Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri ( to )

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1 Area and Location Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri ( to ) RARS Rajouri came into existence in year 1988 after the NARP, sub project for the mid to high altitude intermediate zone was sanctioned by the ICAR under the SKUAST-J&K. After separation of SKUAST-J&K this station came under the jurisdiction of SKUAST-J. It was established to cater to the needs of agricultural research for the development of mid to high altitude intermediate zone covering mountainous area above the outer hills including Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Udhampur, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar and part of Kathua district with altitude range of 4500 feet to feet above mean sea level. The station is located in the town area limits of Rajouri on the Jammu Poonch Road. The land of about 15.5 ha was acquired during Out of the acquired land about 8 ha is irrigated and another 8 ha is completely rainfed. However, with the establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendra in 2004 in the same premises, the entire research farm was transferred to KVK. At present, RARS, Rajouri has been allowed to conduct research and seed production activities at Block- A of KVK farm which has area of about 2.0 ha (40 Kanals). Location and area under station: Location: Tandwal, Rajouri (Latitude = 33 42' N, Longitude = 74 13' E & Altitude = 950m amsl) Area: Area of the RARS, Farm, Rajouri = kanals (15.23 ha) Area of Grass Land Research Sub-Station = kanals (5.35 ha) Total Area = kanals (20.58 ha)* *The entire area has been transferred to Krishi Vigvan Kendra, Rajouri. However, the block (A) measuring about kanals (4.96 ha) is being used by RARS, Rajouri for research purpose. Objectives/ Mandate of the Station: Research on sustainable production technology for hill agriculture including crop improvement, resource and pest management. Research for improving productivity and quality of important hill crops. Development of ecologically sound and economically viable agro production and protection technologies for different growing conditions of zone. Research on conservation and efficient utilization of natural resources. Research on management of range and degraded lands in hills for forage production.

2 EXTERNALLY FUNDED ADHOC PROJECTS Nut Centre Title Funding Agency : Establishment of Nuts Center in Intermediated Agroclimatic Zone of Jammu Province to Augment Requirement of Quality Planting Material : RKVY, New Delhi Year of Start : 2014 Duration of the Project Total Approved Budget : 3 Years : Lakhs Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Asstt. Professor / Jr. Scientist Division of Fruit Science, FOA, Chatha : Dr.V.K. Wali, Prof. & Head, Division of Fruit Science Dr.Parshant Bakshi, Assoc. Prof., Division of Fruit Sci. Dr. Vikas Sharma Jr. Scientist, RARS, Rajouri Dr. Deepak Kumar, Jr. Scientist, RARS, Rajouri Dr.Arvind Isher, SMS Entomology, KVK Rajouri The fruit industry in Jammu province has made remarkable progress during the last three decades. The area under fruits has increased to about 1.16 lakh hectares in The production has gone up to 1.70 lakh metric tonnes during this period. The quantity wise, out of all fruits produced in Jammu province, maximum production is in walnut (49506 metric tonnes). The six fruits (walnut, citrus, pear, ber, mango and apple) cover about 83% of the total fruits produced in this province. Fruit culture has been recognized as an important area of development in the present context for providing food and nutritional security to the people. Walnut and pecan nut are commercially important nut crops which are underutilized. The climatic condition of the Rajouri district and the mid hills are highly suitable for the cultivation of this high value crop like walnut and pecan. Pecan and walnut is the one of the most important temperate nuts grown in India due to its nutritional value. In India, it is mainly grown in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The total area under pecan and walnut production is increasing due to its high economic returns and adaptation to intermediate zone of Jammu. Most plantations are of seedling origin in scattered form and produce nuts of variable quality. Pecan nut and walnut have many of the important nutritional attributes that health professionals recommend. Nut crops contain different forms of vitamin E, which protects blood lipids from oxidation. Oxidation of lipids in the body, a process of skin to rusting is detrimental to health. When the bad (LDL) cholesterol become oxidized, it is more likely to build up and result in clogged arteries. Thus just adding a handful of pecans to ones diet each day may help inhibit unwanted oxidation of blood lipids, thus helping prevent coronary heart disease nut crops can aid in weight loss and maintenance. In Jammu Division of Jammu & Kashmir state, pecan and walnut is being successfully

