Field Internship Report: Krishi Vigyan Kendra Birauli, Pusa, Samastipur
Field Internship Report: Krishi Vigyan Kendra Birauli, Pusa, Samastipur
Field Internship Report: Krishi Vigyan Kendra Birauli, Pusa, Samastipur
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am highly overwhelmed while expressing my sense of gratitude towards all those who have
helped and guided me during the course of this project. I extended my heartiest thanks to KVK,
BIRAULI for giving me such an opportunity for strengthens my domain of knowledge.
I express my profound sense of gratitude and heartiest respect to Dr. R.K. Tiwari (senior
scientist of KVK Vaishali) and Dr. Sanjeet Kumar Sameer (Associate Professor SAB&RM)
for their inspiring and affectionate guidance, concrete suggestion, unending benevolence and
constant encouragement during the course of this project and in the preparation of this report. My
experience from this project has broadened my knowledge arena by introducing me to the
practical problems that one fascinates field as the primary link between an organization and its
customers.
I owe a great deal to SAB&RM, for laying the building block of logic and pragmatism in our
lives. This report in a way is a reflection of these values. The organizational traineeship segment
(OTS) provided me with a unique opportunity of working with an organization.
Lastly, I am thankful to all my friends who were attached with me during the field internship
program for their help and cooperation.
Swatee Swagatika
CONTENT
Sl. NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO.
1. Introduction 1
6. Transect walk 10
7. Socio-resource map 11
INTRODUCTION
Field internship provides exposure to students to the natural setting of the village situations,
work with the farm families, identify their problems and make use of various extension tools for
transferring the latest agricultural technologies. It enable the students to gain rural experience,
give them confidence and enhance the problem solving abilities in real life situations. It helps the
students primarily to understand the rural situations, status of Agricultural technologies adopted
by farmers, prioritize the farmers’ problems and to develop skills & attitude of working with
rural population for overall development in rural area.
Objective:
• To impart diagnostic and remedial knowledge to the students relevant to real field situations
through practical training.
• To get familiarize with the socio-economic conditions of the farmers and their problem
with reference to agricultural development.
KVK INFORMATION
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Birauli, Samastipur was established by the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research in June, 2004 under the administrative control of Rajendra Agricultural
University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar observing the possibilities and potentialities of growing
cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables as well as medicinal and aromatic plants in the alluvial
fertile tracts of Samastipur district. Since then, it has proved to be one of the leading centers for
front line extension education in the district mandated to organize vocational trainings in
agriculture and allied vocations with emerging advances in agriculture research on regular basis.
The Centre is also dedicated to organize and conduct front line demonstrations in consultation
with subject matter specialist for testing, refining and documenting region specific and
sustainable land use system. The Centre has conducted more than 48 on farm Trials since its
inception for technology assessment, refinement and validation and documented a number of
technologies for the microclimatic situation of Samastipur district of Bihar. The
recommendations based on the On Farm Trials are well adopted by the farmers and a number of
Front Line Demonstrations have also been conducted for broad basing of the technology.
We visited KVK, Birauli on 13th September. The Head of KVK interacted with us and he
sensitized us about internship program. There he assigned us villages for our study and each of
us are assigned a project. I had been assigned the Naraenpur village of Pusa Block and a project
on poultry. The SMS of poultry explained the works to be done for this project.
Facilitators :
Name Position
District Samastipur
State Bihar
Population : 2421
According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Gopalpur village is 236628.
Gopalpur village is located in Pusa subdivision of Samastipur district in Bihar, India. It is situated 8km
away from sub-district headquarter Pusa (tehsildar office) and 17.5km away from district headquarter
Samastipur. As per 2009 stats, Thahra is the gram panchayat of Gopalpur village.
The total geographical area of village is 94 hectares. Gopalpur has a total population of 2,421 peoples,
out of which male population is 1,254 while female population is 1,167. Literacy rate of gopalpur village
is 62.66% out of which 68.58% males and 56.30% females are literate. There are about 485 houses in
gopalpur village.
Samastipur is nearest town to gopalpur for all major economic activities, which is approximately 17.5km
away.
