1. PILOT PROJECT,BALASORE
Seed Village programme Kharif Paddy 2011-12
The seed village pro- rectly involved in the pro- from Odisha State seed
gramme in Paddy has gramme. corporation Ltd.Balasore.
been implemented by
ARM at Baliapal Block Land coverage Use of Bio Fartilizer
under the guideline of A total of 40 acres of land PSB and Azospilillum@
NABARD and (20 acres at Nayabali and 2Kg. Per acre has been
KVK,Balasore 20 acres at Jamkunda used.NPK fertilizer has
village) of target farmers also been used in the ra-
Location has been covered under tio 32:16:16.
Two villages Nayabali & the programme.
jamkunda under Baliapal Use of Fungicides &
block of Balasore district Seed variety pesticides
have been selected for Paddy seeds of swarna
the programme. variety and Pratikshya Blitox-50 and Bactri-
have been used for the nashak one time and Tria-
Target Group programme.52 farmers zophos one time have
A total of 98 farmers (52 have used Swarna seeds been used.
farmers of Nayabali and in 20 acres of land and 46
46 farmers of Jamkunda farmers have used Pratik-
village) have been di- shya in 20 acres of
land.Seeds are purchased
Training of farmers
The target farmers have been provided with pre seasonal & other demonstration
training facilities in groups.Both theoretical and practical classes have been conducted
by the Scientists from KVK.All farmers have participated in practical work from land
preparation to harvesting.They are made aware of seed variety,bio fertilizer,pesticides
and insets. Very fruitful training has been conducted under the prgramme and DDM,
NABARD have also strengthen the programme for successful implementation.

2. Statement of expenditure of paddy cultivation under seed village programme in 40 Acres of land
Sl.No. Items Cost(Rs.)
1. Seed 10 Qtls.@Rs.2069 20,690
2. Fertilizer 42248
3. Pesticides 23188
4. FYM 64000
5. Land Preparation 80000
6. Labour 360000
7. Certification charge 4000
Total 594126
Total Sale @ Rs.1400/qtl. 977480
Net Profit 383354
* Cost per acre: Rs.29,706/-
Cost comparison between traditional paddy cultivation and seed village programme in yield (per
acre)
Sl.No Components Cost
1. Seed 25 Kg.@Rs.12/-/Kg. 300
2. Fertilizer 1000
3. Pesticides 300
4. FYM 200
5. Land Preparation 2000
6. Labour 9000
Total 12800
Total Yield-1450 Kg.
Sale price @ Rs.10/-/Kg. 14500
Net Profit 1700

3. Yield in SVP
Swarna variety paddy 1620 Kg per acre
Pratikshya variety paddy 1871 Kg per acre
Yield in traditional method
Swarna variety paddy 1425 Kg per acre
Pratikshya variety paddy 1510 Kg per acre
Benefit/Profit(one acre)
Sl.No. Name of variety Yield Quantity Cost for Yield Sale price Profit
1 Swarna 1620 14853 22680 7827
2 Pratiksha 1871 14853 26194 11341
Impact
 Farmers community have been organized and adopted skills on innovative cultivation tech-
niques.
 New tools & implements has reduced drudgery.
 Scientific practices has helped in higher production and productivity.
 Profitable cultivation and optimum return has omproved livelihood of farmers through sus-
tainable marketing channel.
 Other farmers have been interested to adopt the innovative techniques and skills in paddy
and got information about the techniques from trained farmers.

4. PILOT PROJECT,BALASORE Project Objectives:
To organize the farmers Community
To introduce innovative cultivation techniques
To enhances farmers’ skill and capacities
PFA Address
To introduce drudgery reduction tools and imple-
ALTERNATIVE FOR RURAL MOVEMENT ments
AT/PO:Baliapal,Dist:Balasore,Odisha To demonstrate scientific package of practices for
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To develop a suitable marketing channel for opti-
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mum return and profitable cultivation.
E-mail:armorissa@gmail.com To promote Farmers club & Farm interest groups
for agro enterprises
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Augmentation of productivity is
our main motto
DDM NABARD Visiting
the SEED Village
Programme at Nayabali