Milestone

The milestone of KVK with regard to its mandatory activities are given below

Year	Particulars
1995-96	Establishment of KVK (28th March 1995). PRA, Survey and basic data collection of the District Staff appointment Initiation of KVK administrative block and hostel construction
1996-97	KVK initiates mandatory activities in the district
1997-98	Training programme on organic farming taken up extensively in the district in collaboration with Department of agriculture
1998-99	Administrative block and farmers hostel inaugurated
1999-00	Broiler Rabbit unit established at KVK
2000-01	Introduction of water melon in the district Introduction of Vanilla cultivation in the district Poultry unit established at KVK
2001-02	Mushroom and spawn production unit established at KVK
2002-03	Installed first rain water harvesting model at KVK
2003-04	Large scale spread of water melon in the district
2004-05	Introduction of Tissue culture banana in the district Popularization of Red banana in the district Establishment of digital library at KVK Established cocoa processing unit at KVK Published first bi-monthly newsletter
2005-06	Introduction of coconut climber in the district Introduction of fruit harvester ( developed by KVK) Trichogramma japonicum and Trichogamma chilonis introduced on Paddy fields in the district Launched KVK website ( www.kvkcard.org) Introduction of IISR varieties (varada, rajadha and mahima) of ginger in the district
2006-07	Introduction of SRI and SRI marker in rice cultivation in the district Introduction of sri shilpa variety of yam and gagendra variety of elephant foot yam in the district.
2007-08	Formation of farmer facilitation centre Formation of SHG monthly market at Malapally -Thanima bazaar Formation of Rabbit growers consortium Established model rain water harvesting and micro irrigation system at KVK Introduction of ICM In Rice for revival of fallow paddy land in the district IGNOU Special study centre at KVK Introduction of High Density Planting in Banana in the district
2008-09	Introduction of Caveri-poultry layer in the district Establishment of Model Mushroom Spawn Production Laboratory at KVK Rehabilitation of Tissue Culture Laboratory in KVK
2009-10	Launched “Krishi Doodh”, a short message service Set up fruit and Vegetable Preservation Facilitation Centre (FVPFC) at KVK. (FPO License No. A.629)

On Farm Testing (OFT)

Sl.No	Technology to be assessed/refined	No.of trials	Location
2004-05
1	Comparative study on the performance of different measures in control of Pseudostem weevil in banana	10	Ayroor
2	Comparative study on the effectiveness of different control measures for disease management in vegetable cowpea	30	Mallappally
3	Comparative study on the economics and yield of oyster and milky mushroom cultivation	10	Koipuram
4	Participatory trial for standardizing viable post harvest technology of oyster mushroom to reduce huge loss and the high perishability	5	Ayroor
5	Control of aphids in cowpea	20	Koipuram
6	Prevention of mastitis in cattle	10	Ezhumattoor
7	Comparing growth and yield of tissue culture banana and sucker banana variety nendran	10	Konni
2005-06
1	High density planting in nendran banana	10	Kozhencherry
2	Comparing cono weeder and rotary weeder in SRI technique of paddy	5	Aranmula
3	Comparison of strategies to manage rhizome weevil in banana	9	Koipuram
4	Testing the blending of carambola, banana and mango products with pineapple extract for enhancing the quality of locally made fruit products	5	Ayroor
5	Demonstration of new variety in ginger (Varada)	10	Koipuram
6	Comparative study on the effectiveness of different control measures for leaf spot disease of amaranth.	10	Puramattom
7	Comparative study on the effectives of different control measures for soft rot disease of ginger	10	Ranny
8	Comparative study on the performance of different varieties of ginger	10	Koipuram
9	Comparative study on practicability and suitability of value added products of ginger	5	Ayroor, Mallappally
10	Control measures of sigatoka leaf spot disease in banana	10	Konni
2006-07
1	Integrated nutrient management in rice	10	Kodumon
2	Pest management in rice cultivation	10	Kaviyoor
3	Disease management in vegetable cowpea	10	Puramattom
4	Use of rhizobium to increase yield in vegetable cowpea	10	Mallappally
5	Influence of probiotic feeding on egg laying capacity and growth rate in exotic breed of chicken under backyard farming system	10	Koipuram
2007-08
1	Disease management in betel vine	10	Kodumon panchayath
2	High density planting in banana to enhance income in small holdings	10	Kodumon
3	Evaluation of using probiotic in cow for sustainable productivity	10	Koipuram
4	Performance of different control measures against sigatoka leaf spot of banana	10	Konni
5	Study the performance of locally designed fruit harvester	4	Mallappally
6	Performance study and refinement of thermal cooker as a multipurpose carrier box for small scale women entrepreneurs.	5	Mallappally
2008-09
1	Management of sheath blight in paddy	11	Kuttoor
2	High density planting in TC Banana	03	Ayroor, Ranni, Konni
3	Management of leaf spot in amaranth	10	Ayroor
4	High yielding layers of poultry Caveri and Grama Priya	10	Mallappally
5	Nutrient management in paddy with reference to Potassium	03	Pandalam
6	Cultivation of musk melon Arka Jeeth	05	Puramattoom
7	Cultivation of Amaranthus var. Krishnasree	10	Mallappally&Puramattom
8	Packing models for minimally processed vegetables	02	Koipurpam&Puramattom
9	Arbiscular Mycorrizha for improving ginger productivity	05	Ranni
10	Disease management in betel vine	05	Elanthoor
11	Different substrates for oyster mushroom production	05	Peringara

