Events

Extension Activity- Exposure Visit to KVK

Date: September 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

  1. Providing lecture on role and functions of KVK in promoting various technologies

2. Farmers observed entrepreneurial activities promoted by KVK

3. ⁠Finally, participants visited to demonstration plots showcasing advanced crop cultivation practices

Training on Azolla Production Technologies

Date: September 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

1. Conducted on campus training on Azolla Production Technologies under DAPSC at KVK Premises

2. Handled technical sessions on site selection, bed preparation and maintenance and care to be taken for better yield.

3. Explained the feeding method to different livestock.

4. Explained Government Schemes for Azolla Production and other fodder Production

5. Distributed Azolla Growing Bag to Participants

District Farmers Adivisory committee meeting

Date: September 17, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: JDA office Theni

Event Details: 

Participated in District Farmers Advisory Committee meeting at Theni

Handled technical session on Integrated Maize production Technologies
Explained about rabi Technologies to the farmers and extension personnels

Group meeting cum Technology Product Distribution

Date: September 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

Organized group meeting on OFT - Assessment of high yielding Paddy variety at KVK premises

Explained about OFT- Paddy Programme, Special features of ADT 56 & KNM 1638 Paddy varieties and Improved Crop Production technologies in Paddy to the farmers

Distributed Paddy seeds and Biofertilizers to the farmers

Skill Training on Bakery and Confectionary under DAPSC

Start date: September 15, 2025
End date: September 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

Overview of KVK Mandated Activities
• Handled a technical session on Commercialization Bakery and Confectionery items and Profits
• Hands on training cum Demonstrated Fruit flour-based Cake, Cup Cake, Brownie, Different Multi nuts Chocolates and Multi Nutrient Cookies
• As part of Training, Industrial visit was arranged to TNSRLM Bakery Unit, Thappukundu, Theni Block and shared success story by Mrs.P.Hema, KVK promoted women entrepreneur under DAPSC.
• Explained licensing, branding, packaging, labelling and marketing strategies
• Evaluated pre and post-training
• Distributed training manual on Bakery and Confectionery Products and Training completion certificate to the participants.

Farmers Visit to KVK

Date: September 13, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

Mrs.N.Ponmani farm women from Madurai District visited KVK Theni for getting technical advisories on Multi-Purpose Food Processing Machine for developing value added products from Amla.
• Provided technical advisories to develop Amla Squash, Amla RTS, Amla Mouth freshener, Amla Powder, Amla Gulkand and Amla seed-based hair powder.
• Demonstrated Amla Squash, Dehydrated Amla
• Explained about Basic Machineries required for value added products from fruits and vegetables, MSME Udyam Registration, labelling procedures and trade mark registration

FLD field visit

Date: September 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Chinnaovalapuram, Chinnamanur block

Event Details: 

1. Field visit was made to FLD on Demonstration of Drone application of NRCB Banana Sakthi in Banana at Chinnaovalapuram village of Chinnamanur block.

2. We have identified Sigatoka leaf spot symptoms. Recommended spraying of Propicanozole @ 0.1 %.

Training for Extension Personnel

Date: September 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Anganwadi Center, Unjampatti, Theni Block

Event Details: 

Conducted Training on Nutrient-Dense Healthy Supplementary Products
• Handled a Technical session on supplementary food products, low-cost nutritious food products, food pyramid, functions of foods, prevention of nutrient losses during cooking, processing techniques and Value-Added Products from locally available Agriculture and Horticulture Produces, undernutrition, overnutrition, dietary diversity,
• Awareness was created on 8th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2025 and its importance

Extension Activity- Exposure Visit to KVK

Date: September 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

1. Sharing knowledge on banana cultivation practices in Theni District to Farmers and Extension officials from Kozhikode district of Kerala.
2. Lecture delivered on Integrated pest and disease management in banana.
3. ⁠Discussed about major issues faced by farmers and given remedies to banana cultivating farmers.
4. ⁠ Exposure Visit to KVK demo units for showcasing banana cultivation technologies

On campus Training and FLD input distribution programme

Date: September 11, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: KVK Campus

Event Details: 

1. Conducted On campus training on "IPDM in Banana" at KVK.
2. Lecture delivered on Integrated pest and disease management in banana.
3. ⁠Discussed about major issues faced by farmers and given remedies to the farmers.
4. ⁠Finally, we have distributed NRCB Bio consortia to the 10 farmers of Permalgoundanpatti village under the FLD programme.