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FPOs as agricultural technology promoters

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Title FPOs as agricultural technology promoters
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Creator Anithakumari P.
Alka Gupta
Murali Gopal
Indhuja .S
 
Subject Kera Probio
Bacillus megaterium
Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
Farm Yard Manure (FYM)
 
Description Coconut is a perennial tree crop with specific growth stages such as seedling, pre-bearing (juvenile phases) and bearing stages. Healthy and vigorous coconut seedlings with quality parameters contribute to performance of coconut palms in terms of yield and income for a long period of 80-100 years in the farmers’ fields. ICAR - CPCRI, developed a talc-based bioinoculant containing plant growth promoting rhizobacterium, ‘Bacillus megaterium’ isolated from rhizosphere of healthy and high-yielding coconut. This talc-based product augments plant growth through production of auxins, gibberellins and suppression of disease causing organisms in the soil. ‘Kera Probio’ also proved to support vigorous growth and yield of tomato, brinjal, chillies and other
vegetables which are popular intercrops in coconut gardens. Farmer Producer Organizations are collectives
of practicing small and marginal farmers mostly which can be registered as producer companies or cooperatives/societies. ICAR – CPCRI formulated a Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) ‘Odanadu Farmer Producer Company Ltd. (OFPC)’ in Alappuzha district, Kerala as an outcome of Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP) of ICAR. One of the major objectives is to sustain and grow upon the impact of technology and social innovations gained from the Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP) towards doubling farmers’ income.
Coconut is essentially a small and marginal farmers’ crop and perennial plantation being cultivated in contiguous area. This multi use crop caters to the livelihood of more than 10 million families directly and provides industrial inputs to nutraceutical, beverages, beauty products, ayurveda, coir and coir products, in horticulture industry for replacing soil with coir pith, food products and essential oils. Coconut is an important horticultural crop being cultivated in 17 states and three Union Territories across the country and contributes 31% of world production, annually 21,500 million tons of nuts.This article is the case in point, of rapid social mechanism for the use of ‘Kera Probio’, a bio-input developed by ICAR–CPCRI and released during the year 2014. The technology developed was mainly for coconut seedlings, but proved to be beneficial for coconut palms and vegetables too, which are intercropped in coconut gardens.
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Date 2024-04-05T13:58:13Z
2024-04-05T13:58:13Z
2021-10-01
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81877
 
Language English
 
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Publisher COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD