Adopted Villages

KVK Srinagar:

Agro-Ecosystem analysis of the focus/target area-II

Fakirgujri, Mujigund, Dardekhour, Maloora.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra Srinagar adopted two villages namely village Dardkhover Dara zone Harwan and Maloora Mujigund zone Qamarwari having both different topography and different agricultural activities. Both the villages agriculture based economy. Village Maloora is involved in commercial cultivation of vegetables and in Dardkhover village there are multiple agriculture/horticulture activities like cultivation of paddy, maize, fodders and fruits like apple, cherry, pear, apiculture including sheep, goat and dairy.

The average landholding at village Dardkhover is 0.2 ha. And at village Maloora 0.4 ha. Small and marginal farmers constitute majority in the villages. Farm size is further decreasing overtime due to division and subdivision of landholding. Most of the villages are well connected with the road which is an advantage; however this advantage comes with a set of threats and villages are prone to come under urbanization and unreversisible division in spite of producing crops on commercial scale.

Horticulture is an important farming business of village Dardekhover besides Paddy and Maize. Cherry is being cultivated at large scale. .the main problems orchardists confront are poor fruit set, inadequate number of pollinisers, faulty training and pruning and lack of post harvest management practices. Vegetable cultivation on commercial scale is being adopted in village Maloora. The main problem is lack of quality seed material, timely non availability of other inputs, high incidence of insect/pest and diseases and production of offseason vegetables under control conditions.

Analysis and Conclusions:

Table 1: Demographic Information and Literacy

Villages	Total population	Male (%)	Female (%)	Literacy Rate
Dardekhover	1150	55	45	50
Maloora	1991	52	48	55

Table 2: Present area under Major Crops

Villages	Paddy (%)	Vegetables (%)	Maize (%)	Fodder (%)	Fruits (%)
Dardekhover	15	07	20	08	50
Maloora	50	50	-	-	-

Table 3: Information about Livestock and Poultry

Villages	Animal/Poultry	No.	Milk
Dardekhover	Cattle	500	4-5 Kg/Cow
Maloora		525	5-6 Kg/Cow
Dardekhover	Sheep	700	-
Maloora		-	-
Dardekhover	Goat	300	-
Maloora		-	-
Dardekhover	Poultry	700	(Local and Broiler)
Maloora		600	(Local and Broiler)

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