KVK AJMER

KVK Ajmer

Identity of the unit

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tabiji, Ajmer was established on 22^nd August, 1992 at Tabiji Farm which is approx. 12 km away from district headquarter on Ajmer Beawar road.
Considerable amount of work has been done by KVK Ajmer by way of transferring technologies related to arable rainfed and vegetable based production system through trainings, on farm testing (OFTs), front line demonstrations (FLDs) and other extension activities.

Aims and Objectives

Planning and conducting survey of the operational area in order to prepare the resource inventory with special reference to identifying the training needs of the farming community.
Planning and conducting production-oriented, need-based short and long duration training courses both on campus as well as in the villages for various target groups i.e. farmers, farm-women, school-drop outs, rural youth and extension functionaries.
Developing and organizing non-formal educational programmes by way of field days, farm visits, farmers fair, radio talk, Farm Science clubs etc. as the follow up information support to training courses.
Organizing farm science clubs, both in rural schools and in villages in order to induce in younger generation a liking for and an interest for agricultural and allied sciences and scientific farming through supervised projects.
Developing and maintaining the campus farms and demonstration units on scientific lines as the facilities for providing work experience to the trainees as also disseminating the latest technical know how.
Implementing all such schemes of the ICAR and other related organizations which intend to strengthen the training programmes of the Kendra.

Mandates

Conducting “On-Farm Testing” for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems.
Organising training to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
Organising short and long term training courses in agriculture and allied vocations for the farmers and rural youths with emphasis on “Learning by doing” for higher production on farms and generating self-employment.
Organising Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) on various crops to generate production data and feedback information.

Thrust Areas

Considering the rainfed agro climatic condition, available resources, production potential in the district and the need of the farming community, the thrust areas were identified by the team of KVK in consultation with research scientists of the zone.

To improve productivity of rainfed crops through ICM, INM, IPM, NRM etc.
To enhance productivity of kharif onion, tomato, chilies and early cauliflower
To improve breed status of local goat by selective breeding with Sirohi buck
To organize training programmes for rural youth to develop entrepreneurship
To produce and supply true to the type fruit plants
To popularize azolla cultivation among farming community for supplementary feeding of livestock

Projects

On Going

Progeny Orchard & Ornamental Nursery sponsored by ICAR under revolving fund scheme (continue since 1996)

In the rainfed semi-arid area like Ajmer, the frequency of failure of crop production is very high because of erratic rainfall. In same situation, the fruit plants give reasonable production and better returns for the survival of farmers in limited water.

Therefore, fruit orchards contribute towards sustainable agriculture and sustainable production considering the micro farming situation, the farmers should take up establishment of the orchards as an enterprise to earn their livelihood and survive in difficult situation. It is of paramount importance to use best and appropriate quality of seed, seedling and planting material to have best return per unit of cultivated area.

KVK Ajmer established a progeny orchard with the objective to provide true to the type and of excellent quality fruit planting material. ICAR provided a loan of Rs. 13.00 lacs for this and the activity was started from 1^st April, 1996.

During the project period, assets have been created such as a water storage tank of approximately one lacs litre of water, three units of drip irrigation system, a shady house of 500 Sq.m. area, underground pipe line and micro irrigation system to provide irrigation in the orchard of 7.0 acre area. Simultaneously, 40 units of vermin compost have been established to cater the need of organic manure of orchard.

Objectives

To cater the requirement of true to the type material of fruit plants.
To make available good quality English roses for cut flowers and also of ornamental plants of economic and aesthetic for farmers and garden lovers. However, after experience with the soil and water quality, which got deteriorated with low rainfall, propagation of roses was abandoned in the project.

Salient Impact Points

Every year, 25000-30000 plants of aonla, ber, pomegranate, guava, papaya, bael, lime etc are produced for the benefit of farmers.
Every year, KVK Ajmer establishes nearly 200-250 units of vermi-compost at farmers’ field and sells approx. 500-750 kg of vermi-compost.
Besides, various training programmes are conducted every year to educate the rural youth about nursery development so that they can establish their own nursery and generate income.

