KVK, Amreli

KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA

Junagadh Agricultural University

Amreli

Year of Establishment: March, 2005

General information about the Krishi Vigyan Kendra:

The idea of establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) - Farm Science Center was evolved by the recommendations of the education commission/review by the planning commission and inter-Ministerial Committee, and further recommendation by the committee headed by Dr. Mohan Singh Mehta appointed by ICAR in 1973.

The first KVK was established in 1974 at Pondicherry under the administrative control of the Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Coimbtore. The number of KVKs increased 290 during the V to IX Five Year Plan. The Hon'ble Prime Minister of India announced that by the end of 2007 there should be one KVK in each district of the country.

Total 50 KVKs established during Twelth Plan. At present there are 732 KVKs in India which include KVKs under State Agricultural University (SAU) /CAU-State/ Central Agricultural University (CAU), ICAR Institutes, Non-government Organization, State Governments, Public Sector Undertakingsand Central University/Deemed University/Other Educational Institution. Gujarat state is having 30 KVKs of which, 07 KVKs are under Junagadh Agricultural University and Amreli is one of them, established in March, 2005.

Information of HoD :

Senior Scientist and Head	:	Dr. P. J. Prajapati
Specialization	:	Agronomy
Telephone Number	:	91-2792-227122
E-mail	:	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Staff position (as on December, 2023)

Sr. No.	Sanctioned post	Name of the incumbent	Designation	Discipline	Pay Scale (Rs.)	Date of joining	Permanent /Temporary	Category
1	I/c Senior Scientist & Head	Dr. P. J. Prajapati	Subject Matter Specialist	Crop Production	57700-182400 (UL-10)	31/03/2015	Permanent	OBC
2	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. N. Tiwari	Subject Matter Specialist	Home Science	57700-182400 (UL-10)	04/09/2018	Permanent	General
3	Subject Matter Specialist	Mr. V. S.Parmar	Subject Matter Specialist	Extension Education	57700-182400 (UL-10)	12/05/2016	Permanent	ST
4	Subject Matter Specialist	Mr. N. M. Kachhadiya	Subject Matter Specialist	Plant Protection	57700-182400 (UL-10)	25/01/2017	Permanent	General
5	Subject Matter Specialist	Ms. Pooja V. Maheta	Subject Matter Specialist	Horticulture	57700-182400 (UL-10)	03/11/2023	Permanent	General
6	Subject Matter Specialist	Dr. A. P Lakkad	Subject Matter Specialist	Agriculture Engineering	68900-205500	01/12/2023	Deputation (NAU, Navsari)	General
7	Subject Matter Specialist	Vacant	Subject Matter Specialist	Animal Science	-	-	-	-
8	Programme Assistant	Ms. K. K Gadhiya	Programme Assistant	Plant pathology	09300-34800	30/07/2018	Permanent	General
9	Computer Programmer	Shri S . N. Joshi	Computer Programmer	-	39900-126600	01/07/2010	Permanent	General
10	Farm Manager	Mr. S. G. Baria	Farm Manager	Agriculture	09300-34800	30/07/2018	Permanent	ST
11	Accountant	Shri H. J. Ravaliya	Accountant	-	39900-126600	01/12/2011	Permanent	SC
12	Stenographer	Vacant	Stenographer	-	-	-	-	-
13	Driver	Out sourcing	Driver	-	-	-	-	-
14	Driver	Out sourcing	Driver	-	-	-	-	-
15	Supporting staff	Out sourcing	Supporting staff	-		-
16	Supporting staff	Vacant	Supporting staff	-	-	-	-	-

Total land with KVK:

S. N.	Item	Area (ha)
1	Under Buildings	2.00
2.	Under Demonstration Units	2.00
3.	Under Crops	12.50
4.	Orchard/Agro-forestry	1.00
5.	Others (WHS & Polytechnic Home Sci. building)	2.50
	Total	20.00

DETAILS OF DISTRICT

Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

S. N.	Farming system/enterprise
1	Dry Farming
2	Rainfed : Cotton, Groundnut, Sesame, Black gram, Green gram, Mango, Onion
3	Agriculture – Horticulture (Mango)
4	Agriculture – Dairy
5	Agriculture – Fisheries
6	Cotton based cropping system
7	Groundnut based cropping system
8	Sesame based cropping system
9	Enterprise: Poultry, Fishery, Dairy, Sericulture, Vermicompost

