RAWE (Rural agricultural work experience) RSK,Village stay, KVK , Industrial visit , Soil testing , ARS Lock down

1. University Of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
College 0f Agriculture, Vijayapur
B4
Submitted by :a
Vilas K A
UGS17AGR8593
IV Yr B.Sc (Hons) Agri.
Coordinator : Dr.S.H.Gotyal
Co-coordinator :
S.H.Gotyal:Ms.Shwetha.G

2. Adapted
Village
Village : Kakanur
Hobli : Santhebennur
Taluk : Channagiri
District : Davanagere

4. Geography

5. Village Statistics

6. Village Statistics

7. Santebennur
RSK
•Reporting at the RSK, Santhebennur as the
part of SRP- RAWE programme
•Agriculture Officer : Mehtab Ali
•Assistant Agriculture Officer : Halappa S G
•BTM : Shambhavi
•ATM : Sharanappa
•Accountant : Shashi

8. Activities at RSK
• Working along with VA collecting
requisites for sanctioning the
sprinkler irrigation set under the
scheme functioning at the RSK
• Details of the sanctioning under the
scheme is as follows :
1. 2 in pipes- 40 nos.
2. Sprinkler head and Adjoining pipe : 5
Total subsidized cost paid by the farmer : Rs. 1970

9. Activities at RSK
• Monthly meeting with farmers
• Explaining seed treatment of
Bengal gram and cultural
operations
1. PSB @ 200 gm per kg seeds
2. Trichoderma @ 200 gm per
kg seeds
3. Nipping @ 30-40 DAS

10. Activities at RSK
• Ongoing discussion with farmers
• Expalining integrated nutrient
management in arecanut.
1. 15:15:15 @250 gm per Plant – In the month of November
2. MOP @ 100 gm per plant - In the month of November
3. AMN @ 100 gm per plant - In the month of November
4. FYM 30kg per plant - In the month of June

11. Activities at RSK
• Discussion with Farmers
• Sharing the knowledge of
biofertilizers
1. PSB @ 200 gm per kg seeds
2. Trichoderma @ 200 gm per kg seeds
3. Nipping @ 30-40 DAS

12. Activities at RSK
• Visiting farmers’ fields with
AO & AHO along with other
farmers
• Total number of visit - 13
• Specimens of different
diseases and infested pest
1. Red mite infestation
2. Spindle bug infestation
3. Anabe roga
4. Dieback of inflorescence
5. Crown binding
6. Hidi mundige disease

13. Channagiri, Davanagere
Office Of The
Asst. Director Of
Agriculture
Reporting at the
Office Of The Asst. Director
Of Agriculture
as the part of SRP- RAWE
programme

14. Kakanur
Gram
Pancha
yat
•President : Lakshmamma
•Public development Officer: Rajanna
•Village Accountant : Sunitha
•Data entry operator : Veerabhadra
•Govt. Primary schools :1 Nos.
•Govt. High schools :1 Nos.
•Govt. Aided schools :1 Nos.
•Kittur Rani Chennamma School :1
•Primary health sub center :1Nos.
•Anganwadi :2 Nos.
•NGO activists :Pragathipara Sangha

15. Attending Meeting
Gram
Pancha
yat
•Covid-19 Awareness
•MGNREGA scheme & job cards
•Future plans of Gram Panchayat

16. List of contact Farmers
1. Mallikarjun Kabbur
2. Prema Murthi
3. Satish K N
4. Murthi Channappa
5. Parmeshwarappa

17. Innovative farmer 1
Name Mallikarjun Kabbur
(9844010628)
Age 51
Education Upto 8th
Land holdings 8 acres
Soil type Sandy loam
Crops grown 5 acre Arecanut, Local
2.5 acre maize Kavari
1/4th acre teak
1/4th acre Banana, G-9
1/2 Acre coconut
1/2 Acre ( Tamriend
,Mango,JackfruitCoffee,Tea
,Sapato,Papaya)
Livestock 2 cow and a calf