3 grown in seven districts namely, Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Ramban, parts of Kathua, Udhampur and Kishtwar. The non-availability of adequate number of true to type planting material In Jammu division is major constraint in its expansion in Jammu & Kashmir state. The main aim of the nut center is to develop and expand pecan and walnut cultivation in the Jammu province of Jammu & Kashmir state with the aim to:- Increase area & production of pecan and walnut by way of production and distribution of quality planting material. Improve socio-economic conditions of the pecan growers. OBJECTIVES 1. To introduce the cultivar/cultivars which is/are self fertile, high yielding and having a regular bearing habit. 2. Standardization of propagation techniques and time for pecan nut and walnut. 3. Production of planting material of elite germplasms with an objective to increase yield production. TECHNICAL PROGRAMME Introduction of improved/promising varieties of walnut and pecan nut Establishment of progeny orchard of promising varieties of walnut and Pecan nut crop at RARS. Collection of pecan nut and walnut seeds for raising of rootstocks or procurement of root stocks. Collection or procurement of pecan nut and walnut scions of promising varieties from Himachal Pradesh for raising high quality planting material. Standardization of suitable propagation techniques and time of propagation for walnut and pecan nut. Sowing of seeds of nut crops in poly bags and raised nursery beds to produce rootstocks. To impart training to the farmers/rural youth for its cultivation practice and importance of this high value crop. PHYSICAL ACHIEVEMENT DURING MARCH, Procurement of 5000 rootstocks from Green Nursery Nowpora, Kulgam. Procurement of 2000 rootstocks (seedlings) of Pecan nut from Department of Horticulture, CSKHPKV, Palampur. Planted those rootstocks (seedlings) of Walnut and Pecan Nut at Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri, SKUAST-J for further grafting with elite type scions of walnut and pecan nut. Purchased the equipments and tools required in grafting and production of planting material of walnut and pecan nut. Establishment of two low cost shed net houses at Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri, SKUAST-J. PHYSICAL ACHIEVEMENT DURING Procurement of 5000 rootstocks of walnut and 3000 pecan nut seedling from department of Horticulture, Poonch.

4 Procurement of 5000 rootstocks of Pecan nut from Department of Horticulture, CSKHPKV, Palmpur. Procurement of 2000 walnut rootstocks and 600 pecan nut rootstocks from department of Horticulture, Rajouri rootstocks of walnut are procured from Mughal nursery, Ghambhir Mugla, Rajouri. Planted those rootstocks of walnut and pecan nut seedling at Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri, SKUAST-Jammu for establishment and for further grafting purpose with elite type scions of walnut and pecan nut. 1.6 quintals walnut and 0.30 quintal pecan nut seeds were scarified and stratification for breaking the dormancy of seeds. The treated seeds were sown under low cost polyhouses and under open field conditions at RARS, Rajouri for germination. Establishment of five poly houses at RARS, Rajouri which were procured from Agriculture Research Engineer, Govt. Agriculture Workshop, Talab Tillo, Jammu for for raising of rootstocks. Entrepreneurship opportunities for socio-economic up-liftment of rural farmers through QPM hybrid seed production techniques Title : Entrepreneurship opportunities for socio- economic up-liftment of rural farmers through QPM hybrid seed production techniques Funding Agency : DST, New Delhi. Year of Start : 13 Sep., 2013 Date of Completion : 13 Sep., 2016 Duration of the Project : 3 Years Total Approved Budget : Lakhs Principal Investigator : Dr. Vikas Sharma, Asstt. Professor / Jr. Scientist Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. Deepak Kumar, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri Asstt. Professor / Jr. Scientist Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri Dr Anjani Kumar Singh, Asstt. Professor / Jr. Scientist Mega Seed Project, Chatha Maize is the major crop grown during Kharif season in rain-fed hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir. It is major component of human diet for the people residing in hilly areas of the state. Many new / hybrids varieties of maize have been introduced in the

