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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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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Details about types and varieties of small millets to be cultivated
Details about types and varieties of small millets to be cultivated - continue …
Details about types and varieties of small millets to be cultivated - continue …
Details about types all varieties of small millets to be cultivated - continue…
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
Community Certificate for Farmers in Kovilur Gram Panchayat • Started negotiation with legal consultancies about how to get community certificate to these farmers.
Millet Processing Unit • Started the effort of using millet processing unit effectively with 2 millets. (little millets and Fox tail millet)
Trainings • Conducted primary trainings to demo field farmers, seed production farmer and FLD farmers about a procedures to be followed.