18. Mallikarjun Kabbur
• Arecanut
• Spacing followed : 8×9 feet
• Irrigation : Bore well
• Family size : 9
• Yield : 13 quintals per acre per year
• Harvest Season : Aug – Jan
• Income( avg.) : 23 lakh per annum
• B C ratio( avg.) : 5.2
• General trivia:
Practiced organic practices to some extent. Intercropping
of betel vine and turmeric with arecanut for household purposes. He
carries out production of Jeevamrutha at his farm. Uses fertilizers based
on the soil test report.
Grows fodder crop at the border, caarries out kitchen gardening in a piece
of land, along with composting for manure on his own with help of farm
labors. Biogas waster – kitchen garden vermiwash and vermi compost

19. • Kitchen gardening
• Grows the vegetables : Chilli ,tomato ,lemon ,curry leaves, pudina
,brinjal ,drumstick, bitter gourd ridge gourd

20. • Harvesting the areca @ the farmers field
1. Ripe nuts 2. harvest
3. Loading
4. Separating
inflorescence

21. • Harvesting the areca @ the farmers field
5. Splitting nuts 6. Measuring
7. boiling 8. Drying
VIDEO

22. • Harvesting the areca @ the farmers field
9. Separating
with pericarp
(Goragalu)
10. Without
Pericarp
(raashi)
11. packing 12. marketing

23. Integrated Nutrient Management
1. 15:15:15 @200 gm per Plant - In the month of November
2. MOP @ 110 gm per plant - In the month of November
3. Zn @ 20gm per plant - In the month of November
4. Boron 30 gm per plant - In the month of November
5. FYM 50kg per plant - In the month of June
• SUPPLEMENTS
- Jeevamrutha once per week
- PSB and rhizobium during monsoon
- Trichoderma mixed with FYM
- Green Manuring crops in the inter spaces
- Bunding at the root and filling of areca leaves
along with NSK finally covering with the soil

24. Sheep rearing sheds and
hydroponic units
•With help of his brother and his elder son
together maintain some sheeps for
purpose of meat.
•They specially use silage and
hydroponics for fodder purpose
•In hydroponics they use maize seeds

25. Sheep
rearing
• Silage preparation: plant residues (maize & groundnut)
+4ltr. butter milk+ 3kg salt+3kg jaggery +0.5kg urea
for 40- 50 days
• Feeding twice a day supplementary with green fodder
• Buying cost Rs.6000 each and maintenance cost Rs.2500
• Selling price of each Approx. Rs.10,000 each (variable)
• 2 labourers earning 20% profit each year.

26. My recommendations & Contributions
• Azolla by utilizing waste tank at
kitchen garden
• Mass multiplication of bio-fertlizers
using modern techniques
• VAM- improved uptake of nutrients
by roots
• Helped in gaining benefit of Rs.
25,000 FOR vermicompost pit under
MGNREGA scheme
• Dhaincha to decrease soil salinity
• Helped in gaining benefit of Rs.2,500
kitchen gardening under
MGNREGA scheme
• KISAN CALL CENTER number
(18001801551)

27. Mass multiplication of
biofertilzer and bio- pesticide
with FYM
• 3 ltr PSB +1 3tr Rhizobium +
2 ltr VAM + 2 kg
Tricoderma+ 2kg
Pseudomonas
fluorescens+500kg dung
• During a visit to his field, it
coincided with the harvesting and
threshing of the maize
• I suggested him to apply
metarhizium rileyi for fall army
worm (Took suggestion from
Dr.shakarappa ,UASD )

28. Farmer 2
Name Prema Murthi
(9964117306)
Age 52
Education Self educated
Land holdings 2 acre
Soil type Black soil type
Crops grown 0.5 acre Arecanut ,local
1.5 acre maize Kavari
Livestock 4 buffalo
2 cows

29. Prema Murthi
• Crops grown : Arecanut
• Spacing followed : 8×8 feet
• yield : 9 qt/acre
• Irrigation : Bore well
• Family size : 3
• Income( avg.) : 2.4 lakh per annum
• B C ratio( avg.) : 2.4
• General trivia:
Very active woman, along with looking into her field she
used to work as farm labourer during her off time. Maintains a small
garden in front of her house for flower needs and some vegetables.
She also has tried to grow fodder on a small scale enough
to meet the needs of her cattle. She uses the fodder grown on the border
for her cattle .