Gopalpur - Village Overview
Gram Panchayat : Thahra
Block / Subdivision : Pusa
District : Samastipur
State : Bihar
Pincode : N/A
Area : 94 hectares
Population : 2,421
Households : 485
Nearest Town : Samastipur (17.5 km)
Totl Workers
Cropping Pattern :
Rabi Wheat Green Groundnut Banana, Mango, Tomato,
gram, Citrus, Litchi, Aonla Potato,
Black Brinjal, Okra,
gram Cowpea,
Turmeric
➢ It is an approach for shared learning between local people and outsiders to enable
development practitioners, government officials and to local people to plan together
appropriate interventions.
➢ It is a process of participatory rural appraisal of involving local people in the analysis and
interaction of rural situation.
Participatory : it means that the people are involved in the process that required good
communication skills and attitude of project.
Rural : the techniques can be applied in any situation ,urban , rural with both literate or illiterate.
Appraisal : The finding out of information about problems needs and potentials in the village.
Objective of PRA
• To understand the rural agriculture with direct interact with the villagers. • To collect
information about rural life style and rural information for future use. • For greater and better
involvement of villages by learning about their perceptions, experiences and capabilities.
• For training of different categories of persons involved in the development process,
whether from Govt., NGOs, Banks, Researchers, Extension Agents, Scientists, etc.
During my field internship visit I interacted with many villagers especially elders and carry out
many Participatory Rural Appraisal tools. As the daily routine of a person depicts how they
(village men and women) spend a day of 24 hours along with the kind of activities and time
allotted for the activities, we started with collecting data regarding this.
26%
35%
18%
17%4%
8%
33%
13%
25%
CONCLUSION:
Through Transect walk, I have observed that most of the village area is cultivated land, where
houses and social resources occupy very small space. Soil is mostly alluvial soil. The social
resources are clinic, shop, transformer, well, etc. The vegetation seen in the area are mango,
aonla, tamarind, litchi, banana and citrus. There are problems in the village like soil erosion,
animal disease, plant disease, water stagnation and pest attack. The village have lot of
opportunities like upland rice cultivation, oilseed cultivation, mushroom cultivation and leafy
vegetable cultivation.
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PURPOSE:
• Socio-resource maps have been used for depicting of various aspects related to topography,
terrain and slopes, forest, vegetation and tree species, soil type, fertility, erosion.
• Various facets of social reality, viz., social stratification, demographics, settlement patterns,
social infrastructure, etc.
CONCLUSION:
From the above socio-resource map it can be concluded that there are 485 households in the
village 2421 number of people. School, clinic, shop, etc are the social resources of the village.
Vegetables are the major crops of the village and poultry is the major allied sector.
PURPOSE:
• To get an insight into the seasonal variations in a number of parameters relevant in farmer’s
lives e.g. work, employment, income, and availability of food, fuel, fodders, health,
migration and transport facilities.
• It has proved to be useful in project planning i.e when to impliment various activities. • It
has been used to identify periods of stress and to plan for when intervention is most required.
MONT PARAMETERS
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CONCLUSION:
The seasonality diagram reveals that the farmers are doing cultivation round the year but kharif
is the busiest time. The farmers are engaged throughout the year. They get their maximum
income during Oct – Dec. The expenditure of the farmer is highest during June – July and Oct –
Nov. Most of the cattle disease occur during Oct – Dec and human disease throughout the year.
Insect pest and disease infestation is more during month of Sept – Dec.
various agro wastes without composting. Oyster mushroom can be grown in the
plains and in
good for diabetic patients. It also has other medicinal properties. It is good for
stomach-related ailments
like gastric ulcer and has high fibre content and no sugar. It is also rich in protein.
Mushroom cultivation
has become a profitable business with the produce fetching good returns in the
market
Production Technology:
1. Select sites that are shaded and free from direct sunlight. Construct a bed or plot
with a dimension of 30
cm x 300 cm. The bed must be supported by pegs placed on its four corners.
2. Gather the basal portion of rice straws or dry leaves from standing banana trees
and bundle them.
4. Soak bedding materials 3-10 hours in a big basin or a clean empty gasoline tank.
5. Set the bedding materials. Press and compact the layer evenly.
6. Wet the bed layer with urea or ammonium sulfate at the rate of 1-2 tablespoons
per gallon of water.
Add sugar to the solution at the rate of 33 g. per gallon of water to improve yield.