Completed

Technology Assessment & Refinement Through Institution Village Linkage Programme (TAR-IVLP) in Ajmer district of rainfed agro-eco system under National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) of ICAR (1999-2004)

A prestigious project on TAR-IVLP was successfully run by this KVK. Sh. K.S. Rathore, SMS (Agronomy) was the 1^st master trainer at the National level. In the second phase, Prof. (Dr.) G.N. Mathur, Programme Co-ordinator acted as the master trainer for new IVLP Centre. The activities of IVLP were seen and appreciated by Dr. R.S. Paroda, the then Director General & Secretary DARE, Dr. P. Das, DDG (Agricultural Extension), Dr. A.N. Shukla, ADG (KVK), Dr. K.S. Khokhar and Dr. M.L. Purohit, Zonal Co-ordinator Zone VI, Dr. K. Pradhan, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, RAU, Bikaner and others.

Objectives

To develop technologies for production of Kharif onion bulbs and healthy seedlings of tomato and chillies
To develop technological options to increase the productivity by plant nutrient management in tomato, onion, chillies, groundnut and gram
To develop and practicalise eco-safe management technologies for the control of insect pest and diseases in onion, tomato, chillies, cotton and gram
To develop and practicalise technologies to escape the bajra crop from the moisture stress
To practicalise the technologies for maintenance of optimum plant population in cotton and groundnut
To improve the quality of crop residues through suitable treatment for better milk production
To reduce the intercalving interval and age at first calving (AFC)
To improve the livestock productivity by controlling high incidence of parasitic infestation.

Achievements of the project

Particulars	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004
Total number of villages covered under IVLP	2	2	2	2	3
Total number of farmers covered under IVLP	602	694	702	638	592
Total number of technological interventions actually implemented for the year	16	17	13	28	17
Total number of technological interventions proposed for the year	25	24	24	33	22
Number of technologies assessed	13	14	10	13	17
Number of technologies refined	3	3	3	6	5

Salient Impact Points

Some salient indications regarding the impact of the project are as follows:

Farmers of the project villages as well as of the adjoining areas accepted different crop varieties according to different micro farming situations.
Farmers appreciated the importance of the no cost/low cost technologies like seed rate, basal application of fertilizers, IPM schedules under their management and resources.
Balanced use of fertilizer was highly appreciated for highest productivity.
The mineral vitamin feeding have improved the conception rate and reduced the inter-calving period.
The technology interventions established the food and economic security among the farming community.
Feed back to research, extension and policy planning systems have been documented which will serve as milestones for further agricultural development in the area.
The socio economic impact indicated a substantial increase in production, employment, efficiency and income through enhancement in productivity/profitability with stability, sustainability and equitability along with gender and environmental concern.

Adhoc Research Project under AP-cess fund scheme, ICAR, New Delhi entitled “Assessment of Technologies under various micro-farming situations for increasing the productivity levels of field crops, vegetables, and flowers on farmers’ field in Ajmer district of Rajasthan.(1999-2002)

One another project under the AP-cess fund scheme entitled “Assessment of technologies under various micro-farming situations for increasing the productivity levels of field crops, vegetables and flowers on farmers field in Ajmer district of Rajasthan” was also successfully implemented by this KVK.

Objectives

To assess the production technologies for pearl millet, groundnut, cotton, and chickpea under unirrigated condition.
To assess the production technologies for wheat, barley, Kharif onion, chillies, tomato, cauliflower, chrysanthemum, marigold, aster and roses under irrigated conditions.
To test the recently released varieties of field and horticultural crops for their suitability over the prevalent once.
To estimate benefit cost ratio of technologies for their socio-economic viability.
To popularize the socio economically viable production technologies among farming community.

Achievements of the project

Impact of yield assessment of short duration varieties, integrated nutrient management practices, line sowing, improved agronomic practices, integrated pest and disease management, seed treatment, assessment of varietal suitability of important cereals crops like pearl millet, ground nut, maize, cotton, wheat and barley, important vegetable crops i.e. chillies, tomato, onion and cauliflower and flower crops like marigold, aster and chrysanthemum were assessed at farmers’ field duration 2002 to 2004. The suggested practices recorded higher yield, net monetary return and gave high BC ratio in comparison to farmers’ practice.

Small Nursery under NHM

Shade-net house

The Directorate of Horticulture, Jaipur, sanctioned a project for establishment of small nursery for fruit and ornamental plant propagation (shade net house) worth Rs. 3.00 lacs.

Objectives

To develop quality planting material of fruit and ornamental plants to benefit farming community of Ajmer district.
To establish shade-net house for production of planting material round the year.
To generate self-employment capability among entrepreneurs through nursery raising.
To fill-up the gap between the demand and supply of quality planting material of various fruit and ornamental crops.

vLow-cost green house

Small project for production of vegetable seedlings in low cost green house (Poly House) worth Rs. 4.50 lacs was sanctioned under NHM in the year 2007-08.

