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1200-1500 per day solving the problem of coconut farmers covering an area of 1200 ha. Out of the 240 youth trained as coconut technicians, more than 100 are practicing and earning Rs.

The development of a crack team for coconut through KVK – CDB collaboration made tremendous impact.

A custom hiring unit for small scale paddy mechanisation was established at KVK with the funding of State Planning Board and the facility is being used by more than 250 farmers per year.

Evaluated the Brush cutter with the reaping attachment for harvesting paddy and popularised among the small scale farmers. Spread the Helical blade puddler technology of KAU to more than 300 ha resulting in 40% savings in fuel costs.This success story was highlighted by CNN-IBN channel and Farmers Notebook of Hindu daily and as a result delegations from Ethiopia and Tamil Nadu Agricultural Department had discussions with the KVK team and women group ‘Krishi Sahayi’.

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The model was replicated in 35 panchayaths of the district as a part of fallow free Malappuram project.

Revival of paddy cultivation in more than 1000 ha was possible through the ‘Krishi Sahayi’ model and District Panchayath linked Haritha Malappuram project. Paddy mechanisation efforts through women empowerment by KVK Malappuram brought encouraging results and fetched best poster award in the International Women Conference 2012 at New Delhi.

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