30. Contact farmer 3
• Seleted a farmer who
is suffering with
huge revenue losses
due to agriculture.
• Tried to rejuvenate
the farmer as best as
possible with low
budget .
• Concept : the person
who is suffering with
hunger can be fed
easily.

31. Contact farmer 3
Name Satish K N
(9980969796)
Age 34
Education Pre university
Land holdings 3 Acre
Soil type Black mixed red type and
clay-loam
Crops grown 03 acre Arecanut, local

32. Satish K N
• Spacing followed : 8×7.5 feet
• yield : 6 qt/acre
• Irrigation : Bore well.
• Family size : 6
• Income( avg.) : 7.2 lakh per annum
• B C ratio( avg.) : 2.4
• General trivia:
due to poor and
unscientific way of farm management he
had been continuously incurring heavy
losses for the past 2 years. There was a time
when there was loss or death of more than 7
individual plants in a period of a month, as
a result of which he had decided to
completely abandon his field.
• As a direct outcome he
could not get much of the
profits and had a huge debt
to be paid off.

33. My recommendations & Contributions
• The prediction was made for the prevailing problem as root grub
• To test the prediction we visited the field during the dusk and dug a
trench 2ft deep around the infested plant.
Conclusion:
there was no
root grub
infestation

34. My recommendations &
Contributions
• Visit by AHO to the field on my request
• He concluded that the problem was due to unscientific management and
nutritional deficiencies
AHO : Ramesh (7625078121)

35. My recommendations &
Contributions
• As for suggestion AHO suggested me to seek help from the KVK,
davanagere
• I showed the photos of the infested plants and carried the suggestions of
horticulture scientist Basavanagouda M G of KVK, davanagere to the farmer.
His recommendations were as follows
• He quoted that the it was a new
disorder seen in this area
• He concluded that it was due to poor
management strategies and dumping
of the river soil
• He recommended
• MOP 150 gm per plant
• HUMESTER 20 gm per plant
• AMN 100gm per plant

36. My recommendations &
Contributions
• I helped him follow the exact recommendations from the KVK
• We weighed the exact quantities of the recommendations given and
applied as according.

37. My recommendations &
Contributions
• Identifying the affected
trees
• Those which needed
extensive care were marked
separately so that it is easy to
take care of them.
• They were marked with red
tape.
Bio control agents prepared were as
follows
• Trichoderma

38. My recommendations &
Contributions
• Preparation of organic liquids and biocontrol agent
Organic liquids prepared were
as follows
• Jeevamrutha
• Waste decomposer
• Go krupambrutha
• Bio fertilizers (PSB VAM
rhizobium)
• Humic acid

39. Mass multiplication of PSB VAM and rhizobium
• 1 ltr PSB +1 ltr Rhizobium + 1 ltr VAM +
3 kg Jaggery + 3 kg flour + 200 ltr water
• Stir and leave undisturbed for 7 days

40. Mass multiplication of Trichoderma
• 1 kg Trichoderma + 3 kg Jaggery + 3 kg flour +
200 ltr water
• Stir and leave undisturbed for 7 days

41. My recommendations &
Contributions
• Size : 6 x 4 x 3 ft
• Cost: 800 per pit
• Yield: 1-1.5 ton per cycle of 3
months
• It is a temporary pit
• I have applied for the
construction of new pit with
subsidised cost under
MGNREGA on behalf of the
farmer

42. Impact of my recommendations at the farm
• There is a significant reduction in the death of the plants since
its applications from Nov-2020
• There is a projected increase of 2-3 qt per acre as of the next
harvest is concerned
• This projected increase equals up to Rs. 1 lakh per acre
• The newly sanctioned vermicompost pit will be ready by April
2021
• There will be improvement in the soil structure and texture in the
recent future.

