ZONAL PROJECT DIRECTORATE ZONEI, LUDHIANA

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ZONAL PROJECT DIRECTORATE ZONE-I, LUDHIANA

• Welcomes you all

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Identified Districts in the Zone

• Hoshiarpur Punjab
• Kangra Himachal Pradesh
• Solan Himachal Pradesh

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Technological Interventions Sought

• Hoshiarpur
• Horticulture based cropping system (Guava, Kinnow
  and Ber)
• Entrepreneurship development for rural women
  through Self Help Groups
• Mushroom
• Beekeeping
• Dairying

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• Kangra
• Vegetable production under poly-house condition
  (Brinjal, Tomato and Capsicum)
• Mushroom
• Beekeeping
• Construction of poly lining tanks for rainwater
  harvesting

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• Solan
• Nursery raising of vegetables under protected
  cultivation
• Production of stone fruits seedlings (Apple,
  Peach, Plum, Apricot, Walnut and Pecanut)
• Rainwater harvesting
• Cultivation of chrysanthemum through forced
  flowering

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Achievements so far

• KVK Hoshiarpur
• Wrote a letter of willingness and invitation to
  the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development)
  for providing technical inputs

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• KVK Kangra
• BDO, Dharamshala, in collaboration with the KVK,
  organized workshop on 09/01/2009 to sensitize
  office bearers of Panchayati Raj Innstitutions
  and farmers about the role of KVK in providing
  technological inputs.
• Principal Secretary (Agriculture), Govt. of HP
  visited KVK on 04/02/2009 and discussed the
  matter with the scientists.

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KVK Solan

• Meeting with BDO, Kunihar on 30/03/2009 to
  discuss
• Construction of water harvesting
  structure-LDPE-Lined Tanks
• Awareness camp
• Meeting with DC-cum-CEO, DRDA on 02/04/2009 to
  discuss
• Activities of KVKs
• Protected cultivation of fruit nursery and
  vegetable as well as flower crops
• Vermi-composting
• Off-season vegetable cultivation
• Water conservation through check dams and
  construction of water harvesting structures
• Soil health
• Diversification of fruit plants

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THANK YOU