| Transfer of appropriate technologies developed in the University
laboratories and farms to the farmers fields is one of the important means to increase the
farm productivity in order to improve the quality of life of the stake holders in this
area. For effective transfer of technologies, the following extension activities were
performed during the period under report.
1. FARMERS ADVISORY SERVICE
Under this programme the
scientists of the university participated in group discussions/ Kisan Gosthis and provided
technical guidance to the farmers on the following aspects :
(A) Agriculture
- Use of improved seeds of various crops.
- Methodology of rice transplantation.
- Control measures of Gundhibug and Caseworm.
- Management of insect-pest through MRWF report.
- Disease in rice, cabbage, cauliflower, bringal
and their control measures.
- Winter Crop Production Technology
- Methods of plantation for fruit plants
- Importance of Mahila Mandal and Youth Club for
income generation
(B)Animal Husbandry
- Poultry
- ManagementPig
- Farming Dairy
- ManagementGoat
- ManagementFish Culture
II.SUPPLY AND SERVICES
(A) Input Sale Centre
Birsa Agricultural University has established an
Input Supply-cum-Service Centre where inputs for crop production, Vegetables and fruit
crop production, livestock feed, vaccines and other medicines for animal husbandry are
supplied to the farmers on payment.
There are two input sale centers dealing with
essential and critical inputs catering to the needs of farmers. One centre is situated in
the campus of Agriculture Faculty and another in the campus of Veterinary Sciences and
Animal Husbandry Faculty.
A sum of Rs. 3.28 lakhs was received from the
sale of various inputs.
(B)Agro-met Advisory Service (NCMRWF, DST)
A total of 76 forecasts
were recorded in the Rabi season (November’98- March ’99) . Cloud cover,
rainfall and wind speed forecasts were found to have 96,97 and 41 per cent accuracy
respectively. The accuracy of maximum and minimum temperature forecasts was 41 and 37 per
cent respectively.
A total of 35 forecats were received in the kharif
season (June-October, 1999). Cloud cover, rainfall, wind direction were found to be 97,63
and 38 per cent accurate respectively. The maximum and minimum temperature forecasts were
51 and 55 per cent accurate respectively.
( C) Soil Testing Unit
During the year 1999-2000, altogether 3,681
surface soil samples (0-15cm) were received from farmers of plateau region of Bihar and
these samples were analysed for organic carbon, available phosphorus, available potassium
and soil pH in the soil testing laboratory of the Department. Based on ratings of
available nutrients, samples of farmers field were categorized into low, medium and high
fertility status of organic carbon, available phosphorus and available potassium. The
salient results of analysed soils are as follows :
| Soil Parameters Status |
Per cent samples in each fertility |
| Low |
Medium
|
High
|
| Organic
carbon |
58.8 |
23.4 |
17.8 |
| Available
Phosphorus |
51.7 |
28.5 |
19.8 |
| Soil
pH range |
4.3
(Acidic) |
|
(D)
Bio-fertilizer Production
During the year 1999-2000 under
Bio-fertilizer production, a total of 2375 pkts (each pkt of 100 gm) of Rhizobium culture
for different Kharif and Rabi pulses and 50 pkts of Blue Green Algae (BGA, each pkt of 1.0
kg ) for lowland rice were produced. These were supplied to different agencies/farmers.
The details about production of Rhizobium culture and BGA are as follows ;
| Sl.No. |
Produced |
No. of
pkts. |
(a)
Rhizobium Culture
| 1. |
Arhar
(each pkt. Of 100 gm |
548 |
| 2. |
Moong
(each pkt. Of 100 gm) |
466 |
| 3. |
Groundnut
(each pkt. Of 100 gm) |
431 |
| 4. |
Urd (each
pkt. Of 100 gm) |
514 |
| 5. |
Soybean
(each pkt. Of 100 gm) |
62 |
| 6. |
Pea (each
pkt. Of 100 gm) |
338 |
| 7. |
Lentil
(each pkt. Of 100 gm) |
82 |
| 8. |
Berseem
(each pkt. Of 100 gm) |
54
|
| 9. |
Gram (each
pkt. Of 100 gm) |
78 |
|
|
Total
nos. of Rhizobium culture pkts. Produced |
2573 |
(b)
Blue Green Algae (BGA)
| 1. |
Rice (lowland (each pkt of 1 kg) |
50
|
(E)Disease Diagnosis
Services
Disease
diagnosis services were made available to the visiting farmers. Necessary remedial
measures were also suggested.
(F)Supply of Spawn and Training to
Cultivators
Spawn of mushrooms were supplied to interested
growers on payment basis. The growers/cultivators were provided training/ advise in
respect of quality spawn and mushroom cultivation .
(G)Disease Investigation, Prevention,
Treatment and Tests
For the
diagnosis, prevention, treatment, vaccination and artificial insemination, different
departments & the laboratories of RVC provided facilities to livestock farmers as and
when required through the hospital or at the farmers door. Facilities rendered are listed
below in brief :
1.
Clinical cases treated at RVC hospital
Medicine
-
3184
Surgical
-
705
Gynaecological
- 315
2.
Disease Investigation
Blood sample examined
- 301
Faecal sample examined
- 3230
Urine sample examined
- 61
Parasitic sample examined -
55
Skin scraps examined -
162
Milk sample examined -
233
III.
