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E-mail : [email protected] Vol. 2 (3), 2018

The ANGRAU whichhas celebrated Golden Jubilee in2014, is moving forward byconsistently improving on manyfronts that have a bearing onachieving academic excellence,good reputation for research andeffective network for transfer oftechnologies. On the academic front, our students haveexcelled in the national competitive examinations such asGATE, ARS, NET, SRF and JRF and are actively involvedin NSS activities. Students’ Counselling and PlacementCells are functioning in all the colleges. Many of ourstudents are employed in the SAUs, ICAR, State Dept.of Agriculture, corporate sector, reputed non- govt.organizations and in key positions in internationaluniversities. ANGRAU Central Library at Guntur hasintroduced Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID)software for efficient management. Open and DistanceLearning Centre (ODLC) of ANGRAU started it’s anothercertificate course on ‘Terrace Gardening’ duringSeptember, 2018. The research programme of theuniversity is mainly applied and adaptive research. TheDirectorate of Research advocated contingency crop plansfor deficit rainfall situation in the State in the 1st week ofAugust 2018. ANGRAU has grabbed "ForecastingAgricultural Output using Space, Agro-meteorology andland based observations (FASAL)" project of IMD and“Effective delivery of nutrients, insecticides and fungicidesthrough nano particles and its effect on uptake and yieldin groundnut and chilli” project of ICAR. The Scientistsof Extension Units are actively involved in capacity buildingof field extension functionaries of Dept. of Agriculture,besides advocating the best management practicestowards doubling of farmers’ income. All the KVKs have

organized SHG members’participation in the month of July, 2018for the live telecast of Hon’ble PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modi’sinteraction with women members.‘Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan’programme is implemented in theselected three KVKs. ANGRAU has

utilized a total of 56.62 crore rupees of RKVY funds from2013-'14 to 2017-'18 for various research and extensionactivities. Seven KVKs of A.P. are selected as weatherstations by ICAR and a meeting was held with Dr. K.J.Ramesh, Director General, IMD at Guntur in the monthof August, 2018 about future meteorological services. Ihave attended Annual Zonal Workshop of KVKs for ZoneX, held at Hyderabad in September, 2018 and our KVKswere recognized for their best services, during theworkshop. We have recently celebrated 'IndependenceDay’ and ‘NSS Formation Day’ with great enthusiasm.The University scientists have noticed Fall Army Wormincidence in Maize in A.P. and measures are being takento create awareness among farming community. Aninteraction meeting was organized on 27.9.2018 at Gunturinvolving CIMMYT, NIPHM and plant protectionscientists, to prepare a strategic plan to counter this seriouspest. The University scientists are motivated to rededicateon the new challenges and demands of the farmingcommunity that are emanating with local and globalchanges. In the near future, our thrust area would beenhancing farmers’ income and increasing farmproductivity.

From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk

(V. DAMODARA NAIDU)



Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has interacted withmembers of SHGs under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National RuralLivelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) across India via video conferencingon 12.7.2018. All the KVKs of A.P. organized for SHG members’participation and live telecast discussion (Doordarshan) was watchedby the SHG members of A.P. The Prime Minister had an hour longinteraction session with SHG women and discussed about the variousactivities being undertaken by SHG members under DAY-NRLM andhow it has impacted their lives.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh hasconducted one day workshop with a theme‘Global Competitiveness for CapacityBuilding’ on 4th August, 2018 atTarakarama Stadium, Tirupati.Competitions were held to mark the‘Jnanabheri’ workshop at S.V. AgriculturalCollege from 02.08.2018 to 03.08.2018.In addition to the competitions, stall wasorganised by the University students,highlighting achievements alongside the innovations beingcarried out at ANGRAU. Also, provisions in the governmentschemes and innovative experiments/projects undertakenby the students were on display in the stall. Honb’le CM

The Directorate of Extension, ANGRAU has conductedthe review meeting of Innovative Farmers NetworkCoordinators for the year 2017-2018 at AgriculturalCollege, Bapatla on 03.7.2018. Dr. N.V. Naidu, Directorof Research, ANGRAU was the Chief Guest. Dr. P. RamBabu, Director of Extension was the special guest.Dr. B. Vijayabhinandana, University Head (Extension),ANGRAU explained about objectives, importance andpurpose of the review meeting. Dr. Naidu stated that theIFN Coordinators have to spread the informationeffectively by showing technology to the other farmers intheir own situation. Dr. Rambabu,said that if the IFNCoordinators focus on spreading of the information to30 farmers in the district, the ANGRAU technologies willspread quickly and in turn the agricultural production and

SHG members participated in interaction with Hon’ble PM at KVKs

ANGRAU Students’ Participation in ‘Jnanabheri’Shri. N. Chandrababu Naidu, Govt.of A.P. graced the occasion as ChiefGuest, along with Sri Ganta SrinivisaRao, Minister for Human ResourcesDevelopment and interacted withstudents. Ms. Afifa Phenica (PhD 1st

year, Agril. Extension) and KhairunnisaBegum (B.Sc (Ag) II year ) receivedthe commendation certificate andmemento from the CM for theirimpressive presentation on

