ODISHA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND

TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE , CHIPLIMA

REPORT ON VILLAGE ATTACHMENT

PROGRAMME

2023-2024(RAWE- 411)

SUBMITTED TO : SUBMITTED BY :
Dr. Bhabani Shankar Bishoyi Sonali Mohapatra
Assistant Professor, B.Sc.(Hons.) Agriculture
(Agronomy) Adm. No. -201310028
RAWE Coordinator
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is with the sense of great pleasure I, Miss Sonali Mohapatra, Adm No:
201310028 a student of 4th year BSc (Hons.) Ag ,College of Agriculture,
OUAT, Chiplima presenting this report of village attachment program of
RAWE 2023-24.

I am extremely thankful to Dr. Kailash Chandra Samal, Dean, College of

Agriculture, Chiplima for his valuable guidance, constant supervision, and
encouragement throughout our RAWE(KUS) programme.

Expressing my deep gratitude and indeptness to our Programme Coordinator

RAWE, Dr. B.S. Bishoyi sir for providing guidance, unfailing interest and
invaluable help for supervising the entire RAWE programme during the
preparation of the project report. His inspiring assistance enabled us to
complete RAWE programme successfully.

I am grateful to the ADAPT team for their support and cooperation during
this period of RAWE programme. They constantly monitored our activities and
regularly provided us with necessary guidelines to deal with the field situation.
I am also grateful to Govt. of Odisha, Mr. Piyush Pallav Parida Sir ( Block
Agriculture Officer, pipili ) ,Mrs Sasmita Mohanty mam (Assistant
Agriculture Officer, Pipili ), Mrs. Rashmirekha Panda mam (Assistant
Horticulture Officer, Pipili), Mrs. Tarinee Pradhan(VAW), HEWs, Block
Technology Managers and other staffs for their support during RAWE
activities in Pipili block, Puri district.

I would like to thank different agricultural and allied sectors officials for
helping me all the information regarding their officers during RAWE. Lastly, I
would like to thank my co-associates, farmer friends, and other agricultural
workers of Block Pipili for cooperating me throughout the RAWE programme.

Signature of student
Place : Pipili Name : Sonali Mohapatra
Adm. No. -201310028
 CONTENTS

Sl. No. Chapters Page No.

1 Introduction

2 RAWE Programme

3 Orientation Programme

4 District at a glance

5 Block at a glance

6 Salient features of different schemes /modules

in which activities conducted

7 Salient features of other Central and State

Govt. sponsored Schemes/Programmes
(MKUY, BALARAM, PMFBY etc.)

8 Activities done under different

schemes/modules in the assigned
Block/GP/Village(s) etc.

9 Farm family survey schedules & plan for

doubling their income.

10 Experience gained from involvement in the

programme

11 Suggestions and recommendations

12 Summary and conclusion

1. Introduction
The Student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) aims
to provide rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in real-life situation in
agriculture and allied enterprises to the undergraduate students by keeping themselves
physically present in rural situation and interacting personally with various stakeholders. The
programme aims at building confidence, developing skill and acquiring knowledge about local
field situation of the farmers and the locality.
The Student READY was launched by the Honourable Prime Minister of India on 25th July,
2015. The concept is to reorient graduates of Agriculture and allied subjects for ensuring and
assuring employability and develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge intensive
agriculture.

Three basic principles of this programme are -

Education: The students will learn by doing with the farmers in the village and educate
them about the advanced technologies in agriculture and allied fields.
Experience: The students will face the real life situation of a farmer, and gain
experience about the resource availability and their judicious use for
enhancing the production and productivity of entrepreneurs.
Exposure: The student will get better platform to find out the problems in agriculture
by exposing themselves to difficult situations, find out best solution to
improve the livelihood option by preparing action plans and linking with
different service sectors and govt. sponsored schemes.
2. Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE)
RAWE is a programme for imparting quality, practical and production oriented
education for agriculture degree. The rural agricultural work experience help the students
primarily to understand the rural situations, status of agricultural technologies adopted by
farmers, prioritize the farmers’ problems and to develop skills & attitude of working with farm
families for overall development in rural area.
Agricultural Education is an important tool in ensuring increased agricultural
productivity, sustainability, environmental and ecological security, profitability, job security &
equity. In India, Randhawa Committee (1992) recommended the RAWE programme for
imparting quality, practical and production oriented education for agriculture degree
programme. It will provide significant hands on experience in acquiring knowledge and skill.

Importance of RAWE
• Preparing Agricultural Graduates for better career in agriculture/ agribusiness.
• Preparing Agricultural Graduates to face the challenges by acquiring knowledge & skill
through hands on experience.
Objectives of RAWE
• To provide an opportunity to the students to understand the rural setting in relation to
agriculture and allied activities
 • To make the students familiar with socio-economic conditions of the farmers and their
problems.
• To impart diagnostic and remedial knowledge to the students relevant to real field
situations through practical training.
• To develop communication skills in students using extension teaching methods in
transfer of technology.
• To develop confidence and competence to solve agricultural problems.
• To acquaint students with on-going extension and rural development programs.

