ICAR- KVK Ernakulam Newsletter No.19 April 2017 - March 2018

KVK, CMFRI (2018) ICAR- KVK Ernakulam Newsletter No.19 April 2017 - March 2018. Other. ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ernakulam.

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Abstract

ICAR-KrishiVigyan Kendra (Ernakulam) of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is a knowledge and resource centre for agriculture and its allied activities for the whole district. It is quite remarkable that the Ernakulam KVK has developed a strong bondage with the farmers in the district through a slew of extension activities to reach out to them regularly and a series of effective measures for developing adequate facilitates to keep the farming practice on right track. Aimed at promoting safe food production which is the main thrust area of the KVK, quality organic inputs and seeds are supplied through its Sales Counter located at the CMFRI. In addition, the satellite production centres, established in public-private partnership mode in farmer’s fields, produce quality vegetable & fruit planting materials and poultry chicks in large-scale and supply accordingly. Dynamic efforts of the KVK, which are still on since the last five years, in the setting up of many satellite seed production centres of pearl spot with the financial support of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) have been vital to woo youngsters into fish farming. In what is considered as one of the commendable outreach programmes, we could manage to distribute 10,000 curry leaf seedlings to school children as part of ‘Karshkamitram’ programme conducted by the Vidhyadhanam trust functioning under the patronage of Ernakulam M.P. Prof. K. V. Thomas.

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