ANGRAU’s “Village Adoption- Transfer of Technology forSustainable Agriculture’’. Ms. H.B. Shruthi (PhD 1st year,GPBR) received commendation certificate and mementofor her cultural performance in solo classical mix.

farm income will increase. Coordinators of InnovativeFarmers Network of 12 districts presented their workdone report for the year 2017-18. On 04.7.2018, fieldvisit to various research stations at Bapatla was organizedto the coordinators. Dr. A. Mani, Associate Dean, Collegeof Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla; Dr. D. LokanadhaReddy, Associate Dean, Agricultural College, Bapatla andDr.D. Vishnu Shankar Rao, Associate Dean, College ofFood Science & Technology, Bapatla were also present.

Review Meeting of Innovative Farmers Network



The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of Indiahas sanctioned the project entitled “Establishment of Biotech-KISAN Hub at Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University,Guntur” with a budget of Rs. 114.30 lakhs. The Launchworkshop was organized to discuss about the modusoperandi of the project implementation on 05.07.2018.Dr. T. Srinivas, Principal Investigator stated that yield gapsin groundnut and pulse crops in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam,Kurnool and Anantapaur districts will be analysed and toreduce yield gaps, demonstrations on management aspectswill be conducted in farmers’ fields. Dr. J. Krishna Prasadji,Dean of Agriculture; Dr. N.V. Naidu, Director of Research;Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension deliberated thestrategies for increasing yields in pulses and oilseeds. Co-PI(s) Dr. P. Punna Rao, Guntur, Dr. T.V. Sridhar, Gunturand Dr. G. Sunil Kumar Babu, Bapatla participated in thediscussion. Dr. V. Satyanarayana Rao, ADR, Lam, Guntur;

One day training programme was conducted on25.07.2018 at Advanced Post Graduate Centre, Lam,Guntur for Library Professionals/ In-charges of all Collegelibraries of ANGRAU, to implement the KOHA LibraryManagement System (LMS) for the benefit of thestudents, teachers, scientists, extension specialists ofANGRAU and strengthening the libraries of ANGRAU.In his address, the Chief Guest Dr. V. Damodara Naidu ,V-C, ANGRAU stated that digitalization of the librariesshall be focused to disseminate timely information on latestresearch and market information to students and facultymembers. The training programme was organized byDr.S.R.Koteswara Rao, Dean of Student Affairs &University Librarian and Dr. T. Sreenivasa Rao, AssistantProfessor (LIS), Lam, Guntur. Mrs. ShivagamiShanmugam from M/s 2CQR Private Ltd., Chennai wasthe resource person and demonstrated library resourcesavailable online to promote agricultural research output.Dr. D. Balaguravaiah, Dean of P.G. Studies; Dr. K. Yella

Biotech KISAN-Hub Launch Workshop

Training Programme on Library Management Software

Reddy, Dean of Agricultural Engineering & Technologyand Dr. Trimurthulu, Special Officer, APGC were thedignitaries present. A total of 30 participants attended theprogramme.

RFID:Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)software for Central Library, Guntur was inaugurated byV-C, ANGRAU on 12.09.2018 in the presence of Deanof Student Affairs & University Librarian. On this occasion,V-C said that RFID system is efficient than bar codingand can be used to identify, track, sort or detect libraryholdings at the circulation desk and helps in the daily stockmaintenance.

Dr. M.V. Ramana, Principal Scientist (Pulses); KVKProgramme Coordinators of Amadalavalasa, Kalyandurg,Kondempudi and Banavasi have participated.

As a part of the project, one day orientation to theidentified demo farmers of Srikakulam district (60 farmersfrom 25 villages) was conducted at KVK, Amadalavalasaon 11.09.2018.The Chief Guest, Dr. N.V.Naidu, Directorof Research has discussed on the critical interventions ofpulses production, while, Dr. P. Punna Rao talked on KisanHub project objectives, whereas, Dr. T.V. Sridhar spokeon roles and repsonsibilites of fellowship farmers as well asDemo farmers. Dr.P.Jamuna, Associate Director ofResearch, Anakapalle; Dr.P. Jogi Naidu, Principal Scientist& Head, ARS; Dr. D. Chinnam Naidu, ProgrammeCoordinator, KVK and local scientists participated. Dr. P.Rambabu, Director of Extension visited DAATTC,Kondempudi and created awareness on pulses productionfor the project farmers on 26.09.2018.



