Academic Department
AAU-KVK, Sonitpur
Constituent Department under Directorate of Extension Education
Krishi Vigyan Kendra of Sonitpur District was started in 1981, under the administrative control of Assam Agricultural University(AAU),Jorhat. KVK, Sonitpur is situated at Napam about 10 km away from the district headquarters, Tezpur.
The main mandates of KVK:
i) To conduct On Farm Testing trials for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems.
ii) To organise Front Line Demonstrations on various crops to generate production data and feedback information in farmers fields.
iii) To organise trainings to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
iv) To organise short and long term vocational training programmes in agriculture and allied fields for the farmers and rural youth with emphasis on learning by doing for higher farm production and generating self employment opportunities to the youth.
v) To act as Knowledge Resource centre of the district.
vi) To provide quality planting materials and livestock strain in the district.
Total land with KVK (in ha) : 16.0 ha
Total cultivable land with KVK (in ha): 10.0 ha
KVK, Sonitur has the following demonstration units:
a) Litchi Mother Plant Block
b) Banana Fruit Block
c) Dragon Fruit Block
d) Mango Fruit Block
e) Natural Farming
f) Crop Cafeteria
g) Fodder grass nursery
h) Goatary unit
i) Piggery unit Poultry unit
j) IFS
k)Two nos. of fisheries and a Amrit Sarovar of 10 bigha
l) Azolla unit
m) Vermicompost unit
The KVK has a Counselling Centre, an ATIC unit, a model bamboo nursery under National Bamboo Mission and a Soil testing laboratory well equipped with all the soil testing equipment.
Department Faculty Members
8 Faculty
Dr. Angana Sarmah
(i/c) Head View Profile
Mrs. Pompy Bora
Programme Assistant View Profile
Mr. Rajib Singh
Farm Manager View Profile
Mrs. Sarmistha Borgohain
Programme Assistant View Profile
Dr. Alakesh Deka
Subject Matter Specialist View Profile
Mrs. Moon Moon Basumatary
Subject Matter Specialist View Profile
Dr. Ranjit Bordoloi
Subject Matter Specialist View Profile
Dr. Namita Dutta
Subject Matter Specialist View ProfileDepartment Achievements & Accolades
22 Records
Discipline: Agronomy
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Assessment of HYV of Finger Millets in Sonitpur district.
2. Foliar application of growth regulator in Linseed.
3. Bio-efficacy of different PoE herbicides for broad spectrum weeds management in Chickpea.
4. Performance of HYV of Sugarcane Var. Kakodonga and Dhansiri.
Discipline: Horticulture
1. Assessment of local Ridge gourd varieties under NF system.
2. Assessment of biofortified cauliflower varieties Valentena & Carotena.
Discipline: Soil Science
1. INM in Wheat.
2. Conservation agriculture practices for enhancing production of lentil in rice-fallows (This OFT was directed by DR, AAU to conduct).Discipline: Fisheries Science
1. Incorporation of Silver barb (Puntius gonionotus) in feed based carp polycuture system.
2. Growth performance of pabda (Ompok pabda) along with IMC and exotic carps in polyculture system.
Discipline: Plant Protection
1. Productivity Assessment of Summer Oyster Mushroom.
Discipline: Community Science
1. Processing and waste utilization of watermelon.
2. Quality optimization of Vitamin C rich Ready-To-Serve beverage from Amla.
Discipline: Agronomy
1. Medium duration Paddy (var. Numoli) – Toria (var. TS 38) cropping sequence.
2. Demonstration on medium duration Paddy var. Surma Dhan.
3. Popularization of hybrid maize variety DKC 9081.
Discipline: Horticulture
1. Performance of multiple disease resistant tomato variety Arka Abhed.
2. Performance of rust resistant French bean variety Arka Sukumal.
3. Performance of Apple ber varieties in Sonitpur district.
4. Performance of Black centered Gerbera varieties in Sonitpur.
5. Demonstration of double row system of pineapple in Sonitpur district.
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Effect of Boron on growth and productivity of toria var TS 67.
