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Work done and in progress for the period of May-June 2012

Comprehensive Pilot Programme for Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture in the Jawadhu Hills - Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu. Work done and in progress for the period of May-June 2012. Basic information about Community and Habitation in Kovilur Gram Panchayat.

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Work done and in progress for the period of May-June 2012

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  1. Comprehensive Pilot Programme for Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture in the Jawadhu Hills - Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu. Work done and in progress for the period of May-June 2012

  2. Basic information about Community and Habitation in Kovilur Gram Panchayat No. of Revenue villages – 3 • Kovilur • Erumaiyanur • Keezhthattiyapattu No. of hamlet villages – 54 No. of families • SC – 159 • ST – 2,365 • OC – 368 Total – 2,892 Total population • Male – 7,135 • Female – 6,722 Total – 13,852

  3. Area under cultivation in Kovilur Gram Panchayat (3 Revenue villages) Kharif • Rainfed – 3113.55 acres • Irrigated – 615.1 acres Rabi • Rainfed – 2895.3 acres • Irrigated – 506.0 acres Total – 7129.35 acres

  4. Details about functioning of existing facilities / CBO’s in Kovilur Gram Panchayat • Schools – 17 No’s • Health care centre – 2 No’s • Drinking water facility – 209 No’s • SHG’s (Men) – 28 No’s • SHG’s (Women) – 55 No’s • Handicapped groups – 26 No’s • Farmer clubs – 12 No’s • Farmers group – 5 No’s • Co-operative society – 1 No’s • JFM committee (Forest) - 2 No’s

  5. Seed source Crops & Varieties • 22 crops • 21 local varieties – local source • 9 improved varieties – Public and private sector • 2 hybrid varieties – Private sector Total quantity of seed requirement / year (2 season – Kharif & Rabi – irrigated and rainfed) - 1,27,770.50 Kg • Within the villages – 1,04,788.10 Kg • Village outside source – 22,979.40 kg • Total area under cultivation / year – 7127.85 Acres

  6. Trend analysis about diversification of crops and varieties in Kovilur Gram Panchayat (Between the period of 1990-2012) Example • Little millet – 2350 acres during 1990 – 4 local varieties – 2991.1 acres during 2011 – 6 varieties including 2 improved varieties • White sorghum – 28 acres during 1990 – only one variety – 3 acres during 2011 – only one variety

  7. Trend Analysis – Contd., Area under cultivation • 1970 – 5624.00 acres • 1980 – 6046.00 acres • 1990 – 6362.50 acres • 2000 – 6545.50 acres • 2012 – 7135.95 acres

  8. Possibilities of Linking with other departments / Institutions • Department of Agriculture* • Department of Horticulture* • Department of Forestry* • Gram Panchayat office* • Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU)* • National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)* • Banks* • Livestock Department • NGO’s – DONSBOSCO*, VRDP, DHAN, VIT etc Note : *- Already we started our work with those department

  9. Details about types and varieties of small millets to be cultivated

  10. Details about types and varieties of small millets to be cultivated - continue …

  11. Details about types and varieties of small millets to be cultivated - continue …

  12. Details about types all varieties of small millets to be cultivated - continue…

  13. No. of farmers & Area selected for Demo field

  14. No. of farmers & Area selected for Seed Production

  15. Details of farmers & Areas selected for CO (Saamai) 4 variety Front line Demonstration (FLD) • Name of the villages – Attiyanur • No. of farmers – 13 • Area – 26 acres • Millets seeds already distributed to the farmers

  16. Work done in seed thematic area • Collected the details about no. of crops and varieties cultivated, quantity of seeds requirement in each crop & seed source etc. • Purchased small millets seeds from the following source • Sahaja Samrudha – Bangalore • TNAU – Coimbatore • Agriculture Department – Paramakudi • Local farmers

  17. Other works done • TNAU - Department of Millets, agreed to supply 996 Kgs. of Co (Saamai) 4 variety seeds to our farmer through their project (NRTT) within June end. • Department of horticulture agreed to supply 250 No’s Curry leaf saplings to our farmers within June end.

  18. Experiments Planned • To document varietal performance in little millet and in finger millet • To increase the yield of little millet with the use of coconut water and butter milk

  19. Possibilities with TNAU • Visited Department of Millets, entomology, Ramaiah Seed Bank and Seed Centre at TNAU on 25th May 2012. • Lot of Scopes are available for working with TNAU particularly with Department of Millets

  20. Efforts visit CTMR • Organized farmers meeting with Centre for Traditional Medicine Research (CTMR) and TASUDMA (Tamilnadu Ayurvedic Siddha and Unani Drug Manufactures Association) on 16th May 2012 at Chennai. • Discussed about the possibilities production and marketing of medicinal plants from Jawathu hills (cultivation and wild collection). • Planned to make a tripartite agreement in between CIKS, CTMR and TASUDMA and for proceeding further activities.

  21. Collaboration with NABARD • 11 Farmers were approved by NABARD. • Submitted one proposal under FTTF • Submitted Project Implementing Agency (PIA) and Project Area Data Sheet under TDF

  22. Community Certificate for Farmers in Kovilur Gram Panchayat • Started negotiation with legal consultancies about how to get community certificate to these farmers.

  23. Millet Processing Unit • Started the effort of using millet processing unit effectively with 2 millets. (little millets and Fox tail millet)

  24. Trainings • Conducted primary trainings to demo field farmers, seed production farmer and FLD farmers about a procedures to be followed.

  25. Lets go on……

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