‘Krishi Kalyan Abhiyaan’ atKVKs

The KVKs- Rastakuntubai, Kadapa andKondempudi have conducted theresidential training programmes on ‘BeeKeeping, Mushroom Cultivation andKitchen Gardening’ and activities such asdistribution of horticultural saplings, wastedecomposer, soil health cards andagricultural implements; construction ofNADEP Compost pits,100 % coverage ofbovine vaccination for Foot and Mouthdisease, 100% coverage of sheep and goatfor eradication of PPR and artificialinsemination saturation, etc were taken upfrom July 1st, 2018 to August 15th, 2018as per the action plan developed incoordination with line departments inselected aspirational villages of the threedistricts. The three KVKs combinedlyreceived appreciation certificate fromDr.Trilochan Mahapatra, Hon’bleSecretary (DARE) & Director General,ICAR for their active involvement in theKKA programme during KVKs AnnualZonal Workshop of Zone X held from Sept20th to Sept 22nd, 2018 at Hyderabad.

Contingency Crop Plan MeetingThe crop and seasonalconditions of seven districtsviz., Chittoor, Kadapa,Anantapuramu, Kurnool,Nellore, Prakasam andGuntur districts werediscussed during thecontingency crop planmeeting held at Kadapa on03.08.2018. Dr. N.V.Naidu, Director of Research, ANGRAU presided the meeting and saidthat out of 13 districts, eight districts received low rainfall and cropcoverage was very low in these districts. The MPEOs will be apprisedabout drought situation and they shall advocate the remedial measuresto be followed by the farmers to overcome drought, he added. SriMuralidhar Reddy, IAS, Special Commissioner, Dept. of Agriculturestated that farmers should think about cultivating alternate crops if thereis no rainfall by the end of August. Muralidhar Reddy said that fieldlevel officers should encourage farmers to insure their crops. Dr. P.Rambabu, Director of Extension stated that the KVKs and DAATTCsshould educate the farmers on appropriate measures to be taken, basedon the location specific requirements. Joint Directors of Agriculture ofseven districts; Dr. K.V. Rao ,Principal Scientist from CRIDA;Programme Coordinators of KVKs/ Coordinators of DAATTCs ofseven districts; Associate Directors of Research of RARS, Tirupati,Nandyal and Lam; Principal Scientists of Crops and Principal Scientist(Agro Meteorology) participated in the discussion.

The NSS UniversityAdvisory Council Meetingfor the year 2018-19 wasconducted at Adminis-trative Office, Guntur on

20.07.2018. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU andChief Guest stated that the NSS helps to inculcate self-discipline in students and appreciated the NSS volunteersof the University for their services. Dr. S.R. Koteswara Rao,Dean of Student Affairs andOrganizing Secretary, NSS divulgeddetails of budget spent in the year2017-'18 towards NSS activities andaction plan for the year 2018-19. SriR. Gokula Krishnan, Director, NSSRegional Directorate, Hyderabad saidthat Skill Development Activities shallbe given importance in the action plan.

Dr. P. Ramachandra Rao, NSS State Officer for A.P. statedthat Additional Units will be provided if necessary and thebest volunteers will be given prizes on 24th of September(NSS Formation Day). Dr. Krishna Prasadji, Dean ofAgriculture; Dr. D. Bhasakara Rao, Registrar; Dr. A.S. Rao,Comptroller and Representatives of Associate Deans fromMadakasira, Tirupati, Naira, Bapatla and PulivendulaColleges participated in the discussion. On 24.09.2018,blood donation camps were organized by 10 colleges of

ANGRAU and five affiliated privatecolleges. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu,V-C, ANGRAU was the ChiefGuest for the blood donation campat Bapatla Agricultural College andapplauded the students and staffwho donated blood.

NSS University Advisory Council Meeting



ADR, RARS, Nandyal and Dr. R. Veeraraghavaiah,Principal Scientist & Head, ARS, Rekulakunta, ProgrammeCoordinators and 25 scientists from KVKs participated inthe workshop.

The ICAR- ATARI, Zone -X, Hyderabad and ANGRAUhave jointly organized the Action Plan Workshop CumTraining on CFLDs of Pulses and Oilseeds (2018-19) forKVKs of A.P. on 30.07.2018 at KVK, Reddipalli,Anantapuramu district. Dr. N.V. Naidu, Director ofResearch, stated that ANGRAU is taking special interestfor oilseeds cultivation and KVKs act as seed hub centresunder NFSM scheme. Dr. Y.G. Prasad, Director, ATARI,Zone X said that from this year onwards, scientists of KVKwill take up seed production involving farmers in villages.Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension; Dr.M.Subba Rao,

Action Plan Workshop Cum Training on CFLDs

A two day conference on “Challenges and Opportunitiesin Statistics and Informatics for Futuristic HumanosphereEspecially in Agriculture” is scheduled to be organizedby the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University during

National Conference on Statistics and Informatics to be organized29th-31st January, 2019 at S.V Agriculture College,Tirupati in conjunction with 21st Annual Conference ofSociety of Statistics, Computer and Applications. In thiscontext, brochure was released by Dr. V. DamodaraNaidu, Hon’ble V-C, ANGRAU on 26.07.2018 atGuntur in the presence of Dr. J. Krishna Prasadji, Deanof Agriculture; Dr. G. Mohan Naidu, Organizing Secretary,Tirupati; Dr. B. Ravindra Reddy, Co- OrganizingSecretary, Tirupati; Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao, Convener,Bapatla; Dr. Sk. Nafeez Umar and Dr. D. Ramesh,Members of Organizing Committee. Correspond on e-mail:[email protected], for further details.

