Krishi Vignan Kendra

Krishi Vignan Kendra

Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur The / Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur located in the premises of world famous Pepper Research Station at Panniyur is a front line agricultual extension institution, which exerts powerful influence on other extension systems of the district. Ever since it became functional in the year 2004 , it has made several innovative interventions in the agricultural development process of the district. The compact area group approach ( CAGA) against coconut mite, Paddy Task Force to combat labour shortage in rice farming, first ever Farmers' Science Congress , pioneering a new branch of agricultural extension called Creative Extension are only few of the numerous contributions made by the kendra within a short span of time. The subsurface dyke constructed at KVK as part of demonstrating rain water harvesting technologies has become a living example for an effective method for ground water conservation. The success story of the subsurface dyke has demonstrated that it is one of the most feasible methods for the conservation and exploitation of the ground water resources of the state. The dyke is now the largest rainwater harvesting system in the region.

KANNUR: It is an initiative that is expected to attract farmers in the region who are on the lookout for a lucrative alternative food crop and, if successful, mango orchards growing indigenous and exotic varieties of mango will be a reality soon. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Kannur (KVK- K) at Panniyur, here, is all set to promote ‘mango villages’ in the district, a scheme meant to encourage mango cultivation on a commercial basis. The scheme has been conceived to provide relief to the farmers, beset with problems ranging from foot rot disease affecting pepper and lethal yellowing of areca nut to plummeting prices of their produce. The Kendra, under the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), is highlighting the importance of mango cultivation as an alternative food crop, quite distinct from rubber which many believe has been erasing the native crops of the region, including cashew, and thus harming biodiversity. The Kendra has produced over 50 ,000 mango grafts of 15 varieties, including rare and indigenous ones, such as Phirangiladua, Kalappadi, Mallika, Magoa, Alphonso, Sindhooran, Banganappally, Banglore, Imampasand and Kuddat as also home-grown varieties such as Chandrakkaran. The scions of these varieties have been collected from various sources, including the KAU’s Regional Agricultural Research Stations, Aralam Farm and Karimbam Farm of the Department of Agriculture. The grafts will be ready for sale by November. “The initial response to this novel idea of promoting the mango villages is encouraging as many farmers from different parts of the district have already informed us of their requirement of grafts,” KVK-K head and professor K. Abdul Kareem told The  Hindu . The mango nursery developed at the KVK-K was the biggest in the State, he said, adding that there was no mango farming in the region as mangoes were not grown on a commercial scale. The initiative is envisaged as a drive to groom mango farmers by encouraging them to adopt scientific cultivation practices, including irrigation, fertilizer application and plant protection measures. The KVK-K will soon organise a training programme on scientific mango farming. Dr. Kareem said the ‘mango village’ initiative would popularise rare mango varieties such as Phirangiladua and Kalappadi. The KVK-K now has a collection of mango species, including culinary varieties and those used for making pickles.

Krishi Vignan Kenthra-KVK.Kannur.panniyoor

KVK, Kannur located at Panniyur 7
Kms North of Taliparamba. It is a
Transfer of Technology Centre
hosted by Kerala Agricultural
University and funded by the
Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR). KVK Kannur Krishi
Vigyan Kendra Farm Science Centre
Kerala Agricultural University
Training On farm Testing Frontline
Demonstration Agricultural
Extension Pepper Research Station
Transfer of Technology Project
Poovam Kanhirangad Training for
farmers Banana fibre Trichoderma
Panniyur honey coirpith compost
vermi compost.

Pepper Reserch Station

Pepper Research Station ,
Panniyur, started in 1952 as part of
a scheme to improve pepper
cultivation, was uplifted to the
status of a research station under
the KAU in 1972. The station
concentrates on crop improvement,
crop management and crop
protection aspects of black pepper
. It is an important co-ordinating
centre of the All India Co-ordinated
Re-search Project on Spices of the
ICAR. Besides research, nucleus
planting materials of released
varieties of black pepper, viz.
Panniyur 1 , Panniyur 2 , Panniyur
3 , Panniyur 4 and Panniyur 5 are
also been distributed.


Lead function
is research on pepper. AICRP on
spices is functioning in this centre
from 1972.

Ente panjayathile gramangale kuriche
oru cheru vivaranam....

(PANIPPURAYIL)