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

a) Soil type

S. N.	Agro-climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	North Saurashtra Agro climatic Zone VI	Medium black soil, coastal alluvial soil, rocky soil and alkaline soil
1	North Saurashtra Agro climatic Zone VI	The climate of the district varies from moderately hot throughout the year except in winter. The climate is humid along with the coastal belt. The temperature varies from 8.01° Celsius in January to 43.7° Celsius in May. The average rainfall of last three years is 706 mm.

b) Topography

S.N.	Agro-ecological Situation	Soil texture	Altitude (m)	Principal Crops grown	Special Feature	Block Covered
1	Medium black soil with 400-700 mm rainfall	Silty clay to clayey	75-150	Groundnut Cotton Pearl millet	-	Savarkundla, Rajula and part of Jafrabad
2	Shallow black soils with 600-700 mm rainfall	Clayey	75-150	Groundnut Cotton Pearl millet Wheat	-	Kunkavav, Bagasara
3	Saline - alkali (Heavy texture) soils with 500-600 mm rainfall	Clayey	75-150	Cotton Groundnut Pearl millet Sorghum	Saline ground water	Amreli, Lathi, Liliya
4	Hilly soils with 300-600 mm rainfall	Clay loam, clayey	75-300	Groundnut Cotton Pearl millet Wheat	Well drained soils	Babra, Dhari, Khambha
5	Coastal alluvial soil with medium rainfall 750-1000 mm.	Sandy loam to silty clay loam	25-75	Cotton Groundnut Sesame Pearl millet	Saline ground water	Jafrabad and part of Rajula

Details of Operational area / Villages:

Taluka / Block	Name of the village	Major crops & enterprises	Major problem identified	Identified Thrust Areas
Liliya	Hathigadh	Groundnut, Cotton, Sesamum, Wheat, Cumin, Chickpea, Garlic, Onion, Mango, lemon Enterprises are dairy business, vermi composting	Heavy infestation of sucking pest in cotton, Sesame leaf blight, Stem rot disease in Groundnut, Mango Malformation, Less area under Horticultural crops	-IPM and INM in major crops of this area. -Motivate the farmers for arid Horticultural crops. -To create the awareness for grading. -Processing and marketing (value addition)
Amreli	Jasvantgadh
Amreli	Randhiya
Khambha	Ingorala
Kukavav	Devgam
Amreli	Rikadiya
Babra	Kuvargadh
Savakundla	Ramgadh
Savakundla	Dhajadi
Babra	Jambarvada
Kukavav	Khadkhad
Bagasra	Rafala
Babara	Sukhpar
Dhari	Fachariya
Lathi	Sekhpipariya

Priority thrust areas:

Sr. No.	Crop/ Enterprise	Thrust area
1.	Cotton, Groundnut, Castor, Cumin, Wheat, vegetables, fruits, etc.	Integrated Crop Management in major crops
2.	Farm waste	Recycling of farm waste through composting, vermin compost, green manuring, etc.
3.	Micro irrigation	Efficient use of water by micro irrigation system, water harvesting structure, and water conservation techniques
4.	Soil	Reclamation of saline & alkaline soils
5.	Farm Women	Farm women empowerment by training in value addition, handicrafts, and small scale enterprises
6.	Horticulture	Promotion of arid horticulture fruit crops
7.	Improved Implements	Popularization of the mechanized technological

Summary of Progress Report

Details of the target and achievements of mandatory activities by KVK (January 2021 to December 2021)

OFT				FLD
1				2
Number of OFTs		Number of Farmers		Number of FLDs (Crops/Component)		Number of Farmers
Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement
7	7	27	27	26 (FLDs under KVK, ATIC, NFSM, NMOOP)	26	670	670

Trainings (Including sponsored, vocational etc.)					Extension Activities
3					4
Number of Courses			Number of participants		Number of Activities		Number of participants
Clientele	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement	Targets	Achievement
Farmers	63	107	2515	4465	58	1358	500	8814
Rural youth	4	9	125	331
Ext. Functionaries	2	2	50	90
Other Scheme Trainings (ATIC, NICRA, NFSM, NMOOP)	ATIC-24 NMOOP-9 NFSM-9 ARYA-11	ATIC-24 NMOOP-9 NFSM-9 ARYA-11	ATIC-1114 NMOOP-402 NFSM- 277 ARYA-598	ATIC-1114 NMOOP- 402 NFSM- 277 ARYA-598	ATIC -28 NMOOP-7 NFSM-21	ATIC -28 NMOOP-7 NFSM-21	ATIC -342 NMOOP-135 NFSM-441	ATIC -342 NMOOP-135 NFSM-441

Seed Production (Qt.)		Planting material (Nos.)
5		6
Target	Achievement	Target	Achievement
-	152.25	1500	12160

SUMMARY OF TRAINING:

Training Achievement (On campus):

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of training	No. of Participants
Sr. No.	Subject	No. of training	Male	Female	Total
1	Horticulture	2	71	14	85
2	Home Science	12	00	370	370
3	Agriculture Engineering	11	203	212	415
4	Plant Protection	4	156	11	167
5	Crop Production	7	267	33	300
6	Extension Education/Capacity building	2	55	00	55
7	Rural Youth	7	97	154	257
8	Extension functionary	2	70	20	90
Total		47	919	814	1733

Training Achievement (Off campus):

Sr. No.	Subject	No of training	No of Participants
Sr. No.	Subject	No of training	Male	Female	Total
1	Horticulture	2	71	14	85
2	Home Science	14	15	435	450
3	Agriculture Engineering	17	127	238	365
4	Plant Protection	9	534	18	552
5	Crop Production	6	387	129	516
6	Extension Education/capacity building	5	219	6	225
Total		53	1353	840	2193

Vocational training programmes for rural youth

Crop / Enterprise	Training title*	Identified Thrust Area	Duration (days)	No. of Participants			Self-employed after training			Number of persons employed else where
Crop / Enterprise	Training title*	Identified Thrust Area	Duration (days)	M	F	Total	Type of units	Number of units	Number of persons employed	Number of persons employed else where
Home Science	Bakery Products Development	women empowerment	04	00	40	40	0	0	0	0

Online activities during year 2021

Sr. No.	Activity Type	Mode of implementation	Title of Program	No. of Programmes	No. of Participants/ Views
A	Farmers training
1	World Milk Day Celebration	ZOOM App	World Milk Day	1	43
	World bee Day Celebration	Google meet	World bee Day	1	30
2	Farm women training	Whatsapp video conferencing	MIS and Water conservation	1	25
3	Farmers’ and Farm women training	YouTube Live	Cotton crop planning, seed selection, natural farming & rainwater harvesting	1	31
4	Farmers’ and Farm women awareness	Google meet	Rainwater harvesting & Groundwater recharge	1	27
5	Farmers’ and Farm women training and awareness	ZOOM App	Rainwater harvesting & Groundwater recharge	2	75
6	Farmers’ and Farm women training	Google meet	Rainwater harvesting & Groundwater recharge	1	25
7	Farmers’ and Farm women training	Google meet	Efficient use of fertilizer	1	61
	Total			9	317

Farmers Reaction:

Crop	Variety/Input	Farmers’ reaction
Gram	GJG-3	►High Yield Variety ►Bold seeded Variety ►Stunt virus resistant Variety
Cumin	IDM	►Less problem of wilt due to application of Trichoderma ►Less problem of blight and powdery mildew due to spraying of carbendazim and Hexaconazole
Wheat	GW-173	►Resistant to Shoot borer ►High yielding ►Best for late sowing
Wheat	GJW-463	►High Yield Variety ►Grain quality is good
Green Gram	GAM-5	►Highly resistant to Yellow Mosaic Virus (YMV) ►Bold seed size with attractive shiny grain appearance
Groundnut	GJG-22	►Higher production ►Less stem rot problems ►Quality of seed is good
Sesame	GT-4	►Bold seeded, whiteness more and higher production then other varieties
Cotton	INM	►Less reddening of leaves ►Higher Yield
Cotton	GTHH-49	►Higher Yield ►Suitable for High density planting
Cotton	IPM	►Better control of pests ►Economic to other chemical pesticides
Castor	GCH-9	►Resistance to wilt, root rot and tolerant to sucking pests ►Higher Yield
Sorghum	GFS-5	►High yielder ►Resistance to major pests and diseases and suitable under drought condition
Pigeon Pea	GJP-1	►High yielding ►Bright white colored seed gives good price in market

Other Schemes Activities

Agriculture Technology Information Centre Activities (ATIC):

I. Trainings:

Sr. No.	Types of training	No. of Training	No. of participants
1	On Campus	9	346
2	Off Campus	15	768
3	Field day	9	160
4	Field visit	19	182
Total		52	1456

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Demo	Local check	% increase in productivity over local check
1	Groundnut	Kharif 21	IPM (Metarhizium, Beauveria , Azadirechtin chloropyriphos	20	5	23.18	21.05	10.14
2	Cotton		MDT tube	10	2.5	21.3	18.1	17.50
3	Cotton		IPM (Cotton Inputs Beauveria , Azadirechtin, Pheromone trap)	20	5	22.24	20.13	10.50
4	Groundnut		GJG-32	20	5	29.54	26.31	12.27
5	Sesame		GT-4	10	4	2.37	2.05	16.09
6	Gram	Rabi 21-22	GJG-6	25	6.25	Crop standing
7	Gram		IDPM	25	6.25
8	Onion		IDM	10	2.5
9	Wheat		GW-463	25	6.25
			Total	165	42.75

III. Economic Impact of FLDs (ATIC)

Crop	Average Cost of cultivation (Rs./ha)		Average Gross Return (Rs./ha)		Average Net Return (Profit) (Rs./ha)		Cost Ratio (Gross Return / Gross Cost)
Crop	Demo	Local Check	Demo	Local Check	Demo	Local Check	Demo	Local Check
Groundnut	31944	34282	120709	109486	88765	75204	3.78	3.20
Cotton	40063.8	41293.4	182348.3	149983.3	142284.5	108689.9	4.57	3.64
Cotton	38621	41029	190777	168962	152156	127933	4.97	4.16
Groundnut	30238	32926	151646	134957	121409	102031	5.08	4.15
Sesame	10227	11202	19702	16933	9474	5731	1.91	1.51
Gram	Yield awaited
Gram
Onion
Wheat

Activities-Cluster base Front Line Demonstrations of Rabi and Summer Pulses under NFSM:

Sr. No.	Types of training	No. of training	No. of participants
1	On campus	4	125
2	Off campus	3	80
3	Field Day	6	210
4	Field visit	15	231
5	Sponsored training	2	72
Total		30	718

II. Cluster Front Line Demonstrations of Rabi Pulses under NFSM:

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
						Demo	Local check
1	Pigeon pea	Kharif 21	GJP-1, Trichoderma, Rhizobium, Beuvaria, PSB	50	20	Standing
2	Gram	Rabi-2021-22	GJG-6, Trichoderma, HNPV, Beuvaria, pheromen trap	50	20	Standing
Total				100	40

Activities-Cluster base Front Line Demonstrations of oilseed under NMoop:

Sr. No.	Types of training	No. of training	No. of participants
1	On/Off campus	8	364
2	Field Day	7	135
3	Sponsored training	1	38
Total		16	537

II. Cluster Front Line Demonstrations of oilseed under NMoop:

Sr. No.	Crop	Season	Component /Variety	No. of FLD	Area (ha)	Average yield (q/ha)		% increase in productivity over local check
						Demo	Local heck
1	Groundnut	Kharif-2021	GJG-22, Metarhizium, Rhizobium and PSB	50	20	27.8	26.23	5.99
2	Sesame	Kharif-2021	GT-4 and Beauria, Trichoderma, Azadirectine, Pendimethalin	50	20	2.11	1.91	10.33
Total				100	40

Activities under ARYA:

I. Enterprise established:

Enterprise
Sr. No.	Indicators	Name of Enterprise 1: Dal mill (02)	Name of Enterprise 2: Masala making (02)	Name of Enterprise 3: Mava making (02)
1.	Year of establishment	Feb, 2022	Feb, 2022	Feb, 2022
2.	No. of Training Programs Conducted (Number)	03	02	02
3.	No. of Rural youth trained (Number)	96	70	181

II. Training programme:

Sr. No.	Title	No. participate
1.	Awareness training on ARYA	150
2.	Value addition of milk	25
3.	Marketing opportunity for value added product of spices	37
4.	Value addition of milk	39
Total		251

Activities under MGMG:

I. Detailed Progress:

No. of Team formed	No. of Scientists	No. of Villages selected	No. of Blocks	No. of Districts	Bench Mark Survey conducted (No. of villages)
02	08	10	03	01	10