5 state and are under cultivation in many areas. Most of the hybrids / varieties of maize grown in the area are non quality protein maize which is nutritionally poor in comparison to Quality Protein Maize. In Rajouri district, per cent population belongs to scheduled tribes (Gujjars and Bakerwals). The farmers of this community mainly grow rain-fed maize and rice under irrigated condition during kharif season. Due to the rainfed conditions, small land holdings and poor socio-economic status, their average farm income is far below than the farmers of the plain areas. Their average income can be enhanced through scientific interventions in generating alternative employment potential and improving or upgrading their farming skills. In comparison to the normal crop production, the seed production of any crop gives higher returns.. Quality Protein Maize is nutritionally enriched maize with high protein content (more than 9%) and high level of two essential amino acids lysine (4.07% of protein) and tryptophan (1.05% of protein) and also better balanced amino acid composition in grains (Anonymous, 2001). It has good kernel, taste and appearance like normal maize. Normal maize endosperm, consist less than 9 per cent protein which is deficient in two essential amino acids or has very low level of lysine and tryptophan. Better quality of protein in QPM is expected to help in reducing protein malnutrition among the rural masses. It provides quality protein to allergic persons and nutritional feed and fodders to poultry feed, livestock feed, swine feed and fish meal. It will aid in poverty alleviation programme by developing maize-based rural entrepreneurship. If QPM is utilized in diversified ways by converting them into a variety of products for use, as infant food, health food / mixes, convenience food, specialty foods and emergency ration, it is possible to make a significant impact on health status of the malnutrition problem. Though the sufficient numbers of QPM hybrids are available but majority of maize hybrids grown in rainfed areas of this Rajouri district are non-qpm. Further, due to high price, all farmers are unable to purchase the hybrid seeds. They still follow age old and traditional crop cultivation practices due to lack of education, awareness of scientific management, social inputs and technical skills. Therefore, availability of quality seed of hybrids especially QPM hybrids is a major constraint in increasing maize productivity in this area. Approved Objectives of the Project: i) To train economically poor rural farmers in modern hybrid seed production techniques with special emphasis on Quality Protein Maize. ii) To enhance the availability of quality seeds of Quality Protein Maize hybrids in rural areas of hill region iii) To bring about socio-economic up-liftment of farmers with special emphasis on scheduled tribe through scientific hybrid seed production techniques as a rural entrepreneurship programme Activities under the Project : 1. Training to the farmers about the need of QPM to overcome the malnutrition problems in the rural community.. 2. Training to the farmers about the Single Cross Hybrid Seed Production to improve the economic condition of the rural farmers.

6 3. Production of seeds of two QPM cultivars namely Vivek QPM 9 and HQPM 4 as input to distribute among farmers for FLD. 4. Front Line Demonstration in the fields of interested farmers of different villages of Rajouri District for enhancing the area of QPM through secondary dissemination of knowledge about QPM. Achievements : Year Total nine training programmes were conducted to make aware the farmers of Schedule Tribe community i.e, Gujjar and Bakerwal about the Importance of Quality Protein Maize and scientific management of Quality Protein Maize and seed production technique of Single Cross hybrid QPM seed production. Five training programmes were conducted at five different villages of 4 different blocks of district Rajouri. Twenty (20) farmers each from five villages i.e., Chawa, Pulllian Deharian, Khablan and Dhanwakot were selected of the district Rajouri having land holding from 0.75 to 1.25 ha. Four training programmes were conducted at the Research Farm of RARS, Rajouri at different crop stages to train the farmers about the production of single cross hybrids seeds of maize. Total of 2.10 qt seed of two QPM varieties HQPM - 4 and Vivek QPM - 9 was produced during Kharif 2014 and the seed distributed to the farmers as input for growing the crop in Kharif Year Forty Front Line Demonstration (FLD) of two Quality protein Maize cultivars i.e., Vivek QPM 9 and HQPM 4 have been conducted at farmer s field of five Villages i.e., Chawa, Pulllian Deharian, Lamberi and Mehra Chowkiyan of five different blocks of Rajouri district for secondary dissemination of knowledge about the QPM. Seed production programme of Quality protein Maize cultivar Vivek QPM 9 and HQPM 4 has been conducted at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, SKUAST-J, Rajouri for the FLD of next cropping season. Five farmers out of 20 farmers, who were trained about the production of single cross hybrids seeds of maize, have started this year the seed production of vivek QPM 9.. Three one day training programmes of 20 farmers were conducted at the Research Farm of RARS, Rajouri at different crop stages i.e., sowing of male and female parent, detasseling and harvesting stages to train the farmers about the production of single cross hybrids seeds of maize. Total number of beneficiaries : Year : Total 130 farmers Year : Total 75 farmers