Front Line Demonstrations(FLD)

SI.No	Technology to be demonstrated	No.of Demonstrations	Area(ha)/No.of units	Location
2004-05
1	Introduction of Uma variety of paddy for SHGs in Aranmula Panchayat	1 no.	2 ha.	Aranmula
2	Introduction of tissue culture red banana in Aranmula Panchayat through participatory techniques	20 nos.	20 nos.	Aranmula
3	Introduction of rabbit for meat in Pathanamthitta district	7 nos.	7 nos.	Elanthoor
4	Introduction of organic vegetable cultivation	10 nos.	10 nos.	Aranmula
5	Participatory introduction of post harvest processing techniques of cocoa among farm women of Thottapuzhassery Grama Panchayat	5 nos.	5 nos.	Thottapuzhassery
6	Introduction of neela amari (Indigofera tinctoria) in homesteads for additional income	8 nos.	8 nos.	Koipuram
7	Introdction of Patchouli as intercrop in coconut gardens	10 nos.	10 nos.	Elanthoor
2005-06
1	Pheromone trap for controlling fruit fly in cucurbitaceous vegetables	20 nos.	10 acres	Ayroor
2	Leaf colour chart based nutrient management in paddy	10 nos.	2ha	Kaviyoor
3	Demonstration of high yielding variety of watermelon	10 nos.		Ayroor
4	Popularization of bio-control agents in managing cowpea pest/disease	10 nos.		Koipuram
5	Demonstration of rotary marker in SRI method of paddy farming	10 nos.	5 acre	Aranmula
6	Management of paddy stem borer and leaf folder using Trichogramma japonicum and Trichogramma chilonis	8 nos.	2ha.	Kaviyoor
7	Popularization of azolla as animal feed ingredient	10 nos.	2ha.	Ayroor
8	Introduction of Japanese quail birds for additional income to farmers	5 nos.		Koipuram
9	Introduction of milky mushroom	15		Koipuram
10	Introduction of acetic and alcoholic fermentation of coconut water for making natural vinegar	5		Ayroor
2006-07
1	Introduction of high yielding varieties of ginger	10	0.4	Kozhencherry
2	Integrated nutrient management in coconut	10	2	Koipuram
3	Integrated pest management in coconut	10	1	Koipuram
4	Introduction of medicinal plants through SHGs of VVV club	10	0.6	Ezhumattoor
5	Use of triocontinol in bittergourd and snakegourd	10	2	Ayroor
6	Use of growth hormones in Coccinea	10	1	Koipuram
7	Introduction of high yielding varieties of Coccinea	5	0.5	Koipuram
8	Integrated nutrient management in banana	10	1	Kodumon
9	System of rice intensification in paddy	10	2	Vallicode
10	Introduction of coconut harvester	50	5	Koipuram
11	Value addition in sweet potato	5	-	Mallappally, Ayroor
2007-08
1	Bio intensive pest management in paddy	50	5	Peringara
2	Popularization of apiculture as an income generation avenue for landless SC/ST families	5		Koipuram
3	Intercropping amorphophallus variety Gajendra and yam Sree Shilpa in banana	25	1	Kodumon
4	Introduction of coconut climber	10		Pathanamthitta dist
5	Introduction of ‘Tilak’ variety of sesame in rice fallows	50	5	Mallappally
6	Performance of different varieties of fodder plants	25	1	Kodumon
7	Introduction of multiple resistant variety of watermelon ‘arka maik’	50	10	Thottapuzhassery
2008-09
1	Integrated crop management in paddy	10	02	Kodumon
2	Seedling production techniques for tuber crops	10	0.5	Pandalam
3	Integrated pest Management in cowpea	10	0.4	Kuttoor
4	Management of ginger rhizome rot	10	0.4	Pandalam
5	Weed management in paddy	10	2.50	Peringara
6	Cultivation of medicinal rice Njavara	05	01	Kodumon, Kuttoor, Pandalam
7	Nutrient management in nendran banana using banana special	10	02	Naranganam
8	Potassium sulphate for higher quality in banana	10	01	Kodumon
9	Use of Mycorrizha for increased productivity in amaranthus	05	0.50	Mallappally
10	Pest and disease management in vegetable cowpea	10	03	Kuttoor
11	Rearing of Muscovy duck in backyard system	03	03	Kuttoor
12	Use of probiotic yeast mix to enhance production in milch cow	10		Pandalam Thekkekkara