II. Activities undertaken

Activities undertakenby ICAR Institutes under MGMG

S. No.	Name of activity	No. of activities conducted	No. of farmers benefitted
1	Awareness created	03	300
2	Demonstrations conducted	06	15
3	Interface meeting/ Goshthies	05	95
4	Literature support provided	06	1345
5	Training organized	01	35
6	Visit to village by teams	05	120
7	Mobile based advisories	32	4521
Total		58	6431

III. Other activities organized by ICAR Institutes/ SAUs under MGMG

Table -2: Other activities organized by ICAR Institutes under MGMG:

S. No.	Activity	Particulars
1	Linkages developed with other agencies	No of Agency (No)	03
1	Linkages developed with other agencies	Farmers Benefitted (No)	310

Front Line Demonstration on Kitchen gardening:

Sr. No.	Name of vegetables			Seasons	No. of participants
Sr. No.	Crop	Varieties	Qty. (Gram)	Seasons	No. of participants
1	Bottle guard	Pusa Navin	15	Kharif	100
	Brinjal	GJB-3 GRB-7	7 7
	Cucumber	Gujarat Kakadi 1	7
	Ladies finger	GO-6	25
	Beans	AVC-1	30
2	Onion	ALR	10	Rabi	100
	Coriander	GDLC-1	10
	Methi	RMT-305	10
	Cowpea	CP-6	10
	Carrot	P. Rudhira	10
	Radish	P. Chetki	10
	Chilli	K-2	5
	Brinjal	P. Uttam	5
	Tomato	PKM-1/S-22	5
	Pea	P. Pragati	5
	Drumstick	PKM-1	5
	Palak	All Green	5

Activities under DAMU:

I Number of Weather Bulletin prepared from January – December, 2021

District Name	No. of Bulletins
Amreli	104

Block name	No. of Bulletins
Amreli	104
Babra	104
Bagasara	104
Dhari	104
Jafrabad	104
Khambha	104
Kunkavav Vadiya	104
Lathi	104
Liliya	104
Rajula	104
Savarkundla	104
Total No. of Block wise Weather Bulletin	1144

II Number of farmers connected

Particular	No. of farmers
Whatsapp Group- 17	2356
Telegram Group - 1	194 Subscribers
Facebook page	1880 followers

III Detail of farmers connected through WhatsApp

Name of the Block	Total Village in Block	No. of WhatsApp Group	No. of Farmers Covered	No. of Villages Covered	No. of Extension Workers at panchayat / village level
Amreli	71	4	694	59	10
Babra	57	2	335	48	7
Bagasara	34	2	286	29	4
Dhari	75	1	162	42	8
Jafrabad	42	1	51	20	5
Khambha	57	1	127	45	3
Kunkavav-Vadia	45	2	261	41	5
Lathi	49	1	100	28	8
Lilia	37	1	78	38	6
Rajula	72	1	120	25	4
Savarkundla	80	2	276	51	15
Total	619	18	2490	426	75

IV Farmer Awareness Program (FAP) organized by KVK, JAU, Amreli under DAMU

S. No.	FAP/ Farmers meet /Meghdoot Popularization activities	Date	Location		Approx. No. of Farmers attended the Program
S. No.		Date	Village	Block	Approx. No. of Farmers attended the Program
1	FAP, App.Popularization,	16-01-21	Lilia	Lilia	25
2	FAP, Meghdoot App.Popularization	18-01-21	Halriya	Bagasara	24
3	FAP, Meghdoot App.Popularization,Field visit	20-01-21	Sukhpur	Babra	12
4	FAP, Meghdoot App.Popularization	15/07/2021	Amreli	Amreli	29
5	FAP, Meghdoot App.Popularization	14/09/2021	Mangvapal	Amreli	47
6	FAP, Meghdoot App.Popularization	23/09/2021	Pithadiya	Bagasara	61
Total					198

Celebration of Special Events :

International Women Day- On 09/03/2021, International women day was organized for 60 women. The objective and agenda of this international women day was to give women equity, empowerment and entrepreneurship. Looking to the objective all programme was based on same agenda.

World Water Day- On 22/03/2021 World Water Day was celebrated in KVK, Amreli with total number of participants 60. During the event different lecture on water saving method and techniques in agriculture and allied sectors was given by the scientist of KVK and line department members.

World Milk Day- On 01/06/2021 World Milk Day was celebrated in KVK, Amreli by organizing online training progarmme with total number of participants 70. During the event different lecture on world milk day was delivered by the scientist of KVK and other related department members.