Objectives

To supply the quality seedlings of vegetables through the farmers at reasonable prices.
To raise disease-free seedlings of vegetables.
To raise healthy seedlings in off-season to force vegetable production for an early market and higher returns

For establishment of Model Nursery Rs. 18.00 lacs were sanctioned by Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur in the year 2009-2010. Under this project, two structures namely shade-net house and poly house have been erected at KVK farm.

Objectives

To develop elite planting materials of fruits plants to benefit farming community of the district.
To establish poly-house, greenhouse, rolling greenhouse for production of planting materials round the year.
To generate self- employment capability among entrepreneurs through nursery raising.
To fill-up the gap between demand and supply of quality planting material of various fruit crops.

Under IPM component of NHM, a Disease Forecasting Unit (Automatic weather station) project worth Rs. 4.00 lacs was sanctioned to KVK Ajmer by Directorate of Horticulture, GoR, Jaipur in 2006-07.

Objectives

To survey and monitor the crop conditions and pests and diseases situation
To forecast the outbreak of diseases, pests and frost attack
To suggest farmers about timely control measures for major diseases, insects and frost

Achievements, Recommendations and Findings

The KVK Ajmer is continuously running a “Progeny Orchard” for production and supply of quality fruit plants since 1996. Every year, 25000-30000 plants of aonla, ber, pomegranate, guava, papaya, bael, lime etc are produced for the benefit of farmers.
The KVK is producing 25-30 qt of quality seeds of guar, moong, methi and coriander every year.
This KVK is popularizing organic farming and vermi-composting. Every year, KVK Ajmer establishes nearly 200-250 units of vermi-compost at farmers field and sells approx. 500-750 kg of vermi-compost.
KVK Ajmer is pioneer in developing production technologies of azolla as supplementary feeding of livestock. This KVK has provided production technology of azolla to several other KVKs, ICAR institutes, NGOs besides several hundreds of farmers.

Facilities

Infrastructure

S. No.	Infrastructure	Funded by	Plinth area (sq.m.)
1.	Administrative building	ICAR	620
2.	Farmers hostel	-do-	785
3.	Staff quarters (6)	-do-	394
4.	Demonstration units	KVK	1. Vermi compost 2. Azolla
5.	Fencing	RCDF	1158 sqm.
6.	Roof top water harvesting structure (Admn. Building)	ICAR	6 diameter (Storage capacity 55000 lit. water)
7.	Threshing floor		17 m diameter
8.	Farm godown		5.80 x 9.80 = 56.84 sqm.
9.	Water harvesting pond	ICAR	Diameter of 21 mt. x depth of 6’ (storage capacity 28 lac lit. water
10.	Farmers’ hostel under RMoL	State Govt.	280 sqm.
11.	Green house for vegetable seedlings	NHM	325 sqm.
12.	Small nursery for fruits & ornamental plants propagation	NHM	300 sqm.
13.	Model Nursery	NHM
	Net house (2 nos.)		630 sqm. Each
	Poly house		300 sqm.
14.	Implement shade	ICAR	14.70 x 6.70 = 98.49 sqm.
15.	Training hall	RMoL	4.50 x 6.40 = 28.80 sqm.
16.	Training hall (practical)	RMoL	7.10 x 5.40 = 38.34 sqm.
17.	Furning chamber	ICAR	x 2.50 = 10 sqm

Vehicles

Type of vehicle	Year of purchase	Present status
Jeep	2010	Working
Mini-bus	1997	Working
Tractor	1995	Working
Motorcycle	2012	Working

