Promotion of Plant Clinics for Safe Vegetable production in Oddanchatram region of Dindigul (dt.), Tamil Nadu 

Promotion of Plant Clinics for Safe Vegetable production in   Oddanchatram region of Dindigul (dt.), Tamil Nadu 

Duration: 2.5 years

Study sites : Kannivadi, Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu

Project Contact:  Dr.R.Rengalakshmi and  Dr.B.Selvamukilan

Donor: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

Project Objectives:

The primary objective is to minimize risk and production cost and maximizes the safety and improved yield among small farmers: and the specific objectives are to

• Increase the capacity and promote a cadre of men and women farmer’s as plant doctors.
• Enhance the knowledge of marginal and small farmers in crop management for reducing damages from the impact of pests and diseases through plant clinics.
• Encourage the marginal and small farmers to adopt good agricultural practices to reduce crop loss, enhance the productivity and double the income.
• Promote the organic vegetable production among the farmers and market through Farmers producer Organization (FPO) for its sustainability

Expected outcomes:

• 25 Plant Doctors trained (Male: 10 Female: 15) to provide suitable recommendations to the farmers after proper diagnosis for insect, diseases, nematodes and nutritional disorders.   
• Established 25 Plant Clinics covering 45 villages.
• A min. of 5000 farmers accessed plant clinics for getting agro advisories to their affected crop samples, among which 40 %  are women farmers.