| Sanction Date: | 23-02-2018 | ||||
| Project Category | SG | ||||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 9 Months Extension | ||||
| BTA : | Livelihood Options and Employment Generation | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | Kashmir Region of Jammu and Kashmir | ||||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Division of Environmental Science Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | |||
1. |
Division of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture SKUAST Kashmir | ||||
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Division of Soil Science , Faculty of Horticulture SKUAST Kashmir | ||||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone Division of Environmental Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K |
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| Project Brief Description: | Over the past few decades, anthropogenic changes in the climate of the earth have become the focus of scientific and social attention. The most significant of these is the increased levels of CO2 and other Green House Gases (GHGs) (CH4, N2O, O3 and CFC's) in the atmosphere leading to global warming. Besides increase in the temperature, the quantity and the event of the rain and snow fall has also become more unpredictable and erratic. Apple farming is an important activity and profession of farmer communities in the Kashmir valley. In J&K State like in other parts of the country climatic variations such as extreme temperatures in summers, short and warm winters, and shortage of irrigation water during critical periods of growth and outbreak of pests is now a common phenomenon being faced by the orchardists. Frequency of natural disasters like drought, floods and strong winds has also increased. Under the changing climatic scenario new areas at higher altitudes could be exploited for apple cultivation. Moreover, adaptation strategies like screening and adoption of climate resilient varieties for assessing the growth response needs to be studied. In this view, aim of the project are to: (i) assess the yield and quality of fruits and other growth parameters of the apple growing at different altitudes and in different regions of the valley and laying out the experiment under ambient field conditions for screening growth response of some exotic climate resilient varieties at some selected sites of the Kashmir valley, (ii) assess ambient concentration of GHG's and soil health (nutrients and microbiology at different sites in the Kashmir valley and (iii) delineate apple growing areas with the help of RS and GIS technology. | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: |
Orchardists and farmers of the Kashmir valley Development departments (Department of Horticulture and Agriculture) |
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| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs.43,46,600/- (Rupees Forty Three Lakh Forty Six Thousand Six Hundred only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Determination of growth response (yield and quality) of apple varieties at various altitudes; | Growth response model (yield and quality) of apple varieties at various altitudes; | No. of New Database/ Datasets generated on the identified dynamics (No.); |
| Screening of different climate resilient apple varieties; | Database on soil health, climate effect on apple and GHG will be generated; | Region-specific best practices/ demonstrative models developed (No.); |
| Assessment of soil health at different altitudes and measurement of the GHGs; | Manual for screening of climate resilient apple varieties; | No. of Capacity Building Trainings/ Awareness Programmes (No. of Youth, No. of Women; and Total No. of Beneficiaries); |
| Delineation of apple growing areas with the help of RS and GIS Technology. | Maps delineating prospective apple growing areas. | Other Publications and knowledge products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary | Resigned |
| 1. | Syed Sami Ullah | Ph.d | JPF | 16000/- + HRA | |
| 2. | Ikhalq A. Mir | M.Sc | JPF | 16000/- +HRA | |
| 3. | Shafia Kounsar | Labour | 6,700 |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Chlorophyll Meter | SPAD 502 Plus | 3,11,220/- |
| 2. | UV/ VIS Spectrophotometer Double Beam | Shimadzu | 5,04,450/- |
| 3. | Soil Moisture and pH meter | 9027 | 8142 |
| 4. | Rectangular Highh temperature Furnace | LabotechTM BDI-73 | 44,840 |
| 5. | Aeroso Mass Moniter | M/S Met One Instruments, USA 831 | 2,95,312.5 |
