Products & Services
Products & Services ยป Services
Services
- Seeds
VFPCK produce and supply seedlings to farmers from our hi-tech seedling production
units. In addition to the seeds and seedlings, Grow bags and Manures for homestead
garden are available for sale at VFPCK Krishi Business
Kendra (KBK).
- Planting
Materials
VFPCK produce and supply seedlings to farmers from our hi-tech seedling production
units. Seedlings of hybrids and cool season vegetables, Tissue culture plantlets,
Quality fruit plant grafts, Quality suckers, tubers and cuttings, Quality
flowering plants are available at VFPCK- KBK .
In addition to the seeds and seedlings, Grow bags and Manures for homestead
garden are available for sale at VFPCK- KBK.
- Mushrooms
For promotion of mushroom cultivation, regular training programmes are being
arranged by VFCK. Training kits comprising of spawn , polythene covers and
booklet for starters in mushroom cultivation are also being supplied
- Organic Farming
& Bio/Organic Products
In view of Organic farming concepts, Use of biofertilizers is one of the important
components of integrated nutrient management, as they are cost effective and
renewable source of plant nutrients to supplement the chemical fertilizers
for sustainable agriculture. Biopesticides, a contraction of 'biological pesticides',
include several types of pest management intervention: through predatory,
parasitic, or chemical relationships. VFPCK provides bio-fertilisers, organic
manures and biopesticides via the KBK
- Haritha Nagari
"Haritha Nagari", the terrace gardening scheme of VFPCK, an urban homestead farming venture might appear a god-send to those who have been looking for some alternatives. VFPCK provides potted vegetable seedlings that people grow in the premises of the house.
- Books &
Publications
VFPCK publishes 'Krishiankanam' , a bi-monthly
Malayalam publication covering fruit and vegetable sector. VFPCK publishes
many books, brochures
and Video CDs. Visit our publications
section for more details.
- Package
of Practices
With a view to provide technical knowledge to the extension functionaries
and farmers in the States, VFPCK has developed package of practices for different
crops with the latest research inputs from State Agricultural Universities
and Indian Council of Agricultural research (ICAR) .
- Weather Data
With the objective of providing timely weather advises to the farmers and
supplementing better inputs for crop-weather research, VFPCK has set up a
network of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) in the State.
- Trainings / Field
visits
VFPCK focuses on empowerment of farmers through training. Study visits are
organized for staff and farmers to have an exposure in national and international
agriculture related activities. Our training sessions are for Crop production,
crop management and crop protection , Post harvest handling and value addition.
Homestead vegetable cultivation. Mushroom cultivation and spawn production
Organic farming, Cultivation of cool season vegetables, Seed production, post
harvest handling and processing, Precision farming, poly house cultivation
etc.