Review Meeting on Progress of RKVYReview meeting on progress of Rashtriya Krishi VikasYojana Project was held on 13.08.2018 at APGC, Lam,Guntur. Dr. N.V. Naidu, Director of Research presided themeeting. The Chief Guest Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V-C,ANGRAU stated that the infrastructure created with thefunds of RKVY should be effectively utilized for agriculturedevelopment in the State. Dr. N.V. Naidu apprised that Dept.of Agriculture & Cooperation, Govt. of A.P. has releasedRs. 18.3 crore in 2017-18 and Rs.13.0 crore in 2016-17and a total of Rs. 56.62 crore was released to ANGRAUunder RKVY funds from 2013-14 to 2017-2018. He alsostated that those funds were utilized for production ofbiofertilizers, micro irrigation research, post-harvest farmequipment, custom hiring centres, facilities in soil, water,chemical and bio fertilizers laboratories, capacity building

of farmers and AEOs, etc. Scientists of RARSs, ARSs,KVKs, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural EngineeringColleges, Food Science and Technology Colleges made apower point presentation of work taken up under RKVYin their respective units. Dr. P. Rambabu, Director ofExtension; Dr. L. Uma Devi, Dean of Home Science andDr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao, Comptroller participatedin the review.



NARI Programme ImplementationNutri-sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovations(NARI) programme was initiated by ICAR as womencentric programme to be implemented by the women andfor the women. Home scientists working in KVKs areplaying a major role in the implementation of thisprogramme. KVK, Rastakuntubai has prepared a road mapfor implementing the NARI programme in KVK adoptedvillages especially Doubling Farmers’ Income. A schedulewas developed for collecting data through baseline surveyto assess the nutritional status and dietary habits of tribalwomen. As a part of NARI programme, on 16.08.2018,nutrigarden kits were distributed to ICDS personnel ofAnganwadi Centres for developing nutrigarden in eachpanchayat. Further, training programme to tribal womenfarmers on importance of balanced diet and low costnutritious food was also conducted. Also, fortification oflocally available foods, enriching the existing diets of tribalfamilies and developing a nutricalendar is in progress.

Anti-Ragging Awareness Programme wasconducted on 09.08.2018 at Agricultural College,Mahanandi. Officials of Police Department, Mahanandi;Teaching staff; non -teaching staff and the students haveparticipated in this programme. Dr. B. Narendra,Associate Dean, explained the consequences of ragging

Anti-Ragging Awareness Programme\and advised the senior students to live amicably with alljuniors and consider them as family members. Sri. P. TulasiNaga Prasad, Sub-Inspector of Police, Mahanandiexplained about the various punishments to the peopleinvolved in ragging and advised all the students for not toinvolve in any anti-social activities. Dr. U. Vijaya BhaskarReddy, Assistant Professor and OSA, has narrated allthe activities and behaviours of the students which comeunder the category of ragging and the relevant punishmentsas listed in the Raghavan Committee constituted againstRagging. Dr. M. Srinivasa Reddy, Associate Professordelivered a speech on good behaviour and the importanceof good friend circle in the campus. All the students aredistributed with pamphlets printed with ragging relatedactivities and the punishments.

Independence Day CelebrationsThe ANGRAU has celebrated the 72nd Independence Dayof India in all its units and at Head Quarters on 15.08.2018.The day was celebrated in Administrative Office premises,for which Sri M. Lakshmi Narayana Member, Board ofManagement, ANGRAU was the Chief Guest. He said thatANGRAU will again achieve top position among SAUs ifthe teaching and non- teaching staff extend their cooperation.Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, Vice- Chancellor, ANGRAU,hoisted the tri-colour national flag and addressed thegathering. In his speech, V-C stated that ANGRAU initiatedprocess for establishment of National Rice Research Institutesub centre at Agricultural College, Naira and land allotmentprocess was completed. V-C apprised that ‘Agricos GreenProgramme’ was introduced in all colleges of the University.On this auspicious occasion, the V-C announced meritoriousawards to 27 non- teaching staff of ANGRAU working invarious centres across the state. The event was conductedby Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao, Registrar, ANGRAU.UniversityOfficers, teaching staff and non- teaching staff working atGuntur participated in the celebrations.



