Extension

• Soil testing services for the fertilizers
• Technical advisory service to the farmers
• Holding training programmes for the farmers towards importance of soil testing
• Participation in the Farmer's fair & Kisan Sangosthi
• FLD’S under different projects.
• Popularization & awareness about the biofertilizers through field demonstrations and farmer’s fare

Consultancy
Technical services for establishment of commercial production unit of biofertilizers under BPD (Business Planning and Development ) Project

A soil health awareness programmewas organized under farmers field programme , AICRP LTFE  scheme at Gathora village on December, 19, 2015

Soil health cards distributed to farmers in Badraud village Panagar 29.12.2015

“Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan” Week Celebration

In compliance of the directions jointly given by ICAR and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to celebrate Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan week from December 23 - 29, 2015 was organized at the AICRP on STCR project JNKVV, Jabalpur. Various programmes were conducted to bring awareness among the farmers about the importance of  KISAN & VIGYAN in human life. Women participation in kisan sangosthi. A visit to the Biofertilizer Production Centre, distribution of soil health card and an interactive meeting of farmers and scientists was held at Barauda village of Panagar block, Jabalpur. In this meet journalist, scientist, experts SMS, departmental officials, staff of JNKVV and other departmental personnel also participated in the function.

Concluding day of “Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan” week at village Barauda of Panagar block was organized and presided over by Dr. (Smt.) Om Gupta, Dean, College of Agriculture, Dr. A.K. Rawat, Head, Soil Science, Smt. Manorma Patel, Jila Panchayat, Dr. R.P. Patel, Chief Editor, Krishak Vandana, Dr. B. Sachidanand, Pr. Scientist & PI STCR Project, Dr. S.S. Baghel, Dr. A.K. Upadhyay, Scientists STCR Project, Dr. S.N. Khare, Shri N. K. Patel, Editor and others

Dr. A.K. Rawat and Dr. B. Sachidanand addressing farmers at village Barauda of Panagar block

Women sangosthi and visit of Biofertilizer Production Centre, JNKVV, Jabalpur

Resource Generation

Soil Testing Laboratory:

Officer In-charge: Dr. B.S. Dwivedi

Soil testing services are provided to farmers on minimum charges for macro and micronutrients and recommendations are advised as per soil test values with specific crops.

Soil test analysis in STS laboratory

B. Commercial Production of Biofertilizer:

Officer In-charge: Dr. B. Sachidanand

Screened isolates of beneficial microorganisms under AINP on Soil Biodiversity & Biofertiizers are used for commercial production of biofertilizers. Presently, Biofertilizer production centre (BPC) produces in mass a good number of biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium (individually for soybean, gram, arhar, mung/urid, and pea/lentil), Azotobacter, Azospirillum, BGA, PSB, Rich-Organics, and Trichoderma for various crops during Kharif and Rabi seasons.

• The cultures are provided to the ultimate user farmers either directly or through different Govt. Agencies of MP, KVKs, Farms, and Research Stations of JNKVV.
• During every financial year the centre serves the farming community with thousands packets of different bio-cultures worth of more than Rs. 50,00,000.
• The centre is prompt to give consultancy to farmers, delivering lectures and trainings for effective handling and application of different bio-cultures for obtaining better effects out of their use in crops.
• The centre is also providing all sorts of coordination and incubation for entrepreneurs interested as service providers and/or in development of new business in this direction.
• Types of Biofertilizers produced in JNKVV

Microbes Research & Production Centre	Products of Biofertilizer Production Centre (Jawahar Culture)

C. Product testing:

The department has provision to test samples of soil, plants, organic and inorganic fertilizers from farmers, private and Govt. agencies at the charges and conditions prescribed by Central Processing Cell, JNKVV.