KVK | Front Line Demonstration

Front Line Demonstration

Front-Line Demonstration is the new concept of field demonstration. The field demonstrations are conducted under the close supervision of scientists.The main objective of Front-Line Demonstrations is to demonstrate newly released crop production and protection technologies and its management practices in the farmers field under different agro-climatic regions and farming situations. While demonstrating the technologies in the farmers field, the scientist are required to study the factors contributing higher crop production, field constrains of production and thereby generate production data and feedback information. Front-Line Demonstrations are conducted in a block of two or four hectares land in order to have better impact of the demonstrated technologies on the farmers and field level extension functionaries.

Front line demonstrations are conducted in a block of two to four hectares land in order to have better impact of the demonstrated technologies on the farmers and field level extension functionaries.he front-line demonstrations are different than the normal demonstrations conducted by the extension functionaries.

The special features of FLD are:

FLD are conducted under the close supervision of the scientists

Only newly released technologies or those likely to be released in near future are selected

FLDs are organized in a block of two to four hectares involving all those farmers whose plots fall in the identified demonstration block

Only critical inputs and training are provided from the scheme budget, remaining inputs are supplied by the farmers themselves

Training of the farmers associated with the frontline demonstration is a pre-requisite for conducting such demonstrations

The target audience of FLDs is both farmers and the extension officers. The purpose is to be convince extension functionaries and farmers together about the potentialities of technologies for further wide scale diffusion

FLDs are used as a source of generating data on factors contributing higher crop yields and constraints of production under various farming situations.

KVK submits the Action Plan for technical intervention to ICAR – ATARI. Based on the approval KVK conducts FLDs in Field Crops, Horticulture Crops, Farm Implements, Enterprises and Livestock in the district.

FLD 2023-24

S.No	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology to be demonstrated	No. of trial	Area (ha)
1	Little Millet	Demonstration on high yielding Little millet variety ATL 1	15	6
2	Paddy	Demonstration on super fine Paddy variety VGD 1 under Organic Farming	10	4
3	Finger Millet	Demonstration on Finger millet variety ATL 1	10	4
4	Cowpea	Demonstration on High yielding Cowpea variety VBN 3	5	2
5	Cotton	Demonstration on Cotton CO 17 variety with high density planting system	5	2
6	Cluster Beans	Demonstration of Cluster bean Variety MDU-1	5	1
7	Coriander	Demonstration on Coriander CO5	5	1
8	Mango	Integrated Crop Management in Mango	10	4
9	Coconut	Integrated Nutrient Management in Coconut	10	4
10	Banana	Micronutrient Management in Banana	10	4
11	Cotton	Micronutrient Management in Cotton	10	4
12	Farm Mechanization	Farm Mechanization in Groundnut cultivation	10	4
13	Farm Mechanization	Demonstration of Agricultural Drone	10	4
14	Farm Mechanization	Demonstration of Millet Planter	10	4
15	Coconut	Demonstration of management against Coconut Rugose Spiraling Whitefly	5	1
16	Jasmine	Integrated Pest Management for Blossom midge and Bud worms in Jasmine	5	1
17	-	Demonstration on management of wild boar menace using Herbal repellent	10	4
18	Turmeric	Demonstration on Rhizomerot management practices in Turmeric	10	4
19	Chicken	Demonstration of TANUVAS STAR Chicken for small farmers in Krishnagiri district	10	-
20	Desi-Chicken	Demonstration of ProBeads-EC on growth performance of Desi-chicken	10	-
21	Dairy Cows	Demonstration of Tick Shield for control of tick infestation in dairy cows	10	-
22	Dairy Cows	Demonstration of Ketoquant for diagnosis of subclinical ketosis in dairy cows	10	-
23	Nutri Garden	Demonstration of organic nutri-garden	5	-
24	Value Addition	Demonstration on value added products from traditional rice (Black Kavuni)	5	-

