S.N.

Title

Detail

Date of Initiation

Action

1

CFLD on Oilseeds programme under NFSM

HYV of Mustard seeds var. NRC-HB-101 was distributed

2024

Soil Health Card & according to soil health cards   lime @ 10% of actual LR was applied to the field prior to the land preparation, besides lime application Integrated Nutrient Management was followed in all the demonstration plots. The farmers have also used 0.1% Boron & 0.1% ZnSO₄ as foliar spray during the flowering stage of the crop. After the harvesting of the crop the KVK has taken initiative to produce Mustard oil from the produce of the farmers so that the farmers can get better return of their produce, in this connection the collaboration has been established with  the  College of Agriculture, Tripura. The college has provided an oil expeller machine to the KVK, Khowai and now farmers are coming to the KVK with the produce & with a nominal service charge the KVK is supplying Mustard oil to the farmers club and later on the farmers club is selling the Mustard oil to the civil society with a good price

2

KVK has provided good quality seeds of Sesamum var. Tripura Siphing to the farmers

2024

Farmers were provided with Soil Health cards to the farmers and 10% of actual lime was provided to the farmers. Besides, lime the farmers were provided with FYM@ 5 ton/ha, besides N:P:K @ 50:30:20 was advocated to the farmers, application of Sulphur @50 kg/ha was also provided to the farmers. Technical experts including scientists and technical staff coordinating the programme worked in close coordination with farmers. It was ensured that farmers follow scientific practices such as timely sowing, maintaining isolation distance, rouging operations, pest and disease management, etc.

Scientist from the Institutes has to inspect the field to verify those factors which can cause irreversible damage to the genetic purity or seed health. Before harvesting, Subject Matter Specialists has to make rough estimate of the yield in consultation with the farmers. This will act as benchmark/reference point for seed procured by farmer after the harvest. These seeds have to be cleaned and processed at farmer level before it is procured by the institute or beneficiaries. The seeds procured from farmers were physically inspected for quality parameters. After ensuring requisite quality, farmers are paid as per agreed upon prices. If farmers were willing to keep entire produce and sell on his behalf, he was assisted for safe grain storage.