S.No |
Name of the Organisation/ Agency |
Activities in which involved |
1. |
Tea Board |
Financial
assistance for the small tea growers development projects and training
programmes on tea cultivation.
Front
line demonstration on Tea.
A
Mini Tea processing unit is established at Glysdale farm for imparting
training to employees of various manufacturing units and unemployed youth.
Quality
upgradation of tea produced in small grower sector |
2. |
Coffee Board |
The
assistance of the Coffee Board was utilised in organising training on coffee
cultivation in order to promoting coffee cultivation in tribal villages.
|
3. |
Spices Board |
The
services were utilised in promoting spices cultivation in tribal villages
and on farm testing.
|
4. |
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University |
The
Director of Extension Education serves as a member in the Scientific
Advisory Committee of the Kendra.
The
Kendra imparts training on tea culture & manufacture to the students of
Agriculture and Horticulture.
Conducting
on farm testing and front line demonstration in collaboration with HRS, TNAU,
Ooty
Production
of video film on Quality tea harvesting
|
5. |
DRDA |
Imparting
training to benficiaries of DRDA schemes
|
6. |
UPASI-TRF |
The
new findings in tea from TRF were untilised for transfer of technology to
small tea growers.
|
7. |
Sri Avinashilingam TTC |
Periodical
in-service training for strengthening the Home science Unit.
|
8. |
State Department of Horticulture |
The
Kendra imparts periodical training to Horticultural Officers on Tea
Cultivation. The scientists of the kendra also participates in the monthly
workshop of Training and Visit System and highlights the cultural operations
to be carried out in Tea and allied enterprises during the month in order
to disseminate the information to the farmers by the extension personnel.
Impart training to TANWA beneficiaries
|
9. |
Hill Area Development Programme |
In
implementing the watershed programme of HADP,KVK has been identified as one
of the implementing Agencies.
|
10. |
Central Soil & Water Conservation Research &
Training Institute |
Utilised
Services in implementation Soil and Water conservation measures in the
NILGIRIS.
|
11. |
Panchayat Unions |
Field Advisory
visits are undertaken by Scientists of the Kendra.
|
12. |
Financial Institutions (Banks) |
Providing
financial assistance to the SHGs and trainees
|
13. |
Tamil Nadu Corporation for the development
of women. |
To get
financial support for women after Training.
|
14. |
District Industries centre |
To get
financial support to the trainees for starting enterprises
|
15. |
Potato Research Station, Muthorai |
To contact on
farm trials and other field experiments.
|
16. |
Nilgiri Adivasi Welfare Association |
Collaboration
in various tribal developmental programmes for the upliftment of the tribal
population in the Nilgiris. |
17. |
District Lead Bank. |
To get
financial support to the trainees and SHGs.
|
18. |
Nilgiri Medicinal plants promoters Society |
Promotion of
medicinal plants in Nilgiris.
|
19. |
I.C.D.S. |
Imparting
training to the extension personnel of ICDS.
|
20. |
Nilgiris Small Tea Growers’ Association |
Organising
Off-campus training and extension programmes.
|
21. |
Nilgiris Rose Society |
Member ,
promoting rose cultivation and cut flower production in Nilgiris
|
22. |
Nilgiri Bought Leaf Factory Association |
Creation of
quality awareness among tea producing sector.
|
23. |
Nilgiri Agricultural and Allied Scientific
Forum |
Helps in
exchange of information regarding all the crops development programmes in
the Nilgiris.
|
24. |
The Tamil Nadu Small Tea Growers’ Industrial
Co-operative Tea Factories Federation Limited (The INDCOSERVE) |
The Kendra
imparts periodical training to the members of the 14 Industrial Co-operative
tea factories in the NILGIRIS.
Services are
utilised to mobilise and motivate local farmers to take up tea cultivation
in a scientific way.
|
