Instructional Farm
- Area distribution (in hectare)
Garden land |
78.234 |
Vellayani Lake |
173.50 |
TOTAL |
251.734 |
- Major crops: coconut, paddy, banana, vegetables, tubers, spices, fodder and medicinal plants.
- Irrigation facilities: hi tech irrigation facilities. Efficient water management new modification to the system*
*Details of new modification for water management given in Annexure VIII
Infrastructural facilities in the Instructional Farm
Sl.No |
Facility |
Numbers |
Area m2 |
1 |
Office building |
1 |
450
|
2 |
Sales counter |
1 |
110 |
3 |
Store &temporary shed at Sales counter |
1 |
54 |
4 |
Fertilizer store |
1 |
128 |
5 |
Farm machinery & implements store |
1 |
306 |
6 |
Mushroom house |
1 |
86 |
7 |
Coconut store |
1 |
342 |
8 |
Coconut seed store |
1 |
16 |
9 |
Coconut seed store |
1 |
63 |
10 |
HD potting shed |
1 |
140 |
11 |
Seed processing yard |
1 |
110 |
12 |
Seed Store ( vegetables) |
1 |
100 |
13 |
Pump houses |
4 |
30 (each) |
14 |
Value addition Centre |
1 |
800 |
15 |
Mushroom Lab |
1 |
500 |
16 |
Fruit fly trap preparation unit |
1 |
60 |
17 |
Input store |
1 |
60 |
18 |
Technician Centre |
1 |
60 |
19 |
Labourers’ recreation hall |
1 |
143 |
20 |
Farm machinery/ equipment |
|
|
i. |
Farm tractors |
2 |
|
ii. |
Power tillers |
2 |
|
iii. |
Mini tillers |
2 |
|
iv. |
Inter-cultivator |
1 |
|
v. |
Brush cutters |
4 |
|
vi. |
Chain saw |
1 |
|
vii. |
Thresher |
1 |
|
viii. |
Winnower |
2 |
|
ix. |
Walk-in-cooler for the storage of vegetable seeds (10ft x 10 ft.) |
1 |
|
x. |
Others Sprayers – knapsack, power, rocker, backpack Knives, spades, hoes, sickles Garden equipments & tools |
|
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Green house, glass house, poly house structures in Instructional farm
Department |
Type of facility |
Area(sq.m) |
Instructional Farm |
|
288 90 240 108 300 1000 320 |
Revenue generation and other details regarding Instructional farm
Revenue generation in Instructional Farm |
Seeds and planting material production |
Organic inputs |
Veggie wash |
Secondary micronutrient mixtures |
Value added products of banana, coconut and cassava (Value addition Centre) |
Ponds |
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Model Organic Farming units
- Under the RKVY Project ‘Establishment of the Lead Centre for Organic Farming of Kerala Agricultural University at Vellayani’
- Two primarily certified model organic farms
Model Organic Farm Location |
Area (in ha) |
Dept of Soil Science & Agrl.Chemistry |
1.5 |
Dept. of Agronomy |
1 |
- Integrated Farming System model
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- A teaching cum demonstration model of Integrated Farming System (IFS) unit is maintained in an area of 5000m2.
- The major components are crops (banana, vegetables), duck and fish.
- It is unique in that there is a natural cleaning and aeration mechanism from the nearby spring (water channel).
- It was established and maintained by the Department of Agronomy and managed by the Instructional Farm from 2018 onwards.
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- Livestock farm and Poultry unit
Functioning under: |
Department of Animal Husbandry |
Purpose: |
To impart training to B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag and Diploma students. |
Poultry |
180 m2 |
Livestock farms |
216 m2 |
Dairy farm |
|
Goat and Sheep farm |
|
Poultry unit |
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