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Experimental Farms of IIIM
CSIR-IIIM, Farm, Jammu (Chatha)
IIIM Jammu has about 50 acres of experimental farm at Chatha (nearer to SKUAST, Jammu) which is situated about 11 kms from CSIR-IIIM, Jammu headquarter towards South after Jammu airport. The farm was established in the year 1956 by Col. Sir. R. N. Chopra. The farm is divided into 3 sub parts:
- Genetic Resources / Bio resources centre in the form of Medicinal garden
Under this programme, collection, identification and maintainance of different medicinal and aromatic plants in the area of more than 3 acres are carried out. More than 150 species are maintained which includes medicinal, aromatic, floriculture and other economical plants.
- Experimentation Block
In this experimental block, trials are conducting on the improvement and developing agrotechnological practices, packaging, processing, value addition and marketability and conducting of Training programme.
- Commercial cultivation and supply of quality planting material
In this programme, a large scale demonstration trial of newly developed, released varieties, their mass scale propagation and supply of quality planting material to the growers and processing including value addition are carried out. Till now a large quantity of planting material across the country right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, NGOs, Govt. agencies are supplied.
Experimental Field Stations
Field Station Jammu (Chatha)
Location : Chatha
Distance from Jammu: 11 Kms
Total area : 50 acres
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Overview
Kashmir valley being unique in its vast flora of high altitude medicinal and aromatic plants including microbial diversity, current R&D work is focused on prospecting these abundant natural resources. Experimental Field stations contribute to regional services, surveys, plant genetic resources (conservation) data acquisition, evaluation, and production of quality planting material with emphasis on agro and processing technology of high value plants. Several of these are processed for production of essential oils. Local farmers are also engaged in these activities by providing them quality planting material and technical know-how
Experimental Field Stations
Field Station Yarikhah (Tangmarg)
Location : Tangmarg
Distance from Srinagar: 50 Kms
Altitude : 8400 ft
Total area : 10 hectares
Field Station Yarikhah is located at a distance of 45km from Srinagar in Tangmarg, district Baramullah at an altitude of 7400 ft. on the way to famous tourist destination Gulmarg. The total area of land available in the farm is 10 hectares (25 acres).
Field station Bonera (Pulwama)
Location : Pulwama
Distance from Srinagar: 40 Kms
Altitude : 5400 ft
Total area : 60 hectares
Field station Verinag (Anantnag)
Location : Anantnag
Distance from Srinagar: 80 Kms
Altitude : 7400 ft
Total area : 2.5 hectares
Field Station Verinag is located at a distance of 78km from Srinagar in Verinag, district Anantnag at an altitude of 6700 ft. near the famous historical spring of Verinag. The total area of land available in the farm is 2.5 hectares (6.25 acres).
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The major activities carried out in these farms include maintenance of plant germplasm base of many rare high altitude medicinal and aromatic plants, development of agro technologies for large scale cultivation and processing of high value aromatic crops like particularly Rose, Rosemary, Rose geranium, Lavender, Clarysage and other medicinal plants for extension activities. The farms are lead centres for the several multi institutional projects under different sponsoring agencies like CSIR, S&T, DBT, ICMR etc. The quality planting material produced is being supplied to various divisions of the institute and other institutions for drug discovery research programme. Evaluation, performance and utility of most promising species of plants are being multiplied and tested under different agro-climatic situations.
Details reports on individual medicinal plants including their history, origin, genetic resources, cytogenetic, and varietal improvement through conventional and modern molecular methods, and their use in pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical, nutrition, and food industries is being carried out.
Kheda (Gujarat)
Village: Karoli
Tehsil: Mehmedabad .
District: Gandhi Nagar.
State: Gujarat.
Soil status: pH 8.0 to 8.5; deep brown colour; sweet water
Crop/plantation age: Planted in June 2012
Area:
2.5 acres (RRL-CN-5 aromatic grass)
2 acre (Himrosa)
0.25 acre (Tawirosa)
0.5 acre (Palmarosa)
Village: Modaj
Tehsil: Mehmedabad.
District: Mehmedabad.
State: Gujarat.
Soil status: Sandy loam having pH range from 7.5to 8.0; dark brown colour soil; Flood irrigation; sweet water.
Crop/plantation age: Planted on June 2012.
Area: 0.5 acre (RRLCN-5 aromatic grass)
Village: Rohissa
Tehsil: Mehmdabad.
District: Kheda.
State: Gujarat.
Soil status: pH 8.0 to 8.5; deep brown colour; sweet water
Crop/plantation age: Planted on June 2012
Area: 1acres (RRL-CN-5 Aromatic grass)
Village: Kothipura
Tehsil: Mehmedabad.
District: Kheda.
State: Gujarat.
Soil status: pH 8.0 to 8.5; deep brown colour; sweet water
Crop/plantation age: Planted on Feb 2014
Area: 3acres (RRL-CN-5 aromatic grass)
Village: Nanadara
Tehsil: Thasara.
District: Kheda .
State: Gujarat .
Soil status: pH : 8.2; sweet water
Crop/plantation age: Planted on July 2014
Area: 20 acres
Mandvi (Gujarat)
Village: Padampur
Tehsil: Mandvi.
District: Kutch.
State: Gujrat.
Soil: Sodic soil having pH 9.0 to 9.5 Black in colour Saline water having > 2800 TDS (Total Dissolved Salts)
Crop/plantation age: 1st year plantation .Planted on June 2012
Area: 2acres (RRL-CN-5 aromatic grass .Probable expansion to cover 5 acres)
Farmer details: Patel Bharat Shamji.
Awards/Honours:
Samman Patra from ATMA Gujrat on the ocassion of Krishi Mela held in 2013 as “pragatisheel farmer” and in Krishi Mahotsav, 2013 (rs 50,000/- cash award apart from momento) Issued by Collector, Bhuj (Kutch)
Jodhpur/Jalore (Rajasthan)
Village: Manai
Tehsil: Osian.
District.: Jodhpur.
State: Rajasthan .
Soil status: Deep brown soil, tubewell water pH: 8 to 8.5
Area: 1 acre ; Crop: RRL-CN-5
Farmer details: Shri Dana Ram
Village: Hajri
Tehsil: Ahore .
District: Jalore.
State: Rajasthan .
Soil: Blackish brown soil pH: 9.2 to 9.5 Water salty (3000-4000 TDS
Planting date: Aug/Sept 2013
Area: 2.5 acre – RRL-CN-5
- To develop end to end technology in case of selected high value Essential oil crops.
- In situ and ex-situ cultivation based on organic farming
- Post harvest technology, Quality planting material, chemical standardization and value addition.
- Increased public – private partnership, Interactive meets between R&D institutions, Private growers and user industries.
- To Develop market linkages at National and International level on plant to plant basis.
- Cultivation of exotic plant species to be promoted in Jammu and Kashmir.
