Crop/Enterprise

Thrust area

Apple

Quality fruit production.

Introduction of new cultivars, Pollinators & pollinizers in fruit crops. Proper pruning, Disease forecast & Management of diseases.

Paddy

Quality seed production, Popularizing new cultivars, IDM & INM & Reduction in cost of cultivation.

Maize

Popularizing F1 Hybrids, Water conservation/ management, Quality seed production, Integrated Nutrient Management & Value addition.

Wheat

Introducing wheat – maize rotation.

Vegetables

Off season vegetable cultivation.

Production of seedlings under Poly House for early production.

Popularizing hybrids, Value addition & Market Linkage.

Livestock

Nutrient Management, Health care & disease management, Quality fodder production, management & Introduction of backyard poultry

Pulses

Popularizing SKUAST-K released varieties

Nutrient management & conservation of moisture.

Conservation of local Germ Plasm through farmers.

Oilseed

Increase in yield & improvement in oil recovery, timely sowing & pre-sowing irrigation.

Farm women

Empowerment through income generation activities & Skill development.