Project Team

Action plan meeting was held on 27.03.2021 at ABF, Hyderabad in the presence of Dr. B. Venkateshwarlu (Co-Chair Person, Biotech-KISAN project)

Economic Benefits

Success story of On Farm Trichoderma Entrepreneur

Success story of Vegetable Seedling Entrepreneurs

Biofertilizers application demonstration

Distribution of bio-products (Pseudomonas) and field level demonstrations at Marripalle village, Allagadda Mandal, Kurnool district.

Enrolling Bengal gram growing farmers under ABF Biotech-KISAN Programme.

ABF Biotech-KISAN Hub organized Biotech-KISAN Mahila group meeting at Katiganikalva Village, Anantapur Mandal, Anantapur District. During the meeting women farmers explained how they applied the Hub distributed bio-products and the results after application. Check us on YouTube.

ABF Biotech-KISAN Hub team visited fields of fellow farmers at Narpala village, Narpala Mandal of Anantapur. During the interaction, farmers expressed their happiness towards the distribution and field level demonstrations by the Hub. They expressed that the bio-products given to them were showing results in terms of disease control and plant growth promotion. Hub recorded the data. Check us on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgA6fpV6bag8AUh6nBfu13w

Distribution of Bio-fertilizers and Bio-pesticides

State: Andhra Pradesh

District: Anantapur

Villages: Venkatapuram, Katiganikaluva, Narpala, Ayyavaripalli, Pasalur

Mandal: BKS, Anantapur, Narpala, Raptadu

Bio-fertilizers: ZSB, KSB, PSB and Azotobacter

Bio-pesticides: Trichoderma, Pseudomonas and Bacillus consortia

Distribution of Bio-fertilizers and Bio-pesticides

State: Andhra Pradesh

District: Y.S.R Kadapa

Villages: Parnapalli & Velidandla

Mandal: Lingala

Bio-fertilizers: PSB, Azotobacter

Bio-pesticides: Trichoderma, Pseudomonas and Bacillus consortia

Sub-hub Sri Krishnadevaraya University organized weekend farming along with ABF Biotech KISAN Hub. Dr. Muralidhara Rao, PI, Post Graduate students of SKU, Anantapur, and Hub team members visited the farmer’s fields and enrolled their names.

P.Yugandhar, Narpala village. Crop: Curry leaf. Application of biofertilizers and biopesticides enhanced plant growth promotion.

D.Ramesh Chowdari, Rotaripuram. Application of biofertilizers and biopesticides resolved soil problems and enhanced plant growth promotion.

Farmer Name: Mr.D.Venkata Narayana Reddy

Crop: Banana

Village: Venkatapuram

Mandal: BKS

District: Anantapur

Observation: During our last month (01.07.2019) visit, the banana crop of Mr.Venkata Narayana Reddy has severely infected with bacterial soft rot and ABF Biotech KISAN Hub helped him in the application (soil drenching) of Trichoderma, Pseudomonas and Bacillus consortia. Three applications with an interval of 15 days.

During this visit (15.08.2019) the disease severity was reduced and the sucker plants were healthy.

Filg.1. Explaining the uses of biofertilizers and biopesticides to farmers at Reddypalle village.

Demonstrating seedling treatment (Fig.2-4):

Crop: Chilli

Dosage: 5ml/lit

Bio-inputs: Trichoderma and Pseudomonas

Selection of farmers, field visits and awareness on biofertilizers and biopesticides

Selection of farmers

Selection of farmers

Screening for Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) production in Azospirillum sp.

Sub-Hub Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, visited farmers field.

Dr. D.Muralidhara Rao, Principal Investigator explaining the significance of soil microorganisms in agriculture to farmers.

Ms.U.Keerthi, Technical Assistant along with Post Graduate students from SK University collecting soil samples from crops like tomato, papaya, citrus for isolation of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR).

ABF Biotech-KISAN Hub KVK Yagantipalli team conducted field visits at Marripalle, K.Sunkesula and Reddipalle villages of Kurnool district.

Mr.K.Ramanaiah, Scientist (Soil Science) (Fig.2) demonstrating soil sampling in Acidlime at Marripalle village.

Baseline survey for selection of farmers in the villages of Marripalle, K.Sunkesula and Raddipalle of Kurnool District.

Vegetable Seedling – Manual

Bio-fertilizers manual

Action Plan Meeting was organized on 08.03.2019 at ABF, Hyderabad. The programme was Chaired by Dr.B.Venkateswarlu, (Mentor – ABF Biotech-KISAN Hub) and Co-Chaired by Prof.G.Pakki Reddy, Executive Director, ABF.

Participants:

Hub-ABF	:	Dr.V.Sandhya, Project Coordinator Dr.Sk.Z.Ali, Co-PI
Sub-Hub’s
ICAR-IIOR	:	Dr. Md. A. Aziz Qureshi, PI Dr. P. Padmavathi, Co-PI
KVK-Yagantipalli	:	Smt.D.Dhanalakshmi, PI Mr.D.Balaraju, Co-PI
SK University	:	Dr. Dowlathabad Muralidhara Rao, PI

One day Review Meeting was organized on 12.07.2019 at ABF, Hyderabad. The programme was Chaired by Prof.G.Pakki Reddy, Executive Director, ABF.

Hub-ABF	:	Dr.V.Sandhya, Project Coordinator Dr.Sk.Z.Ali, Co-PI
Sub-Hub’s
ICAR-IIOR	:	Dr. Md. A. Aziz Qureshi, PI Dr. P. Padmavathi, Co-PI
KVK-Yagantipalli	:	Smt.D.Dhanalakshmi, PI Mr.D.Balaraju, Co-PI Mr.Eswar Naik, Lab Technician
SK University	:	Dr. Dowlathabad Muralidhara Rao, PI

Venkata Narayana Reddy and Lakshmi Reddy of Venkatapuram, Anantapur, purchased banana plants from the same company, date of sowing is same, and the only difference is that ABF Biotech-KISAN Hub supplied Trichoderma to Lakshmi Reddy and he applied Trichoderma during transplantation, but not Venkata Naryana Reddy. A sever bacterial soft root rot was observed in Narayana Reddy field and 180 infected plants were removed by Hub team during the visit and enrolled D.Venkata Narayana Reddy as Biotech KISAN fellow farmer and supplied him with Bio-inputs.