7 Project area (Project Implementation place) : The project implementation area is Rajouri District. Farmers of Rajouri District were selected on the basis of the area having the dominance of Tribal community i.e, Gujjar and Bakerwal having farming as the main source of livelihood. Title Funding Agency Agro-meteorological Field Unit (AMFU), RARS, Rajouri Year of Start : 2008 Duration of the Project Total Approved Budget Nodal Officer Technical Officer : Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa : India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth & Sciences, Govt. of India, New Delhi : Long Term : 9.14 Lakhs (Annually) : Dr. Mahender Singh Sr. Scientist (Agronomy) & I/C Agrometeorology, SKUAST-J, Chatha Dr. Rohit Sharma, Technical Officer, AMFU, Rajouri Agro-meteorological Field Unit (AMFU) was sanctioned for the mid to high altitude intermediate zone of Jammu province at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri under Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST - Jammu) by India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, New Delhi in This unit is responsible for recording agro-meteorological observations, preparing crop and location specific weather based agromet advisories based on medium range weather forecast for the districts falling under precinct of mid to high altitude intermediate areas of Jammu province encompassing districts of Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban and Udhampur and dissemination of the same. Nodal officer and Technical Officer, prepare the agromet advisory bulletins in consultation with inter disciplinary board of Agro Advisory Services constituted for preparation of Agromet Advisory bulletins. The medium range weather forecast received from Meteorological Centre, Srinagar biweekly on every Tuesday & Friday of each district Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban & Udhampur, respectively and based on this forecast agromet advisory bulletins were prepared and disseminated for the benefits of the farmers. The Agromet bulletins include specific advice on field crops, horticultural crops and livestock, etc. The Agromet district advisories generated by AMFU, Rajouri are being disseminated to the farmers and stake-holders through mass and print media and by personal contact. Short message services (SMS) and voice messages are being send to farmers and stake-holders registered in m Kisan SMS portal of Ministry of Agriculture. SMS service as on date covers more than 4200 farmers spread across 5 districts. The prime objective of Agro-meteorological Field Unit, Rajouri is to minimize the impact of adverse weather on crops and to make use of crop-weather relationships to boost agricultural production.

8 Objectives 1. To prepare agro-meteorological advisories on the basis of medium range weather forecast received from Meteorological Centre, Srinagar preceding week s weather & current crop situation in consultation with agricultural scientists of different disciplines. 2. To supply the daily weather data to Meteorological Centre - Srinagar, India Meteorological Department - Pune, India Meteorological Department - New Delhi and Agromet Research Centre, Chatha (SKUAST Jammu). 3. To participate in farmers fair and organize farmer awareness programmes to sensitize the farmers of hilly region about weather and climate information and its applications in their farm operations and also to increase the interaction between the farmers and scientists depending upon the local needs and interest of the Agromet Advisory Services for the farmers. 4. To disseminate the agro-meteorological advisories to farmers and stake-holders through electronic & print media like TV, Radio, News Paper and through personal contact. Achievements: Year Prepared and issued 431 (104 for Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, and Udhampur district each and 15 for district Ramban) crop and location specific weather based agro advisories based on medium range weather forecast (MRWF) for the benefit of farming community on every Tuesday and Friday. These agromet bulletins included specific advice on field crops, horticultural crops, mushroom cultivation, apiculture, livestock and poultry, etc. Ninety eight (98) crop and location specific weather based SMS were sent in english, urdu and hindi languages to the farmers of each Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban & Udhampur districts through m Kisan SMS portal of Ministry of Agriculture. Through which more than 30,636 farmers and stake-holders were benefitted. Year Issued 485 (97 for Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban and Udhampur district each) crop and location specific weather based agro advisories based on medium range weather forecast (MRWF) included specific advice on field crops, horticultural crops, mushroom cultivation, apiculture, livestock and poultry, etc. for the benefit of farming community on every Tuesday and Friday. More than 100 crop and location specific weather based SMS were sent in english, urdu and hindi languages to the farmers of each Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban & Udhampur districts through m Kisan SMS portal of Ministry of Agriculture. Through which more than 91,223 farmers and stake-holders were benefitted during the year Agro-meteorological Field Unit, Rajouri has organized one farmer awareness programme and participated in eight training programmes/field days/ kisan melas organized by Department of Agriculture, KVK, Rajouri and under DST project Production & Protection techniques of Quality Protein Maize during the year

9 to appraise the farmers about the climate change and the likely effects of such changes on the crops and the possible measures to cope up with such situations. The major focus of such programmes was to educate the farmers for taking utmost care in choosing the various agriculture related ventures and their enterprises especially the crops and their varieties keeping in view their location specific adaptabilities under the prevailing climatic variability s. The total number of 508 farmers were benefitted by AMFU - Rajouri. Year Issued 510 (102 for Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban and Udhampur district each) crop and location specific weather based agro advisories based on medium range weather forecast (MRWF) included specific advice on field crops, horticultural crops, mushroom cultivation, apiculture, livestock and poultry, etc. By the year more than 250 agro-meteorological SMS were sent in english, urdu and hindi languages to the farmers of each Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban & Udhampur districts through m Kisan SMS portal of Ministry of Agriculture. Through which more than 1.5 lakh farmers and stake-holders were benefitted. This unit has organized three (03) farmer awareness programmes and participated in seven (07) training programmes/field days/kisan mela/ organized by Department of Agriculture, KVK, Rajouri and RARS, Rajouri and SKUAST Jammu during the year More than 1000 farmers were benefitted. All India Coordinated Research Projects AICRP on Wheat and Barley (Volunteer center) Year Concerned Scientist : Dr. Narindera Panotra : Dr. Narindera Panotra : Dr. Narindera Panotra Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri is the volunteer center for AICRP on Wheat and Barley. The experiments are laid out as per the technical programme provided by Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal. The unanalyzed results of the experiments is submitted to the concerned Directorate WHEAT 1. Advanced Varity Trial timely Sown Irrigated: Six entries of the wheat crop were evaluated. Out of the six entries tested, three entries HS 507, VL-832 and VL-907 showed significantly higher yield with grain yield of 43.0, 38.0 and 33.0 q/ha respectively over control. These varieties had shown yield superiority of 29.30, 20.0 and 7.87 per cent, respectively over the high yielding check (HS- 240).

