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About the Station
Agricultural Research Station,
Vaigai Dam was started during 1965 as Govt. Sub station for
Cotton research by the Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of Tamil
Nadu. During 1995, the farm was handed over to
Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University and is now known as Agricultural
Research Station, Vaigai Dam on 21.8.1995. Since then, this
station has been contributing to the welfare of the farmers
through production and distribution of quality seeds.
Location:
The station is located in
Theni District. It has two farms, one located at the base of
Vaigai Dam (Farm I) in Periyakulam Taluk and Farm II located
4.5Km away from Farm I in Aundipatti Taluk on the road linking
Theni main road and Vaigai Dam.
Geo Facts
Latitude : 10" 0' North
Longitude : 77" 8' East
Altitude
: 242 m MSL
Average Annual Rainfall : 600 mm
Soil Type : Deep Ulfisol
Area of the Farm :
Farm I : 21.6 Ha
Farm II : 42.2 Ha
Staff strength:
This year has seen a phenomenal improvement in staff
strength with addition of One professor, One Agricultural
Assistant to the already existing strength of One Professor, One Asso. Professor, One Asst. Professor, Five Agricultural
Assistants, further an Assistant has been transferred with post
from HRS, Thadiayankudisai.
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Budget :
The annual budget for the year under report was 17.137 lakhs that
is necessary to run the farm of 150 ac. The expenditure was
18.646 lakhs.
Cropping programme :
The
breeder and nucleus seed production target is communicated by
the Director, Center for Plant Breeding and Genetics. The
foundation and truthful label seed target are determined based
on local needs. During this year 150 acres of breeder seed crop
were raised and in most of the cases the target allotted to the
farm was accomplished. Apart from seed production, this station
also conducts MLT for Cumbu, ragi, sorghum, rice, Lab lab,
cotton and kolingi. Many stations approach us for seed
multiplication of newly developed and yet to be released
varieties as this station is endowed with water all the year
around.
Nucleus/Breeder/Foundation/Truthful label seeds produced at ARS,
Vaigai Dam.
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S.No. |
Crop |
Variety |
Target (kg) |
Prodn.(kg) |
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Breeder Seed Production |
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1 |
Paddy |
IR20 |
9800 |
3580.2 |
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2 |
Sorghum |
APK 1 |
120 |
64 |
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3 |
Redgram |
APK 1 |
200 |
200 |
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VBN 2 |
250 |
250 |
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4 |
Blackgram |
CO 5 |
800 |
2770 |
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VBN 3 |
210 |
210 |
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5 |
Greengram |
CO 6 |
200 |
820 |
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6 |
Cowpea |
P 152 |
600 |
1720 |
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7 |
Horsegram |
CO 1 |
500 |
270 |
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8 |
Cotton |
MCU 7 |
55 |
60 |
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MCU 5 |
70 |
960 |
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9 |
Groundnut |
VRI 2 |
1920 |
1920 |
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VRI 3 |
3000 |
3420 |
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10 |
Gingelly |
TMV 3 |
600 |
600 |
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11 |
Sunflower |
CO 2 |
200 |
250 |
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12 |
Castor |
TMV 5 |
365 |
365 |
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13 |
Tomato |
PKM 1 |
60 |
82.5 |
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Nucleus Seed Production |
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14 |
Groundnut |
TMV 7 |
1500 |
1000 |
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Foundation Seed Production |
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15 |
Tomato |
PKM 1 |
154 |
154 |
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Truthful Label Seeds |
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16 |
Hy. Castor |
TMVCH1 |
240 |
240 |
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17 |
Hy.Sunflower |
TCSH 1 |
55 |
55 |
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18 |
Redgram |
APK 1 |
250 |
250 |
Apart from above programme 5.42Ha of Cashew VRI 2 (2.3Ha) and VRI 3
(3.12Ha) have been raised along with 0.2 Ha of curry leaf and
0.8 Ha of CO 2 papaya. Further planting of Kapok, papaya (CO 2)
and jack trees is envisaged during the current year.
Seed Distribution :
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S.No |
Crop |
Variety |
Qty. Distributed (kg) |
Stock on hand (kg) (1.4.02) |
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1 |
Rice |
IR 20 |
3050 |
4700 |
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2 |
Sorghum |
APK 1 |
64 |
44 |
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3 |
Blackgram |
CO 5 |
414 |
1129 |
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4 |
Cowpea |
P 152 |
1032 |
65 |
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5 |
Redgram |
APK 1 |
370 |
-- |
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6 |
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VBN 2 |
200 |
16 |
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7 |
Gingelly |
TMV 3 |
301 |
275 |
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8 |
Groundnut |
VRI 2 |
1920 |
2430 |
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9 |
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VRI 3 |
3420 |
1500 |
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10 |
Castor |
TMV 5 |
365 |
-- |
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11 |
Cotton |
MCU 5 |
206.5 |
252 |
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12 |
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MCU 7 |
60 |
11 (300kg kapas) |
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13 |
Tomato |
PKM 1 |
82.5 |
45 |
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Total |
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11485.2 |
10467 |
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Foundation seeds |
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14 |
Tomato |
PKM 1 |
154 |
-- |
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Total |
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154 |
-- |
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Truthful label seeds |
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15 |
Castor Hybrid |
TMVCH 1 |
240 |
213 |
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16 |
Sunflower Hybrid |
TCSH 1 |
55 |
-- |
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17 |
Castor |
TMV 5 |
-- |
475 |
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Total |
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295 |
688 |
During the current year, 11.48
tonnes of breeder seeds and 154kg of foundation seeds and 295 kg
of truthful label seeds were distributed to the state department
of agriculture, Tamil Nadu and to private seed producers and
even to the State department of Agriculture, Kerala, Andra
Pradesh and Karnataka.
Receipts :
Over the years, the station
has been consistently improving its receipts through proper
management of scarce resources. The decline in receipts during
the current year was off-set by improvement in collection during
the first month of the current financial year. The month saw a
surge in receipt to the tune of Rs. 7.71 lakhs, which augers
well for the rest of the year.
Revenue receipts over the past five years in perspective
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S.No. |
Years |
Amount |
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1 |
1997-98 |
10,56,708 |
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2 |
1998-99 |
9,18,492 |
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3 |
1999-00 |
13,22,399 |
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4 |
2000-01 |
13,73,801 |
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5 |
2001-02 |
10,18,960 |
Processing unit :
The farm has a mini processing
unit of 1 T/hr capacity which is used for processing breeder
seeds. The unit is also widely used by the State Department for
processing Foundation and Certified seeds earning valuable
receipts to the farm. During the year under report, 82 tonnes of
paddy and 5 tonnes of Cumbu seeds were processed earning a
revenue of Rs. 3.5 lakhs.
Seed Processing Details at ARS, Vaigai Dam
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S.No. |
Crop |
Qty. Processed (Kgs) |
Receipts (Rs) |
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1. |
Paddy |
82672 |
3,30,688 |
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2. |
Cumbu |
5062 |
20,248 |
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Total |
87,734 |
3,50,936 |
Integrated Village Development programme:
The vision of our
Vice–Chancellor to take the lab to the field through the IVDP is
fulfilled by adopting Gullapuram and Kovilpatti. Last year the
scientists of this farm visited the village and arranged for
Coconut Eryiophid mite eradication programme and also supplied
quality seeds to needy farmers.
Epilogue :
Agricultural Research Station, Vaigai Dam has been in forefront of
production and distribution of quality seeds to farmers and
state department of Agriculture. It will endeavor to strive so
in future and meet the obligations of seed producers and
farmers.
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