1.    

Name of the ATIC centre

ATIC, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU)

2.      

Location and complete address

 

 

Website address

ATIC, Directorate of Extension, Kerala Agricultural University, PO Mannuthy, THRISSUR – 680651, Kerala

www.kau.edu/extension/atic

3.      

Year of Establishment

2000

4.      

Designation of the Head

Officer on special duty

5.      

Communication facilities

Telegram

 

6.      

Telephone

0487 – 370540

7.      

Telex

 

8.      

FAX

 

9.      

E-mail

kauatic@vsnl.net ;  dekau@vsnl.com  

10.   

Major functions of the Centre

Sale of planting materials,

Sale of products, technologies, books

Farm advisory services

Coordinating training programmes

Information support

11.   

Major products / services and allied enterprises

Seeds, Nursery plants, Medicinal plants, Plantation crops, Spices, Vegetable plants, Dairy products, Compost, Ornamental fish, Processed food, Meat & Poultry products, Spawn, Bio-pesticides

12.   

Information available on major topics

Literature -

94 items in the form of books, booklets, technical bulletins in English & Malayalam leaflets available. (List of English publications given in Appendix)  

13.   

Lead function of the centre

Extension

14.   

Total research, training and extension staff (discipline-wise break up desirable)

Total - 10 no.s

Manager, Asst. Professor ( Ag. Extension), Technical Officer, Assistant, Farm Supervisor,

Farm Assistants - 3, Class IV - 2

15.   

Lodging facilities

No. of rooms (furnished / unfurnished)

8 rooms under Central Training Institute, Mannuthy

16.   

Double / single seated

Double

17.   

Boarding facilities

(available / not available)

Not available , Access to full fledged restaurant

18.   

Nearest town/city

THRISSUR – 6 km

19.   

Audio visual facility

Overhead Projector

 

Available at Directorate of Extension

20.   

Slide projector

Available at Directorate of Extension

21.   

Tape recorder

Available at Directorate of Extension

22.   

TV, VCR

Available at Directorate of Extension

23.   

Computer facility

Available, Pentium II and Multimedia

24.   

Transport facility

Yes, Jeep - 1, Motor bike - 1

25.   

Are the crops available round the year

yes

26.   

No. of villages nearby the centre where crops are grown round the year (indicate distance in Kms.)

15 km radius

5 villages

27.   

Are they connected by bus or any other conveyance

Yes

28.   

What is the nearest FTC / Research Station / SAU

FTC - < 300 metres, Research Station - < 300 metres KAU - 2 km, KVK - 45 km

29.   

Does the centre have a village adoption scheme?

No

 

30.   

Is there any regular transfer of technology programme run by the centre

Agro Bio- technology Agency for Rural Employment Development ( ABARD) - Trainings have been imparted to 78 rural youth, 90 percent of whom are women on 15 different areas such as seed and seedling production, Cocoa and Coconut products and value added products, mushroom spawns, banana fibre products, etc., Further 15 Small Agro Industrial Units were started on campus by the trainees for getting hands-on experience on running the units. The University supports these units with capital  (revolving fund mode), technical back stopping and human resource development. Many of these units are highly successful and the ABARD products are being sold through ATIC.    

Farm advisory service

Telephone  helpline – full time dedicated

31.   

Nearest Railway Station / Bus stand

THRISSUR (6km)

32.   

Indicate nearest Bank for official transaction

State Bank of Travancore, Ollukkara (< 200 metres)

Appendix - List of  KAU Publications

Code

Name of publication

Price (Rs.)

201

Cassava

25.00

212

Diseases of Cardamom

6.50

215

Mushroom

20.00

223

Salient Research Results

9.00

224

Monograph on crop pests and their control

200.00

273

Coconut Perianth mite and its management

10.00

405

P.O.P. ( Agriculture)

40.00

413

P.O.P. ( Veterinery)

25.00

613

Diseases and pests of Cardamom in Kerala

7.50

778

Manual of Teaching techniques

7.00

826

Orchids

40.00

829

Banana

75.00

830

Teak

75.00

833

Medicinal plants

50.00

834

Homestead fruit crops

50.00

837

Anthurium

55.00

838

Commercial Floriculture

75.00

841

Banana Compendium

75.00

864

Palmarosa - Vetiver - Lemon grass

5.00

866

Nursery manual for Pepper

5.00

889

Paprika

10.00

890

The Asian Elephants

300.00

907

Nutrition garden

40.00

832

Common weeds of Rice ecosystem

30.00

958

Forest nursery technology and management

55.00

961

Kole lands of Kerala

31.00

970

Bio - fertilizers - Concept and prospects

60.00

       

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