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Crop Production
Crop Protection
Crop Improvement
Sustainable Agriculture
Organic Farming
Indigenous Farming
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Namakkal District
 

Weather
Soil
Water
Seed
Farm Enterprises
Nutrition
Post Harvest Technology
Bio Technology
Bio-Fuels

Major Thrust Area

Sunflower

  • Continuous use of same variety.
  • Improper NPK management.

Cotton

  • Boll worm incidence.
  • Magnesium deficiency.
  • Weed infestation.

Paddy

  • High cost of cultivation.
  • Stem borer incidence.
  • Poor soil N Fertility.

Groundnut

  • Improper potassium &sulphur management.
  • Low plant population.

Blackgram

  • Poor seed set.
  • Irregular flowering.

Sugarcane

  • Water scarcity.
  • Wolly aphid incidence.

Green gram

  • Use of local variety.
  • No nutrient application.
  • Drought.

Maize

  • Higher plant population
  • Weed infestation.
  • Low nutrient management..

Rose

  • Iron &magnesium Deficiency.
  • Improper NPK application.
  • Aphid & Thrips incidence.

Tuberose

  • Use of local varieties.
  • Nematode incidence.
  • Bulb rot.
  • Irrational application of NPK

Small onion

  • Tip drying.
  • Thrips incidence.
  • Zinc deficiency.
  • Soft rot incidence.

Jasmine

  • Improper pruning practices.
  • Blossom midge incidence.

Sapota

  • Uneven ripening.

Tomato

  • Use of local &PKM-1 varieties.
  • Flower & fruit drop.
  • Fruit borer incidence.
  • Fruit cracking.

Tapioca

  • Micro nutrient deficiency.
  • Mosaic disease.
  • Poor yield.
  • Sett rot.

Amla

  • Post harvest losses.

Dairy animal

  • Infertility.
  • Low milk yield.
  • Mastitis.

Desi Birds

  • Lack of economical rearing practices
  • Low hatchability
  • Endemic diseases in poultry
  • Low production

Goat

  • Lower weight gain

Quails

  • Low production,

Turkeys/ Rabbits

  • Poor weight gain
  • Marketing

Dairy

  • Wastage of crop residues.

Sheep & Goat

  • Mortality &morbidity.

Swine

  • Marketing

Pigeon

  • Mortalit
  
Special Technologies