10 BARLEY BARLEY 2. Advanced Varity Trial timely Sown Rain-fed: Six entries of the wheat crop were evaluated. Out of the six entries tested, three entries VL-907, HS-507 and VL-804 were significantly high yielding cultivars with grain yield 35.5, 35.4 and 33.3q/ha respectively over check cultivar (HS-240). These varieties had shown yield superiority of 11.8, 10.7 and 6.06 per cent respectively over the high yielding check. 1. Advanced Varietal Trial Rainfed: Nineteen entries of the Barley crop were evaluated during Out of the nineteen entries tested, three entries BHS380 HBL 113 and HBL 276 showed significantly higher yield performance over control (BHS-169) with the grain yield of 39.13, and q/ha respectively. These varieties had shown yield superiority of 39.8, 39.5 and 23.5 per cent, respectively over the high yielding check. 1. Advanced Varietal Trial Rainfed: Nineteen entries of the Barley crop was conducted at RARS, Rajouri during The experiments included one Advanced Varietal Trial-Timely Sown - Rainfed namely AVT I. The coded varieties along with Check were evaluated and the recorded data will send to the Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal for compilation. AICRP on Rice (Volunteer center) Year Concerned Scientist : Dr. Anjani Kumar Singh : Dr. Anjani Kumar Singh : Dr. Deepak Kumar Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri is the volunteer center for AICRP on Rice. The experiments are laid out as per the technical programme provided by Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad. The unanalyzed results of the experiments are submitted to the concerned Directorate. Four trials of ACRIP (Rice) in the kharif season of was conducted at the RARS, Rajouri. The experiment included two Advance Varietal Trials (AVT) namely AVT 1 Early (Hills) and AVT 1 Medium (Hills) and two Initial Varietal Trials (IVT) ) namely IVT Early (Hills) and IVT Medium (Hills). The coded varieties along with the National Check Vivek Dhan - 86, Zonal Check Shalimar Rice 3 and Local Check K 39 was evaluated and the recorded data was send to the Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad for compilation.

11 Details of the Experiments Experiment No of Entries No of Replication Plot area (Including Check) AVT 1 E (H) Sq m AVT 1 M (H) Sq m IVT E (H) Sq m IVT M (H) Sq m ACRIP on Maize (Volunteer center) Year Concerned Scientist : Dr. Vikas Sharma : Dr. Saurav Gupta : Dr. Saurav Gupta Regional Agricultural Research Station Rajouri is the sub center for AICRP on Maize. The experiments are laid out as per the technical programme provided by Indian Institute of Maize Research, New Delhi. The unanalyzed results of the experiments are submitted to the concerned Directorate. Under ACRIP (Maize) two trials in the Kharif season of was conducted at the RARS, Rajouri. The experiments included one Medium Maturity namely AVT I Year and one Early Maturity namely AVT II Year. The coded varieties along with Check were evaluated and the recorded data was send to the Indian Institute of Maize Research, New Delhi for compilation. Details of the Experiments Experiment No of Entries No of No of Row (Including Check) Replication Rows Length 66 Z 1 AVT I Year m (Medium Maturity) 71 Z 1 AVT II Year (Early Maturity) m

12 Projects Approved by Research Committee, SKUAST-Jammu Effect of cutting intervals and nitrogen levels on forage and grain yield of dual purpose wheat and oats under mid hill condition. Principal Investigator : Dr. Vikas Sharma Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. Vinod Gupta Dr. Deepak Kumar Dr. R. K. Sharma Dr. Parul Gupta Duration : Three Years Intensification of fodder based cropping system under mid hill conditions of jammu. Principal Investigator : Dr. Narinder Panotra Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. Vinod Gupta Dr. Vikas Tandon Dr. Vishal Sharma Duration : Three Years Standardization of seed production technology of Okra var. Seli Special under intermediate zone of J&K. Principal Investigator : Dr. Anil Bhushan Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. Vinod Gupta Dr. Vikas Sharma Dr. Arvind Ishar Dr. Narinder Panotra Duration : Three Years To study the insect pest complex of cucumber and development of IPM module for major key pests Principal Investigator : Dr. Saurav Gupta Co-Principal Investigator : Dr. Vinod Gupta Dr. Vikas Sharma Dr. Anil Bhushan Dr. Rohit Sharma Duration : Three Years

