Krishi vigyan Kendra Banavasi

 

The operational area of KVK, Banavasi includes the villages in the western parts of the 25 mandals in Kurnool district. The area is predominant in red soils under rainfed agriculture. The major crops sown are cotton, castor and groundnut. Among the horticulture crops predominant are onion, tomato and chilli.

 

                              KVK Banavasi – Area of operation (25 mandals)

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Kurnool district at a glance

 

Land use pattern

         

Total geographic area

17,65,800 ha

Total land area under Agriculture

10,35000 ha

Total gross cropped area   

8,56,500 ha

Gross area under irrigation

2,86,000 ha

Net area under irrigation    

2,45,853 ha

Barren and uncultivated     

1,27,315 ha

Land put to non-agric area 

1,38,577 ha

Forest   

                3,40,669 ha

Permanent pastures and other

Grazing lands

         3576 ha

Cultivable waste

   48,292 ha

Current fallow land

  1,40,528 ha

Net area sown

8,89,122 ha

Fallow  other than  current         

                    75,980 ha

 

 

Area under irrigation

 

Source of irrigation

Area ( ha )

Canals

1,21,678

Bore Wells

1,14,703

Tanks

9,877

Wells

19,900

Lift irrigation

18,389

Other sources

1,889

Total

2,45,853

 

 Rainfall

 

Rainfall

Average (mm)

Normal Onset

Normal Cessation

SW monsoon (June-Sep)

455.1

1st week of June

1st week of October

NE Monsoon(Oct-Dec)

149.6

2nd week of October

1st week of December

Winter (Jan- Feb) 

4.6

-

-

Summer (Mar-May)

61.2

-

-

Annual

670.5

   

 

Population 

 

Total population

40.53 lakh (M: 20.39 & F: 20.14)

Rural population

29.04 lakh  (71.7%)

Literacy percentage    

59.9

 

 

Total farmers

7,30,882

Men

5,36,891

Women

1,93,991

Small farmers (<2.45 ac)

3,66,088 (50.1 %)

Marginal farmers (2.46 to 9.87 ac)

3,27,536 (44.8 %)

Medium farmers (9.88 to 24.7 ac)

34998 (4.8 %)

Big farmers (>24.7 ac)

2260 (0.03 %)

 

 

Soils

 Black soils

7.666 lakh ha (75 %)

Red soils

2.046 lakh ha (20 %)

Other soils

0.510 lakh ha (5 %)

 

 

Farming situations: 17

 

 

S.No

Farming situation

Area (ha)

Imp. Cropping systems

1.

K.C.Canal – Red soils

1124

Paddy- Paddy, Green gram- Paddy,

Paddy- Ground nut, Vegetables/Paddy-Fallow

2.

T.B.P Low level Canal – Red soils

7665

Paddy-Paddy, Paddy-Ground nut,

Green gram-Paddy, Vegetables-Groundnut/Fallow

3.

T.B.P High level Canal – Red soils

274

Green gram-Paddy, Paddy/Groundnut/

Vegetables- Fallow

4.

K.C. Canal – Black soils

47831

Paddy/G. gram-Paddy, Paddy/G. Nut- Vegetables, Sun flower/G. Nut –Fallow, G. Nut/Cotton-Fallow

5.

T.B.P Low level Canal – Black soils

1 908

G. gram/Paddy-Paddy, Paddy-G.nut / Vegetables, Sunflower-G. nut, G. Nut-Sunflower,

Cotton-Fallow 

6.

T.B.P High level Canal – Black soils

5594

Paddy-Fallow, Sunflower/G. nut-Fallow,

green gram- Paddy, Fallow-Paddy.

7.

Problematic soils

100

Fallow-Paddy

8.

Tank irrigation – Red soils

6211

Paddy-Sun flower/Fallow

9.

Tank irrigation – Black soils

12445

Paddy-Paddy/G. Nut, Sunflower-Fallow,

Fallow-Paddy/G. Nut/Sun flower

10.

Well irrigation- Red soils

45732

Paddy-Paddy/Sunflower/Ground nut,

Sunflower-G. Nut/Green gram,

Ground nut- Ground nut/

Sunflower, Cotton/Onion/Chillies- Fallow

11.

Well irrigation – Black soils

46987

Paddy- Paddy/Sunflower/G. nut; Sunflower-G. nut, G. nut- Sunflower/ Vegetables, Cotton /Onion /  Chillies –Fallow

12.

Rain fed – Red soils

253750

Sunflower, G.nut + R. gram, G.nut + Jowar, Korra, Cotton, Cotton + R. gram, Jowar, R. gram – Fallow.

13.

Rain fed – Black soils

430501

Paddy-Fallow, Sunflower/ Bengal gram/ Coriander, Fallow-Jowar / Bengal gram/ Tobacco, Jowar /G. nut /Cotton – Fallow.

14.

SRBC – Red soils

333

Paddy-Paddy, Paddy-Ground nut, Green gram- Paddy, Vegetables – Ground nut/Fallow

15.

SRBC – Black soils

12914

Paddy-Paddy, Paddy-Ground nut, Green gram- Paddy, Vegetables – Ground nut/ Fallow

16.

TGP – Red soils

1400

Paddy-Paddy, Paddy-Ground nut, Green gram- Paddy, Vegetables – Ground nut/ Cotton – Fallow

17.

TGP – Black soils

9628

Paddy/ Green gram –Paddy/Ground nut –Vegetables, Sunflower/ Ground nut – Fallow, Ground Nut/ Cotton- Fallow

 

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