8.Tip: The materials needed are chiefly agricultural leftovers. Most of these
materials are readily found in
9.Insert thumb-size spawns 5 cm deep, 10 cm apart on both ends and along the sides
of the bed. Cover
10.Variation: Other materials that can be used as bedding include dry water lilies,
jute sacks, legume
11.Set second layer by following the same procedure prescribed in preparing the first
layer. Repeat
12.Cover the bed entirely with plastic sheet or clean empty cement bags for 5 to 7
days, then remove.
14.Regularly inspect the beds. Place pan filled with water at the base of each peg to
prevent ants or other
15.Harvest at button or umbrella stage or on the 13th day after planting. Beds will
give three-days-a-week yield for one and a half to two months. Mushrooms in the
button stage of growth are more succulent, hence they are preferred than the fully
opened ones.
16.Package mushroom in plastic bags on per kilogram basis. Perforate the plastic
bags allowing air inside to maintain the freshness of the mushroom ready for market.
17.Air-dry mushrooms that are not sold immediately. Dried mushrooms can be sold
and command higher
price.
18.Tips: Do not use mushroom bedding more than once. Used bedding can be used
later as compost for making organic fertilizers. Do not plant in the middle of the bed
because mushrooms do not grow there.
Project Report on Mushroom Farming by Amit under 'Agri Clinics & Agribusiness
Centers (MANAGE)'
MARKET POTENTIAL
Mushrooms are marketed as fresh, dried and preserved. Market for mushrooms is
growing rapidly
because of their nice aroma, subtle flavour, nutritious values and special taste. Many
exotic preparations
are made from them like soup, pickles, vegetables etc. It is also used for stuffing
several food preparations
and for garnishing. But its consumption is still confined to urban and semiurban
population. Mushrooms
have very short life after harvesting and hence they are sold in fresh form. Their
shelf life can be
Mushroom cultivation has been declared as a major thrust area by Govt. of India.
However there is huge
demand supply gap. Mushroom dish is a common item in all the big hotels.
Day by day there is continuous increase in the demand of mushroom which denotes
that there is huge in future.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
training facilities & resources are inadequate. Hence I will provide onsite training on
cultivation
given.
2. Consultancy will be provided for setting up of model units of Mushroom.
4. For farmers who have decided to avail loan from bank for Mushroom unit,
assistance will be provided
5. For the marketing of mushroom, farmers will be provided necessary support &
guidance.
6. Nowadays internet has become important tool to get latest information. There are
various websites
farmers.
7. Field visits of mushroom growers will be arranged to successful units & research
stations which will
SWAT ANALYSIS
Strengths:
• Mushrooms are cultivated indoors and do not require arable land. Small farmers
and landless workers
• Mushrooms are valued not only as nutritious and delicious food but these also
possess medicinal
• Mushroom production has a labour-intensive nature and low labour cost is the
biggest advantage of India.
Cheap availability of agri-horticultural and forestry wastes, and cereal grains in
sufficient quantities to
Opportunities:
food and organic manure and leads to high range of reduction in environmental
pollution.
• Mushroom being an indoor crop provides vast opportunities for empowering rural
and urban women
staple food.
• India can enter into a big and lucrative mushroom pharmaceutical international
trade that is presently
monopolized by some East-Asian countries and the US. There is big scope for
diversifying mushroom
mushrooms.
Weakness
• Mushrooms are highly perishable vegetable crop with less than two to three days of
storability.
• Presently, more than 85 per cent of the total mushroom production in the country is
of button
cultivated mushrooms.
• With globalization, there is competition not only for quality produce but also for
the price.
hazards.
• Tough competition from East-Asian countries which are the major exporters of
mushroom to the
western countries.
• In the field of mushroom research, India not only lags behind in developing the
varieties and
technologies but the pace is also slow as compared to other countries, which explore
modern research tools like biotechnology and highly sophisticated instruments.
Visited the chakhaji and met with members of the SHG. Maa Santoshi Jeevika Self Help Group is
the SHG's official name. This organisation was run by JEEVIKA. The SHG has 15 members and
cultivates mushrooms, which has contributed to the grassroots empowerment of women by giving
them access to a variety of diverse economic opportunities. Specifically, oyster mushrooms and
milky mushrooms are grown there.