Fertilizer awareness programme- On 18/06/2021 Fertilizer awareness programme was celebrated in KVK, Amreli by organizing online webinar with total number of participants 49. During the event different lecture was delivered by the scientist of KVK.

Parthenium Awareness week- As it is known to everyone that ‘Parthenium Awareness week’ was organized every year since 2004 to make farmers and general public aware about the menace of parthenium, so like every year this year KVK, Amreli also organized several activities from 16/08/2021 to 21/08/2021.Here is the list of activities with photographs.

Date	Name of Activity	Location	No. of Participants
16/08/2021	Lecture delivered on Parthenium uprooting, releasing Mexican beetles	Motabhandariya, College of Agriculture , JAU, Amreli	42
16/08/2021	Awareness programme on composting of uprooted biomass	Motabhandariya, College of Agriculture , JAU, Amreli	42
17/08/2021	Parthenium uprooting in public place	Amreli	10
18/08/2021	Training programme organized on spraying herbicides and composting of uprooted biomass	Village- Mangawapal, Amreli	20
18/08/2021	Training programme on releasing Mexican beetles and Parthenium uprooting	Village-Kachardi, Amreli	25
21/08/2021	Parthenium uprooting in campus	KVK, Amreli	14

Technology week celebration- Technology week has been celebrated from 14/09/2021 to 18/09/2021 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli, with a view to create mass awareness among the farmers about the location specific advanced technologies for the sustainable agricultural production. Seminars and demonstrations on advanced technologies in agriculture and allied discipline such as Horticulture, Plant protection, Crop Production, Agriculture engineering, Agriculture extension and Home science have been conducted during the week. Total 291 participants including 57 farm-women and 234 farmers from about 07 villages of Amreli District were benefitted.

Details of Participants:

Date	Taluka wise Village		No. of participants
Date	Taluka wise Village		M	F	T
14/09/2021	Amreli	Mangvapal	2	46	48
15/09/2021	Kukavav	Pithadia	50	11	61
16/09/2021	Amreli	Amreli	55	00	55
17/09/2021	Amreli	Amreli	100	00	100
18/09/2021	Amreli	Varasda, Keriyanagas, Giriya	27	00	27
Total			234	57	291

PM Varieties release- On 28/09/2021 PM Varieties release progaramme was organized by KVK, Amreli with Online mode. In this programme 65 participants including 14 KVK staff take part.

Millet Awareness day and tree plantation- On 17/09/2021 Millet Awareness day and tree plantation was celebrated by KVK, Amreli with number of participants 52.

World Food Day: World Food Day was celebrated on dt.: 16/10/2021. It was organized for 50 students, in this programme different information and lecture was delivered by KVK, scientist.

Minister visit: On dated 11/11/2021 Honorable Agriculture Minister of Animal Husbandry and Cow breeding Shri Raghavji Patel Sir and Member of Parliament Shri Narayanbhai Kachhadiya sir visited KVK, Amreli and appreciated all the work done by KVK, Amrel. In this programme Dr. N. K. Gontia Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, JAU, Junagadh, Dr. H. M. Gajipara, DEE, JAU, Junagadh and other line dept officers, KVK, JAU, Amreli staff and progressive farmers of Amreli district were remained present.

Swacchta Hi Sewa fortnight: On 16/12/2021 to 31/12/2021 Swacchta Hi Sewa fortnight was celebrated in KVK, by organizing different events as per guideline of ICAR.

The schedule of the whole month programme that was completed in Dec 2021 under SWS was as follows:

Date	Activities	Palce	Participants
16-Dec-21	Plantation of trees	Amreli	34
17-Dec-21	Cleaning of offices, corridors and premises	KVK, Amreli	22
18-Dec-21	Cleanliness and sanitation drive in the villages adopted under the Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav	Liliya	22
19-Dec-21	Cleanliness and sanitation drive within campuses and surroundings	KVK, amreli	44
20-Dec-21	Utilization of organic wastes/ generation of wealth from waste, polythene free status	KVK, amreli	32
22-Dec-21	Technology demonstrations on agricultural technologies for conversion of waste to wealth, safe disposal of all kinds of wastes	KVK, amreli	49
23-Dec-21	Celebration of Special Day- KisanDiwas (Farmer’s Day)-23 December inviting farmers.	KVK, amreli	52
25-Dec-21	Cleaning of public places	Keriya road, Amreli	28
27-Dec-21	Awareness on waste management	FTC, Amreli	31
28-Dec-21	awareness on recycling of waste water, water harvesting for agriculture	KVK, amreli	55

Hon’ble Prime Minster Talk: On 16/12/2021 The hon’ble Prime Minster of India had addressed the farmers on Natural farming for this event KVK, Amreli organized one programme for 62 farmers and 86 farm women.