13 Seed Production Programme, RARS, Rajouri (Period From ) S. No. Year of Production Crop Variety Category of Seed Obtained Quantity Produced Oat Sabzar Foundation Seed 04 q Mustard KOS (101) Foundation Seed 35 kg Wheat HS 507 Breeder Seed 05 q VL 892 Breeder Seed 08 q VL 907 Breeder Seed 4.35 q Soybean - Certified Seed 6.3 q Paddy K 39 Breeder Seed 4.69 q Oat Kent Breeder Seed 4.8 q Sabzar Breeder Seed 80 kg Pea - Breeder Seed 12 kg Chick - Breeder Seed 12 kg Pea Mustard KOS (101) Breeder Seed 10 kg Mash Uttra Breeder Seed 60 kg Oat Kent Foundation Seed 05 q Sabzar Foundation Seed 12 q Wheat HS 507 Breeder Seed 40 kg VL 907 Breeder Seed 2.5 q Mustard KOS (101) Breeder Seed 10 kg Mash Uttra Breeder Seed 60 kg Award and Recognitions Name of the Teachers Rajesh Kumar, V. K. Wali, A. K. Sharma, P. Bakshi, V. Sharma, V. Tandon, Arvind Isher, Deepak Kumar and S. Gupta Name of Award / Distinction / Recognition First prize in poster presentation Awarding Institution / Organization National Conference on Temperate fruits and nuts organized by Horticulture society of India in collaboration with CITH, Srinagar (J&K), 6-9 November, 2015 Organization of National / International Seminars/ Symposia / Conferences/ Short Courses / Trainings Workshops/ Summer and Winter Schools (Trainings other than SEMETI) Trainings District Organized Under Organized Twenty One day Rajouri DST Project Entrepreneurship opportunities for

14 Farmers Training Programme Three One day Farmers Training Programme Kisan Melas Rajouri and Poonch socio-economic upliftment of rural farmers through QPM hybrid maize seed production techniques. AMFU, RARS, Rajouri S. No. Organizer Organizing Institute/ Agency Title of the programme / event Date & Venue No. of particip ants 1. AMFU, RARS, Rajouri & KVK Rajouri (SKUAST- Jammu) India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth & Sciences, Govt. of India, New Delhi One day Farmer Awareness Programme and Kisan Mela on the theme Weather, Climate and Farmers 10 th March, 2015 at RARS, Rajouri 266

15 List of Extension Publications Authors Year Title Publisher Pages Vikas Sharma, Deepak Kumar, Rohit Sharma, A. K. Singh and A. K. Sharma Vikas Sharma, Deepak Kumar, Rohit Sharma, A. K. Singh and A. K. Sharma Rohit Sharma, Deepak Kumar, Vikas Sharma, and A. K. Sharma Rohit Sharma Deepak Kumar, Vikas Sharma, N. Panotra and A. K. Sharma Rohit Sharma Deepak Kumar, Vikas Sharma, and A. K. Sharma Deepak Kumar, Vikas Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Saurav Gupta, Rajesh Kumar and Vinod Gupta March, 2015 March, 2015 March, 2015 March, th March, th March, 2016 Manual on Seed Production of Quality Protein Maize Gunvakta yukt protein makka ka beej utpadhan (Prsaar Pustikaa) Madhyam avdhi mausam purvanuman adharit krishi salah prapat karne ke tarike Madhyam avdhi mausam purvanuman ka krishi main upyog ek parichay Madhyam Avdhi Mausam Purvanuman Adharit Krishi Salah Prapat karne ke Tarike Gunvakta yukt Protien Makka ka Beej Utpadan Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri (SKUAST Jammu) Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri (SKUAST Jammu) AMFU, RARS, Rajouri (SKUAST Jammu) AMFU, RARS, Rajouri (SKUAST Jammu) Dehat Sandesh Dehat Sandesh 6 3 5

16 Photographs of QPM Project funded by DST, New Delhi Production of Single cross Hybrid QPM at RARS, Rajouri Farmers Training Front line Demonstrations

