Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Pathanamthitta

Tabletop hatchery:

The demand for chicks for rearing under homestead is overwhelming Brooding of birds with hen was a way out. However, indigenous birds with a broody nature are on the wane and are not available easily. It is under such a situation that KVK popularized the tabletop portable incubator for the hatching of chicks.

Successful Technologies

1) Weedy rice management
2) Production of Elite Coconut seedlings
3) High-Density Planting in Banana
4) Use of Banana Magic for improving productivity
5) Geethika – Yard Long Bean cultivation
6) Green Voyager- Cabbage for Rainy Season cultivation in the Rain shelter
7) Grafted tomato Cultivation Arka Rakshak
8) Plastic mulching and Drip fertigation for Bitter gourd
9) Management of soft rot in ginger using Bio-capsule
10) Management of wild boar
11) Microgreens
12) Probiotics
13) Bypass protein
14) Area Specific mineral mixture:
15) GOFAMS
16) Krishi bro–a coloured broiler
17) Conservation practices for different breeds of poultry
18) Protected Enclosure for Free-Ranging (PEFR) poultry coop –a humane way of rearing poultry
19) BV 380
20) Hitech Goat rearing unit:
21) Cage fish farming
22) Pinless peepers:
23) Hi-tech Cages for poultry rearing
24) Serpentine Method of pepper multiplication
25) Collar Ring and String support system for Banana