Facilities at KVK Chandel

    1. Poultry Unit

• Provides hands-on training on improved breeds of backyard poultry (dual-purpose and egg-type birds).
• Demonstrates low-cost housing, balanced feeding, and vaccination practices.
• Helps women farmers and SHGs adopt poultry as a supplementary income activity.

    2. Piggery Unit

• Demonstrates scientific management of pig rearing with improved breeds suited for local conditions.
• Focus on housing, feeding with farm by-products, and disease prevention.
• Acts as a resource center for piglets distribution to tribal farmers.
• Popular in tribal households as pigs are culturally and economically important.

    3. Vermicompost Unit

• Demonstrates eco-friendly composting using earthworms to convert farm waste into organic manure.
• Shows how farmers can reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers and recycle farm residues.
• Training farmers and youth on setting up vermi-pits as an income-generating activity.

    4. Goatery Unit

• Demonstrates rearing of improved goat breeds for meat production.
• Training includes fodder management, shed construction, and preventive healthcare.
• Promotes goat farming as a low-investment, high-return enterprise for marginal farmers.

    5. Horticultural Crops Unit

• Showcases orchard management (fruit crops), vegetable production, and floriculture.
• Demonstrates modern practices like mulching, drip irrigation, and integrated pest management.
• Provides seedlings/planting material to farmers for scaling up cultivation.

    6. Polyhouse Unit

• Demonstrates protected cultivation techniques for high-value vegetables, flowers, and nursery raising.
• Helps farmers understand off-season production to fetch higher market prices.
• Acts as a training center for modern horticulture and climate-resilient farming.

    7. Jalkund (Water Harvesting Structure)

• A small rainwater harvesting pond lined with polythene sheets to store water.
• Demonstrates efficient water management in rainfed and hilly areas.
• Used for irrigation of vegetables, nurseries, and livestock drinking during dry periods.
• Vital for tribal villages where water scarcity is common.

    8. Integrated Farming System (IFS) Unit

• Demonstrates a model farm integrating crops, livestock, fisheries, horticulture, and vermicomposting.
• Trains farmers on resource recycling: crop residues → livestock feed; animal waste → compost.
• Shows how one enterprise supports another, increasing income and reducing risks.

     9. Mushroom Unit

• Demonstrates mushroom cultivation (oyster, button, and milky mushrooms).
• Provides training on spawn production, substrate preparation, and post-harvest handling.
• Especially targeted at farm women and unemployed youth as a low-cost enterprise.

    10. Natural Farming Unit

• Demonstrates organic and natural farming practices using bio-inputs like jeevamrit, beejamrit, and compost.
• Encourages farmers to minimize chemical use and adopt eco-friendly farming.
• Acts as a training hub for sustainable agriculture, soil health improvement, and safe food production.