Meeting on “Agricultural Meteorological Services to farmers”

Meeting on “DigitalFarm and FoodSecurity” wasorganized atAdministrat ive

Office, Guntur on 20.08.2018. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu,V-C, ANGRAU presided the meeting. IRRI scientists Dr.Tree Sutiona discussed about the integrated schemeproposal on the topic with the scientists of ANGRAU. TheIRRI scientist apprised that the scheme consists of digital

Meeting on “AgriculturalMeteorological Services and FuturePlans” was conducted on18.08.2018 at Administrative Office,Guntur for which Dr. K.J. Ramesh,Director General, IndianMeteorological Department hasattended as the Chief Guest. In hisaddress, Dr. Ramesh said that IMD had tie up with theMinistry of Agriculture to use the Krishi Vigyan Kendras(KVKs) in the districts as weather forecastingobservatories/stations and accordingly selected sevenKVKs in A.P. Dr. Ramesh added that this will furtherpercolate at the block level to give “crop- specificadvisories”. Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAUstated that Grameena Krishi Mousam Seva and

Meeting on “Digital Farm and Food Security”

Pradhan Mantri Fasal BhimaYojana schemes are launched by theGovt. to extensively benefit farmers.Dr. N.V. Naidu, Director ofResearch said that the agro-metadvisory services are being providedto registered farmers through m-kisan portal on their mobile phones.

Dr.P. Rambabu, Director of Extension; Dr. D. BhaskaraRao, Registrar; Dr. D. Balaguravaiah, Dean of P.G.Studies; Dr. L. Uma Devi, Dean of Home Science; Dr.Bapuji Rao, Principal Scientist, CRIDA; Dr. B.Vijayabhinandana, University Head (Extension); Dr.S.B.S. Narasimha Rao, Principal Scientist participatedin the discussion.Later, Dr. Ramesh was felicitated by theANGRAU scientific fraternity.

farms and involves internet of things, unmanned vehicles &artificial intelligence and remote sensing and requires fundsof a total of 500 crore rupees. Dr. V. Damodara Naidusaid that ANGRAU is interested to take the integratedscheme to the next level after discussions with Govt. ofA.P, Scientists and Partners. Dr. D. Bhasakara Rao,Registrar; Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension; Dr. N.V.Naidu, Director of Research ; Dr. J. Krishna Prasadji, Deanof Agriculture and Dr. D. Balaguravaiah, Dean of P.G.Studies participated in the discussion.

National level workshop on Nutri-Cereals (Millets)was organized by Department of Agriculture &Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), NewDelhi in collaboration with Indian Institute of MilletResearch (ICAR-IIMR) and Department of Agriculture,Govt. of Maharashtra on 28.09.2018 at Vaikunth MehtaNational Institute of Cooperative Management(VAMNICOM), Pune. Shri. Radha Mohan Singh, Hon’bleUnion Minister of Agriculture has inaugurated theworkshop. The status of nutri-cereals grown by variousStates and the programmes carried out to promote the

National Workshop on Milletsnutri-cereals waspresented duringworkshop. KVK,Reddipalli and KVK,Utukur representedthe ANGRAU andexhibited the stall with 'Ready to cook' and 'Ready toeat' Millet products. Hon'ble Union Minister appreciatedthe stall and eco friendly packing (boxes made with bananafiber) promoted by KVK, Reddipalli and suggested to spreadthe such products to the officials.



One day workshop on“Restructuring P.G. Curriculum inCommunity Science (Masters as wellas Doctoral)” was organized by theFaculty of Home Science on06.09.2018 at APGC, Lam, Guntur.Dr. L. Uma Devi, Dean of HomeScience, ANGRAU briefed the participants about theobjective of the workshop and evolution & milestones ofHome Science in ANGRAU. The Chief Guest Hon’ble V-C Dr. V. Damodara Naidu, addressed the gathering andstated that the goal of GOI for doubling the farmers incomecan be achieved only through women empowerment andappreciated the role being played by Home Scientists inthe KVKs for streamlining activities in those lines. Familycounseling, family relations, medical care, nutritional care,

Workshop on “Restructuring P.G. Curriculum in Community Science”

Training Programmes on Integrated Management of PinkBoll Worm was conducted on 21.08.2018 and 24.08.2018 atLam, Guntur. Demonstration farmers and a total of 400 AEOsand MPEOs from Guntur district attended the programme.Dr.V. Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU was the ChiefGuest. In his address, V-C said that the training is useful tothe field extension staff to advocate various measures tofarmers for mitigating pink boll worm affecting the cottoncrop. Demonstration farmers shall disseminate the outcomeof the training programme to other cotton farmers foreffectively controlling pink boll worm in future, he added.Sri. M. Lakshmi Narayana, Member, Board of Management;Dr. N. V. Naidu, Director of Research; Dr. P. Rambabu,Director of Extension; Dr. V.Satyanarayana Rao, AssociateDirector of Research, RARS, Lam; Dr.S. Ratna Kumari,