3. The Agriculture Development Associate (Krushi Unnat Sahayogi) Prog.

(KUS-2022)
The Directorate of Agriculture & Food Production, Govt. of Odisha took a new
initiative to involve the final year Agriculture/Horticulture undergraduate students in
their RAWE programme for implementation of its flagship schemes & programmes at
grass root level by creating awareness campaigns, pest surveillance, conducting training
and demonstrations, registering the farmers in different schemes and programmes as
well as collecting feedback information etc.
The objectives of Krushi Unnat Sahayogi Programme was –
1. For the department:
• To improving the awareness and adoption of key schemes
• To assess the performance of department initiatives
• To identify the gaps in implementation of ongoing programmes
2. For the students:
• To gain practical knowledge of agricultural practices
• To get opportunity to pursue field study in their areas of interest
• To get exposed to different government schemes and programmes
The major area of activities for the Agriculture Development Associates at Block level
includes-
• Scheme Adoption
• Field Assessment
• Impact Assessment
• Farmer Surveys
• Training Sessions

A group of 3-4 students will work under the supervision of one Block Agriculture Officer
at the Block level. The students will be deputed to work as Agril. Development Associates
for a period of 2 months. Each student will be provided with a stipend of Rs.6500/- per
month based on his/her attendance above 80% and performance level. There is also
provision of Rs.1500/- cash award for 4% best performing students. An online system for
recording student attendance and submission of reports and returns on daily basis along
with online filling up and uploading farmers’ information through different formats was
initiated through an App developed by the ADAPT (Analytics and Decision Support for
 Agril. Policy Transformation) team of the Directorate. This App can be downloaded by the
students in their Smart Phones and used for the purpose at field level. The Scheme officers,
Chief District Agriculture Officers, Deans and Associate Deans of Argil. Universities and
the Coordinators from the ADAPT team under the headship of Joint Director of Agriculture
(PP) will monitor the student activities and provide real time support regularly through
formation of different WhatsApp groups.

Orientation training programme in the College:

The day following registration to the 7th semester, one week technical orientation
programme was conducted in the college from 14.10.23 to 15.10.23. Inaugurating the
programme, Hon’ble Dean Sir discussed about the Student READY scheme and the
expectations from the students being involved in the KUS programme of the State Government.
Chairman of the Student READY Cell as well as the Programme Coordinator of RAWE
(Village Attachment) oriented the students about various procedures, Do & Don’ts and the
activities to be performed by the students during their 10 weeks of KUS programme in the
allotted blocks and Gram Panchayats. Teachers from different departments discussed about the
major field crops, vegetable and fruit crops, major pests, diseases and their management, soil
fertility, fertilizers, soil sample collection, soil health card preparation etc. and the possible
challenges before the students at grass-root level and how to meet those. The details of the
technical orientation programme is as follows.

Sl. No. Date Time Topic Name of teacher

1. 14.10.23 10.00AM – Student’s READY Dr. B.S. Bishoyi

11.30AM Programme – an overview

11.30AM – RAWE Programme and KUS Dr. P. Mishra

1.00PM – an overview

3.00PM – PRA techniques for village Dr. A. Malla, Guest

1.00 PM survey, Do’s& Don’ts during Faculty
village attachment
programmes and techniques
of community handling

Discussion on agricultural Extension Activities

Orientation training programme for the Agriculture Development
Associates
One day online Orientation training programme was conducted by the officers of the
Directorate of Agriculture & F.P. on 15.10.2023 from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm to appraise the
students about different modules/schemes and the expectations from the students. They were
informed about the stipends, system of online submission of attendance, use of the App
(Software), monitoring and evaluation procedure, weekly announcement of best performers,
attendance statement and weekly Activity Schedule etc. The details of the programme is as
follows.
S.L No. Date Scheme/Module Name of speaker
1 16.09.23 KUS Induction Training Dr. Pradeep Kumar Swain
JDA, Plant Protecion
2 16.09.23 e-pest Surveilance JDA, Plant protection
DDA Coordination
3 13.10.23 KUS app development and Mr. Navesh Kumar Pattnaik
registration ADAPT Team

(Online orientation on e-pest surveillance)

WEEKLY ACTIVITY SCHEDULE :

4. District at a glance : PURI

4.1 Agro Ecological Situation (AES)
Total 5 ecological situations are present in Puri district.
a. COASTAL ALLUVIAL COMMAND : SATYABADI, NIMAPARA,
KAKATPUR
b. COASAL ALLUVIAL NON-COMMAND RAINFED : PIPILI, PURI SADAR
c. COASTAL ALLUVIAL SALINE : KRUSHNAPRASAD, BRAHMAGIRI
d. RAINFED LATERITE : GOP, ASTARANGA, KANAS
e. RAINFED RED LATERITE : DELANG

4.2 District profile

Sl. No. Parameters Area (ha)
1 Geographical Area 3,48,102
2 Cultivable Area 1,88,745
3 No of DAO Circles 3
4 No of AAO Circles 22
5 No. of VAW Circles 128
6 No. of Blocks 11
7 No. of G.P.s 268
8 N.A.C.s 3
9 Municipality 1
10 No of Villages 1765

4.3 Demography: (Population in lakhs)

Category Male No. Female No.
SC 164366 160767
ST 3240 2889
OBC 457568 391756
Othercaste 295745 273954

4.4 Farmers’ profile

Area under
Sl. No. Category Numbers % % of area
cultivation (ha)
1. Marginal farmers 3,62,178 69.32 61,746 36.58
(<1ha)
2. Small farmers (1-2 1,15,849 22.17 54,623 32.36
ha)
3. Medium farmers 33169 6.34 32,856 19.46
(2-4 ha)
4. Large farmers (>4 11225 2.14 19,573 11.59
ha)

4.5 Land utilization pattern:

Category Area (ha.) Category Area (ha.)
Water logged area 16783 Saline affected area 8488

Flood prone area 44,304 Alluvial soil 18,170

Sandy soil 0 Lateritic soil 278

Acidic soil 1,32,121 Forest area 14,225

Miscellaneous 8881 Permanent pasture 8374

Cultivable waste 3299 Non agril land 5225

Barren & uncultivable waste 9568 Current fallow 1475

Fallow 410

4.6 Sources of irrigation:

Name of the sources Area (ha.)