2. Low cost vermicopost unit using vermibags.
Discipline: Fisheries Science
1. Nursery Pond Management.
2. Integrated Fish Cum Duck Culture.
3. Integrated Fish Cum Poultry Culture.
Discipline: Community Science
1. Popularization of millet based value added product.
2. Preparation of value added products from mushroom like pickles and soup powder.
3. Nutrition Garden for nutritional Security.
Discipline: Agronomy
Total training conducted: 9
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 4
Rural Youth: 4
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: Horticulture
Total training conducted: 7
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 3
Rural Youth: 4
Discipline: Soil Science
Total training conducted: 8
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 5
Rural Youth: 2
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: Fisheries Science
Total training conducted: 12
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 5
Rural Youth: 6
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: Community Science
Total training conducted: 8
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 5
Rural Youth: 2
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: ICT
Total training conducted: 2
Rural Youth: 2
Md. Nuruddin Islam is a hardworking farmer residing in Amolapam village, Tezpur. He started farming since childhood helping his father in paddy field. He worked day and night to meet his daily expenses. Presently, he owned a total area of 30 bigha land where different horticulture and field crops are grown. In 2023, he made an exclusive profit through an apple ber farming in an area of 4 bigha from which he bought a power tiller. This is one of a major significant achievement for him as well as for KVK, Sonitpur.The below table shows the data achieved through the demonstration by KVK, Sonitpur
| Technology demonstrated | Yield (q/ha) | GC (Rs./50 bags) | GR (Rs./50 bags) | NR (Rs./50 bags) | BCR
|
| Apple ber var. Kul | 43.22 | 67,420.00
| 1,73,520.00 | 1,06,100.00
| 2.57 |
| Apple ber var. Ball Sundari
| 38.56
| 67,420.00
| 1,54,240.00
| 86,820.00
| 2.29
|
| Apple ber var. Thailand ber
| 48.38 | 67,420.00
| 1,92,80.00
| 1,25,460.00
| 2.86
|
The Best Innovative Farmer Award for the year 2024 was awarded to Mr. Anjan Nath, Farmer from Sonitpur district by AAU, Jorhat. Mr. Nath has total 10 ha of cultivable land. He was initially engaged with cultivation of different season bound field crops. Gradually he started fishery with an area of 0.78 ha and introduced poultry, duckery, goatery, dairy and mushroom in his farming system. Mr. Nath was interested in farming activities but he did not have sufficient knowledge about scientific integration of different components and also, he was unaware about market linkage and value addition of the products.
KVK interventions:
Mr. Nath attended multidisciplinary training programmes organized by KVK Sonitpur time to time.
Conducted different Demonstration programme in his field and established an IFS unit.
Formed one Paddy based FPO and started seed production, value addition and market linkage of paddy, millet etc.
A custom hiring center was established through KVK under APART project.
Annual turnover: In the year 2024-25 Mr. Nath able to earned Rs 3.0 lakhs from Poultry and Duckery, 2.0 lakhs from Fishery, 2.0 lakhs from Dairy and Goatery, 0.70 lakhs from Mushroom, 1.0 lakh from Horticultural crops and 3.0 lakhs from field crops and thereby achieved a total annual turnover of Rs.1170000 till now.
Mr. Ashit Rajbanshi has 4 bigha of cultivable land. He was initially engaged with Aquarium business since 1996. Gradually he started flower cultivation in 2000. Mr. Rajbanshi was interested in commercial floriculture but he did not have sufficient knowledge about scientific methods of flower cultivation.
KVK interventions:
Mr. Rajbanshi approached KVK, Sonitpur for technical support and financial assistance
KVK, Sonitpur conducted different demonstration programme in his field on commercial cultivation of summer marigold var, Seracole, Chrysanthemum, Dutch rose, Black centered Gerbera etc.
Conducted vocational training programme in his farm to engage more people with flower cultivation.
Annual turnover: In the year 2024-25 Mr. Rajbangshi able to earned Rs 24 lakhs from flower business and out of which 9 lakhs is solely from the farm.
KVK, Sonitpur promoting natural farming since 2022 funded by ICAR-ATARI (Zone VI), Guwahati.Till date, 28 nos. of awareness camp, 13 nos. of training, 2 exposure visits,8 demonstration(on and off campus), 1 OFT have conducted under NF.
District champion farmer training was also conducted at KVK, Sonitpur.
In KVK farm we have established 3 demonstration units namely Five layer fruit model, Rice based cropping system model, Arecanut based multi-storied cropping model under natural farming.
Two numbers of villages namely Bogijuli and Seunichuk have adopted by KVK. In village Seunichuk 70 % farmers practicing organic farming have adopted NF practices successfully under bari system. Farmer Anjan Nath of Seunichuk village received Best Innovative farmer award during Regional Agricultural Fair, 2025 at AAU, Jorhat for NF.
The first assamese book on NF was published by KVK, Sonitpur inagurated by Hon’ble Agriculture Minister of Assam Sri Atul Bora, at AAU, Jorhat.
Success story of a NF progressive farmer of Sonitpur district Mrs. Deepali Mandal has published in International Journal of Biochemistry research.