Trainings on Pink Boll Worm Management

Farmer - Scientist Interaction on AKPS Advisory Services

The Farmer- Scientist interactionmeeting on Annapurna KrishiPrasara Seva mobile advisoryservices was organized jointly bythe Directorate of Extension,ANGRAU and Digital IndiaCorporation, New Delhi at KVK,Amadalavalasa on 24.08.2018. Dr. P.Punna Rao, PrincipalAgricultural Information Officer & Officer-in-Charge,AKPS from ANGRAU highlighted the achievements ofthe project and said that presently 46,000 farmers are being

environmental safety and elderlycare were some of the areas thatthe Home Science faculty canconcentrate at the grass root level,V-C added. The participantsformed into five groups as pertheir respective departments, for

elaborate discussions on the course structure suggested byBroad Subject Matter Area Committee (BSMAC) and eachgroup came up with valuable suggestions and necessarymodifications in the P.G. curriculum keeping in view thepresent needs of the Community. Dr. D. Balaguravaiah, Deanof P.G. Studies stated to the members of Faculty of HomeScience to submit their recommendations to the University.Dr. D. Bhaskara Rao, Registrar and Dr. J. Krishna Prasadji,Dean of Agriculture participated in the discussion.

Principal Scientist (Cotton) participated in the training.Brochure was released and distributed to the farmers fortimely recording of the data. Principal Scientists of variousdisciplines at Lam, Guntur served as resource persons inthe training. In the months of August and September, 2018team of scientists from RARS, Lam visited the demonstrationplots and observed that farmers are following managementpractices as advised by scientists and Department officials.

benefitted from AKPS mobileadvisory services in A.P. andTelangana states. Dr. B.K. Murthy,Scientist (G), MEITY, GoI, NewDelhi informed the farmers aboutGovernment initiatives for digitalizingservices for farmers. Dr. P. Jamuna,

ADR, RARS, Anakapalle suggested that weatherinformation provided to farmers should be district specific.Farmers feedback was obtained in the meeting. Dr. D.Chinnam Naidu, P.C, KVK has coordinated the meeting.



The three dayAnnual ZonalWorkshop ofKrishi VigyanK e n d r a s(KVKs) underZone-X was

organized by ICAR-ATARI, Hyderabad during 20th Sep-tember – 22nd September, 2018 at Central Research Insti-tute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad. Dr. TrilochanMohapatra, Hon’ble Secretary, DARE & Director Gen-eral, ICAR was the Chief Guest. In his address on21.09.2018, Dr. Mohapatra suggested that every KVKshould have at least one model of Integrated Farming Sys-tem. KVKs shall act as one- stop- shop, he added. Dr.Mohapatra emphasized on integrating forward and back-ward linkages for value chain management. Dr. V. DamodaraNaidu, V-C, ANGRAU highlighted the importance of needbased, location specific, problem oriented real time dem-onstrations to reduce cost of cultivation and improve pro-duction and productivity. University needs additional KVKin Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts and one KVK in

Interaction meeting on Maize ‘Fall Army Worm’Interaction meeting on Fall ArmyWorm on Maize was organized on27.09.2018 at APGC, Guntur andDr. N.V. Naidu, Director of Re-search presided the meeting. In hisaddress, Chief Guest Dr. V.Damodara Naidu, V-C, ANGRAU said that late planted fields are morelikely to become infested and can be chemically controlled. He has requestedthe scientists to be vigilant and educate the farmers on this new pest in A.P.Dr. B. M. Prasanna, Director, CGIAR Research Programme Maize andGlobal Maize Programme, CIMMYT, Kenya spoke on the occasion andsaid that Fall Army Worm is a serious insect pest and can be effectivelycontrolled through integrated measures such as using cultural, mechanical,bio and chemical pesticides. Measures to be taken to alert farmers in time tomanage this menace, are thoroughly discussed. Dr. M. Lakshmi Narayana,Member, Board of Management, ANGRAU; Dr. J. Alice R.P. Sujeetha,Director, Plant Bio Security, National Institute of Plant Health Management;Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension, Dr. Prabhu C Ganiger, Entomolo-gist, UAS, Bangalore, plant protection scientists working with research sta-tions, KVKs, DAATTCs and colleges have participated in the interaction.

Guntur District under ANGRAU, V-C added. Dr. Y.G.Prasad, Director, ICAR- ATARI, Hyderabad presented theachievements of Zone X for the year 2017-18. Seventy-four KVKs belonging to Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu,Telangana and Pondicherry participated in the programmeand presented the progress of various activities undertakenby the KVKs during 2017-18. Few publications were re-leased during the workshop. Dr.A.K.Singh, DDG (Exten-sion), ICAR; Dr. V.D. Chahal, ADG (Extension), ICAR;Dr. K. Ramasamy, V-C, TNAU; Dr.V. Praveena Rao, V-C, PJTSAU; Dr. P. Rambabu, Director of Extension,ANGRAU; Dr. D. Raji Reddy, Director of Extension,PJTSAU; Dr. R.V.S.K. Reddy, Director of Extension, Dr.Y.S.R. Horticultural University; Dr. H. Philip, Director ofExtension, Tamilnadu Agricultural University; Dr. Srinivias,Director of Extension, S.V. Veterinary University; Dr. N.K.Sudeep Kumar, Director of Extension, Tamilnadu Veteri-nary and Animal Sciences University; Dr. M.NagoorMeeran, Director of Extension, Tamilnadu Fisheries Uni-versity and Dr. B. Vijayabhinandana, University Head (Ex-tension), ANGRAU were the dignitaries present.

