Large no. of Predators -A GOOD SIGN

The seasonal conditions during kharif 2007 are most favourable for paddy crop.
Though incidence of BROWN PLANT HOPPER is observed in many places
The development of predator population was enormous which could easily suppress the pests.

In the picture MIRID BUG a beneficial insect is seen in large numbers at a light

GOOD PADDY YIELDS ANTICIPATED

FARMERS OF VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT ARE GOING TO REAP GOOD PADDY HARVESTS DURING KHARIF 2007.

THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS HELPED A LOT IN GETTING GOOD YIELDS.

EARLY TRANSPLANTATIONS

DRY SPELLS DURING AUGUST 07

•Excess rainfall (190.6 m.m) during June 2007 resulted in complete charging of Irrigation Tanks, which lead to timely transplantation of Paddy.
•Paddy area increased by 9%
•Dry spells occurred during August helped in excess tillering due to irrigated dry conditions in Paddy fields due to which nearly 25% excess tillering is observed


•Due to availability of sufficient water in Tanks, timely sowings, low pest problem, the Paddy yields are likely to increase by 20-25% (Normal-2397kgs. Expected 2876 to 2996 kgs per Hectare in terms of RICE.)


•Pesticide consumption reduced by 75% due to favourable seasonal conditions .
• Pesticide consumption during current year upto October, 2007 is only 4.01 M.Ts. Tech.Grade while the consumption during October, 2006 is 16.0 M.Ts Tech.Grade.

LOSS TO SESAMUM-
SESAMUM CROP IS RAISED IN AN AREA OF 707 Ha. IN KOTHAVALASA MANDAL AS AGAINST THE NORMAL AREA OF 684 Ha DURING PRE KHARIF.
FARMERS EXPECTED GOOD YIELDS OF THIS CROP.
HOW EVER THE CROP SUFFERED A SERIOUS SET BACK.
THE CROP DAMAGED DUE TO CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINS DUE TO CYCLONE DURING JUNE 2007.
LODGING AND DAMAGE DUE TO WATER LOGGING OCCURED.
HOW MUCH LOSS?
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AN AREA OF 321 Ha HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN THE MANDAL.
FARMER WISE ENUMERATION OF DAMAGED AREAS BY REVENUE SECRETARIES AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICERS IS IN PROGRESS.

A Good start of season is expected as monsoon has arrived timely.
we have got sufficient seeds.Farmers awareness programme
Rythu chaitanya yathras compled and soil testing also completed.
South west Monsoon is very active because of low pressure area
BAY OF BENGAL . RAIN FALL SUFFICIENT TO COVER DRY CROPS ,
HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

KHARIF 2007 HAS STARTED. KOTHAVALASA MANDAL HAS GOT A PADDY AREA OF 1649 HECT. SEED SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE ENTIRE AREA ( 100%)HAS BEEN PREPOSITIONED AT VARIOUS SEED DEALERS, AND AGRICULTURAL MARKET COMMITTEE.

THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT IS 1235 QUINTALS.
QUANTITY PRESENT IS 1342 QUINTALS.

MY PHOTO

DOWN TO EARTH JOURNAL COMMENTED

AN ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN DOWN TO EARTH ,ENVIRONMENTAL FORTNIGHTLY MAGAZINE, DURING SEPTEMBER 2006 ON MY ACHIEVEMENTS AT MY PREVIOUS WORK PLACE. SAPON JOSHI, JOURNALIST AND DEPUTY EDITOR PERSONALLY VISITED AND COMMENTED AS ABOVE.

Workshops on WTO AND POLAMBADI at HYDERABAD from 7 th to 10 th APRIL

A WORK SHOP ON WTO( WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION) WAS CONDUCTED AT SAMETI ,HYDERABAD 0N 7 AND 8TH APRIL 2007 TO 86 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS.

ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON POLAMBADI WAS CONDUCTED ON 9,10 th TO IPM MASTER TRAINERS .

VERMICOMPOST UNITS ON 75 %SUBSIDY

The Department of Agricultural is extending its full co-operation to the farmers to switch their cultivation to organic farming. Vermicomposting the farm waste will certainly help in effective recycling and improve soil conditions. we provide a subsidy of Rs.3000 - in cash and 1875- in kind to the farmers.