TECHNOLOGY
DISSEMINATION
(A) Agro-Tech 2000 and Kishan Mela
To disseminate
the technologies developed in every sphere of agricultural activities and to provide a
common platform to farmers, scientists and development personnel, Birsa Agricultural
University with thenhelp of Bihar Plateau Development Project, Central Sector Scheme for
organizing Kisan Mela and other agencies organized a series of Kisan Mela at its main
centre and other regional stations. Since the inception of BAU, this was for the first
time that such massive technology dissemination programme was lauched.
(B)Radio and Television broadcast
Extansion
education and development activities in 18 villages adopted by BAU in the State.
(C)
TRAINING PROGRAMME
During 1999-2000, the following training
programmes/ workshops were organized by the University :
| Sl.No.
|
Date
|
Name
of Training Programme |
|
| 1.
|
10-14
June’99 |
Training/Refresher
course on Improved Agrotechniques of C.N.P. & S.P. for Agril. Extn. Officers (B.P.D.P.
sponsored) |
27
|
| 2.
|
3-5
Aug.’99 |
Improved
cereal crops production Technology with special emphasis on Rice based cropping system
(Sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture |
27
|
| 3.
|
27-31
Oct.’99 |
Training/
Refresher course on Improved Agrotechniques of CNP & S.P. for Agril. Extension
Officers. |
30
|
(D)Summary of FLDs Conducted
During the Year 1999
| Sl.No. |
Crop |
Varieties |
No. of demonstration |
Area (ha) |
Yield Q/ha |
Potential yield of variety (Q/ha) |
Percent increase in yield (%) |
| Demonstration |
Local Check |
| Max. |
Min
|
Av.
|
| 1. |
Black
gram (Urd) |
PU-19
T-9 |
16
|
03
|
8.5
|
7.5
|
8.05
|
5.25
|
10-12
|
53.3
|
| 2. |
Moong
|
Sunaina |
2 |
0.25
|
0.0
|
7.5
|
7.75
|
4.87
|
10.12
|
59.14
|
| 3. |
Niger
|
Birsa-1
|
6 |
0.4
|
4.2
|
3.6
|
3.95
|
2.3
|
5 |
71.74
|
| 4. |
Pigeon
pea |
Birsa-1
|
8 |
1.25
|
15.5
|
8.2
|
12.0
|
8.3
|
18-20
|
45.7
|
(E) INSTITUTION-VILLAGE
LINKAGE PROGRAMME (IVLP)
The pilot phase of the Project on Technology
Assessment and Refinement through Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) completed
in March, 1999.
BAU is one of the pioneering IVLP centers in the
country, where this programme is under execution since its inception. Five villages,
namely, Karge, Rege, Hatma, Chatwal and Keshkani-Kumbatoli of Kagre Panchayat in Mandar
Block of Ranch district have been adopted under the project. From April 1999 the Project
is being, implemented under National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP).
The objectives of the programme is to
assess the needs and identify potentials of various technologies by understanding the
agricultural, environmental and socioeconomic perceptions and knowledge in various
production systems, viz., rice- based production system and livestock-based production
system under rainfed agro-ecosystem and thereby evolving a machanism of technology
assessment and refinement/upgradation and extrapolation in similar environments.
An innovative machanism
i.e. establishing close linkages between the villagers and scientists has been adopted
under the programme. The Farmer Participatory Approach (FPA) based on Agro-ecosystem
Analysis through participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools and techniques serves as the
basic methodology of the programme. This process feeds back farmers’ reaction to
larger research process at one hand and on the other develops a wide variety of basket of
choices for different micro-environments.
During the year under
report, a total number of 24 technology interventions/ molules were approved for
implementation i.e. 9 OFTs and 15 VTs. The process adopted for developing the Project
initiated keeping in view the guidelines provided by the Division of Agril. Extension of
ICAR, Agro-ecosystem Analysis and Development approach was followed for understanding the
bio-physical and socio-economic situations of the project villages and identification and
prioritization of production problems, their causes and technological options for their
solutions.
The technical programme
was at first presented in the Site Committee meeting held on 13.4.99 at University level
and thereafter presented in a National level sensitization workshop held at CIFA,
Bhubaneswar (April 17-18,1999) and in another workshop held at CRIDA Hyderabad for its
finalization (May 24,1999). Then the project was approved by the PMC through SAP &
RPC.
All 24 technology
interventions approved (9OFT & 15 VTs) for implementation were executed (some fully
and some partially) during the year under report. Altogether 20 production problems were
aimed to be addressed through these intervention covering major thematic areas like NRM,
IPNS, IPM, PHT, PHVA and WM. Interventions were executed through a multidisciplinary team
of scientists and observations were recorded.
(F) COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS
Sl. No. Name of the
Organisation
1.
R.K.
Mission, Ranchi
2.
SISS,
Ranchi
3.
SRI,
Ranchi
4.
ILRI,
Ranchi
5.
CHIES,
Ranchi
6.
KRIBP
(E) Ranchi
7.
KGVK,
Rukka (Ranchi)
8.
VARDAN,
New Delhi (Hq.) & Kunti (L.O.)
9.
Vihar
Samaj Kalyan Sansthan, Ranchi
10.
Adivasi Jan
Kalyan Samiti, Ranchi , & 60 more NGOs from this year.
11.
Fertiliser Association of India.
12. Potash
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Research Institute
13. Potash
& Phosphate Institute of Canada
14. CIMMYT
15. SULFER
Works
16. ILRI,
Namkum
17. ICAR
18. CRIDA
19. ICRISAT
20. MANAGE
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