SIGNATURE SHEET for Keeping Record of FARM VISITS

TWO PARTY, Sample Agreement with Farmers [SIGNATURE SHEET]

Enrollment details of Farmers District wise

Press Coverage , Tribune English 19-6-2008 [Haryana Plus]

Rohtak NGO to train farmers

Joins hands with Hafed in contract farming project
Sunit Dhawan
Tribune News Service
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080620/harplus1.htm#14

Rohtak, June 19
Rohtak-based NGO Sristi Gyan Kendra, which has been engaged in promoting innovators at grassroots level, is now spreading its wings in the farming sector.
The NGO, working as part of Honeybee Network, is
actively involved in talent scouting, apart from documentation, validation, value-addition and IPR protection of country’s traditional knowledge.

The voluntary organisation recently got a contract-farmers assignment from Hafed, in which it will be training farmers of Kaithal, Karnal and Kurukshetra districts. Kurukshetra district manager of Hafed, R.P.Sahni, is the nodal officer of the project.

The NGO had successfully completed a similar contract-farming task regarding C-306 wheat variety in Mahendergarh, Rewari, Jhajjar and Mewat districts.

It has also been running “kisan schools” in villages to educate the farmers. In the new assignment, it will now be working on CSR-30 basmati variety.

Farming area spread over 4,000 acres and falling in Kaithal, Karnal and Kurukshetra districts has been identified for the purpose and the NGO volunteers, led by project manager Umed Singh, are already on the job.

The assignment involves motivating the farmers to use CSR-30 basmati variety, equipping them with the latest scientific know-how in growing it, providing crop solutions and facilitating the sale of their produce to Hafed.

“We are educating farmers about issues like farm ecology and bio-control of common disease-causing organisms, besides judicious use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides,” says Kamal Jeet, executive officer of Sristi Gyan Kendra.

After putting the project on the track, the NGO plans to provide an agri-clinic for the farmers. The mobile clinic will have facilities of soil and water testing and conception diagnostic kits at working costs, besides useful literature on farming methods and limited quantities of Hafed products.

The farmers, who came in contact with the NGO volunteers during the running of “kisan schools” in the area, are now enthusiastically working for the success of the present project.

Training Program running at Rajound,
District Kaithal- Haryana

On farm dissemination activity is in Progress

at Village Jinder Dera in Kaithal, Haryana.

Contract Farming Project KHARIF 2008

Contract Farming Project of hafed was started on 13th may 2008.
Crop under contract farming is CSR-30 BASMATI.
Field advisory services were alloted to a Rohtak based Institution SRISTI GYAN KENDRA.
This project is covering 4167 [Four thousnads One hundred and sixty seven] Acres of land in 3 districts, i.e. KAITHAL KARNAL & KURUKSHETRA.

Details of farmers and villages is shown as under

S.No.	Number of Villages	Number of farmers
Karnal	78	343
Kaithal	76	272
Kurukshetra	70	144
TOTAL	224	759

Details of Persons Involved in This Project

Sh.R.P. SAHANI
NODAL OFFICER
District Manager-HAFED
KURKSHETRA

Hafed Complex
Opposite Main Market
Sector-5, Urban Estate
Kurukshetra

Contact Numbers:- 01744-230836, 200083
E Mail:- dmhfdkrk@hry.nic.in

Sh. ANIL AHLAWAT
District Manager-KARNAL
32/7,Sant Nagar,
Hansi Road, Karnal

Contact Numbers:- 0184-2241003,2240273
E Mail:- dmhfdkrl@hry.nic.in

Sh.K.S.LOHAN
District Manager-KAITHAL

Hafed Complex
Jind Road
KAITHAL

Contact Numbers:- 01746-396636,222626
E mail:- dmhfdktl@hry.nic.in

KAMAL JEET
Executive Officer
SRISTI GYAN KENDRA
675/25, PATEL NAGAR
ROHTAK-124001
Haryana, India

Contact Number:- 9215514437
E Mail:- kamal@sgk.in