Patrons Meeting of TheJournal of Research

ANGRAUFirst Patrons Meeting of The Journalof Research ANGRAU wasorganized by Dr. D. Balaguravaiah,Editor-in- Chief and Dr. P. PunnaRao, Managing Editor atAdministrative Office, Guntur on21.08.2018. ANGRAU FacultyDeans and Directors, who are thePatrons attended the meeting.Discussions were held on by- lawsof the Journal containing nine articles,Website Design & Menus andincrease in subscription price of theJournal. The decisions taken in themeeting were perused and approvedby the Chief Patron i.e. Vice-Chancellor and were circulated to theAdvisory Board and Editorial Boardmembers.

Annual Zonal Workshop of KVKs



KVK Banavasi’s Mobile Apps

The KVK, Banavasi has developed mobile app “ANGRAUKVK Banavasi CFLDs” to cater the information needs ofredgram, bengalgram, blackgram, groundnut, castor andsafflower covering aspects such as Crop Production, Varietalinformation, Crop Protection and Market information, etc.It also provides information on other useful apps and detailsfor obtaining information in agriculture. Similarly, the KVKalso developed “ANGRAU Pashu Poshan” app thatcontains comprehensive information on cattle, sheep & goatand poultry management; fodder production andconservation methods; best management practices; doubling

The experiential learning unit of ice- cream plant wassanctioned by ICAR with a total budget of Rs. 94.50 Lakhsin 2013-14 under ‘Strengthening and Development ofHigher Agricultural Education in India’ scheme to the Collegeof Food Science and Technology, Bapatla, with theobjective of imparting hands-on training to students so asto become successful entrepreneurs in future. Students areinvolved in procurement of raw materials, processing of milkinto products, packaging, marketing, registers maintenance,etc. Products prepared are ice cream, kulfi, tri colouredkulfi, flavoured milk, basundhi, khoa, paneer, rabri, etc.The

farmers’ income strategies and other related information onlivestock. Both these applications are in telugu languageand available in Google play store which can be downloadedfree of cost. ANGRAU Pashu Poshan app was officiallyinaugurated at Annual Zonal Workshop of KVKs held from20th– 22nd September, 2018 at Hyderabad.

NASF Project sanctioned toRARS, Tirupati

Research project titled “Effective delivery of nutrients,insecticides and fungicides through nano particulatesand its effect on uptake and yield in groundnut andchilli” was sanctioned by the National AgriculturalScience Fund Project, ICAR, New Delhi to RARS,Tirupati. Principal investigator of the Project is Dr.T.N.V.K.V. Prasad, Principal Scientist (Soil Science).Total outlay of the project is 118 Lakh Rupees (OneCrore and Eighteen Lakh Rupees only) and will beimplemented for next three years in collaboration withDr. G. Sathisha, Principal Scientist (Soil Science),ICAR- IIHR, Bangalore.

Certificate Course on ‘Terrace Gardening’Started

The Open andDistance LearningCentre has started itssecond certificatecourse on ‘TerraceGardening’ on28.9.2018 at KVKsGhantasala; Nellore;Undi; Kalikiri andDarsi. A total of 120farmers got registered for this three months course andattended the first contact class that was held on 28.9.2018.The syllabus book on terrace gardening was distributed to theregistered farmers.

unit involving 15 students is running successfully and the netprofit generated from the unit was Rs.74,252/- during2017-'18.

ELP Unit of Ice-cream Plant



‘Swachhata Hi Sewa’Campaign by KVKs

FASAL Project sanctioned to AMFU, AnanthapuramuThe Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Government of India, New Delhi has sanctioned the Forecasting AgriculturalOutput using Space, Agro-meteorology and land based observations (FASAL) Project to Agro Meteorology Field Unit,Ananthapuramu. The mandate of the project is to forecast the yield of major field crops using remote sensing and agro-meteorology crop models. Initially, the project is sanctioned for five years duration and Rs. 5.0 Lakhs budget is allottedfor the year 2018-19. Principal Investigator is Dr. S.N. Malleswari and Co- PI is Dr. G. Narayanaswamy. Previously,RARS, Tirupati was sanctioned with FASAL project and AMFU, Anantapuramu is the second centre to implement theproject.

