FARMER ORIENTED SERVICES OFFERED BY ICRI
i) Farmer oriented services by ICRI, Myladumpara
- Production and supply of quality planting materials of cardamom and black pepper.
- Disease/pest diagnostics and advisory service, Bio agent production (Trichoderma and Pseudomonas, AM Fungi and EPN cadavers)
- Soil test based advisory services (Analysis of all major, secondary, micro nutrients and pH sent by farmers)
- Scientific crop production services - Leaf sample testing analysis of all major, secondary micro nutrients from planters.
- Short term training programmes to farmers, NGOs, SHGs
- Pesticide residue analysis at farm gate level
- Weather forecasting services to all stakeholders.
- Virus Diagnostics of Black Pepper and cardamoms through Molecular Markers
- Mobile Spice Clinics/ Advisory Meetings, IPM campaign, Good Agricultural Practices, Webinars, Whatsapp groups
- RPL project entitled ‘Training programme on recognition of prior learning (RPL) for empowerment of farmers engaged in spices cultivation’ under Prime Minister’s Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
ii) Farmer oriented services by ICRI RRS, Sakleshpur, Karnataka
- Production and supply of quality planting materials of cardamom and black pepper.
- Disease/pest diagnostics and advisory service, Bio agent production (Trichoderma and Pseudomonas )
- Supply of scarified cardamom seeds.
- Mobile Spice Clinics/ Advisory Meetings
Spice clinic at Sakleshpur
iii)Farmer oriented Services offered by ICRI, RRS Tadong, Sikkim
- Advisory services for crop production
- Supply of nucleus planting Material.
- Training programmes to farmers, NGOs, SHGs for Sikkim and other NE states.
- Mobile Spice Clinics
- Advisory visits/ service for crop improvement
- Diseases diagnostics services for Large Cardamom, Ginger and Turmeric
Field visit during Spice Clinic at West Sikkim
Large cardamom germplasm collection by Scientist at Sanganath, South Sikkim
Spice Clinic in Large cardamom field
Spice Clinic in Sikkim