Surface Irrigation Points 80,918

Hand/River Lift Centers 168

Medium / Minor Irrign. Projects 922

Lift Irrigation Points 19,100(govt.) +11277(pvt.)

Shallow Tube Wells 242

Creeks -

Others (if any) 8763

4.7 Irrigated Area:

Season Area (ha.) % to Total Area

Kharif 1,17,694 62.36

Rabi 82,596 43.76

4.8 Soil type

Type of soil % of total area

Alluvial soil 52.2

Black cotton soil -

 Laterite soil 0.8

Red soil 1.3

Others (if any) 45

4.9 Information on Weather parameters

Avg. Temperature (oC) Avg. RH (%)
Avg. Rainfall(mm)
Minimum maximum
1337 21.9 31.7 70

4.10 Major crops and cropping systems:

Name Crops Area Cropping System
(ha)
Cereals Paddy,Maize,Ragi 1,16,323 Double cropping
Mono cropping
Pulses Blackgram,Greengram 47,939 Double cropping

Oil seed Groundnut,Sesame,Mustard 8627 Mixed cropping

Commercial Coconut 3800 Double cropping

crops

Vegetables Brinjal,Tomato,Potato,Okra 16,256 Mixed cropping

Spices Chilli,Garlic,Coriander 2046 Mono cropping

Others (if Sugarcane 75 Mono cropping

any)

4.11 Cropping intensity: (Gross cropped area/net sown area)*100 = 191%

4.12 Cropping Pattern: Package of practices followed (Crops and ruling Var., Agril.
machineries used, Fertilizer application, Weed management practices, any other)

Sl. No. Crop Ruling varieties

1. Paddy Khandagiri, Naveen, Lalat, Swarna sub-1, Bina-2, MTU-1001,
MTU-1010, CR-1009,
MTU-1064, Pratikhya,Puja,Sarala,Durga,CR-1014
2. Greengram IPM-2-3, IPM-2-14
3. Blackgram PU-30, PU-31, Sekhar-1, Sekhar-2
4. Groundnut Devi, K-6, Dharani
5. Sunflower HybridKBSH-1, KBSH-44, KBSH-41, KBSH-53

4.13 Farm Mechanisation (Agricultural Implements)

Cost of
Sl. No Name Quantity available implements
1. Tractor 2031 7,00,800
2. Power Tiller 1055 1,23,000
3. Reaper 330 1,30,000
4. Transplanter 1096 2,50,000
5. Power driven equipment 76 20,000
6. Post-harvest Equipment 150 30,000
7. Combine Harvester 80 21,50,000
8. Special power driven 130 77,000
equipment
9. Rotavator 870 90,000
10. Pumpset 2022 15,000

4.14 Fertilizer consumption pattern in the district

a) Chemical Fertilisers
Sl. No. Name Trade Name Quantity used(MT)

1 Nitrogen Urea, Ammonium 11000

phosphate

2 Phosphorous SSP,DAP 3200

3 Potash MOP 2600

4 Composite fertilizer 10:26:26, 15:15:15, 4200

14:35:14, 28:28:0

b) Bio Fertilisers
Sl. No. Name Quantity used

1 Azotobacter -

2 Azospirillum -

3 PSB 3MT
4 Mycorhizae -

5 Others (if any) 5MT

c) Green Manures
Sl. No. Name Quantity used

1 Dhanicha 1200 quintal

2 Sun hemp -

3 Blue-green Algae -

4 Others (if any) -

4.15 Pesticide use pattern in the district

a) Bio Pesticide
Sl. No. Name Quantity used (MT)

1 Neem 223

2 Fungal bio-pesticide -

3 Bacterial bio-pesticide -

4 Others (if any) -

b) Chemical Pesticide
Sl. Quantit
Category Trade Name Name of chemical
No. y used

1 Insecticides Ulala,Kohinor Cloropyriphos,Cypermethrin, 683

Flonicamid,Imidachloprid
2 Fungicides Vitavex Carbendazim,Mancozeb 187
power,Dithane M-45
3 Bactericides Copter,Streptocyclin Streptocycline,Copper 165
oxychloride
4 Herbicides Nominee Bispyribacsodium, 106
gold,Saathi,Stomp Pyrazosulfuron
ethyl,Butachlor,Petilachlor,
Pendimethalin
5 Rodenticide - - -

4.16 Information on livestock & Animal HusbandryResources

 Population
Sl. No. Name Breed
(in’000)

1 Indigenous cows Hariana,Red Sindhi,Local 3,58,298

2 Cross bred cows CB Jersey, CB Holstein 2,73,925

3 Buffaloes Murrah,Chilika,Desi Buffalo 36,233

4 Sheep Local 63,248

5 Goats Black Bengal, Local Breed 3,41,226

6 Pigs Local 3,125

7 Poultry Vanaraj,Rainbow,Rooster,Improved 1,47,843

varieties
8 Ducks Khaki Campbell,Improved Variety 8723

4.17 Information on Fisheries Resources

Area under fish production:

Sl. No. Category Production (MT)

1 Total Fish production 49266.40

2 Inland 11266.40

3 Marine 38000.00

5. Block at a glance :

5.1 Name of the Block : PIPILI

Latitude : 19028’ to 26035’ North
Longitude : 84029’ to 86025’ East
No. and Names of GP : 25

Bharatipur Gobindpur Kulasekharpatna Pamasara Rulpadeipur

Birapurusotampur Hatasahi Laxminarayanpur Panidol Sahajpur
Chandradeipur Jagannathpur Mangalpur Poporanga Sampur
Dhandamukundapur Jasuapur Nuasasan Pubasasan Saraswatipur
Durgadaspur Kanti Orkal Rathapurusottampur Teisipur
5.2 Block profile
Sl. No. Parameters Area (ha)
1 Geographical Area 25,127
2 Cultivable Area 18,875
3 Up land 3575
4 Medium land 6100
5 Low land 9200
6 Forest area 400
7 Fallow land 820
8 Grazing land 915
.
5.3 Farmers’ profile
Sl.
Category Numbers %
No.
1. Marginal farmers 297 1.29
(<1ha)
2. Small farmers (1-2 10,593 44.33
ha)
3. Medium farmers 3010 13.1
(2-4 ha)
4. Large farmers (>4 8961 39.19
ha)

5.4 Land utilization pattern:

Category (Area in ha) Category (Area in ha)

Water logged area 270 Saline affected area 870

Flood prone area 1800 Alluvial soil 13,360

Sandy soil 32,500 Lateritic soil 720

Acidic soil 13,289 Forest area 1560

Miscellaneous 230 Permanent pasture 1790

Cultivable waste - Non agril land 1030

Barren & uncultivable waste 2165 Current fallow 670

Fallow -

5.5 Sources of irrigation:

Source Area (ha.)

SIP 11,997
 HLC 588

MIPs -

LIPs -

STWs 1290

Creeks -

Others 7789

5.6 Irrigated Area:

Season Area (ha)

Kharif 14684

Rabi 12585

5.7 Soil type

Type of soil % of total area

Alluvial soil 80

Black cotton soil -

Laterite soil 14

Red soil -

Others 6

5.8 Information on Weather parameters

Avg. Avg. Temperature (oC)
Avg. RH (%)
Rainfall(mm) Minimum maximum

21.7 15.5 41 75

5.9 Major crops and cropping systems:

Name Crops Area (ha)

Cereals Paddy, Maize 22,320

Pulses Blackgram, Greengram, Kolatha 5985

 Oil seed Groundnut, Sesamum, Mustard 1643

Commercial crops Coconut, Betelvine 76

Vegetables Brinjal,Tomato,Okra,Cauliflower,Cabbage, 6271

Potato,Sweetpotato,Banana

Spices Ginger, Garlic, Onion 190

Others if any - -

5.10 Cropping intensity: 194%

5.11 Cropping Pattern: Package of practices followed (Crops and ruling Var.,
Agril. machineries used, Fertilizer application, Weed management practices, any
others)

Sl. No. Crop Ruling Varieties

1. Paddy MTU-7,Swarna-sub1, Pooja, Bina-11, RGL-2537,
MTU-1001, Kalachampa, Sarala, CR-1009, CR
1009-sub1
2. Blackgram PU-30, PU-31, T-9, Sekhar
3. Greengram Virat, Sikha, IPM-02-3, IPM-02-14, PDM-54, Local

4. Potato K-22, Jyoti, Red Jhudi

5. Cauliflower Barkha, Megha, Banhi
6. Brinjal Archita, Tareni
7. Groundnut ICGB-91114, Dhara

5.12 Farm Mechanisation (Agricultural Implements)

Sl. No Name Quantity available Cost of implements
1. Combine Harvester 23 21,50,000
2. Tractor 315 7,00,800
3. Rotavator 267 2,30,000
4. Axial Flow Thresher 185 2,70,000
5. Pumpset 250 15,000
5.13 Fertilizer use pattern in the district
a) Chemical Fertilizer
Sl. Trade Name Quantity
Name
No. used(MT)

1 Nitrogen IFFCO,Ujala,PPL,KRIBHCO,Nagarjuna 195

 2 Phosphorous IPL,PPL,Pragati,Navratna 86

3 Potash IPL,SBOF 90

4 Composite GROMOR 8
Fertilizer

5 Other fertilizers if - -
any

b) Bio fertiliser
Sl. No. Name Quantity used

1 Azotobacter -

2 Azospirillum 2100Kg

3 PSB 500Kg

4 Mycorhizae 310Kg

5 Others (if any)

c) Green Manure
Sl. No. Name Quantity used

1 Dhanicha 1100kg

2 Sunhemp -

3 Blue Green Algae -

4 Others (if any) -

5.14 Pesticide use pattern in the Block (Quantity in MT)

a) Bio Pesticide
Sl. No. Name Quantity used (MT)

1 Neem -

2 Fungal bio-pesticide -

3 Bacterial bio-pesticide -

4 Others (if any) -

 b) Chemical Pesticide
Quantity
Sl. No. Category Trade Name Name of chemical
used

1 Insecticides Ferterra Chlorantraniliprole 4kg/ac

0.4%w/w GR
Caldan Cartap
Hydrochloride 50S.P 1kg/ha
Flupyradifurone
Sivanto 17.09%w/w 500ml/ac
2 Fungicides Vitavax power Carboxin 3g/kg
37.5%+Thiram seeds
37.5% WS
3 Bactericides Streptomycin Streptomycin 3g/litre

4 Herbicides Remove Weeder Pretilachlor Butachlor 0.75kg /

ha
1 kg / ha
5 Rodenticides Ranil Zinc phosphide 3kg/ac
80%

5.15 Information on livestock & Animal Husbandry Resources

Sl. No. Name Breed Population (in’000)

1 Indigenous cows Local 28.005

2 Cross bred cows Jersey C.B, 19.455

Holstein C.B,
Sahiwal
3 Buffaloes Murrah 0.418

4 Sheep Koraput Sheep 5.336

5 Goats Jamuna Puri, 19.633

Black Bengal
6 Pigs Largewhite, <500
Yorkshire
7 Poultry Aseel, 20-22 Lakh
Kadaknath
8 Ducks White Pecking <100

5.16 Information on Fisheries Resources

Area under fish production:

 Sl.
Category Production (MT)
No.

1 Total Fish production 1657

2 Inland 1657

3 Marine -

6. Salient features of the Schemes / Modules :

6.1 Scheme/Module -1 (Pest Surveillance/E-pest Surveillance) :

A RKVY-sponsored Mobile App-based which is called E-pest App under which each VAW
is assigned with GPs for conducting pest surveillance and weekly surveillance is conducted
from Monday to Thursday. The name of the pest/disease, area affected, area under control,
area surveyed and photograph in case of un-identified symptoms is uploaded on the app.
Using this app, VAWs can either issue advisory for the farmers or report the pest incidence to
the block office according to the severity of the pest attack. The consolidated data is uploaded
on the e-pest surveillance portal (epestodisha.nic.in) and reviewed at the state level on every
Friday. The main objectives of e-pest surveillance are to know the new and existing pest
species and to give farmers proper knowledge on how to control them economically. Through
this the farmers can get pest advisory information in the shortest possible time, thus reducing
unnecessary use of pesticide which reduces the cost of farm production. It also gives an early
and accurate warning of any new pest attack at district, state or national level. Types of
Survey: Qualitative Survey, Quantitative Survey, Fixed plot survey, Roving Survey

6.2 Scheme/Module -2 (Availability of Fertilizers)

Fertiliser availability scheme aims to ensure sufficient availability of the fertilisers to the
farmers prior to the cropping season. Under this scheme the amount of fertiliser indent and
sale to the farmers is all carried out through MFMS portal, where the details of the fertiliser
required by the farmers and the amount of fertiliser sold to the farmers by the retailers are
updated. The entire movement, from manufacturers to wholesalers/dealers are tracked by
MFMS fertiliser movement to dealer’s portal and sale by retailers is captured trough the POS
machine. The scheme ensures compulsory usage of POS machine by the retailers while
selling fertilisers to the farmers. Timely updating of data in the MFMs portal by the dealers or
whole sellers should be done. Purchase should be carried out with proper Aadhar
authentication by the farmers through the biometric scanning in POS machine. After getting
Final allocation of Fertilizer (for the entire season) from Central Government (GOI) state is
required to submit month wise requirement. Central Government, thereafter allocates
Fertilizer as per monthly requirement of the state through different Manufacturers/ PHAS
(Pool Handling Agencies). PHAs are agencies that instead of manufacturing Fertiliser import
from abroad and thereafter supply locally
6.3 Scheme/Module -3 (Availability of Seeds)
This scheme focuses on seed indentation process and seed distribution process. Seed
indentation is the process of gathering seeds required at the ground level. While seed rolling
plan determines the production calendar for OSSC, seeds indent collected governs the
distribution and sales of seeds. Seed distribution ensures that the certified seeds are
subsidised by direct benefit transfer and distributed online to the farmers through PACs and
dealers. For every farmer, a farmer ID is generated and the registered farmer then gets DBT
subsidised seeds from PACs/dealers with a price fixed by the state seed pricing committee.
The objective is to develop and strengthen the existing infrastructure for the production and
distribution of certified/quality seeds to farmers. The stakeholders involved are the Dept. Of
Agriculture, Odisha State Seed Corporation, National seed corporation and OSSOPCA
(Odisha State Seed and Organic Products Certification Agency)

6.4 Scheme/Module -4 (Availability of Pesticides)

Procedure for Demonstration purpose: After receipt of block wise indent of different inputs
from CDAO, the Dist. Manager, OAIC should supply the inputs at block level & manage the
distribution work. The AAO should maintain the stock of inputs relating to all demonstration
programme & supply beneficiary farmers. Procedure for subsidized sale: The beneficiary will
be selected by VAW/AO. After inserting farmers details in App prepared by NIC, a message
permit of no. & its validity will be sent to mobile no. of farmer. The beneficiary will purchase
their need based agricultural inputs from one registered dealer. After conformation by
AAO/BAO/ADO financial assistance will be transferred to beneficiary through PFMS/DBT
from directorate.

6.5 Scheme/Module – 5 (Dakshyata)

This programme aims to build a robust performance management system for identification
and recognition of top performing employees

Parameters : Data backed machanisms to measure performance .Focus on dept’s key

priorities.Transparency in annual appresial process .Incentives to the good performers on a
regular basis.It was rolled out on 18th June P 2020.All Group-B & Group-c officials engaged
in field works will be considered under this initiative for the 1 1styr of
implementation.Dakshyata is currently implemented across Agriculture & Horticulture
Directorates. Performance measuring components:Scheme implementation,5T
implementation,State priority areas,Riskmanagement.Data for the score card are aided by
Decision support system & the agri extension app.

6.6 Scheme/Module – 6 (BALRAM )

The Odisha Government has propelled Bhoomihina Agriculturist Loan And Resources
Augmentation Model (BALARAM) yojana to give rural credit to the landless farmers who
do not have access to formal sources of credit. BALARAM has been conceptualized with
NABARD to provide theinstitutional credit to the landless farmers in the state. It aims at
providing institutional credit to 5 Lakh Landless farmers byleveraging the social capital
through formation of Joint Liability Groups.

Implementation of the scheme

1. Assigning target for JLG formation to krushaksathis by PD, ATMA or BAO.

2. Identification and preparation of list of beneficiaries by Krushak sathis.
3. Sharing the list with local bank branches and verification of the same.
4. According to revised list received by Krushaksathis, JLG will be formed and forms
are to be filled with the help of krushaksathis.
5. Based on application form, the VAW or HEW or AO of respective GP after
verification will prepare “Certificate of Cultivation” (which has information about
land details, crops grown in a specific format) i.e., counter signed by BAO or AAO.
6. Loan application and CoC is submitted to concerned bank or branch for credit
linkage by krushak sathis.
7. Issuance of KCC/crop loan to the eligible JLG by the bank as per scale of finance of
the district.
6.7 Scheme/Module – 7 (Decision Support System & Agri- Extension App )

Training modules on DSS :

1.Scheme : Objective is to improve accessibility to reach right beneficiary at right time.

2. Farmer DB : For leverage of farmers list prepared under KALIA, DA&FP has entrusted
the creation of unified farmers database under vision of 5T. The database will also have
landless farmers and sharecroppers adhered with Aadhar and mobile number. This will help
in shortlisting farmers for KALIA, PMFBY, P-PAS and Farmer’s ID)
3. Form submission : The forms related to schemes and input data are filled at block level
through datasubmission tab or DSS. The forms to be trained includes BTT meetings and crop
coverage.
4. GP Sitting : - This initiative of DA&FP requires the extension workers of assigned GP to
sit every weak (First working day for 2 hours) and receive the queries from farmers and
resolve them.

6.8 Scheme/Module -8 (Farm Pond)

Construction of farm pond i.e., every willing farmer to have a farm pond has been
conceptualized to supplement the water scarcity during critical junctures and particularly to
provide lifesaving irrigation during kharif. The aim is to popularize Integrated farming
system (IFS) which will increase farmer's income and to counter frequent extreme weather
events.

6.9 Scheme/Module – 9 (Irrigation)

Odisha largely depends upon monsoon for its water sources.About 78% annual rainfall
occurs during June to September & balance 22% in October to May.
 Annual rainfall:1200-1700 mm(Avg:1452mm).
Annual precipitation :230.76 BCM.
A storage capacity of 17.34BCM has so far been developed through completed
major,medium minor projects.The state has cultivated area 61.80 lakh ha.It has been
accessed that 49.90 lakh ha (80.74%)can be brought under irrigation coverage through
major,medium,minor irrigation projects.Kharif irrigation ceases by 15thNovember.Rabi
irrigation starts from 15th January to 15thMarch.By 31st October the project authorities
decide the quantum of water to be supplied for rabi irrigation.ThePaniPanchayat plays a
major role for equidistribution of water to farm pond.

6.10 Scheme/Module -10 (BTT Meeting)

BTT or the BLOCK TECHNOLOGY TEAM is an Inter Departmental Team of Agriculture
operating at block level. It is a forum at the block level & aims at the convergent of all
directorates concerned with Agriculture in order to report & resolve issues from the field.
These meetings happen twice every month-on 1st &3rd Fridays. The overall agenda is set at
the state level & a form is created for recording the responses from each block. The form
consists of questions regarding input availability, pest attacks, training programme etc. The
BTT committee constitutes of the block officers of agriculture, Block Technology Manager
(BTM), Assistant Technology Manager (ATM), and other staffs of the Block Agriculture
Office. The senior most official at the Block level shall head the Block Technology Team as
BTT Convener

7. Salient features of other Central & State Govt. sponsored

Schemes/Programmes :

1. MKUY
Mukhyamantri Krushi Udyog Yojana (MKUY) was implemented by APICOL (The
Agricultural Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited) policy provides for
payment of capital investment subsidy for commercial Agri-enterprises i.e., 40% of the fixed
capital for men applicants and 50% for women/SC/ST/Graduates of Agriculture and allied
disciplines. This excludes the cost of the land and is subjected to a limit of 50lakhs. This
scheme by the Govt. of Odisha will result in additional income for farmers in the state and
will lead to simplification of loan taking procedure.

2. KALIA
The government of Odisha has launched the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income
Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, which would benefit about 92% of the farmers in the State.
The government has earmarked Rs 10,180 Crore for KALIA in 3 years. The scheme will
provide financial, livelihood, cultivation support along with insurance support to small,
marginal farmers. All small and marginal farmers along with landless agricultural
households, vulnerable agricultural household, landless agricultural labourers and
sharecroppers/actual cultivators are eligible under different components of KALIA.

3. PMFBY
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a Crop Insurance Scheme designed by the Central
Government to protect farmers against the loss of crop (measured by crop yield) due to natural
calamities and other unforeseen situations. The premium rate for field crops was 2% of the sum
insured and for commercial crops it was 5% of the sum insured. There are three broad
components under the PMFBY Scheme: 1. Registration of the Farmers under the PMFBY
Scheme 2. Loss Assessment through Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) 3. Claim disbursement
by Insurance Companies

4. PMKSY
The Scheme of Micro Irrigation is implemented in the State as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
since 2015-16 the component 'Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) of Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). It promotes micro irrigation technologies in water intensive/
consuming crops like sugarcane, banana, cotton, etc and give adequate focus to extend
coverage of field crops under micro irrigation technologies and also promotes fertigation.

5. Soura jalanidhi
The need of the project is to augment the existing irrigation facility of the State and cover as
much area as possible under privately owned lift irrigation points for assured irrigation and tide
over drought situation in these affected districts. The dug well- cum- recharge well will
improve the ground water level of the area.

Objectives:

• The prosperity of the State depends upon effective and optimal utilization of these resources.
The main obstacle in the increase of productivity is the lack of irrigation facilities and near
total dependence on rainfed Agriculture. Out of net cultivable area of 63.00 lakhs ha. only
23.93 lakhs ha. and 11.37 lakhs ha in Kharif and Rabi respectively are covered under flow
irrigation from major, medium, and minor irrigation projects.

6. Farm Mechanization
The State Agriculture Policy has addressed the farm machinery popularization as an
important intervention to make agriculture more viable, lucrative & attractive for young
generation to farming. The increase in pattern of assistance to the tune of 50-75% of the cost
of farm machinery has given a boost to the farm machinery popularization in the state by
increasing the farm power input as compared to the National average of Farm power
availability. i.e., 2.02 KW/Ha, Odisha lags behind at 1.58 KW/Ha. The scheme is focussed on
providing farm mechanisation to small and marginal farmers where power supply is low. It is
also focussed on offsetting adverse 'economies of scale' and higher cost of ownership of high
value farm equipment by promoting 'Custom Hiring Centre for agricultural machinery. Efforts
are being taken to enhance the farm power input by way of popularising more selfpropelled
machineries in the field

7. Soil Health Card

The Soil Health Card (SHC) is a govt. initiative under the Soil Health Management (SHM)
scheme, which comes under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture. The soil health
card evaluates the health or quality of a soil as a function of its characteristics, water, plant and
other biological properties. The card is a tool to help the farmer to monitor and improve soil
health based on their own field experience and working knowledge of their soils. It assists the
field functionaries in collection of soil samples, generates awareness among farmers regarding
the impact of SHC on fertilizer consumption, its optimum use and role towards increasing
production and productivity. It educates the farmers and the retailers in mandatory use of SHC
for fertilizer purchase through PoS machine.

8.1. Role of Agril. Development Associates in the above schemes/modules :

The main role of the KUS associates in the above-mentioned schemes/ programmes/ modules
was to work as extension workers. The associates helped transfer research technology to the
farmers. They served as efficient tools in spreading awareness on different central and
statesponsored schemes at the ground level. They interacted with the farmers, discussed about
different schemes and programmes, and the problems faced, and suggested desired solutions
wherever possible.

8.2. Activities done under diff. schemes/modules in the assigned

Block/GP/Village(s)etc.
• Interactions with block officers and GP officers in both agriculture, horticulture and
soil conservation depts. about Dakshyata, Agri-extension app,Decision Support
System
• POS machine version 3.1 upgradation and Interaction with Fertiliser dealers,
• Creating awareness regarding MKUY,Survey on seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, farm
pond,Interaction with KrushakSathis about BALRAM,
• Attending BTT meeting,Exposurevisits,
• Visit to progressive farmers field in block with VAW and HEW.
• E- Pest surveillance through e-pest mobile app,
• Attending different campaign on Seed treatment,Soil health card, Crop Cutting
Program in different GPs.

8.2.1About the KUS App and its use by the student Associates:
• The KUS App is downloaded from a Whatsapp app link provided by ADAPT.
During KUS Programme it aided the associates in establishing real time connection
as well as in offline environment with the Department in getting feedback from the
ground and data collection.
 User Interface of KUS app

8.2.2Seed availability assessment:

No. of No. of
village farmers Activities undertaken in details
covered surveyed
Awareness campaign were held about benefits of suitable alternative HYV
varieties like Swarna sub-1, Kalachampa,
7 120 CR-1009,
RGL-2537.Farmers were asked about their desired seed variety, what type
and quality of seed they are getting from block office.

Groundnut foundation seed

Seeds and mushroom seeds in plastic and glass

bottle

8.2.3 Availability of pesticides:

 No. of villages No. of dealers
Activities undertaken in details
covered surveyed
The dealers were asked about their knowledge
about the pesticides they are selling, Proper
6 70 storage and handling, Informing the farmers
how and when to use the pesticides

Visiting to different pesticide dealer

8.2.4 Availability of fertilizers :
No. of villages
covered No. of dealers surveyed Activities undertaken in details

The dealers were asked about their license,

storage units and the use of
POS machine was checked in presence of
10 150 a farmer, Price chart was checked. Along
with that many farmers were interviewed
whether they were charged more money
and what is there fertilizer of choice

POS Machine
Gromor(28:28:0)
DAP918:46:0) and Potash
8.2.5 Pest Surveillance/E-Pest Surveillance
No. of villages
No. of farmers surveyed Activities undertaken in details
covered
Visiting to the farmers of different
villages to check any attack of insect pest
15 120
on the crops, Data from different farmers
were collected and uploaded to e-pest app

False smut disease in rice

Green horned caterpillar in Rice
BPH attack in Rice
 Gundhi bug attack in rice

Downy mildew in cucurbits

White rust of radish

Rhinoceros Beetle Attack in coconut

8.2.6 BALRAM

Date and time of visit to No. of Activities undertaken in

G.P krushaksathis met details(Training,awareness, campaign,
reporting of issue related to BALRAM
etc.)

18.10.23, 12.30pm 2 Interaction with 2 krushaksathis and

farmers about the BALRAM scheme. Very
25.10.23, 11.45am
good scheme for ladless farmers
11.11.23, 12.40pm
8.2.7 Farm Pond & Irrigation
Activities undertaken in
details (Farmer
No. of villages covered No. of farmers surveyed interaction, awareness, no.
of forms filled-up &
uploaded in KUS App. etc.)

15 70 Interaction with farmers

about the farm pond. As
Odisha is a rainfed region so
by farm pond we can
irrigate the field & also can
do fishery

FARM POND

8.2.8 Decision Support System and Agri-Extension App

No. of villages covered No. of farmers surveyed Activities undertaken in
detail(Updating farmer level
information, field
verification,creating farmer DB etc)

8 120 We surveyed extension officers and

collected information regarding
issues faced while using it and took
suggestion for additional
functionality
 8.2.9 MKUY
No. of villages No. of farmers
covered surveyed Activities undertaken in details

Interactions with farmers about MKUY. Creating

awareness about the MKUY & were they opted MKUY,
15 140 visiting poultry farm and asking details about their farm.

8.2.10 BTT Meetings

Date of
attending Imp. issues discussed Activities undertaken in details
meeting
Issues related to Interactions with the officers regarding the problem
17.09.22 agriculture,horticulture,veten & the solution & how it can be soon implemented
05.11.22 ary,fisheries etc.
8.3 Miscellaneus :

8.3.1 MUSHROOM CULTIVATION :

Pipili is famous for Mushroom cultivation. Visiting to 2 National renowned mushroom farm
and seed producing factory in Pipili. Those are KALINGA MUSHROOM in
Dandamukundapur and RASMIREKHA MUSHROOM in Jaishapatna. They grow
paddystraw mushrooms and oyster mushrooms .There main source of income is by selling
mushroom seeds. 200 grams mushroom seeds are sold for Rs.16 and 500 grams of
mushroom seeds are sold for Rs.35. Apart from that they manufacture Mushroom soup,
Mushroom papad and Mushroom pickle. There annual income is 60 lakh.

KALINGA MUSHROOM SPAWN PRODUCTION

Open Mushroom cultivation in jambila

8.3.2 VISIT TO KVK ,SAKHIGOPAL :

MUSHROOM PRODUCTION UNIT, KVK

 Interaction with Research scientists

APIARY

FARM POND VERMICOMPOSTING UNIT

NUTRITIONAL GARDEN

8.3.3 VISIT TO KRISHI YANRTAPATI MELA AT PURI :

Millet products prepared by

MISSION SHAKTI MEMBERS
 PROJECT ON MKUY

FARM IMPLEMENTS

INAUGURATION OF FARM MECHANISATION FAIR

8.3.4 VISIT TO APIARY AT SIRIAPUR :

APIARY WITH OWNER Mrs.

Subhashree Panda

VISIT TO APIARY AT SIRIAPUR

8.3.5 VISIT TO MISSION SHAKTI CAFE AND SHG AT PIPILI :

8.3.6 VISIT TO MAA MATI SHG , KOTHABADA :

DAIRY UNIT

COMPOSTING UNIT INTERCROPPING MARIGOLD WITH HYBRID COCONUT

 Growing cowpea in trellies Tunnel method of growing chili

Growing flowers in pots

FARM POND WITH DUCKS

LIQUID MANURE UNIT

VERMICOMPOSTING UNIT

8.3.7 Attending Sugarcane demonstration programme in Hatasahi,

Pipili :
8.3.8 VSIT TO DIFFERENT IFS :

8.3.9 ATTENDING SEMINAR ON INTENSIVE RICE INITIATIVE

AT BLOCK OFFICE :
8.3.10 ATTENDING VIKASIT BHARAT SANKALP YATRA
AT NUASASAN GP :

9.0 Farm family survey for doubling their income :

1. farmer’s name: Bipin Parida
Primary source of income : Agriculture
He is currently growing crops in IFS system. He can double his income if he will include
mushroom unit, Apiary, duckery and vermicomposting unit.
2. Farmer’s name : Sanatan Mallik
Primary source of income : Agriculture
He is doing monocropping of rice. He can double his income by adopting crop diversification
by taking pulse crops in rabi season.
3. Farmer’s name : Sanjay Kumar Panda
Primary source of income : Agriculture
He is sowing in broadcasting manner. He can double his income by adopting line sowing as it
will reduce labour cost and the cost of weed management.
4.Farmer’s name : Sahadev Nayak
Primary source of income : Agriculture
He is growing sugarcane in his farm. But in our locality selling of sugarcane is not much
good. So he is not getting optimum profit. If good market facility will be there and his
products can reach to sugar industry then it may help in doubling his income
5. Farmer’s name : Laxmidhar Behera
Primary source of income : Agriculture
He has 2 acres of land in which he is growing rice . He also possess 2 desi cows . He may
double his income by buying high milk yielding cow breeds like jersey.
10.0 Experience gained from involvement in the programme :
This programme is a very appreciable step taken by Dept. of Agriculture and Farmers’
Empowerment, Odisha. These 38 days program made us enable to have a real-life exposure
to the field level activities. We visited different villages, KVK and other offices during this
course of program and gathered so many valuable experiences.

• First of all, this program reduced the gap between lab to land. I got to know how
different schemes are operated at field level. We created awareness about all the state and
central schemes among the beneficiaries and how easily they can apply for it.
• During farmer data collection we interacted with so many farmers and able to know
about their cropping system, marketing strategy, diseases and pests of their locality, HYVs
suitable for their area etc.
We got to know the real practices that the farmers adopt in their field that are much different
from the theory that we studied that helped us to gain a lot of practical knowledge.

11.0 Suggestion and recommendations

To make this program more effective I would like to give some suggestions and
recommendations from my experience –

• There are lot of farmers who do not know about many schemes like MKUY, Farm
Pond, etc. and some who know are not willing to adopt because of less land and risk.
I urge the officials to arrange mandatory meetings with the farmers biweekly and
encourage them and make them know the Government incentives and benefits of
adopting such schemes.
• In Rabi season the farmers depend upon canals for irrigating their field. But due to
siltation and wide spread aquatic weed water hyacinth they face a lot of hardships
during canal cleaning. I urge to the Dept. of agriculture and Dept. of soil conservation
to look into the matter and help them accordingly.
• There is a necessary requirement of making the farmers aware regarding safe usage of
pesticides and fertilizers widely which most of the farmers are not taking seriously.
Also, the farmers should start practicing organic farming, use new technology, if
possible, practice IFS. Also, they could practice Apiculture and Pisciculture to
increase additional income.

12.0 Summary and conclusion

In the conclusion I can only state that in college study hours we only got theoretical
knowledge about agriculture. But in RAWE program we got so many exposures to the real
agricultural life situations. Our VAWs, our BAO Sir Mr. Piyush Pallav Parida ,our AAO Mrs.
Sasmita Mohanty mam, the ADAPT team and other Agriculture officials helped a lot to gain
much valuable experience in this program. During this 10 weeks we are able to capture scenic
beauty of village, village life style, problems of day today activity, agriculture related
problems (pest attack, water logging, plant diseases and disorders etc.). The knowledge we
received from this program will really benefit us in the near future.

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