FINANCIAL YEAR COMING TO AN END

THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2006-07 IS COMING TO AN END .
THE SEASON IS VERY GOOD
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE SATISFACTORY.
WE HAVE REACHED THE FIGURES WE SET AS GOALS IN FARM MECHANISATION ETC .ITEMS.
NOT ONLY ACHIEVING THE TARGETS BUT ASSURING QUALITY EXTENSION SERVICES IS MORE IMPORTANT. I HOPE I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN ACHIEVING THIS .
POLAM BADI PROGRAMMES I HAVE CONDUCTED GAVE GOOD RESULTS.
PADDY FARMERS GOT GOOD YIELDS, HIGHEST IN LAST 6 YEARS.
A PESTICIDES DEALER IN KOTHAVALASA IS NOT HAPPY. HE SAID HE USED TO SELL 400 LITRES OF LAMDA CYHALOTHRIN A SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID FOR PADDY CROP EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR HE SOLD ONLY 50 LITRES , NOT FOR PADDY BUT FOR OTHER CROPS ONLY .
THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE SUCCESS OF OUR EXTENSION PROGRAMMES

JDA SRI KRUPADANAM VISITED OUR POLAMBADI PROGRAMMES

Visit of our Joint Director Of Agriculture ,Vizianagaram Sri A .Krupadanam to the

Polambadi Programmes of KOTHAVALASA Subdivision and interaction with farmers

SOIL TESTING KITS SUPPLIED TO FARMER GROUPS

FARMERS OF M.R.PURAM MAIZE POLAM BADI II RECEIVIG A KIT FROM SRI R.SIVARAM ASST.DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, KOTHAVALASA AND K.S.PRAKASA RAO,AEO

14 Soil testing kits are supplied to polam badi farmers and seed village farmers and Rythu Mithra Groups in KOTHAVALASA MANDAL. Farmers are given training to test their soil using the kits.The kit is useful to conduct quick tests at field itself . Each kit contains chemicals that can test 25 soil samples.

WINNOWING FANS ON SUBSIDY

THE FARMERS OF M.R.PURAM ARE VERY HAPPY THAT THEY CAN NOW EASILY CLEAN THEIR PADDY AND SEND IT TO THE MARKET . AS THEIR FIELDS ARE SITUATED AMIDST OF COCONUT GARDENS ,EARLIER THEY FACED PROBLEMS DUE TO LACK OF WINDS DURING THRASHING AND WINNOWING ,HENCE HAD TO WAIT , DAYS TO

COMPLETE THE OPERATION.

FARM MECHANISATION

FARM MECHANIZATION IS VERY USEFUL TO MINIMISE THE TIME OF FARM OPERATIONS, TO SAVE LABOUR AND TO TAKE UP THE OPERATIONS EASILY.
4 MANUALLY OPERATED WINNOWING FANS ARE SUPPLIED TO THE FARMERS ,DURING KHARIF 2007 ON 50 PERCENT SUBSIDY( @ Rs.1113-00 EACH).

RABI - POLAMBADI INTERACTION Dt 1-1-2007

AN INTER ACTION CUM AWARENESS MEETING
ON POLAMBADI WAS CONDUCTED TO THE FARMERS
OF GRADE II AND III POLAMBADI PROGRAMMES
BEING CONDUCTED IN KOTHAVALASA SUB-DIVISION.

SRI B. ATCHITA RAO A.D.A, FROM FARMERS TRAINING CENTRE, VIZIANAGARAM,
SRI R. SIVARAM A.D.A( REGULAR) KOTHAVALASA

G.V. VIJAYA KUMAR, AGRICULTURAL OFFICER KOTHAVALASA

HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE FARMERS, AND IMPARTED TRAINING ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF POLAMBADI.
SRI YASWANTH RAO A.O SOIL TESTING LAB, VIZIANAGARAM HAS TRAINED FARMERS ON SOIL TESTING BY USING SOIL TEST KITS WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RYTHU MITHRA GROUPS IN POLAMBADI VILLAGES.
AGRIL. OFFICERS SRI M.SURI NAIDU AND CH. LATCHANNA AND ALL THE AGRIL. EXTENSION OFFICERS HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED.

POWER TILLERS ON SUBSIDY

4 ( Four) Nos. of power tillers are distributed on subsidy under farm mechanization scheme,
in kothavalasa mandal . The cost of tiller is Rs.1 lakh 8 thousand + . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ,A.P IS EXTENDING SUBSIDY OF Rs. 30,000/- on each power tiller

VERY INTERESTING

OUR JOINT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCTING A SEED TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION

SEED TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION

A SEED TREATMENT DRUM WAS PROVIDED TO THE FARMERS OF CHEEPURUVALSA VILLAGE ON 50% SUBSIDY . IN THE PICTURE SRI A. KRUPADANAM, JOINT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT IS SEEN , HANDIND OVER THE IMPLEMENT AND EDUCATING WOMEN RYTHU MITHRA GROUP MEMBERS ON SEED TREATMENT.

Smt.Neelamsetti Gopemma ,member ZILLA PARISHAD TERRITORIAL CONTITUENCY(ZPTC) KOTHAVALASA ,participated in the POLAMBADI FIELD DAY CELEBRATIONS IN THE MANDAL.

FIELD DAY 3-01-2007