DCR-SC SP Programme

Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Dakshina Kannada collaborates with Directorate of Cashew Research Centre,Puttur   under  SC SP Programme (2019-2020)

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dakshina Kannada  is a district level resource and knowledge centre established by the Indian Council of Agriculture (ICAR), New Delhi in the year 2004 at Agriculture Research Station, Kankanady, Mangalore, Karnataka State, under the then  University of Agriculture Sciences, Bangalore  and has become part of Karnataka Veterinary Animal &  Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar since      01-09-2011. The operational area of this KVK comes under coastal Zone (Zone 10), comprising of five talukas viz; Mangalore, Puttur, Bantwal, Sullya, Belthangady,Kadaba,Moodabidre. The KVK started with a mission to disseminate the appropriate technologies to the farming community for enhancing the farm productivity to achieve sustainable income.

MANDATES OF KVK

The overall mandate of the KVK is to develop and disseminate location specific technological modules at district level through Technology Assessment, Refinement and Demonstration and to act as Knowledge and Resource Centre for agriculture and its allied activities. The specific activities to carry out this mandate are:

• Conducting on-farm testing to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.

• Organizing frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of various crops and enterprises on the farmers fields.

• Organizing need based training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies related to technology assessment, refinement and demonstration, and training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development.

• Creating awareness about improved technologies to larger masses through appropriate extension programmes.

• Production and supply of good quality seeds and planting materials, livestock, poultry and fisheries breeds and products and various bio-products to the farming community.

• Work as resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the district.

Directorate of Cashew Research

Research on cashew was first initiated in the early 1950s. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), sanctioned adhoc schemes for Research Centres located at Kottarakkara (Kerala), Ullal (Karnataka), Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh), Daregaon (Assam) and Vengurla (Maharashtra). In 1971, ICAR also sanctioned All India Coordinated Spices and Cashew Improvement Project (AICS and CIP) with its Headquarters located at CPCRI, Kasaragod. The CPCRI Regional Station, Vittal (Karnataka) was given the mandate to carry out research work on cashew while four Centres under Universities (Bapatla, Vridhachalam, Anakkayam and Vengurla) were assigned the research component on cashew under AICS and CIP. During the V and VI plan periods three more Centres (Bhubaneswar, Jhargram and Chintamani) came under the fold of AICS and CIP and with shifting of work of Anakkayam Centre to Madakkathara. The recommendations made by the Quinquennial Review Team (QRT) constituted by ICAR in 1982, working group on Agricultural Research and Education constituted by the Planning Commission for VII Plan Proposals and the Task Force on Horticulture constituted by ICAR resulted in the establishment of National Research Centre for Cashew at Puttur on 18 June, 1986 which was upgraded and renamed by ICAR in 2009 under XI Plan as ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research (ICAR-DCR). Subsequent to the bifurcation of AICS and CIP, the Headquarters of All India Coordinated Research Project on Cashew was shifted to ICAR-DCR, Puttur. At present, this Coordinated Research Project is operating at 14 Centres distributed in major cashew growing areas of the country.

Location

The main campus of ICAR-DCR is situated 5 km away from Puttur town at Kemminje (12.45° N latitude, 75.15° E longitude and 90 m above MSL). The main campus has an area of 68 ha with field experiments and Laboratory-cum-Administrative Block. Experimental Station at Shantigodu, which also forms part of the Directorate is 13 km away from the main campus and has an area of 80 ha.

Mandate

• To undertake strategic, basic and applied research for enhancing productivity, quality,
  processing efficiency and value addition of cashew.
• To serve as National Repository of genetic resources and scientific information on cashew.
•  To coordinate All India Coordinated Research Project on Cashew for addressing location and region specific problems.
• To promote capacity building through transfer of technology and consultancy services to
  stakeholders.

SCSP Programme Information

The strategy of Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) has been in force since 1974, to ensure adequate flow of plan resources for the development of Scheduled Tribes, while the strategy of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) (earlier known as the Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes) has been in force since 1979-80, to ensure proportionate flow of plan resources for the development of Scheduled Castes. The current name, i.e., Scheduled Castes Sub Plan has been in force since 2006. The Prime Minister, in his address to the 51st Meeting of the National Development Council on 27.6.2005 had inter alia stated that: “If the benefits of growth have to reach all sections of our diverse society, there is a need to equip them with the necessary skills and resources to become active participants in growth processes. This is the only way of achieving our dream of an inclusive, prosperous society. In the mid-1970s, the Special Component Plan and the Tribal Sub Plan were initiated. Tribal Sub Plans and Special Component Plans should be an integral part of Annual Plans as well as Five Year Plans, making provisions therein non-divertible and non-lapsable, with the clear objective of bridging the gap in socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes within a period of 10 years.

” Under the Scheduled Castes Development Bureau, the Ministry implements Schedules Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) which is an umbrella strategy to ensure flow of targeted financial and physical benefits from all the general sectors of development for the benefit of Scheduled Castes. Under the strategy, States/UTs are required to formulate and implement Special Component Plan (SCP) for Scheduled Castes as part of their Annual Plans by earmarking resources.

Objectives of the Scheme

• The main objective is to give a thrust to family oriented schemes of economic development of SCs below the poverty line, by providing resources for filling the critical gaps and for providing missing vital inputs so that the schemes can be more meaningful. Since the schemes / programmes for SCs may be depending upon the local occupational pattern and the economic activities available, the Sates/UTs have been given full flexibility in utilizing SCA with the only condition that it should be utilized in conjunction with SCP and other resources available from other sources like various Corporations, financial institution etc.
• State Government have been given flexibility in choice of schemes to be implemented out of Special Central Assistance, within the overall frame work of the scheme.

Special Central Assistance

• Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) is a central scheme under which 100% grant is given to the States/UTs as an additive to their Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP).

SCSP Programme Implemented by Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Dakshina Kannada in collaboration with Directorate of Cashew Research Centre,Puttur

During the year, 2019-2020, Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Dakshina Kannada has collaborated with ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research Centre, Puttur under SCSP Programme in mobilising farmers and imparting training for 125 farmers from uppinangadi,hatyadka and ajjavara villages and organising exposure visits  for  54 interested farmers to University of Agricultural Sciences,Bangalore,Fisheries Research Institute Centre,Hebbal and Hesarghatta,Indian Institute of Horticulture Research and Biotechnology Park,Hassan.

Also as a part of the programme following critical inputs were provided to farmers, farm women and rural youths so as to motivate and ensure them to actively involve in the farm and non farm sectors for sustainable livelihood.