ANNUAL ACTION PLAN APRIL, 2015 – MARCH, 2016 Presented in State Level Review Workshop for the KVKs of West Bengal Held at ZONAL PROJECT DIRECTORATE, ZONE-II, KOLKATA On 07.04.2015 Submitted by CONTENTS Sl.No. Description Page Number 1. Basic information of Krishi Vigyan Kendra 3 2. Concept 4 3. Mandate 5 4. Activities 5 5. District Profile – Paschim Medinipur 6-30 6. Rationale 31 7. Major problem identified and causes behind them 31 8. Our Thrust 32 9. Farm advisory and other activities (April, 2015to March, 2016) 33-34 10. Executive summary of the training programme (April, 2015 to March, 2016) 35 11. Summary of training programme 36 12. Details of vocational training programme 37-56 13. A.Courses for the practicing farmer / farm women 37-44 14. B. Courses for Rural Youth 45-50 15. C. Courses for in service Extension Functionaries 51-53 16. D. Courses for FLD farmer 54-56 17. Front Line Demonstration 57-59 18. OFT 60-69 19. Varietal Trial 70 20. Activities in instructional farm / development units 70-72 21. Different supporting programme to the farming community 72 22. Colloborative Programme with Different Gov.Organisation & Stakeholders 73 23. Demand for fund to be filled by the Authorized Officer of the guarantee for released for installation 74 for centre for the financial year 2013-14 2 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA Basic Information of Krishi Vigyan Kendra Name and Address of the Seva Bharati Krishi Vigyan Kendra KVK P.O.– Kapgari,Dist.– Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, PIN-721 505 Name of the KVK and District Seva Bharati Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dist. – Paschim Medinipur. KVK code 0312210. Name of the Host Organisation Seva Bharati, P.O. – Kapgari, Dist. – Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, Pin – 721 505. Telephone No. STD – 03221,Phone –267267 Mobile 9564661311/9679992098 Fax No. 03221-258318 Website www.sevabharatikvk.org Email [email protected] Name of the Head of the Organisation with designation Prof. Soumitra Kumar Sen, President, Seva Bharati. Name of Incharge of the KVK with designation Dr. Asim Kumar Maiti , Programme Coordinator. Letter No. and date by which KVK was sanctioned by 26(30)/96-Edn-II dated 23.11.1976 ICAR Month and year of inception of KVK December, 1976 Geographical Location of KVK 21º 47’ - 23º 00' North Latitude 86º 40’ - 87º 52' East Longitude 3 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA CONCEPT Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is an institutional Project of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) to demonstrate the Application of Science and Technology input of agricultural research and education on the farmers field and in the rural area with the help of multi-disciplinary team of scientists. It is therefore also called as front line transfer of technology or extension system in the country. To demonstrate the latest Agricultural Technologies to the farmers as well as the extension workers of the state Department of agriculture/NGO’s with a view to reduce the time lag between the technologies generation and it's adoption. To test and verify the technologies in the socio economic condition of the farmers and to identify the production constraints. To get first hand scientific feedback from the fields and passing it to the research system in order to keep the scientist abreast with the performance of the technologies and the farming problems, so that they re -orient their research, education and training programmes accordingly. To impart training to the farmers, farm women, rural youth and field level extension functionaries by following the principles of "teaching by doing" and "learning by doing". To provide training and communication support to the line department of the state/NGOs. To develop extension models to be adopted by general extension system for large scale multiplications. 4 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA MANDATE Assessment, Refinement and Demonstration of Technologies/Products. 