Mr.Nagaraj, Navappatty, Salem.

• Responsible and contributed to Th. Nagaraj farmer navapatty at Machinery mela 2017
• “2017 - Agricultural Machinery Achiever” - Award
Effecticely use of Machineries

Tmt.Shanthi, Panamarathupatty, Salem.

• “2016 - Best Stall" - Award winner
• Responsible and contributed to get best stall award to Tmt. Shanthi farmer Panamarathupatty at PGP, college 2016-Organized by SICCI

• KVK introduced hi-tech horticulture technologies including Micro Irrigation system, Plasticulture (Mulching), Hi-density Guava and banana throughout the year cultivation.
• Earned 4 Lakh during 2016 from two crops

Mr.Sugavana Perumal, Kamalapatty, Salem.

• “2016 - Agricultural Machinery Achiever” - Award
• KVK introduced hi-tech horticulture technologies including Micro Irrigation system, Plasticulture (Mulching), Hi-density Guava and Water Melon throughout the year cultivation.
• Earned 7 Lakh during 2015 from two crops (1.5 acres) water melon and muskmelon
• Spokesperson for rest of the farmers.
• Direct Marketing Introduced peper in the Arecanut farm

Mr.R.Raja, Puthur, Salem.

• “Young Farmer Achiever 2015 ”- Award
• Co-Onion-5 Seed production
• Earned 1.5 lakhs from 40 cents
• Cultivation of greens through out the year
• Influenced other farmers also go for Onion cultivation with seeds
• Sold 375 Kgs of Co-Onion 5 to farmers since 2013 to till date
• Continuously cultivating the Co-Onion 5 by using only seeds

Ms. Jayalakshmi Shanmugam, Ammampalayam, Salem.

• “Velan Chemmal Award 2015 ”- Award
• Maintaining breed stock for Goats (Tellicherry breeds)
• Dairy units maintained for Milk purposes
• Fodder and Banana are also continuously grown
• Desi Poultry birds is also maintained
• Following IFS concept
• Earning 70,000 to 80,000 per month

Mr.Matheswaran. FPO - Salem Kanjamalai Millets and Pulses Producers Company Limited.

• “Best FPO Stall - Farmers Day 2015”- Award
• KVK Salem is providing Technical backstopping to all FPOs in Salem
• Value added products from Minor Millets and Pulses - Salem Kanjamalai Millets and Pulses Producers Company Limited
• Farmers groups started during 2013 and incorporated as FPO during 2015
• Group cultivation of Pulses and marketing of millets
• Started Value addition of pulses and minor millets after getting training from KVK
• Became successful pulses and millets value added products producers
• Need based production and earning significant income and received best Stall award during Farmers day 2016 at TNAU, Coimbatore

Mrs. Meenambal, FPO - Pulses and millets farmers producers group, Thumbadhulipatty, Salem.

• Women involved in household activities and Required regular income to increase their livelihood
• Creation of farmers producers group on pulses and millets
• Training s were given on value addition of millets and pulses
• Create an women entrepreneurs
• Preparing Value added products from millets and pulses
• Monthly income – Rs. 7000/-
• Awarded "Best Entrepreneur stall at Farmer’s Day", TNAU, Coimbatore

Mr. Dasaradhan, FPO - Sirudhaniya urpathiyalar kuzhu, Senthittu, Yercaud, Salem.

• Awareness creation on millet processing through equipments.
• Training on value addition of millets
• Equipments distributed to Senthittu vilage for millet processing.
• Villagers using the equipments for millet processing
• Self Help Group was started.
• Going to start a bakery (Cookies) products preparing unit.

“Th.D.Kannan, Sukkampatty, Ayothiapattinam block - SSI sugarcane nursery entrepreneur

• Area: 1 acre nursery
• Sugarcane is one of the major commercial crops in Salem district and is being cultivated under 12218 ha

Problem :

• Less availability of quality planting material Seedling germination percentage is low Seedling establishment percentage is also low Higher mortality in transplanted seedlings

KVK Intervention :

• Demonstration on Arka microbial consortium
• Training on importance of Arka microbial consortium and the method of application
• Nursery raising of seedlings through protrays
• Measuring shoot and root growth, germination and establishment %

Economic gains:

• For 10,000 seedlings the farmers earned on an average net income of Rs. 13,407 with a germination percentage of 96 with total income of Rs. 19000/ 10,000 seedlings and BC ratio of 3.35.

Mr Dharmalingam, Nalikalpatti village, Salem.

• Mr Dharmalingam, Progressive farmer from Nalikalpatti village trained at KVK has been awarded as “BEST FARMER AWARD AT STATE LEVEL” for his outstanding contribution in hybrid rice seed production in 2009-10 in Farmers day held at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
• Seed producer in Paddy, Pulses, Maize
• Cultevating Traditional Paddy varities and gain more profit.

Mr. Shanmugasundaram (innovative farmer), Salem.

• Mr Shanmugasundaram, another progressive contact farmer of KVK has developed a modified “Cagewheel conoweeder” for System Rice Intensification.
• His innovation has been selected for award in the “National Innovators Conference” held at Mysore in 2009-10.