KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA ,MEHSANA

For the year 2006-07, five villages viz Dhandhusan,Megha aliyasana , Sankarpura, Vadsma and Kadvasan were adopted. A brief details of the adopted villages are as :

Name of Villages Detail	Megha aliyasana	Shankarpura	Vadsma	Dhanshusan	Kadvasan
Taluka	Visnagar	Mehsana	Mehsana	Mehsana	Mehsana
Distance from KVK(km)	15	20	17	15	5
Major occupation	Agricultural and Animal husbandry	Agricultural and Animal husbandry	Agricultural and Animal husbandry	Agricultural and Animal husbandry	Agricultural and Animal husbandry
Total Population	1870	1370	4970	2027	1570
No. of BPL Family	11	72	177	133	0
Type of Soil	Medium black, sandy loam	Sandy loam and Sandy	Sandy loam and Sandy	Sandy loam and Sandy	Sandy loam and Sandy
Total Cultivable land (ha)	377	160	1823	193	237
Irrigated land (ha)	314	140	1276	101	100
Major crops	Castor, Bajra, sesamum, lemon, aonla, wheat, Fennel, Mustard, fodder crops	Jowar, Bajra, Lucern, Wheat, Castor, Hy. Cotton, Guar, Sesamum and vegetable	Castor, Wheat, Bajra, Lucern, Guar, Jowar, Hy. Cotton , Sesamum and vegetable	Mung, Carrot, Chiku, Aonla, Lime, Castor, Bajra, Jowar, Mustard, Cotton	Lime, Wheat, Castor, Mustard, Mung Bajra, Jowar, Cotton
Agricultural problems	Low productivity of major crop Acute shortage of irrigation water Problematic soil Improper used of pesticides Awareness about pest and disease diagnosis Injurious use of fertilizer Poor ground water Imbalanced diet observe in BPL family Crop damage by wild animal Unawareness about soil and water analysis Lower prices of fields and horticulture farm products Unavailability of quality FYM & manure. Unawareness about improved technologies Improper management of orchads. Lower productivity of live stock Improper handling of farm products Unemployment in rural area.