National Symposia/ Seminars/Workshops/Winter schools/Summer schools/Short courses were organised on competitive mode in the frontier areas like Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Input Use Efficiency, Market Led extension and Drought management in Plantation Crops.
All members of the faculty participated in various training programmes, farmer-scientist interactions, agricultural seminars, agro-clinics, radio talks, television programmers and agricultural exhibitions. The members also took part in the identification and investigation of problems in the farmers’ fields.
Agro-advisories are being issued regularly to the farmers of the region in both English and Malayalam. These are being published in the leading newspapers, broadcast through the All India Radio, Thrissur and are include in websites viz., www.kau.edu, www.kauagmet.org
A series of training programmes are regularly being conducted for the benefit of Officers of State Department of Agriculture, Commodity Boards, Banks, Task Force members of Peoples’ Planning Programme, unemployed youth and housewives.
Large scale multiplication and distribution of planting materials of fruit plants, ornamentals, spices and medicinal plants to farmers is a routine activity undertaken by the College.
Under the vegetable seed production complex, approximately one tonne of quality vegetable seeds is being produced annually and distributed to farmers.
Large scale production of processed fruits and vegetables is taken up and the products are sold through Agricultural Technology Information Centre, Mannuthy.
A mushroom production unit caters to the needs of mushroom growers of Thrissur and nearby districts by supplying quality oyster mushroom spawn.
Farmers and other entrepreneurs interested in the production of coir pith compost are supplied with an efficient fungus culture named ‘Platypus’ for the degradation of coir pith to nutrient rich compost.
Disseminated the technologies generated by the faculty of the College through Package of Practices Recommendations (Crops) KAU.
Tsunami disaster took place on 26th December 2004. Crop damage was severe in Alapuzha and Kollam districts (Alappat, Arattupuzha and Anthakaranazhi) across the costal belt. A team has been constituted from this college to analyse the effect of salinity on different crops.
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