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 5 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA DISTRICT PROFILE Name of district – Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal Paschim Medinipur District comprises of 4 (four) Sub-Divisions namely Medinipur Sadar, Kharagpur, Jhargram, Ghatal, after reconstruction of the district on 1st January, 2002 and present geographical area is 929528 ha.This district is surrounded by Bankura, Hooghly and Purba Medinipur districts and the states of Orrisa and Jharkhnd. District at a Glance : 1 Name of District Paschim Medinipur 2 Geographical Area 9295.28 sq km 3 No. of Sub-Division 4 [Medinipur Sadar, Kharagpur, Jhargram, Ghatal] 4 No. of Block 29 5 No. of Municipality 8 6 No. of Gram Panchayet 290 7 No. of Police Station 31 8 Total No. of Mouza 8735 i Inhabited Mouza 7498 ii Electrified Mouza 4657 9 Population (as per Census-2001) 5193411 i Male 2648048 ii Female 2545363 iii Scheduled Caste 18.05 % iv Scheduled Tribe 14.87 % v Small Farmer 180133 vi Marginal Farmer 447397 vii Medium Farmer 18326 viii Agricultural Labourer 442706 ix Urban Population 655912 (12.57%) x Rural Population 4562487 (87.43%) 10 No. of House hold 900700 11 Population Density (per sq km) 561.4 12 Total Rural Family 835345 13 Cultivator 636457 14 Pattaholder 652331 15 Recorded Bargader 149173 6 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA 16 Land Use Statistics i Net Cropped Area 595210 Ha ii Area under non-agricultural use 126328 Ha iii Area under Forest 144613 Ha iv Area under current fallow (2013-14) 9111 Ha v Culturable waste land 47982 Ha vi Gross cropped area 1015141 Ha vii Area cultivated more than once 353708 Ha viii Cropping intensity 170.55 % 17 i Flood Prone Area 142647 Ha ii Drought Prone Area 335248 Ha 18 i Net Irrigated Area (2013-14) 340394 Ha ii % of irrigation 57.19 % 19 Sources of irrigation (2013-14) Area (ha) No. i HDTW 8995 303 ii MDTW 93538 9486 iii LDTW 25091 4981 iv STW 109468 32651 v RLI 10481 405 vi ODW 5143 12164 vii Others 21514 3387 viii Tanks 24636 34493 ix Canal 41528 Total 340394 97870 20 Agricultural Farm i District Seed Farm 1 ii State Seed Farm (JSMF, Goaltore) 1 iii Block Seed Farm 5 iv Japanese Model Farm 1 v Sub-Divisional Adoptive Research Farm 4 vi Others 2 21 Research Laboratory i Soil Testing Laboratory 1 ii Quality Control Cell & Insecticide Control Laboratory 1 iii Fertilizer Control Laboratory 1 iv Tissue Culture Laboratory 1 22 No. of I T D P Block 19 23 No. of S P D A Block 16 7 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA 24 No. of D L F Block 10 25 No. of N P D P Block 8 26 No. of L W E affected Block 11 27 No. of Krishi Vigyan Kendra 1 28 No. of C A D C Block 1 29 Cold Storage i No. of Cold Storage 82 ii Capacity of storing 1404019.4 T 30 Input Sale Point i Fertilizer Depot 2919 ii Insecticide Depot 1830 iii Seed Depot 389 31 Teperature (oC) at 4 Stations in 2012 Highest Lowest Jhargram SARF 42.5 5.5 Pingla SARF 40.8 5.9 Khirpai SARF 40.8 7.0 32 Rainfall (mm / year) i Normal Rainfall (LTA of 29 years) 1541.6 Mm ii Rainfall During 2013 1920.2 Mm 33 Farm Machinery i Tractor 1285 ii Power Tiller 4929 iii Pumpset 58774 iv Pedal Thresher 141336 v Sprayer 179250 vi Duster 322 vii Power Thresher 5782 viii Paddy Reaper 130 34 Distribution of Land Holding i Marginal Farmer (upto 1 ha) 51.31 % ii Small Farmer (1 to 2 ha) 29.61 % iii Middle Farmer (2 to 4 ha) 19.94 % iv Big Farmer (above 4 ha) 0.14 % 35 Farmers Old Age Pension i Medinipur Sadar 916 ii Kharagpur 1471 iii Jhargram 5827 iv Ghatal 615 8 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA Total 8829 36 Financial Institution i Commercial, Regional and Rural Banks Allahabad Bank 35 Andhra Bank 2 Bank of India 10 Bank of Baroda 4 Central Bank 8 Canara Bank 5 Indian Bank 6 Oriental Bank 2 Punjab National Bank 48 State Bank of India 61 Indian Overseas Bank 5 Punjab & Sindh Bank 1 Syndicate Bank 4 United Bank of India 69 U C O Bank 20 Union Bank 3 Vijaya Bank 1 Dena Bank 1 Corporation Bank 2 Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank (RRB) 37 ii Co-operative Banks Vidyasagar CCB Ltd 31 Tamluk-Ghatal CCB Ltd 5 iii Co-operative Agricultural Rural Dev. Banks Medinipur PCB 2 Jhargram PCB 1 Ghatal PCB 1 Medinipur CARD Bank 5 Jhargram CARD Bank 2 Ghatal CARD Bank 2 iv West Bengal Financial Corporation 1 v Private Bank Axis Bank 2 Indus Bank 1 IDBI 2 9 | P a g e ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2015 - 2 0 1 6 SEVA BHARATI KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA ICICI 3 Grand Total 382 37 Requirement of food /head /day Food Materials Requirement (g) Cereals 454 Pulses 35 Oilseed 45 Vegetables 340 Leafy veg.