Discipline: Agronomy
Total training conducted: 9
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 4
Rural Youth: 4
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: Horticulture
Total training conducted: 7
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 4
Rural Youth: 3
Discipline: Soil Science
Total training conducted: 8
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 4
Rural Youth: 3
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: Fisheries Science
Total training conducted: 10
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 5
Rural Youth: 4
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: Animal Science
Total training conducted: 6
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 3
Rural Youth: 3
Discipline: Community Science
Total training conducted: 7
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 4
Rural Youth: 2
Extension Personnel: 1
Discipline: ICT
Total training conducted: 3
Progressive Farmers/Farm Women: 2
Rural Youth: 1
Discipline: Agronomy
Discipline: Horticulture
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Assessment of HYV of Finger Millets in Sonitpur district.
2. Performance of rice variety RNR 15048(STRV)
3. Performance of HYV of Sugarcane Var. Kakodonga and Dhansiri.
Discipline: Horticulture
1. Assessment of local Ridge gourd varieties under NF system.
2. Assessment of biofortified cauliflower varieties Valentena & Carotena.
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Furrow application of lime in potato for improving productivity in acid soil
2. Fertility management in French bean
3. Effect of micronutrient (Boron and Zinc) biofertilizer application on growth, yield attributes and soil microbial population of Sesamum.Discipline: Fisheries Science
1. Growth Performance of Improved Catla in carp polyculture system.
2. Growth performance of pabda (Ompok pabda) along with IMC and exotic carps in polyculture system.
Discipline: Animal Science
1. Performance of Janapriya Chicken under semi intensive system of Management.
2. Performance of Rainbow rooster Chicken under Slatted floor system of Management.
Discipline: Community Science
1. Performance of ring cutter for efficiency and drudgery reduction of farm women.
Discipline: Agronomy
1. Popularization of medium duration rice variety Numoli (Seed production programme under PPP mode).
2. Popularization of hybrid Boro rice var. PAC 837.
3. Popularization of hybrid maize variety DKC 9081.
Discipline: Horticulture
1. Demonstration on year-round cultivation of vegetables under low cost poly house.
2. .Demonstration on Tissue culture Banana variety-Grand Nain (G9)
3. Performance of Black centered Gerbera varieties in Sonitpur.
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Zinc management in Kharif Rice.
2. Low cost vermicopost unit using vermibags.
Discipline: Fisheries Science
1. Integrated Poultry fish horticulture farming.
2. Synchronous refuge system of rice fish farming.
3. Introduction of Amur Common Carp in Composite Fish Farming.
Discipline: Animal Science
1. Rearing of White Pekin duck under Backyard system..
2. Backyard rearing of Dual purpose Kamrupa chicken.
Discipline: Community Science
1. Nutrition Garden for nutritional Security.
Discipline: Agronomy
Total training conducted: 5
Farmers/Farmwomen: 131
Discipline: Horticulture
Discipline: Horticulture
Total training conducted: 8
Farmers/Farmwomen: 107
Rural Youth: 76
EF: 25
Discipline: Soil Science
Discipline: Soil Science
Total training conducted:7
Farmers/Farmwomen: 112
Rural Youth: 75
Discipline: AnimalScience
Discipline: AnimalScience
Total training conducted:6
Farmers/Farmwomen: 104
Rural Youth: 50
Discipline: FisheriesScience
Discipline: FisheriesScience
Total training conducted:10
Farmers/Farmwomen: 128
Rural Youth: 75
EF: 25
Discipline: Community Science
Discipline: Community Science
Total training conducted:7
Farmers/Farmwomen: 105
Rural Youth: 50
EF: 25
Discipline: Computer Science
Discipline: Computer Science
Total training conducted:2
Farmers/Farmwomen: 28
Rural Youth: 25
Discipline: Agronomy
1.Performance of HYV of Sali paddy Prachur and Shatabdi in Sonitpur district of Assam
Discipline: Horticulture
1. Assessment of onion varieties suitable for late kharif condition
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Assessment of Zinc and Boron application on growth and yield of Hybrid rice (Var. NK5152)
2. Fertilizer management in Maize using foliar application of zinc sulphateDiscipline: Fisheries Science
1. Habitat breeding and seed production of Chital (Chitata chitala) using different substrates
2. Growth Performance of Amrit Catla in carp polyculture system
Discipline: Animal Science
1. Growth performance Janapriya chicken under semi intensive system
2. OFT on performance Vanashree chicken under backyard system
Discipline: Community Science
1. Assessment of mushroom chutney powder
2. Assessment of Gluten free millet cookies
Discipline: Agronomy
Discipline: Horticulture
Discipline: Soil Science
Discipline: Fisheries Science
Discipline: Animal Science
1. Sequential cropping of Cereal-Oilseed-Pulse during Sali, Rabi and Summer with RDF as per PoP, AAU
Discipline: Horticulture
1. Demonstration on year-round cultivation of vegetables under low cost poly house.
Discipline: Soil Science
1. Popularization of Enriched compost production.
2. Popularization of Boron application on growth and productivity of Toria var. TS 38
Discipline: Fisheries Science
1. Integrated fish – duck farming.
2. Introduction of Amur common carp in composite fish farming.
Discipline: Animal Science
1. Backyard rearing of BV-380 chicken for egg production.
2. Backyard rearing of Vigova super M duck.Discipline: Community Science
1. Popularization of Nutrition Garden to achieve nutritional Security
Mr. Rup Sangma, who served in Indian army always has interest in Agriculture from his childhood. After his retirement he started Agricultural activities in his 4.5 bigha of land. Firstly he started inter cropping of tea with arecanut and also dug a pond of 1.5 bigha of land.
