Day: March 28, 2023

Identification and popularisation of feasible and profitable IFS Modules for different Agro-Ecological situations at Barpeta district

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This project was started from 1st week of June 2021 with objectives of 1. development of site specific and appropriate crop and/or enterprise based models suitable for different agro-ecological situations 2. undertaking a cost benefit analysis of the models and suggest one or two models best suited for the area with the aim of doubling farmer income 3. documentation of some successful IFS models being practices for feasibility of replicating them 4.documentation of suitable IFS models to the farmers of the region and 5. Identify core activities integral to the…

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Formation of Farmer Producer Organizations

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KVK Barpeta has been acting as the Cluster Based Business Organization (CBBO) for formation of FPOs. As such, 4 Farmer Producer Organizations were formed Barpeta and Mandia block of Barpeta district and Bhawanipur and Bajali block of Bajali district during 2021-22 with the support of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) under CSS-10,000 FPO. Primary crops chosen were Mustard and vegetables including Potato during D-MC meeting of the district. Four awareness meetings and 2 trainings for CEO and BOD were conducted. An amount of Rs. 4,69,000.00 was released to the FPOs…

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Success Story of Mr. Kamal Talukdar

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Mr. Kamal Talukdar is a farmer of the village Doloigaon of Bajali area. After passing his class XII examination, he completed the Certificate course on Plumber (ITI) and then he started farming. Mr. Talukdar has 2.4 ha of his own land for framing. He came in contact with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Barpeta in the last part of 2019. Before that, he cultivated crops with traditional methods. He participated in a few training and demonstration programmes on field crops, horticultural crops and on plant protection after meeting KVK, Barpeta and started…

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