Front Line Demonstrations
Two thousand four hundred and ninteen demonstrations of 135 technologies were conducted during the period of 1997-2016. The technologies demonstrated on the farmer’s field were proven technologies suitable for the region. The crops included for the demonstrations were paddy, banana, perennial crops such as coconut, mango, pepper and vegetables such as amaranthus, cowpea, bitter gourd, bhindi, chilli etc.
FLDs 2015-16:
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Crop/ Enterprise |
Title of FLD |
No. of Demo. |
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Paddy |
Demonstration on integrated management practices of weedy rice in Kollam district |
10 |
|
|
Banana |
Demonstration on Foliar application of Sampoorna KAU multimix in Banana |
5 |
|
|
Cowpea |
Demonstration on Foliar application of Sampoorna KAU multimix in Vegetable cowpea |
15 |
|
|
Cassava |
Demonstration on mosaic resistant variety of Cassava ‘Sree Swarna’ in Kollam district |
15 |
|
|
Okra |
Demonstration of open precision farming in okra |
3 |
|
|
Vegetables |
Demonstration of solanaceous vegetable grafts in Kollam district |
10 |
|
|
Okra |
Demonstration on okra hybrid Manjima in Kollam district |
10 |
|
|
Coconut |
Integrated crop management in coconut-KALPARAKSHA-3rd year (convergence with ATMA) |
20 |
|
|
Ericulture |
Demonstration of ericulture in tapioca for additional income 2nd year |
5 |
|
|
EFY |
Demonstration of Trichoderma against collar rot of elephant foot yam |
10 |
|
|
Banana |
Demonstration of Pseudomonas against leaf spot diseases in banana |
10 |
|
|
Banana |
Demonstration of banana blossom products |
5 |
|
Total |
123 |
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