Demonstration Units
KVK is having 18 different units, out of which 11 are live demonstration units such as dairy, food processing & value addition, vermi-composting, nursery, mother orchard, bio- pesticide, beekeeping, mushroom production, azolla unit, mineral mixture etc. These live demonstration units are used for imparting skill-oriented trainings to rural and unemployed youths for profitable enterprises and horizontal expansion of these activities in the district. The details of live and other units are given as under :
S.N. | Name of Demonstration Unit | Brief Description | Products | Remarks |
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1 | Seed production unit | 44.00 ha area | 100 ton quality seeds per year | Instructional farm |
2 | Model unit of food processing & value addition | Capacity- 50q per year | Soya, aonla, fruits, vegetables, spices juices, syrups, pickles etc. | Model unit established under RKVY project costing ₹ 86.15 lakh |
3 | Model dairy unit of Gir cow | 16 Gir cow | Milk, Go mutra products | Model unit established under RKVY project costing ₹ 91.10 lakh |
4 | Model nursery Unit | Capacity 30000 fruit plants and 50000 vegetable seedings | Plants- papaya, guava, mango, citrus, karonda. Seedlings – tomato, chilly, cabbage, cauliflower and medicinal plants | Model unit established under NHM costing ₹ 38.00 lakh |
5 | IPM unit | Capacity 20 q per year | Trichoderma viride | Model unit established under ICAR costing ₹ 20.00 lakh |
6 | Plant health clinic | Diagnosis of Plant Insect, Pest and Disease | To diagnose and solve the problem of farmers | Model Unit established under ICAR costing around ₹ 10.00 lakh |
7 | Vermicompost unit | Capacity : vermicompost 20 ton, vermi culture 500 kg | Vermicompost and vermiculture | Model Unit established under NHM and RF costing ₹ 5.00 lakh |
8 | Bee keeping | 20 colony | Honey | Developed under RF |
9 | Model unit of Sirohi goat | 30 Sirohi breed | Meat and milk | Model Unit will be established under RKVY costing ₹ 50.00 lakh |
10 | Solar energy water pump | 5 HP | To lift water | Developed under NHM costing around ₹ 4.28 lakh |
11 | Mother orchard | 2.0 ha area | Mango, aonla, guava, | Developed under RF |
12 | Azolla unit | 100 sqm | Azolla | Developed under RF |
13 | Mineral mixture unit for cattle | 10 ton per year | Area specific mineral mixture | Developed under RKVY |
14 | Agriculture implements | Farm machinery | Different implements | Developed under RF |
15 | Automatic weather station | For recording weather data | To generate weather data | Developed under NHM costing around ₹ 4.25 lakh |
16 | Roof water harvesting structure | Runoff and roof water harvested | For recycling | Developed under RF |
17 | Soil & water testing lab | 2500 soil samples | Soil sample & soil health cards | Developed under ICAR |
18 | Crop museum unit | Latest crop varieties | To demonstrate for farmers | Seasonal at instructional farm |
19 | Hydroponics unit | Seasonal vegetables | For skill development training | Developed under RF |