Trainings

Year	Training (No.)				Participants(No.)
	On Campus	Off campus	Vocational	Sponsored	General		SC/ST		Grand Total
					Male	Female	Male	Female
2004-05	139	123	19	106	2634	5167	592	1450	9843
2005-06	136	111	16	31	1929	2769	888	1332	6918
2006-07	75	67	9	15	992	1335	265	813	3405
2007-08	44	44	11	19	674	737	232	616	2259
2008-09	43	74	5	7	1351	1317	463	498	3629
Total	437	419	60	178	7580	11325	2440	4709	26054

Extension Literatures

Bookletts

1. 'Embroidery-25 types' (Malayalam) by Shana Harshan.
2. ‘Integrated plant protection in vegitables' (Malayalam) by M.M.Joseph.
3. ‘Bio fertilizers' (Malayalam) by M.M.Joseph.
4. ‘Vermi compost' (Malayalam) by M.M.Joseph.
5. ‘Compost making' (Malayalam) by M.M.Joseph.
6. ‘Medicinal Plants' (Malayalam) by M.M.Joseph and C.I.Jacob.
7. 'Vegetable cultivation in homestead' (Malayalam) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
8. 'Vanilla Cultivation' (Malayalam) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
9. Plant propagation techniques' (English) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
10. 'Different types of medicinal plants and their uses' (Malayalam) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
11. 'Ornamental herbal garden' (Malayalam) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
12. 'Cultivation of medicinal plants in homesteads' (Malayalam) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
13. 'Value added products from papaya' (Malayalam) by Shana Harsan and Jeen Mary Mathew.
14. 'Value added products from mushroom' (Malayalam) by Shana Harsan and Jeen Mary Mathew.
15. 'Value added products from tapioca' (Malayalam) by Shana Harsan and Jeen Mary Mathew.
16. 'A guide to vegetable cultivation" (Malayalam) by S.J.Vijayalalitha and S.Vallal Kannan.
17. ‘Cocoa processing” (Malayalam) by Shana Harsan
18. ‘Fruit Processing’ (Malayalam) by Shana Harsan
19. ‘Rabbit Rearing’ (Malayalam) by Dr. Sency Mathew, Dr. C.P. Robert, Anu John
20. ‘Banana Cultivation’ (Malayalam) by Rincy K. Abraham, Dr. C.P. Robert
21. ‘Nutmeg Cultivation’ (Malayalam) by Vinod Mathew, Dr. C.P. Robert
22. ‘Different types of compost making’ (Malayalam) by Ambily Varughese, Dr. C.P. Robert
23. ‘Panasam Handbook’ (Malayalam) by Shree Padre, Rincy K. Abraham, Dr. C.P.Robert, Dr. Sindhu Sadanandan, Shana Harshan

Folders

1. 'Nutrient content of various manures & fertilizers' (Malayalam) by M.M.Joseph
2. 'Trichoderma - a bio control agent for spice crops' (Malayalam) by S.J. vijayalalitha.
3. 'Fruit or vegitable processing' (Malayalam) by Shana Harshan
4. 'Maintenance of Tissue Culture Banana' by Vinod Mathew and Alex John
5. 'Vermiwash' by S.J. Vijayalalitha and K. Charu Mithran
6. 'Fruit preservation by Shana Harshan
7. Soil Testing for Integrated nutrient management

Book

1. "Cultivation of Oyster Mushroom: (Malayalam) by S.J. Vijayalalitha and S. Vallal Kannan.