17 Bulletins Developed in English and Hindi Brief Report of Trainings Six one day training cum awareness programme was conducted by RARS, Rajouri of SKUAST-Jammu on Cultivation Practices of Quality Protein Maize under the project entitled Entrepreneurship opportunities for socio- economic up-liftment of rural farmers through QPM hybrid Maize seed production techniques funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for the Tribal Farmers of the Rajouri District. One day farmers training programme was organized at Village Mehari of Rajouri district. Dr. Vikas Sharma, Principal Investigator of the project started the proceedings with stressed on the importance of QPM in human diet particularly for tribal farmers where the maize is used as staple food with the emphasis on quality seed production of QPM. Dr. Deepak Kumar Co-PI of the project emphasized on use of Integrated Disease Management (IDM) practices for the management of common diseases of the QPM maize crop production. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Jr. Scientist, Entomology) emphasized on different insect pests associated with maize crop production. He also advised the farmers to follow community approach to control the pests. Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Jr. Scientist, Horticulture)

18 and Dr. Narinder Panotra (Jr. Scientist, Agronomy) also interacted with the farmers. Farmers showed their keen interest in the QPM hybrid Maize seed production programme. One day training programme and awareness camp was organized at Village Panjgrain of Rajouri district. of the Rajouri District. Dr. Vikas Sharma, Principal Investigator of the project emphasized on the role and importance of QPM in human daily diet of hilly farmers where the maize is used as staple food. He further discussed on the scientific approach for single cross hybrid seed production of QPM. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Co-PI of the project emphasized on use of Integrated Disease Management (IDM) practices for the management of common diseases of the QPM maize crop production and the importance of IPM for human health. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Jr. Scientist, Entomology) emphasized on different insect pests associated with maize crop production. He also advised the farmers to follow community approach to control the pests. Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Jr. Scientist, Horticulture) stressed on diversified farming and also emphasized on pecan nut and walnut plantation in this area. Dr. Rohit Sharma (Scientist, Agrometeorology) interacted with the farmers and gave information on importance of agromet advisory services under GKMS scheme to the farmers. One day training cum awareness programme was conducted at Village Rajpur Bhata of district Rajouri. Dr. Vikas Sharma, Principal Investigator of the project made the farmers aware about importance of QPM for the hilly farmers and the growing child. He further discussed on the scientific approach for cultivation of winter quality protein maize in this area and hybrid seed production techniques of QPM for entrepreneurship development. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Co-PI of the project emphasized on use of Integrated approach for the Disease Management (IDM) of common diseases of the maize crop production and the importance of integrated approach for human health. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Jr. Scientist, Entomology) emphasized on different insect pests associated with maize crop production and stressed on integrated pest management system for their management.

19 He also advised the farmers to adopt bee keeping for enhancing the income of rural farm families. Dr. Rohit Sharma (Scientist, Agrometeorology) interacted with the farmers and highlighted the use of weather based agro advisories in day to day agricultural activities for reduction in the input cost by utilizing the information given by GKMS services. Dr. Arvind Isher (SMS, Entomology) shared his view on community approach of pest management. Farmers showed their keen interest in the winter QPM hybrid Maize cultivation programme. One day training programme was conducted at Village Garan of district Rajouri. Dr. Vikas Sharma, Principal Investigator made the farmers aware about importance of Quality Protein Maize for the hilly farmers and the growing child. He also discussed on the scientific approach for cultivation of winter quality protein maize in this area and hybrid seed production techniques of QPM for entrepreneurship development. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Co-PI of the project emphasized on use of integrated approach for the Disease Management (IDM) of common diseases of the maize crop production and the importance of integrated approach for human health. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Jr. Scientist, Entomology) emphasized on different insect pests associated with maize crop production and stressed on judicious use of pesticides for their management and advised the farmers to adopt bee keeping for enhancing the income of rural farm families. Dr. Rohit Sharma (Scientist, Agro-meteorology) interacted with the farmers and highlighted the use of weather based agro advisories in day to day agricultural activities for reduction in the input cost by utilizing the information given by GKMS services. One day training programme was conducted at Village Khah of district Rajouri. The proceeding of the training programme was started by Mr. Sajid Khan (Project Officer) with the introduction of the project. Dr. Vikas Sharma, Principal Investigator made the farmers aware about