FLD 2022-23

S.No	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology to be demonstrated	No. of trial	Area (ha)
1	Millet	Demonstration on Little Millet Variety ATL 1	15	6
2	Paddy	Demonstration on Paddy Variety VGD 1 under Organic Farming	10	4
3	Castor	Demonstration on Castor YRCH 2	10	4
4	Millet	Demonstration on Finger Millet Variety ATL 1	10	4
5	Brinjal	Demonstration on Brinjal Variety VRM (Br) 2	10	1
6	Chilli	Demonstration of Chilli hybrid Arka Saanvi	10	1
7	Beans	Demonstration of Arka Sukomal Variety of French Beans	5	0.5
8	Mango	Integrated Crop Management in Mango	10	4
9	Banana	Micro Nutrient Management in Banana	10	4
10	Coconut	Integrated Nutrient Management in Coconut	10	4
11	Cassava	Demonstration on Foliar Nutrient in Cassava	10	1
12	Jasmine	Demonstration on Off Season Flowering Techniques with ICM in Jasmine	10	1
13	Groundnut	Demonstration on Groundnut Seed Drill (ANGRU Model)	10	4
14	Multi Crop	Demonstration on Rotary Dippler (Multi Crop Seed Drill)	10	4
15	Paddy	Demonstration on Direct Paddy Drum Seeder & Cono Weeder	6	2.4
16	Vegetables	Demonstration on Vegetable Planter (Maunal Operated)	5	2
17	Paddy	Demonstration on IPDM in Paddy	10	4
18	Tomato	Demonstration on IPM in Tomato	10	4
19	-	Demonstration on Management of Wild Boar Menace using Herbal Repellent	10	4
20	Desi Chicken	Demonstration of ProBeads -EC Supplement with Preventive Management Practices in Desi Chicken	10	-
21	Aseel	Popularisation of TANUVA Aseel under Backyard Condition	10	-
22	Dairy	Demonstration of TANUVAS 10 cent Multicrop Fodder Production Model to Enhance Milk Production in Crossbred Dairy Animals	10	0.6
23	Quail	Popularization of Namakkal Gold Quail in Krishnagiri District	10	-
24	Nutri Garden	Demonstration on Nutri Garden	5	-
25	Palmyra	Demonstration of Palmyra Fruit Value Added Product	3	-
26	Mushroom	Demonstration of Arka - OM - 1 Oyster Mushroom	5	-
27	E-Extension	Demonstration on Android based TNAU Coconut Expert System	50	-
28	E-Extension	Demonstration on Android based "NEWS on AIR App"	50	-

FLD 2021-22

S.No	Crop/ Enterprise	Technology to be demonstrated	No. of trial	Area (ha)
1	Paddy	Demonstration on Paddy variety ADT 53	10	4
2	Ragi	Demonstration on Ragi variety CO 15	10	4
3	Little Millet	Demonstration on Little millet variety ATL 1	15	6
4	Horse gram	Demonstration on Horse gram variety CRIDA 18R for higher productivity	10	4
5	Tapioca	Demonstration on YTP 2 Tapioca	5	1
6	Onion	Demonstration on CO 6 Onion	5	1
7	Lime	Demonstration on Balaji Lime	5	1
8	Beans	Demonstration on Arka Arjun French Beans	5	1
9	Mango	Integrated Crop Management in Mango	10	4
10	Banana	Demonstration on Micronutrient Management in Banana	10	4
11	Banana	Demonstration on Micronutrient Management in Cotton	10	4
12	Banana	Demonstration on Micronutrient Management in Maize	10	4
13	Groundnut	Farm Mechanization in Groundnut cultivation	10	4
14	Cotton Plucker	Demonstration on Cotton plucker	10	4
15	Vegetable Planter	Demonstration on Vegetable planter (Manual Operated)	5	2
16	Paddy	Demonstration on IPDM in Paddy	10	4
17	Maize	Demonstration on IPM on Maize Fall Army Worm	10	4
18	Aseel	Popularization of TANUVAS Aseel under backyard condition	10	--
19	Fodder	Demonstration of 10 cent Multicrop fodder production model	10	0.4
20	Chicken	Demonstration of ProBeads-EC on growth performance of Desi-chicken	10	--
21	Fodder Sorghum	Demonstration of multicut fodder sorghum CO (FS) 31	10	2
22	Nutri Garden	Demonstration on Nutri garden	5	--
23	Foxtail Millet	Demonstration on value added products in foxtail millet (With 15 SHG members)	1 (15 SHG)	--
24	Tamarind	Demonstration of value added products from tamarind (With 15 SHG members)	1 (15 SHG)	--
25	Mobile User Group	Demonstration of TNAU Mobile Apps among Farmers Mobile User Group(FMG)	25	--
26	Banana	Demonstration of Banana Expert System as android based mobile application	25	--