CHEEPURUVALASA POLAMBADI

SRI B. SATYAM PATHRUDU A FARMER IN CHEEPURUVALASA EXPLAINING PAR EXPERIMENTS IN POLAMBADI

OBSERVERS VISITED DUING JANUARY

OBSERVERS FROM COMMISSIONERATE OF AGRICULTURE, HYDERABAD VISITED ON 19TH AN 20TH FEBRUARY , KOTHAVALASA SUB DIVISION POLAMBADI PROGRAMMES

SANKRANTHI PURASKARALU

SRI MANDALI BUDDHA PRASAD HON'BLE MINISTER FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ADDRESSING THE FARMERS DURING THE FUNCTION OF AWARDING SANKRANTHI PURASKARALU AT COLLECTORATE AUDITORIUM IN VIZIANAGARAM ON 17-01-09

WE HONOURED THIS FARMER ON SANKRANTHI

BEST FARMERS ARE AWARDED AND REWARDED ON THE EVE OF SANKRANTHI
AT DISTRICT LEVEL

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

I WISH ALL THE VIEWERS OF MY BLOG 

A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

----VIJAYA KUMAR 

GOOD YIELDS

GOOD YIELDS RECORDED IN MANY MANDALS DURING CURRENT YEAR WHERE ASSURED IRRIGATION IS AVAILABLE.

MIXED RESULTS- KHARIF 2008

JDA VISITED DROUGHT HIT PADDDY AREAS.

KHARIF 2008 SHOWED MIXED RESULTS. SOME PARTS OF THE DISTRICT EXPERIENCED SEVERE DRY SPELL CONDITIONS FROM LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER ,DUE TO WHICH PADDY CROP SUFFERRED FROM MOISTURE STRESS . YIELD LOSS OCCURRED IN NEARLY 20,000 HECTARES .

A SPIDER IN OUR COLLECTORATE

PESTICIDES

I HAVE SEEN FARMERS SPRAYING PESTICIDES WITHOUT WEARING ANY PROTCTIVE CLOTHING.
I HAVE SEEN FARMERS MIXING PESTICIDES IN BUCKETS USING THEIR HANDS.
I HAVE SEEN FARMERS COLLAPSING AFTER A SPRAY IN FIELDS WITH HARMFUL CHEMICALS.
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS SUFFERING FROM CANCERS.
I HAVE SEEN CHILDREN IN VILLAGES BORN WITH MANY ABNORMALITIES
DUE TO REASONS UN-KNOWN.
I HAVE SEEN SEEN VILLAGERS WASHING AND CLEANING PESTICIDE BOTTLES IN IRRIGATION TANKS, WHILE THEIR CHILDREN ENJOYING A BATH AT THE SAME PLACE.

I HAVE SEEN LAKHS OF LADY BIRD BEETLES DYING AFTER A PESTICIDE SPRAY IN PADDY FIELD

WORKING AS AGRICULTURAL OFFICER

AGRICULTURAL OFFICER'S WORK GIVES MAXIMUM JOB SATISFACTION.
WE CAN - MEET FARMERS , GIVE TIMELY SUGGESTIONS , SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, INCREASE THEIR LANDS' PRODUCTIVITY AND PASS ON GOVT. SUBSIDIES,OBSERVE NATURE CLOSELY , GENERATE MANY SUCCESS STORIES . I AM SURE , NO JOB GIVES MORE SATISFACTION.
FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS MY INTEREST TURNED TOWARDS PESTICIDE FREE FARMING , ILL EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES AND EDUCATING FARMERS ON PESTICIDES , NATURAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ETC.

KOTHAVALASA- MY FAVOURITE PLACE OF WORK

PRESENTLY I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS AGRICULTURAL OFFICER (TECHNICAL) IN JOINT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE AT VIZIANAGARAM.
I LIKE KOTHAVALASA - A MANDAL HEAD QUARTERS IN VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT SITUATED NEAR VISAKHAPATNAM.
HERE,PEOPLE ( FARMERS) ARE VERY GENTLE, SOFT NATURED.
THE PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES ALSO ARE VERY POLITE AND NEVER COMMENTED OR INVOLVED IN POLICY DECISSIONS LIKE SELECTION OF ADARSA RYTHUS(MODEL FARMERS) ETC..

JDA VISITS POLAMBADI PLOTS

AT GAJAPATHINAGARAM

7-10 PODS PLANT

A FARMER OF GAJAPATHINAGARAM SHOWING THE PODS

GROUND NUT CROP HARVESTING

HARVESTING OF GROUND NUT CROP NEARLY COMPLETED.

WOMEN TAKE THE RESPONSIBILY OF 95% OF OPERATIONS.

WARNING- BPH AND GLH ATTACK LIKELY

BPH AND GREEN LEAF HOPPER ATTACK LIKELY TO OCCURE SEVERELY DURING THIS KHARIF.  EXCESS N APPLIED CONDITION,DRY WEATHER AND LACK OF SUFFICIENT PREDATOR POPULATION IN FIELDS FAVOURING  THEIR DEVELOPMENT. FARMERS AGRIL. OFFICERS MUST BE MORE CAUTIOUS.

NEEM OIL SPRAY , NEEM SEED KERNAL EXTRACT CAN REDUCE PEST POPULATION. 

DONT APPLY UREA IN THE INFESTED  FIELDS. UREA MAKES THE PLANT MORE SUCULANT AND MAKES THE  CROP MORE VULNERABLE TO PEST ATTACK..

GROUNDNUT CROP CONDITION

REPORT ON GROUNDNUT CROP CONDITION DURING KHARIF 2008

 Normal Area  : 38,992 Ha.

Area covered   : 36,396 Ha.

No .of mandals covered : 26

Variety :   JL-24

 Condition of the Crop:

At present the crop is at harvesting stage Sowings were completed intime during May & 1^st week of June.  Dry spells prevailed during June & July helped for normal growth in late sown crop in some parts.

However excess rainfall during August 2008 resulted in excessive vegetative growth of the crop.  During September 2008 also heavy rains occurred during maturity and pod filling stages.  Crop damages due to germination in pods due to inundation occurred in some areas.  Crop is now in harvesting stage.

Pests and Diseases noticed:

Tikka leaf spot occurred during last stage of the crop. How ever no damage is reported due to the disease.Leaf eating cater Pillers —Spodoptera and Heliothis are not observed.

 Yield estimates:As JL 24 variety is continuously cultivated for the past 25 years small ill filled and single seeded pods are resulted.  Dry spells during June month affected peg penetration in early sown crop. Pod filling affected due to heavy rains.  7-10 pods are only observed per plant.  900-950 Kgs yield is expected per hectare which is more than normal.  

WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER

HEARTY WELCOME TO OUR NEW

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE

SMT. POONAM MALAKONDAIAH, I.A.S

POLAMBADI SESSION IN PROGRESS

POLAMBADI SESSION IN PROGRESS

Hundreds of Natural enemies

THIS IS A RARE PHENOMENON OCCURRED DURING LAST KHARIF . ENTIRE PADDY AREA IN THE DISTRICT IS SEEN, PROTECTED BY LAKHS OF NATURAL ENEMIES.THE BENEFICIAL INSECT POPULATION ENORMOUSLY INCREASED. AT THE LIGHT (TRAP)
IN THE PHOTO MIRID BUG (BENEFICIAL)POPULATION IS SEEN ALONG WITH BPH(PEST)