Publications of last three years

Item	Title	Authors name
2010-2011
Technical reports	Various MPRs, QPRs, seasonal reports and Half Yearly Reports, Annual Progress Reports etc.	KVK, Ajmer
Compendium	Krishi Jankar	Dr. R.K. Sharma
Compendium	Podhshala Prabhandhan – Ek Vyavasaya	Dr. R. Porwal, Dr. R.K. Sharma
Research Paper	Participants response on usefulness of national training course on post harvest technology published in Rajasthan Journal of Extension Education No.19:34-37	Bairathi , R., Soni R. L.& Sharma, R.K.
2011-2012
Technical reports	Various MPRs, QPRs, seasonal reports and Half Yearly Reports, Annual Progress Reports etc.	KVK, Ajmer
Compendium	Pashu Jankar	Dr. Ramakant Sharma, Dr. R. Porwal
	Krishi Mein Samanvit Jal Prabandhan	Dr. R. Porwal, Dr. R.K. Sharma
	Podhshala Prabhandhan – Ek Vyavasaya	Dr. R. Porwal, Dr. R.K. Sharma
	Krishak Mitra (training manual)	Dr. S.K. Sharma, Dr, P.C. Choudhary, Dr. R.K. Sharma, Dr. R. Porwal
Literature	Extension bulletin on Kapas Meain Samanvit Keet Prabandhan	Dr. S.K. Sharma
	Extension bulletin on Pramukh Sabjiyon Meain Samanvit Keet Prabandhan	Dr. S.K. Sharma
	A folder on Gobhi Mein Samanvit Keet Prabandhan	Dr. S.K. Sharma, Dr, P.C. Choudhary, Dr. R.K. Sharma, Dr. R. Porwal
	A folder on Tamatar Mein Samanvit Keet Prabandhan	Dr. S.K. Sharma, Dr, P.C. Choudhary, Dr. R.K. Sharma, Dr. R. Porwal
Research Paper	Problems in reaping the benefits from kisan mandals and kisan seva kendras by the farmers published in Environment & Ecology Vol.-30(3);491-494	Sharma, R.K. and Sharma, S. K.
	Extent of farmers participation in different extension activities under kisan mandals and kisan seva kendras	Sharma, R.K. Bairathi , R.& Sharma, S. K
	Knowledge of Farmers about improved production technology of cumin published in International journal of seed spices2(1),January2012:83-86	Sharma, R.K. Sharma, S. K & Sharma , Y. K.
2012-2013
Technical reports	Various MPRs, QPRs, seasonal reports and Half Yearly Reports, Annual Progress Reports etc.	KVK, Ajmer
Compendium	Nursery Prabandhan – Ek Vyavsaya	Dr. R.K. Sharma, Dr. R. Porwal
Literature	Extension bulletin on Kapas Meain Samanvit Keet Prabandhan	Dr. S.K. Sharma, Dr. R.K. Sharma
	Extension bulletin on Pramukh Sabjiyon Meain Samanvit Keet Prabandhan	Dr. S.K. Sharma
	A folder on gypsum se upaj badayen	Dr. Dinesh Arora, Dr. S.K.Sharma, Dr. R. Porwal
	A folder on azolla utpadan – Pashu Aahar ke roop mae vardan	Dr. G.N. Mathur, Dr. P.C. Choudhary, Dr. R.K. Sharma
Research paper	Attitude of farmers towards kisan mandals and kisan seva kendras published in Ind.R. J. of Extn. Edu. (IRJEE)Vol.-12,No.2;38-42	Sharma, R.K. ,Sharma, S. K & Sharma A.K.
	Knowledge of chilly growers about various interventions of chilli cultivation under IVLP published in Ind.R. J. of Extn. Edu. (IRJEE)Vol.-12,No.2;25-28	Choudhary, P. C. & Sharma, R.K.
	Impact of fennel variety RF-125 under semi-arid conditions of Rajasthan published in International Journal of seed spices	Garhwal, O.P., Arora, Dinesh
	Impact of frontline demonstration on adoption of improved technologies of green gram published in Environment & Ecology Vol.-31(2A);730-734	Sharma,R.K.,Porwal, R.& Mathur, G. N.
	Perceptions of in-service personnel on integrated pest management training published in African Journal of Agricultural research Vol.-8(37);4592-4595	Sharma, R.K. ,Sharma, S. K & Porwal, R.
	Effectiveness of farm telecast in seeking agricultural information by the farmers published in Journal of Community Dev. & Sustainable Development Vol. 6(2) 125-127	Balodia, S.K. & Choudhary, P.C.
	Seed spices – A better option for crop diversification in Nagaur district published in International Journal of Seed Spices	Garhwal, O.P., Arora, Dinesh, Sharma, S.K., Sharma, R.K. & Porwal, R

Faculty

Name	Designation	Specialization	Telephone no.	email address
Dr. G.N. Mathur	Programme Coordinator	Animal nutrition	0145-2431890, 9414496779	Girish_mathur2431890 @ yahoo.co.in
Dr. Dinesh Arora	Professor (CAS)
Dr. S.K. Sharma	Professor (CAS)			sksharmaajm@ gmail.com
Dr. P.C. Choudhary	Assoc. Prof. (CAS)	Extension Education
Dr. Raghavendra Porwal	Asstt. Prof.			rporwal.2010@ gmail.com
Dr. Ramakant Sharma	Asstt. Prof.	Agriculture Extension

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