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Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Vellore District  

Major Thrust Area
                        

Major crops

Major problem

Rice

Incidence of leaf folder and stem borer

Imbalanced use of fertilizers and manures

Incidence of grain discolouration in seed crop

Weed menace in rice – rice cropping system

Labour scarcity for weeding during peak season.

Banana

Small sized fruits with substandard quality in

Brinjal

Imbalanced use of fertilizers

Shoot and Fruit borer damage

Turmeric

Traditional turmeric curing using country boiler leads to uneven boiling of rhizome

Sugarcane

Wastage of seed cane material

Low monitory return from sugar cane

Milch Animal

Low milk yield due to poor nutrition

Goat

Debility and weakness due to gastro-intestinal infection

Cotton

Low productivity in cotton

Green gram

Repeated marginal yield in Green gram

Groundnut

Poor yield in rainfed Groundnut

Marginal yield due to Pest and Disease

Pulses

Poor yield in  irrigated  Black gram

Sesame

Low productivity

 
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