KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA (KVK) KINNAUR( Sharbo PO Reckong Peo District Kinnaur (HP) INDIA )

Mandate & Activities

Mandate

  • Facilitation and update of the extension officers/functionaries with emerging advances in horticulture/agricultural and allied field research and developments.
  • Organization of short-term and long-term training programmes/vocational trainings in horticulture/agriculture and allied fields for the farmers and rural youths for bringing higher farm productivity and self-employment.
  • Organization of 'Front-line demonstration' on various crops for demonstration and adoption of improved farm technology.
  • Identification of location specific technologies for developing sustainable land use systems through conducting 'On-farm testing (OFT) trials.

Activities

An On-Farm Trial aims at testing a new technology or an idea in farmer’s fields, under farmers’ conditions and management, by using farmer’s own practice as control.

  • Introduction and popularisation of exotic edible podded pea (Snow pea) crop to create awareness about exotic vegetables.
  • Raising plug nursery in pro trays.
  • Enhancement of productivity in Apple through soil fertility status-based recommendation.
  • Enhancement of apple production through Integrated Nutrient Management.
  • Production of quality Apple fruits through Promalin (PGR).
  • Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi for the management of apple root borer.
  • Testing of score for the management of powdery mildew in apple.
  • Testing of score for the management of powdery mildew in pea.
  • Effect of planting density on Apple production under ultra high-density plantation.
  • Pollination management through the use of Pollen dispenser.
  • Introduction of Kuth as an intercrop in apple.
  • Introduction of kala zeera as an intercrop in apple

The field demonstrations conducted under the close supervision of scientists of the National Agriculture Research System is called front-line demonstrations because the technologies are demonstrated for the first time by the scientists themselves before being fed into the main extension system of the State.

  • FLD on improved cultivar of broccoli cv. Green Head
  • FLD on intercropping of vegetables/spice crops in fruits crops.
  • Management of Ascochyta blight in pea
  • Management of anthracnose in Rajmash
  • Pollinizer proportion enhancement through top working
  • Demonstration of Mulching in Apple
  • Use of light trap for mass capturing of root borer fecundative mother
  • Use of physical barriers for the control of WAA
  • Foliar fertilization of Calcium Nitrate in apple
  • After harvest application of Urea in apple fruit crop
  • Scientific cultivation of kala zeera
  • Scientific cultivation of Kuth