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Subhra Shil ¹, Dipak Nath ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, DIVYODAYA (WEST TRIPURA), IN

Abstract

The experiment was conducted in a village of Gourangatilla, Khowai district of Tripura with full technical support and investigation of Krishi Vigyan Kendra scientists during 2013-14. The main objective of the experiment was to evaluate the performance of this high yielding variety of colocasia in comparison with local variety. It has been reported from the investigation that the variety Muktakeshi is better than the local variety in terms of yield, pest and disease per centage, eating quality with good size and shape. In case of var. Muktakeshi a highest yield of 140 q/ha and an average yield of 129 q/ha has been recorded while in case of local check average yield 100 q/ha was observed.

Keywords

Colocasia, Varietal Evaluation, Tripura.

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Subhra Shil ¹, Dipak Nath ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chebri, Khowai (Tripura), IN

Abstract

Flowers are the most beautiful creation of the earth. Flowers symbolize beauty, purity, peace, love affection and honesty. Flowers have been associated with Indian art and culture from the time immemorial starting with the offering of flowers during worship by the ancientRishis (sages). Floriculture has emerged as a viable diversification option in the agri-business. It is a rapidly expanding dynamic industry recording a growth rate of more than 15 per cent per annum in the last two decades. Rapid urbanization, increased income levels and changes in social values resulted in increase of domestic market both for modern (cut flowers) as well as traditional (loose flowers) flowers significantly. At present, the area under flower crops in India is 306000 ha with a production of 1840000 MT of loose flowers and 548000 MT of cut flowers (NHB Indian Horticulture Database 2014-2015).

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Subhra Shil ¹, Dipak Nath ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, West Tripura (Tripura), IN

Abstract

Intercropping is being adopted as a method of crop production by the farmers of Tripura. Farmers often intercrop legumes with non-legumes. A study was conducted in the farmer's field of Khowai district of Tripura during 2014. The objective of the study was to assess the productivity of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) and pea (Pisum sativum) in sole and intercropping system to find the best combinations which yield highest production. Cauliflower and pea were planted under four different row arrangements (T₁-Cauliflower as sole crop, T₂-Pea as sole crop, T₃-Cauliflower: pea (1:1), T₄-Cauliflower: pea (1:2) in the open field. Land equivalent ratio (LER) was calculated to identify the best system of intercropping and it was recorded that incase of T₄ i.e., Cauliflower: Pea (1:2) LER was greater than one i.e., 1.04, indicating that this cropping system is profitable in terms of land utilization. Moreover, results of analyses using benefit-cost ratio showed that the most favourable mix of vegetables which could be recommended for adoption to farmers was the intercrop of a row of cauliflower with two rows of Pea (T₄-1:2).

Keywords

Intercropping, Sole Cropping, Land Equivalent Ratio (LER), Pea, Cauliflower.

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Dipak Nath ¹, Subhra Shil ¹

Affiliations
1 Divyodaya Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Khowai (West Tripura), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted among the women beneficiaries of Divyodaya Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tripura West district of Tripura. A total of 200 respondents belonging to SC and ST population were selected randomly from the 14 purposively selected villages. The study revealed that 49.00 per cent of the respondents had high level of knowledge followed by 37.50 per cent in medium and 13.50 per cent respondents in low level of knowledge category on production technologies of horticultural crops. The socio-personal characteristics like age (r=0.761), educational level (r=0.890), mass media exposure (0.767), family's operational land holding (r=0.649) and social participation (r=0.759) had positive and highly significant relation whereas marital status (r=0.541) and family type (r=0.534) had positive and moderately significant relation with the knowledge level of women beneficiaries on production technologies of horticultural crops.

Keywords

Women Beneficiary, Knowledge Level, Production Technology, Horticultural Crop.

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Dipankar Dey ¹, Dipak Nath ¹, Lord Litan Debbarma ¹, Subhra Shil ¹, Suresh Chandra Biswas ¹, Ardhendu Chakraborty ¹, Rajib Das ¹, Nurul Islam ¹, Subrata Choudhury ¹, Prasanto Reang ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Khowai (Tripura), IN

Abstract

North Pulinpur with GPS location 23°52.836¹ N, 91°35.275¹ E and elevation 47m is one of the draught prone tribal inhabited ADC village of the district Khowai under the state Tripura. The total geographical area of the village is 950 hectare with cultivable area of about 250 hectare only among 806 farm families. So, most of the families are holding either small or marginal farms. There was no perennial streams, rivers, ponds and other irrigation facilities in the village. Prevailing temperature ranges from 16°C to 37°C. Annual rainfall ranges from 2050 to 2550 mm, but almost whole amount goes out to neighboring lower elevated village. Agriculture is the mainstay of the people, about 85 per cent of them engage in agriculture and its allied activities. Farmers earned their livelihood from rainfed rice based monocropped cultivation. Moisture stress during Kharifdry spell and winter season which lead to rice based mono-cropping system. Under the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture(NICRA) Project KVK,Khowai has constructed and rejuvenated 22 water bodies from 2011-12 to 2018-19 at North Pulinpur ADC village; all of which provided life saving irrigation for paddy during Kharifdry spell as well as during Rabiseason through nano pumps installed nearby farm ponds. Before implementation of NICRA project to North Pulinpur ADC village, most of the areas remain dry during Rabi season. After the intervention, approximately 26187 ft 3 rainwater had been harvested covering an area of about 135.0 ha. for winter vegetables and Rabi maize cultivation and during dry period. In addition to this, a total area of about 1 ha waste land had been converted to paddy land using water from community bund. Ponds were also used for composite fish culture with average yield of 30 q/ farmer/year/ha during 2018-19.

Keywords

NICRA, KVK Khowai, Paddy.

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