43. Contact farmer 4
Name Murthi Channappa
(9611007209)
Age 48
Education No proper education
Land holdings 13 Acre
Soil type Black, Red and sandy loam
Crops grown 05 acre arecanut
06 acre maize
02 acer coconut
Livestock 01 cow

44. Murthi Channappa
• Spacing followed : 8 × 8 feet
• yield : 8 qt/acre
• Cattles : 01 cow
• Irrigation : Bore well and
canal
• Family size : 12
• Income( avg.) : 19 lakh per
annum
• B C ratio( avg.) : 3.6
• General trivia:
His practices are
quite good and he a responsible
farmer a quite bit of improvements in
the nutrient management can improve
his yields dramatically. I have suggest
the best and sustainable methods
suitable for him

45. Contact farmer 5
Name Parmeshwarappa
Age 63
Education M.A, B.Ed.
Land holdings 2 Acre
Soil type Black mixed red type
Crops grown 02 acre Arecanut
Livestock Nil

46. Parmeshwarappa
Channappa
• Spacing followed : 8 × 9 feet
• yield : 09 qt/acre
• Family size : 3
• Income( avg.) : 7.2 lakh per annum
• B C ratio( avg.) : 4.2
• General trivia:
He is a retired teacher, doing farming for a living in his
own land. He has been following traditional method of farming since he
is retired. He has incorporated drip irrigation recently to overcome the
water scarcity in that area
I have suggested for fertigation method in order to
increase his B : C ratio by cutting the labor cost during the fertilizer
application.

47. Total number of programmes
organised were 6
Among which
I individually organised 2
Other 3 with my friend
Another 1 in collaboration with
students of AC, Dharwad
Program
mes

48. Nutrient management in Arecanut
Program
me 1
Conducted by Myself
Place Kakanuru
Date 18-11-2020
No. of Participants 8

49. Biofertilizers and Biofertilizers in
Farming
Program
me 2
Conducted by Myself
Place Kakanuru
Date 18-11-2020
No. of Participants 9

50. Disease and nutrient management in
Arecanut and mushroom cultivation
Program
me 3
Conducted by Myself and
Yashoda B M
Place Kavalithanda
Date 09-12-2020
No. of Participants 25

51. Disease and nutrient management in
Arecanut and mushroom cultivation
Program
me 3
Dr. O Kumar Agronomist
AHRS Katligere
Dr. G B Jagadeesh Extension leader
AHRS Katligere
Dr. Vinay Entomologist
AHRS Katligere
Dr. Murali Pathologist
AHRS Katligere
Chief guests at the event were
Sri. Ramesh State award
winning farmer
Sri. Moti Nayak District award
winning farmer

52. Mass multiplication of biofertilizers
– method demonstration
Program
me 3

53. Organic farming
Program
me 4
Conducted by Myself and
Akhilesh K L
Place Bale Koppa
Date 16-12-2020
No. of Participants 26

54. Organic Farming
Program
me 4
Sri Shridhar District award
winning farmer
Sri. Santosh Samagra
Krushika
Sri.Sham butt Medicinal plant
Grower
Sri.Ramesh Samagra
krushika
‘Gokupamrutha’-Method demonstration
Chief guests
The method demonstration was
been made possible though the
farmers attending the programme

55. Azolla , vermi-wash preparation
VAM mass multiplication
Program
me 5
Conducted by Myself and
Yashodha B M
Place Kakanuru
Date 08-12-2020
No. of Participants 21

56. method demonstration of VAM, vermi-wash
and azolla farming
Program
me 5

57. Arecanut and coconut
- disease and nutrient management
Program
me 6
Conducted by In collaboration
with students of
AC Dharwad
Place Tavarekere
Date 14-12-2020
No. of Participants More than 60

58. Arecanut and coconut
- disease and nutrient management
Program
me 6
Sri. Shivakumar M AAO
Sri. Keshav B S RSK official
Dr. S K Venugopal Dept of Horticulture,
UASD
Dr. S S Dolli Dept. of Agril.
Extension, UASD
Dr. Hosmatti Dept of Agronomy,
UASD
Chief guests at the event were

59. World Soil Day Celebration
Dec 5, 2020
Activiti
es
Explained the role and
importance of Earth worms and
vermicompost in the soil
fertility
Distributed 100 gm earthworms
to 5 nearby farmers

60. Soil and water testing
Nov 30, 2020
Activiti
es
Collecting of samples from
the adapted farmers
For the fertilizer application
in the month of December

61. Soil and water testing
Dec 1, 2020
Activiti
es
Submitted soil and water
samples to
BIO-CENTRE,
DAVANAGERE
COST FOR ESTIMATION NUTRIENT
CONTENTS
Water sample : Rs 20
Soil samples (NPK+EC+pH) : Rs 45
Soil samples (NPK+ other major) : Rs 100

62. Soil and water testing
Activiti
es
Received report from
BIO-CENTRE, DAVANAGERE
And taking instructions for fertilizer
application from Biocentre and KVK
officials

63. Arecanut Tambula
Activiti
es
Spread information in different
local WhatsApp groups to spread
information about this
This benefited as much as 8 farmers
and is still available for upcoming
famers

64. Exposure visit for farmers
1
Took 4 farmers for exposure
visit who were really eager to
adapt better methods of farming
Farmer visited : Sri. Sridhar
Place : Bale Koppa
Integrated Farming
methodologies
Shimoga dist. Winner in
innovative farming
Activiti
es

65. Exposure visit for farmers
2
Took 6 farmers for exposure
visit who were really eager to
adapt better methods of farming
Farmer visited : Sri. Rudresh
Place : Kariganuru
Organic liquids
Davanagere dist. Winner in
innovative farming
Activiti
es

66. Exposure visit for farmers
3
Took 6 farmers for exposure
visit who were really eager to
adapt better methods of farming
Farmer visited : Sri. Ramesh
Place : Kariganuru
Integrated farming and
marketing strategies
Karnataka state Winner in
innovative farming
Activiti
es

67. I took intrested farmers for
honey bee rearing training
Bee rearing
training

68. Attended Webinar on
Faster identification of
symptoms of disease and insects
in arecanut
Organised by KVK, Davanagere
Activiti
es

69. Helping farmers in apllying for
vermicompost pit under
MGNREGA scheme
Activiti
es

70. Arecanut mill
Owner : Vishwanath
Cost of mill – Rs 11.5 lakh
subsidised at 8 lakh
Cost of Extracting the nuts- Rs.
6.8 per kg
Profit- Rs 4 per kg
Processing speed- 640 kg per
hour
No. of labours - 12
Activiti
es

71. Counselling help for farmers
With an intension of reaching
much more farmers and helping
them I circulated a poster with
contact number and all the help
I cold give in local WhatsApp
groups
Activiti
es

72. Counselling help for farmers
A group of 13 farmers were supported
and given full fledged information in
their in aspects of interest in farming
Activiti
es

73. Collecting information @ PACS
I visited the Primary
AAgricultural Co-operative
societies to collect information
in Short and medium term crop
loans
Activit
ies
Secretary
Eshwarappa K C

74. Short term crop loans
Arecanut – Rs 32.000 per acre
Coconut – Rs 23.000 per acre
Maize – Rs 16.000 per acre
Ragi – 14.000 per acre
Arecanut + banana – Rs 53.000 per
acre
Medium term crop loans
Medium term loans are given based
on mortgage value
Activiti
es

75. KMF (shimoga division)
Women Co-operative society
SNF > 4.5 – Rs 24 per litre
SNF >3.5 to 4.5 – Rs 18 per litre
Per day milk collected at rhe
Kakanuru Sub Division
648 litres
Activiti
es
Secretary
Pushpa K A

76. Rural Service Centre
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala
Rural Development Scheme
An agency that promotes
Women self help groups
by helping them in the availing
labour work during the sowing
activities and other monsoon
activities
Activiti
es
Secretary
Pushpa K A

77. Veterinary hospital,
Santhebennur
Collected information of on
going schemes
50% subsidy on the buy of Giri
raja & Giri rani poultry birds
20% subsidy on Sheep rearing
house
Vaccination schedule for cattle’s
(FMD)
Cryogenic preservation of semen
of superior males in cattle
Activiti
es
Principal doctor & Head
Dr. Mallikarjun B S

