JDA ADDRESSING

Joint Director of Agriculture Sri M.N.Gangaram addressing on the importance of POLAMBADI PROGRAMMES

ADAs and AOs under going training on POLAMBADI

POLAMBADI ORIENTATION TRAINING

WE HAVE CONDUCTED AN ORIENTATION TRAINING TO ALL AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS AND ASST. DIRECTORS IN THE DISTRICT ON 13-06-08

OUR SUCCESSFUL JOINT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE,VIZIANAGARAM SRI M.N.GANGARAM,MSc(Ag)

A SECTION OF FARMERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THE SADASSU

THOUGH IT WAS RAINING ON 10-06-08 FROM MORNING , FARMERS ATTENDED FROM 15 MANDALS AND MAINTAINED DISCIPLINE .

MINISTER FOR FORESTS , GOVT. OF AP

SHRI SATHRUCHARLA VIJAYA RAMA RAJU, HON"BLE MINISTER FOR FORESTS ADDRESSING

SHRI S. VIJAYA RAMARAJU ,MINISTER FOR FORESTS INAGURATED THE SADASSU

AGRICULTURE DEPT. STALL

SRI CULTIVATION,INTER CROPPING RED GRAM IN GROUND NUT CROP, CROP DIVERSIFICATION MAIZE, GREEN MANURE CROPS,POLAMBADI, WATER SHED MODEL, VERMICOMPOST SHED, FARM MECHANISATION SOILTESTING ARE SOME OF OUR ITEMS DEPICTED.

EXHIBITION AT RYTHUSADASSU

30 STALLS AT KUMILI RYTHUSADASSU AND 23 STALLS AT PARVATHIPURAM RYTHUSADASSU WERE ERECTED BY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS CONNECTED WITH FARMERS. THE EXHIBITION HELPED A LOT IN DISSEMINATING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AMONG THE FARMING COMMUNITY.LIVE EXHIBITS , POSTERS , PAMPHLETS AND DEMONSTRATIONS BY PERSONNEL,COMPRISED THE EXHIBITION.
AFTER RYTHU SADASSU TECHNICAL SESSIONS WERE HELD BY ANGRAU UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS AND RESOURCE PERSONSOF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
MORE THAN 6600 FARMERS ATTENDED THE KUMILI SADASSU. AND 4400 FARMERS ATTENDED THE PARVATHIPURAM SADASSU.

DR.S.CHELLAPPA, IAS. AGRIL.PRODUCTION COMMISSIONER

APC.DR.CHELAAPA IAS. VISITED STALLS AND INTERACTED WITH MODEL FARMERS(ADARSA RYTHUS)

STALLS ON GOVT. PROGRAMMES

SRI.B.SATYANARAYANA, MINISTER FOR HOUSING,GOVT.OF AP. ADRESSING

SMT. B. JHANSI LAKSHMI,MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, ADDRESSING

RELEASING A BOOKLET ON AGRIL. ACTIVITIES

FARMERS

REVENUE DIVISIONAL LEVEL RYTHU SADASSUS NEAR RAMA TEERTHA SAGAR IRRIGATION PROJECT

Rythu sadassu WAS CONDUCTED at KUMILI VILLAGE of Pusapatirega Mandal.OF VIZIANAGARAM REVENUE DIVISION
MORE THAN 5800 FARMERS HAVE ATTENDED.
INAUGURATED BY SRI B. SATYANARAYANA MINISTER FOR HOUSING.
SMT B.JHANSI LAKSHMI ,MP BOBBILI ,
SRI B. APPALA NAIDU CHAIRMAN ZP,VIZIANAGARAM AND MLAS,MPPS,
AND
DR. S. CHELLAPPA ,IAS OUR AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION COMMISSIONER AND PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AGRI. AND COOP.,ATM,GOVT. OF AP.
HAVE ATTENDED .
30 STALLS HAD BEEN ERECTED ON VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
ASSTES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO FARMERS.

SUMMER SHOWERS

Summer showers started during this week. How ever daily maximum temperatures are around 43 degrees centigrade. Farmers are preparing to sow Mesta crop in their Drylands. The Normal area of Mesta ,(a Fibre crop) is 43,300 hectares . Majority of Mesta crop of the state is in vizianagaram district .

GOLD FROM TANK BED

ONCE , FARMERS USED TO APPLY SILT FROM TANK BEDS TO THEIR FIELDS, ESPECIALLY IN DRY LANDS WHICH ARE DEFICIENT IN MANY ESSENTIAL PLANT NUTRIENTS. TANK SILT IS A RICH SOURCE OF MANY MICRO AND MACRO NUTRIENTS .SO THE CROPS NEVER FACED ANY NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES.BUT NOW FARMERS DISCONTINUED THE PRACTICE AND NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES LIKE ZINC AND IRON HAVE BECOME COMMON IN MANY AREAS.

TIME FOR SUMMER PLOUGHINGS

ITS' TIME FOR TAKING UP SUMMER PLOUGHINGS. SOME SHOWERS RECEIVED DURING MARCH AND APRIL 2008 IN VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT . THE RAINFALL RECEIVED IS NORMAL . NO RAIN FALL RECEIVED DURING MAY2008.FARMERS ARE NOW APPLYING FYM( FARM YARD MANURE) TO THEIR FIELDS.

FROM NOW ONWARDS I WANT TO HIGH LIGHT VARIOUS MISTAKES COMMITTED BY THE FARMERS AND ALSO GAPS IDENTIFIED IN VARIOUS FARMING SITUATIONS IN CULTIVATION OF DIFFERENT CROPS

SUMMER PLOUGHINGS ARE TRADITIONALLY TAKENUP FIRST IN DRY LANDS FOLLOWED BY WET LAND AREAS.BUT IN RECENT YEARS THE % OF AREA COVERED BY SUMMER PLOUGHINGS IS DECREASING YEAR AFTER YEAR,AS MANY FARMERS FEEL IT AS AN EXTRA BURDEN.APPLICATION OF TANK SILT IN DRYLANDS WAS ALSO DISCONTINUED IN RECENT YEARS.

SUMMER PLOUGHINGS HELP IN REDUCTION OF DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS , EXPOSE FUNGAL BODIES AND LARVAE AND PUPAE OF MANY INSECT PESTS HIDDEN IN SOILS.IT ALSO CREATS A PORUS LAYER ON SOIL ,INCREASES AERATION AND HELPS IN REDUCING EVAPORATION LOSSES OF SOIL MOISTURE.INSECTS EXPOSED ARE EATEN BY BIRDS.PLOUGHINGS ALSO HELP IN DESTROYING WEEDS .

EFFECT OF VERMICOMPOST

VERMICOMPOST IS VERY EFFECTIVE IN INITIATING FLOWERING. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PHOTO TAKEN IN MY GARDEN. IT TOOK 2 MONTHS TO INITIATE FLOWERING. EVERY TIME ,I APPLY VERMICOMPOST TO THE ROSE PLANT @ 200 GRAMS NEARLY 20 FLOWERS WILL BLOOM. SOON AFTER PRUNING OLD BRANCHES AFTER ONE MONTH ANOTHER 15-20 FLOWERS WILL APPEAR. VERMICOMPOST IS A BIG LEAP TOWARDS ORGANIC FARMING . FARMERS CAN RELY ON IT AND COMPLETELY STOP CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY REDUCTION IN PRODUCTIVITY.