetable garden with a view to support the ∙ Organizing frontline demonstrations organic vegetable farming initiatives in the district. to establish production potential KVK has collaborated with Kudumbasree Mission in producing and supplying of various crops and enterprises in quality organic manures in the district. Capacity building programme for one farmers fields selected Kudumbasree Joint Liability Group has been initiated recently. KVK ∙ Organizing need based training for has launched Fishlizer, an organic manure made out of fish waste collected from farmers to update their knowledge Ernakulam market as part of its Swatch Bharath Abhiyan, a call of Hon’ble Prime and skills in modern agricultural Minister of India. It is planned to scale up Fishlizer production as a model waste technologies related to technology disposal cum organic farming promotion initiative in the district. assessment, refinement and demonstration, and training of We understand that major problem of farmers is issues in marketing of their extension personnel to orient them produce. In order to assist farmers, KVK in collaboration with NABARD is in the frontier areas of technology forming farmer producer organisations. development. The objective of this newsletter is to spread information about the programmes ∙ Creating awareness about improved of KVK with a view to invite fruitful future collaborations from peer institutions, technologies to larger masses through line departments, research organisations and most importantly, the farmers to appropriate extension programmes. work together in the coming years for the betterment of Agriculture and ensuring ∙ Production and supply of good safe food for the public. quality seeds and planting materials, livestock, poultry and fisheries breeds and products and various bio-products With best wishes to the farming community. ∙ Work as resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for (A. Gopalakrishnan) improving the agricultural economy Director of the district. Published by Compiled and Edited by Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan Dr. Shinoj Subramannian Director Dr . K. Smita Sivadasan ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute F. Pushparaj Anjelo (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) ICAR-KVK Ernakulam, CMFRI Ernakulam North P.O., P. B. No. 1603 Kochi – 682 018, Kerala, India With Best Compliments From Director Senior Scientist & Head ICAR- CMFRI ICAR-KVK Ernakulam of CMFRI APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2015 ISSUE No. 16 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION) VISITED ICAR-KVK . A. K. Singh, Deputy Director General Dr(Agricultural Extension), ICAR, New Delhi visited KVK on 12th August 2015. He reviewed the activities of KVK and suggested ways to improve its functioning towards overall agriculture development of Ernakulam district. Subsequently he visited KVK’s partner-farmer’s fields and cage fish culture sites located in Kadamakkudy and Pizhala. The DDG suggested to scale up cage culture model towards enhancing safe fish Dr.A.K.Singh, Deputy Director General visiting KVK’s Cage production to ensure livelihood and nutritional demonstration sites near Pizhala, Ernakulam security of island community. ICAR-KVK’s ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME HANDBOOK RELEASED . S. Ayyappan, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) & Director DrGeneral, ICAR released hand book entitled “Samrambhakthwa Parisheelana Paripadi” of KVK brought out as part of Entrepreunership Development Programme (EDP) on “Climate Resilient Aquaculture” conducted with NICRA funding. The release was during NICRA review meeting on 13th August 2015. Director general ICAR Releasing KVK’s NICRA EDP hand book 5 ICAR-KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA (ERNAKULAM) APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2015 ISSUE No. 16 ISSUE No. 16 ICAR-KVK DEMONSTRATED FARM GATE MARKETS FOR POKKALI FISH ith a view to popularize nutritionally Wrich, naturally organic Pokkali fish while ensuring enhanced income for farmers, KVK demonstrated “Farm gate markets” at 7 locations in Kadamakkudy, Pizhala, Cherai and Puthuvypu on 4th and 5th April 2015. The programme was inaugurated by Kadamakkudy Grama Panchayath president Smt. Valsa Francis at Kadamakkudy and by Pallippuram Grama Panchayath president Smt. Chinnama Darman at Cherai. Live fishes were sold at premium price which avoided middlemen and thus helped the farmers earn more profit. About Pokkali Fish harvest & marketing in progress at Pizhala during the 2000 fish lovers visited the Farm gate markets. Farm Gate Market demonstration ICAR-KVK DEMONSTRATES BIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC WEEDS IN PUBLIC PONDS VK commenced demonstration of aquatic weed management in public ponds by growing Grass Carp K(Ctenopharyngodon idella) fish. This fish feeds on aquatic weeds up to the extent of 2 to 3 times of its body weight and it grows upto 50kg. Since this fish cannot breed in ponds, its management is easy. The programme was inaugurated on 21st July 2015 at Kodamkulam, Thripunithura by Thripunithura Muncipal Chairman Shri. R. Venugopal. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Director Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan gave key note address. Fish fingerlings being released for aquatic weed control demonstration in a pond at Kudamkulam, Tripunithura 6 ICAR-KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA (ERNAKULAM) APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2015 ISSUE No. 16 TASK FORCE FOR SETTING UP KITCHEN GARDENS WITH ICAR- KVK BACKSTOPPING VK has formed a task force for setting up Kkitchen gardens towards organic vegetable production in urban homes in Kochi. Vegetables planted in grow bags and a 100 days schedule indicating crop care and management would be supplied by the task force. They also supply quality organic inputs. As part of this programme,KVK conducted a series of training programmes also at various locations in Kochi Corporation. Total of 350 persons were trained. KVK’s task force member getting growbags ready for installation ICAR-KVK TAKING PART IN PROJECT ON ENHANCING EFFICIENCY OF COCONUT BASED LAND USE SYSTEMS VK is taking part in a multi-institutional project Mukkannur in Ernakulam district. 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