Celebration of Farmers day:During 23 to 25 December 2021, Farmers day was celebrated by KVK, Amreli During this programme 144 farmers and 136 farm women take a part. Different training programme and lecture was organized for the same occasion.

Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Jal Shakti Abhiyan was celebrated by KVK, JAU, Amreli from April to November 2021. Various online, on campus and off training programmes and various awareness programmes were organized about efficient water utilization in agriculture, micro irrigation system, rainwater harvesting, soil and water conservation, groundwater recharge etc.

Training Programs		No. Seed Packets distributed	No. Saplings distributed	Awareness Programs
Number	Total Participants	No. Seed Packets distributed	No. Saplings distributed	Number	Participants
14	518	199	210	30	1109

Extension Activities

Activities	No. of programmes	No. of farmers	No. of Ext. Personnel	TOTAL
Advisory Services	1512	1512	23	1535
Whatsapp group	05	320	1	321
Diagnostic visits	10	52	2	54
Field Day	10	167	15	175
Group discussions	03	201	0	201
Film Show	28	1471	05	1476
Scientists' visit to farmers field	55	549	7	768
Ex-trainees Sammelan	2	125	05	130
Farmers' seminar/workshop	3	73	00	73
Method Demonstrations	25	1119	0	1119
Celebration of important days	4	196	5	201
Special day celebration	6	366	4	370
Exposure visits	6	184	0	184
Others (pl.specify) Lecture Delivered	119	2637	08	2637
Total	1358	8542	75	8814

Performance of demonstration units

Nursery raising at KVK:

We also developed one small scale nursery in net house, raising the different seedlings like Brinjal, tomato and chili for selling to farmers at nominal price.

Crop	Name of the crop	Name of the variety	Name of the hybrid	Number	Value (Rs.)	Number of farmers
Vegetable seedlings	Brinjal	Gujarat Junagadh Round Brinjal-6	-	5000	2500	65
	Tomato	Gujarat Tomato-6	-	3560	1780	48
	Chilli	Gondal patto (local)	-	3600	1800	55
Total				12,160	6,080	168

Horticultural Demonstration Units

Sl. No.	Demo Unit	Area ha	Details of production
Sl. No.	Demo Unit	Area ha	Variety/No. of various plants
1	Herbal garden	0.1	Medicinal plant
2	Orchards unit	0.5	Guava-45 Kg Sapota- 72 Kg Custard apple- 12 Kg Mango- 22 Kg

Soil/Water testing sample analysis

Sr. No.	Type of Sample	Numbers of sample	Income (Rs.)
1	Soil	18	5,400
2	Water	21	1680
Total		39	7080

Performance of instructional farm including seed Production

S N	Name of crop	Date of Sowing	Date of Harvesting	Area (ha)	Details of production
S N	Name of crop	Date of Sowing	Date of Harvesting	Area (ha)	Variety	Type of produce	Qty. (Kg)
1	Wheat	09/11/2020	08-10/03/2021	1	GJW-463	Truthful	4780 kg
2	Groundnut	21 & 29-30/06/2021	25-29/10/2021	11	GJG-22	Foundation	10445 kg
3	Chickpea	20/11/2021	-	1.0	GJG-6	Truthful	Standing

LINKAGES

Functional linkage with different organizations

Sr. No.	Name of linkages
1.	Dy. Director of Agriculture.
2.	Dy. Director of Agril. Extension (FTC)
3.	Dy. Director of Horticulture
4.	Dy. Director of Animal Husbandry
5.	Dy. Director of Soil Conservation
6.	Dy. Director of Social Forestry
7.	Amreli Jilla Madhya Sahakari Bank
8.	Milk Co-Operative Society
9.	State Bank of India
10.	National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)
11.	NHRDF
12.	Doordarshan Kendra
13.	All India Radio
14	District Rural Development Agency
15.	ATMA
16.	Mahindra & Mahindra Co. Ltd.