3. Our farmer
Mr. V.K. Padmanabhan
Vadakkekara house
Ward 3
Kadangode Panchayat
Thrissur
Phone No. 85472557
Farming experience β 25 years
Recognized as progressive farmer β 12 years
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4. History
β’ He comes from an agriculture background
β’ His father did tapping of palm
β’ They owned 20 acre of land
β’ He dropped his studies and did agriculture after
his father died
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9. Family profile
Sl.
No.
Name Age
(years)
Sex Marital
status
Education Occupation
1. Mr V.K.
Padmanabhan
54 Male Married 10th Farming
2. Miss Sudharma 45 Female Married Pre-
degree
Home
maker
3. Devaki amma 85 Female Widow - -
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10. 1. Mono cropping of
2. Tapping of palm for toddy
3. Banana
4. Vegetables
5. Rice
6. Dairy
7. Cashew
8. Transportation β auto
1. Organic farming
2. Pineapple
3. Mango
4. Poultry
5. Biogas
6. Rubber
7. Cowpea, capsicum, flowers
in poly house
8. Agent for lawn setting
9. Agro tourism
10.Turmeric pickle
11.Transportation β jeep, tow
wheeler,
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16. 300 Nendran banana
Retain 2 suckers in the 2nd year
Cost β Rs. 30,000
Returns β Rs. 1,80,000 1616
17. Area β 40 cent
Crops β jack β Rs. 3000
pepper β Rs.25,200
cardamum - started
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18. Area β 50 cent
Channel size of 4m deep and 2m wide
Fish cultivation during rainy season (6months)
Fishes β 1500 , Rs. 250/kg
Land β mango
Profit - RS. 5000 1818
39. 5 - 10 labour
Men = Rs. 400/head/day
Women = Rs. 350/head/day
Wife is involve in farming equally
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40. 1. Direct sale to local market
2. Own shop
3. Link up with hotels for milk
4. Milk delivery by the farmer himself
5. Wholesaler are coming to take his produce
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44. Cultivation of amaranth-
Karshakasree September 2003
Polyhouse cultivation of
marigold & gomphena In
Malayala manorama
Cultivation of cucumber
Karshakasree 2002
Paddy cultivation
In Malayalam Manorama 4444
45. 1. Adoption of mixed farming
2. Proper utilization of water and irrigation
at critical stages
3. Proper land preparation for rice
4. Organic cultivation
5. Practice of traditional methods
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46. 1. Farmer is well informed about the new technologies
2. He is interested in adopting new technologies
3. He is very experienced and made his own insecticides
and cultivation practices
4. Scientific cultivation and following POP
5. Maximum utilization of land resource
6. Use of hybrid seed
7. He cultivates new crops in small area before
commercializing them
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