VanamahostavThe Agricultural College, Rajamahendravaram organizedVanamahostav as a part of ‘Green Agricos’ programme on21.08.2018 & 19.09.2018 at Katheru Agricultural Farm andstudents planted coconut tree saplings, ficus plants, etc.Individual students will take care of their plants during theirperiod of study at College. Dr. G.V. Nageswara Rao, AssociateDean; NSS programme In-charge Officers Dr. Ch. Srinivasand Dr. Spandana and teaching staff were present.

The “cleanliness is service” campaign to markMahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary wasinitiated by KVKs on 15.09.2018. Scientists and stafftook part in various cleanliness drives such as cleaningof office premises, organizing rallies, cleaning of dirton streets, eradication of parthenium, etc in KVKcampuses, schools and villages. The campaign wascontinued for two weeks upto October 2nd, 2018.

Training on Extension MethodsOne day training programme on ‘Field Extension Methods’ was conducted on 26.09.2018 at RARS, Tirupati for newlyrecruited scientists of KVKs and DAATTCs in Southern Zone. The Scientists were trained on PRA techniques, processdocumentation, flag method, OFTs and FLDs, etc. A total of 15 scientists from four KVKs and three DAATTCs attendedthe training. Dr. P. Rajasekhar, ADR, RARS, Tirupati was Course Director and Dr. K. Mohan, Scientist(Extn) coordinatedthe training.

National Fish Farmers day was celebrated at KrishiVigyan Kendra, Amadalavalasa on 10.07.2018 to createawareness among public and tribal fish farmers aboutthe importance of fish farming as income generatingactivity. A total of 56 Fish farmers (including 20 Tribalfish farmers and 6 women farmers) from Srikakulamdistrict have participated. During the technical session,various aspects related to fish seed production and grow

National Fish Farmers Day

out culture technologies and their role in doubling thefarmer’s income and importance of integrated system alongwith horticulture and agriculture crops were discussed.Dr. D.Chinnamnaidu, Programme Coordinator, KVK,Amadalavalasa; Dr.V.V.Krishnamurthy, Joint Director,Fisheries, Srikakulam; Subject Matter Specialists ofKVK; Asst. Director (Fisheries) and NGO representativesparticipated.



On the occasion of Teacher’s day (05.09.2018), the Govt.of A.P. has felicitated the teachers with State Best TeacherAwards. Sri N.Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble ChiefMinister of A.P. and Sri. G. Srinivasa Rao, Minister forHuman Resource Development presented the awards tothe best teachers.During this occassion, the ANGRAU

State Awards to ANGRAU Teachers

Editor : Dr. P. Punna Rao Scientist In-charge : Dr. A. LalithaPublished by : Principal Agricultural Information Officer, Agricultural Information and Communication

Centre on behalf of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur - 522 034E-mail: [email protected]

AwardDr. G. Rama Rao, Principal Scientist (Crop Physiology) working with Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam,Guntur received “Professor M.S. Swaminathan Best Scientist” award in recognition of his contributions to ScientificResearch and Education from Tamilnadu Scientific and Research Institute on 15th September, 2018 at the event held inPudukkottai, Tamilnadu.

teachers, Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao, Professor & UniversityHead (Statistics & Computer Applications); Dr. A. Mani,Professor (Soil and Water Engineering); Dr. G.Prabhakara Reddy, Professor (Agronomy) and Dr. P. V.Sathya Gopal, Professor (Agricultural Extension) havereceived the awards from the Hon’ble CM.

Dr. K. Yella Reddy, Dean of Agricultural Engineering &Technology, ANGRAU who is also the Vice -President ofthe International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage(ICID) has attended the global conference on “Innovativeand Sustainable Agri-Water Management: Adapting tovariable and Changing Climate’’ and 69th InternationalExecutive Committee (IEC) meeting of ICID at Saskatoon,

Canada during 12th -17th August, 2018. Dr. Reddypresented a research paper ‘Efficient Water Managementfor Sustainable Development: Context of Indian NationalWater Policy 2012’ in the conference. Dr. Reddy hasparticipated in a three day post conference technical tourto study cropping patterns, irrigation systems and watermanagement practices in Saskatchewan and Albertaprovinces.

Abroad Visit

Dr. M. Mallikarjuna Reddy, Principal Scientist(Research) working at Directorate of Research, Gunturretired from his services on 31.07.2018. He has servedthe University for about 33 years in various capacitiesi.e. Asst. Plant Pathologist, Principal Scientist (PlantPathology), Associate Director of Research (H.Q),Special Officer and worked at Palem, Anantapur,Sangareddy, Hyderabad, and Guntur.

Dr. Y. Suryanarayana, Principal Scientist (Rice)working at Regional Agricultural Research Station,Maruteru retired from his services on 31.07.2018.He has served the University for about 35 years invarious capacities i.e. Scientist, Sr. Scientist,Principal Scientist (Rice) & Head and worked atMaruteru and Nellore.

Superannuation

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