KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED INDUSTRIES / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED INDUSTRIES / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED INDUSTRIES / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

1.    Kerala Agro Industries Corporation (KAMCo) – Athani (Ernakulam)

2.    Kerala Live Stock Development Corporation – Pattom (Thiruvananthapuram)

3.    National Seed Corporation – Karamana (Thiruvananthapuram)

4.    Oilpalm India Limited – Kottayam

5.    Command Area Development Authority (CADA) – Perukavu (Thrissur)

6.    Coconut Development Board – Cochin

7.    Bureau of India Standards – Agmark – Thathamangalam (Palakkad)

8.    Central Soil Test Centre -  Parottukonam (Thiruvananthapuram)

9.    Central State Farm – Aralam (Kannur)

10. Central Integrated Pests Management Centre – Cochin

11. Farm Information Bureau – Kowdiar (Thiruvananthapuram)

12. Kerala State Horticulture Development Corporation – Vellayambalam (Thiruvananthapuram)

13. Milma – Thiruvananthapuram

14. Sugandhabhavan – Cochin (Palarivattom)

15. Marketfed – Cochin (Gandhibhavan)

16. NABARD Trivandrum

17. Kerafed - Trivandrum

18. Beefed – Pappanamcode (Thiruvananthapuram)

19. Serifed – Pattom (Thiruvananthapuram)

20. Bamboo Corporation – Angamali (Ernakulam)

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED INDUSTRIES / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED AWARDS / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED AWARDS / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED AWARDS / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

AGRICULTURE RELATED AWARDS

·      Best coconut farmer                   :                             Kerakesari

·      Best milk producer                     :                             Ksheeradhara

·      Best from journalist                   :                             Karshakabharati

·      Best Agricultural Labourer        :                             Srama Sakti

·      Best SC/ST farmer                     :                             Karshakajyoti

·      Best Agriculture Scientist          :                             Krishi Vigyan

·      Best Farmer                                :                             Karshakothama

·      Best Young farmer                     :                             Yuvakarshaka

·      Best farmer who engages in soil protection   :          Kshonimithra

·      Best Vegetable Farmer               :                             Haritha Mithra

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE RELATED AWARDS / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

·      Kuttanadu is known as the Granary of Kerala

·      The largest producer of Paddy in Kerala is Palakkad

·      Coconut reached Kerala from Sri Lanka

·      Red Chilli was brought to Kerala by the Portuguese from Brazil

·      Travancore Agricultural Department was organized by Sri Moolam Thirunnal

·      Largest producer of Pepper in India is Kerala

·      Kerala produces 97% of national output of pepper and accounts for 85% out of the area under natural rubber in the country

·      Largest producer of Tapioca in Kerala is Thiruvananthapuram district

·      Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) in Kasargode was started in 1970

·      Waynad is the largest producer of coffee seeds and ginger in Kerala

·      Kasargode district is the only tobacco cultivating district in Kerala

·      Coconut is the most important agricultural product of Kerala

·      Kerala cultivates 30% of its area with coconut, 16% with Rubber and 13% with Paddy

·   Kerala accounts for about 60% of the total production of coconut in India. The annual yield of coconut in Kerala is approximately 450 crores. Kozhikode district stands first in producing coconuts in Kerala

·      About 90% of India’s rubber production is from Kerala

·      Idukki and Wayanad are the spice districts of the state

·      Kerala is popularly known as the Spice Garden of India

·      Kuttanad is the place in Kerala where rearing of ducks is most popular

·  Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargode (CPCRI) developed 4 new varieties of coconut trees namely Kalpa Prathibha, Kalpadenu, Kalpa Mithra and Kalpa Raksha

·      Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute is an autonomous Institute established by the Kerala Government

·      Indian Institute of Spices Research situated in Kozhikode

·   Central Tuber Crops Research Institute is established in 1963 with its headquarters at Sreekariyam, Trivandrum

·      Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is situated in Mannuthy, Thrissur

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS