KrishiVigyan Kendra, Palem
                               KVK, Palem was established in the year 2011 and started functioningasfull-fledged KVK  from August 2011 at Palem in erstwhile Mahaboobnagar district, in an area of 53.14 acre land under the administrative control of PJTSAU, Hyderabad. The jurisdiction of the KVK was extended to 34 mandalsof erstwhile Mahabubnagardistrict and adopted villages are located in four mandalsviz., Bijinepally, Thimmajipeta, Amrabad, TelkapallyandKollapur and the villages adopted in these mandals are Vasanthapur, Avancha, Turkapally, Parvathapurand machineneipally respectively.

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  Technologies assessed ·         

  1. Assessment of tractor drawn vacuum planter for HDPS Cotton.        
  2. Weed management in dry direct sown paddy.         
  3. Assessment of tractor drawn groundnut digger cum shaker.        
  4. Assessment of paddy - sunhempcropping system.         
  5. Management of black flower thrips in Chilli.        
  6. Management of tobacco streak virus disease in Cotton.         
  7. Management of mango leafhoppers.         
  8. Management of wilt disease in chilli.        
  9. Assessment of red bhendi variety – KashiLalima.        
  10. Assessment of potato cultivation in Nagarkurnool Dist.        
  11. Assessment of watermelon as intercrop in pre bearing oil palm orchards.        
  12. Assessment of chrysanthemum crop for small and marginal holdings in Nagarkurnool district.        
  13. Assessment of  drudgery reducing two row rice transplanter.         
  14. Assessment of  portable drudgery reducing manual grader for millets.  

  Technologies popularized.          

  1. Demonstration of  redgram variety TDRG 59          
  2. Demonstration of PSB in rice grown under high phosphorus soils           
  3. Demonstration of organic farming in groundnut          
  4. Demonstration of rice fallow sunflower under zero tillage condition          
  5. Demonstration on management of pin worm in tomato          
  6. Demonstration on management of Boll Rot in Btcotton         
  7. Integrated disease management in groundnut         
  8. Demonstration of management of pests and diseases in HDPS cotton          
  9.Demonstration of new ridge gourd variety – ArkaPrasan.         
  10.Demonstration of multiple disease resistant tomato hybrid- ArkaAbhed.        
  11. Demonstration of fruit fly management in Mango.         
  12. Demonstration of precision farming in Chilli.         
  13. Demonstration of  drudgery reducing mango harvester        
  14. Demonstration of  drudgery reducing onion detopper         
  15. Demonstration of millet value added products

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