{"id":4022,"date":"2014-01-02T12:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T07:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022"},"modified":"2014-02-20T17:12:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T11:42:34","slug":"central-demonstration-farm-wani-rambhapur-akola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022","title":{"rendered":"Central Demonstration Farm, Wani Rambhapur, Akola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 2px 15px 2px 15px;\">\n<table class=\"main-table\" style=\"width: 668px; height: 182px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1759\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#abtdept\">About Project<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"8\">\n<p>\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4016 aligncenter\" alt=\"CDF_Bldg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_Bldg.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#objective\">Objectives<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#climate\">Soil and Climate<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#feature\">Salient Features of Centre<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#seedprod\">Seed Production<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#tot\">Transfer of Technology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#devact\">Developnemt Activities<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"glass_37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/glass_37.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022#contactinfo\">Contact Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><a name=\"abtdept\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800000;\">About Project<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Central Demonstration Farm, Wani Rambhapur is established in the year 1969 with the acquisition of the land from adjoining villages Anwi, Borgaon, Dhaga, Katepurna, Kothari, Kurankhed, Mirzapur, Nipana, Pahadpur, Pailpada, Rajapur, Rambhapur, Sukali, Tamshi, Tankhed, Wani etc. and it is the largest farm of Univesity. It provides agricultural facilities relating to land and cultivation of crops.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><a name=\"objective\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: medium;\">Objectives<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Implementation and execution of Seed production program allotted by the University every year. Seed Production including Breeder, Foundation, Certified, and Truthful stages of various varieties of crop developed by this University and State Department of Agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Demonstration of novel and new technologies innovated in agriculture, specially in seed production techniques, farm mechanization, precision in agriculture related fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Demonstrate the improved methods of cultivation of crops and different agro-techniques to the farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">To impart training to extension workers and to transfer the technology generated at the university level.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a name=\"climate\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800000;\">Soil and Climate<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As per the soil survey the farm has approximately 12% shallow soils with depth ranging from 10 to 25 cm, 20 % medium soils with soil depth as 25 to 40 cm and 68 % deep soils with soil depth more than 90 cm. This center comes under the 3rd Agro-Climatic zone i.e. Western Vidarbha Zone, rainfall ranging from 700-950 mm, the rainfall patter and distribution of the region is erratic\/prone to long dry or wet spells. Temperture ranges from 30-460C.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><a name=\"feature\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800000;\">Salient Features of Centre<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">CDF is a large farm located on NHW No. 6 and close to to the University main campus (23 Kms.).CDF is situated at the bank of Katepurna River &amp; in catchments area of Katepurna dam.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Whole farm of CDF, is divided into 16 blocks, other supportive sections includes Workshop, Store, Plant protection &amp; Development Unit, LFD, BSPU sponsored by ICAR, New Delhi, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Availability of Land at single location<\/strong>: The major strength of CDF is availability of land i.e. 2031.83 ha at one location. The land is divided in various small blocks for smooth and effective control and supervision of farm activities. Each block is independent in all respect and has own farm office.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Mechanization of Farm is possible:<\/strong> University has provided different types of vehicles including farm tractors &amp; farm implements sufficient to complete the farm related operations and activities in time. Being large farm, the mechanization of farm activities is necessary for effective and efficient use of inputs and its cost economics. The available farm machineries needs strengthen and improve with new and latest version.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Irrigation facility<\/strong>: Minors of Katepurna project and its subsidiary contributories running into the farms covering larges area. Different farm ponds and water shed structures are developed with a view to bring larger area\/land under lift irrigation. Presently farm is not under irrigation mainly due to poor rainfall, low ground water and un-sufficient water level in Katepurna Project\/Dam.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"main-table\" style=\"width: 707px; height: 197px;\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4015 alignnone\" alt=\"CDF_CottonDry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_CottonDry.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4018\" alt=\"CDF_BreederSeed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_BreederSeed.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"151\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4017 aligncenter\" alt=\"CDF_Mechanize\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_Mechanize.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Dry sowing of cotton<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Visit of Seed Monitoring and Review Committee along with the members<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Farm Mechanization<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><a name=\"seedprod\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800000;\">Seed Production<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Seed Production : <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> The university has been given a mandate of supplying breeders and foundation seed of various crops. We are proud to mention that we have been able to fulfill the targets assigned by the Govt. to the university. On an average 1847 and 4700 quintals of breeders and foundation seed is produced annually besides large quantity of truthfull seed of improvd varieties of crops and are distributed to the cultivators. The seedlings of various fruit crops like mango, pomegranate, sapota, ber, coconut and guava are raised for commercial purpose. The University nursery at central campus produces seedlings and planting material of flowering, ornamental, medicinal, aromatic plants, forage and vegetable crops which are also made available for sale to farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><a name=\"tot\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: medium;\">Transfer of Technology<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Demonstration of Technologies of crop production and farm mechanization.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Demonstration of crop varieties<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Supply of Quality seed to the farmers, seed corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"CDF_Muzumdar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_Muzumdar.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Co-ordinator (Pulses) Kanpur inspecting Tur Hy.-ICPH-2740<\/span><\/p>\n<div><a name=\"devact\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800000;\">Developmental Activities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Developmental activities : Large area has heavy soils covering large vegetation &amp; shrubs which is not suitable for growing the crops. Since last two years more that 500 hectares of land have been brought under permanent cultivation and horticultural orchard. This has served as a model for utilization of barren and denunded lands.<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"main-table\" style=\"width: 539px; height: 197px;\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4020 aligncenter\" alt=\"CDF_LandAvail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_LandAvail.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"158\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4021 aligncenter\" alt=\"CDF_LandCultivable\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/CDF_LandCultivable.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"159\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Total land \u2013 2031.83 ha (5080 Acres)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Year wise increase in cultivable area in ha<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><a name=\"contactinfo\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Contact Information<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Chief Seed Production Officer<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Central Demonstration Farm<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Dr. PDKV, Wani Rambhapur<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Dist. Akola, Maharashtra, India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Phone No. 0724-2238127<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Fax No. 0724-2238127<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> E-mail: cspocdf_pdkv@yahoo.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/?page_id=4022\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"class_list":["post-4022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdkv.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}