1. Mr. V.K. Padmanabhan is a 54-year-old progressive farmer from Thrissur, Kerala who owns 20 acres of land and has over 25 years of farming experience. 2. He practices mixed farming including crops like rice, banana, vegetables as well as dairy, poultry, and fisheries. He earns over Rs. 16 lakhs annually from his crops and Rs. 3.7 lakhs from allied activities. 3. In addition to conventional farming, he has adopted new techniques like using polyhouses, undertaking agro-tourism activities, and making value-added products like pickles from his crops.

1. welcome
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2. Module– 10
Progressive farmer
Group member
Monica Jyoti Kujur
Abdu Saleem
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3. Our farmer
Mr. V.K. Padmanabhan
Vadakkekara house
Ward 3
Kadangode Panchayat
Thrissur
Phone No. 85472557
Farming experience – 25 years
Recognized as progressive farmer – 12 years
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4. History
• He comes from an agriculture background
• His father did tapping of palm
• They owned 20 acre of land
• He dropped his studies and did agriculture after
his father died
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5. Karshika Mela Award 1999
by Wadakkanchery block panchayath
for Coconut 55

6. Hartha Keralam 2003
by Jeevan TV
Karshakan award 2011
Vellarakkad service co-operative bank
Block level award
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7. Karshika Mela Award 2000
by Wadakkanchery block panchayath
1st Banana- Nendran 1st Tomato 1st Flowering plant in pots
1st Medicinal plant collection 1st Bitter gourd 2nd Banana palayankodan
3rd in arecanut 3rd in ginger 3rd in coconut hybrid 7 7

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9. Family profile
Sl.
No.
Name Age
(years)
Sex Marital
status
Education Occupation
1. Mr V.K.
Padmanabhan
54 Male Married 10th Farming
2. Miss Sudharma 45 Female Married Pre-
degree
Home
maker
3. Devaki amma 85 Female Widow - -
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10. 1. Mono cropping of
2. Tapping of palm for toddy
3. Banana
4. Vegetables
5. Rice
6. Dairy
7. Cashew
8. Transportation – auto
1. Organic farming
2. Pineapple
3. Mango
4. Poultry
5. Biogas
6. Rubber
7. Cowpea, capsicum, flowers
in poly house
8. Agent for lawn setting
9. Agro tourism
10.Turmeric pickle
11.Transportation – jeep, tow
wheeler,
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11. rubber, 3acre
paddy, 10acre
banana, 1acre
pineapple, 1acre
mixed cropping,
0.4acre
fish, 0.5 acre
garden land,
2.3acre
polyhouse, 0.3
acre
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12. pond well
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13. 10 Acre leased in land, 2 season
Variety – Uma
Cost of cultivation – 5 lakh
Yield – 50 tonne, straw – 16,000 Kg
Returns – paddy - 9 lakh, straw – 1 lakh 1313

14. 3 poly house, area = 400m2
Cowpea, capcicum, flowers – marigold, jasmine
Cost of construction – Rs. 5,50,000 subsidy – Rs. 2,80,000
Profit – Rs. 92,500
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15. Cowpea
cost = Rs. 1000
yield = 500Kg
returns = Rs. 12,500
Marigold
cost = Rs. 60,000
returns = Rs. 80,000
Other crops
Capsicum
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16. 300 Nendran banana
Retain 2 suckers in the 2nd year
Cost – Rs. 30,000
Returns – Rs. 1,80,000 1616

17. Area – 40 cent
Crops – jack – Rs. 3000
pepper – Rs.25,200
cardamum - started
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18. Area – 50 cent
Channel size of 4m deep and 2m wide
Fish cultivation during rainy season (6months)
Fishes – 1500 , Rs. 250/kg
Land – mango
Profit - RS. 5000 1818

19. Returns = Rs. 4,20,000
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20. Cost of 1 sq ft trufft = Rs. 15
Returns from setting 1 sq ft trufft = Rs. 30
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21. No. of duck = 15
egg = Rs. 10/egg
No. of hens = 10
Profit = Rs. 8/egg
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22. 15 L milk/cow/day
Rs. 40/ L
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24. 1. Brinjal
2. Okra
3. Bitter gourd
4. Cucumber
5. OP melon
6. Coleus
7. Tomato
8. Cowpea
9. Capsicum
10.Pineapple
Cost of cultivation = Rs. 1 lakh
Profit = Rs. 50,000 2424

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26. Socio-Psychological variables
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27. Mass media participation
Sl.
No.
Source Rarely Daily/regularly 1-3 times
1. Radio
2. Newspaper
3. Magazines/leafl
ets/bulletine
4. TV
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29. 1.To prevent stunting of plants
2.For pseudostem weevil
3.Coconut perianth mite
4.Borer pest of cassava
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30. Pepper pickel Turmeric pickel
Price = Rs. 150/250g
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31. He claims that he has developed 2 varieties of mango
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32. Economic variables
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33. rice
jack
banana
vegetables
Rs. Paddy-9,00,000
Straw-1,00,000
Rs. 50,000
Rs. 1,05,000
Rs. 3,000
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34. rubber
mango
pepper Rs. 25,200
Rs. 5,000
Rs. 4,20,000
Annual income from crops = Rs. 16,08,200
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35. allied
activities
number production Yield/unit Profit(Rs.)
Dairy 3 cows 15 L/day/cow 40/L 2,19,000
fishery 1500 350 Kg/season 250/Kg 93,750
duck 15 4200 eggs 10/egg 42,000
Hen 8 2000 eggs 8/egg 16,000
Total profit = Rs. 3,70,750
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36. Credit orientation
• Kerala Grameen bank
• Indian Bank
• SBT
Loan amount last year = Rs. 8,00,000
Interest rate = 7%
Subsidy = 4%
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37. Social cost and benefits
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38. His standard of living has increased
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39. 5 - 10 labour
Men = Rs. 400/head/day
Women = Rs. 350/head/day
Wife is involve in farming equally
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40. 1. Direct sale to local market
2. Own shop
3. Link up with hotels for milk
4. Milk delivery by the farmer himself
5. Wholesaler are coming to take his produce
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41. Auto Jeep
Two wheeler
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42. Future plans
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43. 1. Poultry – Rs 35,000
2. Ornamental fishes
3. Orchids
Rs. 15,000
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44. Cultivation of amaranth-
Karshakasree September 2003
Polyhouse cultivation of
marigold & gomphena In
Malayala manorama
Cultivation of cucumber
Karshakasree 2002
Paddy cultivation
In Malayalam Manorama 4444

45. 1. Adoption of mixed farming
2. Proper utilization of water and irrigation
at critical stages
3. Proper land preparation for rice
4. Organic cultivation
5. Practice of traditional methods
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46. 1. Farmer is well informed about the new technologies
2. He is interested in adopting new technologies
3. He is very experienced and made his own insecticides
and cultivation practices
4. Scientific cultivation and following POP
5. Maximum utilization of land resource
6. Use of hybrid seed
7. He cultivates new crops in small area before
commercializing them
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47. ThankQ
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