Milky mushroom, otherwise known as summer mushroom, is a long sized, white and attractive
mushroom of India. This is a tropical mushroom like paddy straw mushroom The mushroom is bright
white in colour and attractive. The cultivation procedure is simple and easy and it can be grown in
the temperature range of 250 - 400C. it can be cultivated from the month of March to October.
Oyster mushroom can grow at moderate temperature ranging from 20 to 300 C and humidity 55-70%
for a period of 6 to 8 months in a year.
The average daily production of oyster mushroom is 15 kg-20 kg, which is sold for Rs 80 to
wholesalers and Rs 120 to retailers.
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POSHAN ABHIYAN
Poshan Abhiyan and Tree Plantation Programme was organized at KVK, on 17 September
2022. During the session topic such as nutri garden, nutri thali and bio fortified varieties shared
by the resource person. The programme was held with the focus on POSHAN and appraised the
participants on having nutria garden around the household also emphasized on care and attention
on nutri value for infants, pregnant and lactating mothers. And the programme was followed by
distribution of plants and vegetable seeds along with package and practices to the participants.
Grow-out ponds:
In these ponds fingerlings are stocked and grown to harvestable size. Carps grow from
fingerlings to marketable size in about 10-12 months.
Factors: Good fishing in farm ponds depends on an understanding of and the ability to follow
some basic guidelines:
Varieties:
• Silver crap
• Grass crap
• Common crap
Those species we reared which are not fighting with each other like
Katla Above Silver crap Above
• Repeated netting.
• 100kg urea spray.
• 200kg/hac bleaching powder.
Disease Prevention
Harvesting:
During the month of June and July and 15 days before flood .
Fig. Training On Fish Farming Conducted By Miss Abhilipsa Maam SMS (Fishery)
RURAL ACTION
COMPONENT
PROJECT :
ASSESSMENT OF
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
OF BROILER FARMERS
I visted Naraenpur village and collected data from 10 broiler producers. The data given below is
the average of data collected from 10 farmers:
ENTERPRISE INFORMATION
• All the enterprise owners are experienced in this profession starting from 4 years up to 32
years.
• Chicken flock size varies from enterprise to enterprise starting from 2000 up to 20,000. •
• Some farmers are using all in all out system of farming and some are using batch system of
farming based on the flock size.
• They procure feed from Muzaffarpur. The feeds they are using are Benefeed and
Maharastra feed.
• Non of them has taken any course on animal husbandry or veterinary science.
• They get the information for profitable poultry farming from TV, newspaper & magazines
and veterinarian.
• Almost everyone have received training on use of medications and feed supplement in
poultry farming from ATMA, Samastipur.
VACCINATION SCHEDULE :
1st : 1 to 7 days F1 or ND + IB
BIOSECURITY MEASURES :
• Unable to identify the disease and infection at initial stages they only able to understand
that there is infection when a large population is affected.
Solution
• Proper training at village level to train them on proper handling of equipment and care of
chicks.
I learnt and got the information about the rearing performance of BV-300, nutrients level
recommendations for BV-300 rearing period, added vitamin and trace minerals and suggested
vaccination schedules.
EXPOSURE VISIT
VILLAGE: PHULHATTA
Visited this village along with the alloted SMS (Animal Science -Fisheries) Miss Abhilipsa
Biswal, meet with the fish farmers know their fish growing methods and learnt about their socio-
economics conditions.
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VILLAGE: MORSHAND
Visited this village with SMS (Home Science) Mrs Varsha Kumari ,meet with the womens
growing turmeric , did the evaluation of income generation through production of turmeric
powder and its sustainability.
VILLAGE: LADORA
Visited this village with SMS ( Horticulture ) Dr. Sanchita Ghosh did the survey on income
generation through vegetable nursery.
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VILLAGE – GOPALPUR
Visited along with SMS (Plant Protection) Mr Sumit Kumar Singh , did the assessment of socio
economic status of mushroom growers through village survey.
VILLAGE – MALINAGAR
Visited this village with the allotted SMS (Plant Protection) Mr Sumit Kumar Singh , and did the survey
on socio-economic status of beekeepers.
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VILLAGE- KOTHIA
Visited this village along with miss Bharti Upadhyaya and did the assessment of socio economic
status of vermicompost producers through village survey.
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