Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Wyra bagged Pandit Deen Dayal Updhaya Rashitriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Purskar Award
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Wyra under high spirited and invigorating leadership of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University and Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone – X ascends the ladder of professional competency through the steps of success. The five (2014-15 to 2018-19) years’ work with innovative ideologies and technologies as per the performance indicators that presented before the impartial evaluators at ICAR Zonal level, crowned KVK Wyra with Pandit Deen Dayal Updhaya Rashitriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Purskar Award with Rs. 7.5 lakhs citation on the occasion of 92nd ICAR foundation day celebrations on 16th July, 2020 at New Delhi from hands of chief guest Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare & Rural Development, Government of India virtually. Earlier, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Wyra also bagged the Best Extension Centre award by PJTSAU on 3rd September 2018 on the occasion of 4th University foundation day. On this occasion Dr. V. Praveen Rao, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr. S. Sudheer Kumar, Registrar, along with University officers, PJTSAU and Dr. Y.G Prasad, Director, ATARI, Zone – X appreciated the efforts of KVK, Wyra and innovative women farmer of KVK, Jammikunta Smt. R. Lakshmi for receiving the awards. Smt. R. Lakshmi promoted Dry converted to wet cultivation in Rice.
Major significant contributions by KVK, Wyra in serving the cause of farmers concern include:
- Popularized different rice establishment techniques like Dry converted wet rice, direct seeded rice and machine transplanting in a large area.
- Popularized and promoted salinity tolerant rice variety Siddi (WGl-44).
- Popularization of low cost technology like Multipurpose Rolling Stem Applicator in Cotton to control the sucking pest by using Fipronil1:4/Acetamiprid 1:20 at 30 DAS and Flonicamid/ Imidacloprid 1:20 at 45,60 DAS.
- Popularized Pink bollworm and IPM in cotton.
- Popularized paired row method of sowing under drip irrigation, zero tillage and FAW management in Maize.
- Demonstration on red gram square planting as an alternative to Cotton in Rain fed light soils and Popularization of red gram varieties like WRG-65 and MRG-1004 in the district.
- Popularized Green gram varieties like MGG-295, MGG-347, MGG-348, MGG-351 and WGG-42 in the district and intercropping of green gram in cotton.
- Popularized sunhemp seed production in Rice fallows.
- Popularized paired row method of planting in sugarcane.
- Popularized trellis method of cultivation in tomato.
- Popularized back yard poultry through raising of Rajasri birds among tribal farmers for sustainable livelihood.