20 importance of Quality Protein Maize for the hilly farmers and the growing child, discussed on the scientific approach for cultivation of winter quality protein maize in this area and hybrid seed production techniques of QPM for entrepreneurship development. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Co-PI of the project emphasized on use of integrated approach for the Disease Management (IDM) of common diseases of the maize crop production, the importance of integrated approach for human health and emphasized on mushroom cultivation. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Jr. Scientist, Entomology) emphasized on different insect pests associated with maize crop production and stressed on judicious use of pesticides for their management and advised the farmers to adopt bee keeping for enhancing the income of rural farm families. Dr. Rohit Sharma (Scientist, Agro-meteorology) interacted with the farmers and highlighted the use of weather based agro advisories in day to day agricultural activities for reduction in the input cost by utilizing the information given by GKMS services. One day training programme was conducted at Village Gurdan of district Rajouri. Dr. Vikas Sharma, Principal Investigator made the farmers aware about importance of Quality Protein Maize for the hilly farmers and the growing child. He also discussed on the scientific approach for cultivation of winter quality protein maize in this area and hybrid seed production techniques of QPM for entrepreneurship development. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Jr. Scientist, Entomology) emphasized on different insect pests associated with maize crop production and stressed on integrated pest management system for their management. He also advised the farmers to adopt bee keeping for enhancing the income of rural farm families. Dr. Rohit Sharma (Scientist, Agrometeorology) interacted with the farmers and highlighted the use of weather based agro advisories in day to day agricultural activities for reduction in the input cost by utilizing the information given by GKMS services. Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Scientist, Horticulture) advised farmers to maximize fruit crop production using scientific approaches. Dr. Anil Bhushan (Scientist, Vegetable Science) stressed upon the need for scientific cultivation of climate resilient varieties of vegetables under mid-hill conditions of Rajouri.

21 Three one day farmer awareness programme on Use of Weather based Agromet Advisory Services in Agriculture by Agro-meteorological Field Unit, RARS, Rajouri of SKUAST-Jammu under the scheme entitled Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) funded by India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Science, Government of India for the farmers. One day farmer awareness programme was conducted at Village Shindara of district Poonch. The total number of 31 farmers was participated in the awareness programme. The proceeding of the training programme was started by Dr. Rohit Sharma, Technical Officer, GKMS by highlighting the use of weather based agro advisories in day to day agricultural activities for reduction in the input cost by utilizing the information given by GKMS services. He motivated the farmers to take maximum advantage from this awareness programme and register them in Farmers Portal SMS Service by AMFU to get the benefit. Dr. Vikas Sharma, (Scientist, Agronomy) focused on weather trends and role of weather forecasting in enhancing productivity. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Scientist, RARS, Rajouri emphasized on the role of weather factors on disease development. Dr. Arvind Isher (SMS, Entomology) and Dr. Saurav Gupta (Scientist, Entomology) shared their views on role of weather forecasting in successful management of insect pests. On this occasion Dr. Sanjay Swami (Sr. Scientist) and Dr. Suraj Parkash (SMS, Ag. Extension) of KVK, Poonch also interacted with the farmers. One day farmer awareness programme was conducted at Village Lamberi of district Rajouri. The total number of 32 farmers was participated in the awareness programme. The proceeding of the training programme was started by Dr. Rohit Sharma, Technical Officer, GKMS by sensitizing the farmers about weather and climate information and its applications in their farm operations. He motivated the farmers to take maximum advantage from this awareness programme and register them in Farmers Portal SMS Service by AMFU to get the benefit. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Scientist, RARS, Rajouri emphasized on the role of weather factors on disease development. Dr. Saurav Gupta

22 (Scientist, Entomology) shared their views on role of weather forecasting in successful management of insect pests and emphasized on bee keeping practice to improve the crop protection through enhanced pollination and additional income. On this occasion Dr. Vishal Sharma (SMS, Agronomy) of KVK, Rajouri interacted with the farmers and answered the queries of farmers related to crop management. One day farmer awareness programme was organized at Village Deherian of district Rajouri The proceeding of the training programme was started by Dr. Rohit Sharma, PI and Technical Officer, GKMS who apprised the farmers regarding the use of weather and climate based agro-advisories in day to day agriculture activities and stressed upon the farmers to make more and more utilization of GKMS scheme rendered by IMD and motivated the farmers to register in Farmers Portal SMS Service by AMFU to get the maximum benefits of weather forecasting. Dr. Vikas Sharma, (Scientist, Agronomy) highlighted about the role of weather in different aspects of field operations and advised farmers about using advance weather updates in planning of their different field operations. Dr. Anil Bhushan (Scientist, Vegetable Science) stressed upon the need for scientific cultivation of climate resilient varieties of vegetables under mid-hill conditions of Rajouri. Dr. Saurav Gupta (Scientist, Entomology) shared their views on role of weather forecasting in successful management of insect pests of maize and wheat crops and also emphasized on judicious use of insecticides. Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Scientist, Horticulture) advised farmers to maximize fruit crop production using weather foresting service under changing weather paradigm.