78. TUMCOS
Thota Utpanna Marata Co-
operative Society
The society aimed at promoting
e-auctioning of Areca by utilising
APMC electronic Platform
Lent farmers loans of 280 crores
All the agricultural machinery at
costs as less as 30% of retail
prices
Provides storage facility free
upto 8 months
Activiti
es

79. TUMCOS
Thota Utpanna Marata Co-
operative Society
The society aimed at promoting
e-auctioning of Areca by utilising
APMC electronic Platform
Lent farmers loans of 280 crores
All the agricultural machinery at
costs as less as 30% of retail
prices
Provides storage facility free
upto 8 months
Activiti
es

80. Table of
Accomplishment
Sl.
No.
Particulars Before
RAWE
After
RAWE
1 Jeevamrutha users 1 6
2 Waste decomposer users 4 9
3 Organic Humic acid users 0 4
4 Gokupamruta users 0 5
5 Azolla producers 0 3
6 Bio-fertilizer users 6 11
7 Vermicompost pits 2 7
8. Trichoderma users 6 9
9 Calcium Water 0 8
10 Green Manuring practices 10% avg. 40% avg.
11 Peg drip irrigation users 0 1

81. Plant clinic
Soil testing
Veterinary hospital

82. Fall army worm :
Metarhizium rileyi
Ambrosia bettle in
Arecanut ,Chlorpyriphos
20EC 2ml/l
Bacterial leaf streak COC
3gm /l + Streptomycin
sulphate
Inflorescence
die back
Macozub
2gm/l +
Micronutrient
5ml/l in
month of
january
Rugose white
fly in coconut
10000ppm
neem oil
5ml/l+
shampoo
0.6gm/l

83. Industrial visits
SVL areca products
Davanagere
• Year of establishment -2019
• Ownership – double
• Products manufactured –areca plates &
cups
• Investment- 30lakhs
• Production - 4000-5000 plates/day
• Raw material – dried areca leaves
• No. Of workers -15
• Marketing – online portals ,spot buyers
,foreign export
• Annual turnover -30-40lakhs

84. Thank you…

85. Industrial visits
Doggalli’s jaggery
Davanagere
• Year of establishment -
2010
• Products manufactured –
jaggery, organic jaggery,
millets powder
• Initial investment -60lakhs
• Raw material –sugarcane
• Marketing –spot buyers &
selling in own shop

86. K V K Attachment
• Name of KVK : Taralabalu krishi vigyan
Kendra ,Davanagere
• Year of establishment: 2005
• Reported to KVK on 22/12/2020
• KVK Head : Dr. Devaraj T N Sir
• Total land under KVK (in ha): 15 ha
• Under crops: 7.25 ha
• Under Buildings:1.75 ha
• Orchard/Agro-forestry: 5 ha
• Under Demonsrtation units : 0.50 ha

87. K V K activities

88. Other activities under
K V K
Lecture on
activities of
kvk
Visit
to
Dair
Lectur
e on
softw
ood
cuttin

89. Method demonstration and
Material distribution to Farmers

90. NICRA
project
NICRA : National Innovations on
Climate Resilient Agriculture
Lunched on February 2011
Project funded by Minister of
Agriculture GOI
Mega project has 3 main objectives
Strategic research , Technology
demonstrations and capacity building
Adopated village : siddanur
Best NICRA KVK 2019
Best Poster presentation award 2019

91. Saturday organic bazaar
Visit to Terrace gardening

92. AHRS KATTHALAGERE
VISIT TO AHRS VISIT TO IFS UNIT

93. VISIT TO SEED UNIT
AT AHRS
VISIT TO VERMICOMPOST
UNIT
PARTICIPATED IN EXTENSION PROGRAME
CONDUCTED BY AHRS,KATTHALAGERE

94. Visit to seed unit
Crop:Paddy
Varity : Jyothi
Stock : 1088 q
Crop:Ragi
Varity : Ml -365
Stock : 4000 q
Will get order farom KSSOCA
(Karnataka State seed and orgic
certification agency)

95. Thank you…
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