KVK interventions:
Mr. Rup Sangma came in contact of KVK Sonitpur by attending a training programme in Integrated fish farming with livestocks, which was organized by KVK Sonitpur in collaboration with an NGO namely Mahila Shakti Kendra (MASK)vKVK Sonitpur gave him technical support by giving demonstration on Integrated duck fish horticulture farming and high yielding poultry variety Janapriya.KVK Sonitpur gives regular technical guidance and follow-up visits.
Annual turnover:
In the current year, Mr. Sangma’s annual turnover from fish farming was 0.48 lakhs, duck farming: 0.18 lakhs, Horticulture crops: 1.67 lakhs, Field crops: 0.65 lakhs
Vision for next five years:
Want to extend his farm area and tea plantationvWant to start pig farming with integration with fish pondWant to start silage unit for his livestock
Mr. Anup Kumar Sarmah completed his Masters degree in the year 2002 from Guwahati University and joined as a senior officer in Regional Research Laboratory Jorhat where he served till 2005. From 2006 Mr. Sarmah started working with different NGOs and
community development organizations. While working in different NGOs, Mr. Sarmah has observed that many farmers has adopted fish farming as their profession in areas of water scarcity also. This gave Mr. Sarmah a moral boost to convert his low laying areas of his
village to fish pond and adopt fish farming as a profession. In the year 2016, Mr. Sarmah has started a farmer producer company with trade name of Mahabahu Fishery Company Limited as his vision was not only restricted to his own development but to develop entire fishery community of his area. Mr. Sarmah convert 15 bighas of his low laying land to fish pond. Gradually Mr. Sarmah increase his farm size with nearby flood effected barren lands of his village. Mr. Sarmah constructed his ponds with very tall and wide dyke to protect his ponds from flood. At present Mr. Sarmah has ponds with 300 bighas of land. Mr. Sarmah also approached department of Fishery and with their help he has taken training from premium institutes like Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA). With the enhanced knowledge through training Mr. Sarmah also started fish hatchery and started producing quality fish seed. Mr. Sarmah has started culture of improved varieties of fish like Amur common carp, Jayanti Rohu by taking germplasm and technical guidance from National Fishery Development Board (NFDB) and CIFA. Now Mr. Supplies fish seed to nearby districts and different states of India. As feed is the major cost consuming input material in fish farming, Mr. Sarmah has started a fish feed mill in the year 2021. With his innovative idea, Mr. Sarmah developed a low cost fish feed prepared from whole plant of blackgram which is generally waste material and thrown by farmers. At present Mr. Sarmah also started constructing a new feed mill to produce floating fish feed with financial assistance of Rs. 90 lakhs from International fund for Agriculture development. Mr. Sarmah also started a training institute for fish farming and till now he has trained more than 3000 numbers of youths who are interested in fish farming.
Awards and recognition:
National award as Best fish farmer in the year 2021.
Best start up award in the 2024
Introduction:
Mrs. Ranju Bora, a hardworking rural woman from Hologuri, Tezpur, Assam,has taken an important step towards entrepreneurship through mushroom cultivation and the value addition of mushrooms, fruits and vegetables. Initially, her family depended mainly on
agriculture and had limited sources of income. Although she was interested in starting a small business, she lacked the necessary technical knowledge.
Interventions:
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Sonitpur, supported Mrs. Bora through:
Training on mushroom cultivation practices and mushroom value addition.
Training on processing and value addition of fruits and vegetables.
Demonstrations on preparing mushroom-based products, including mushroom pickle, soup powder and chutney powder.
Regular technical guidance and follow-up visits to support her entrepreneurial activities.
Innovations and Entrepreneurial Initiatives:
Mrs. Bora diversified her income-generating activities by marketing fresh mushrooms, mushroom-based products and pickles made from locally available fruits and vegetables. Processing agricultural produce into value-added products helped her explore
additional market opportunities and make better use of locally available resources.
Achievements and Economic Impact:
During her first year, Mrs. Bora achieved an annual turnover of approximately ₹1,20,000 through the sale of fresh mushrooms, mushroom pickle and powder, and pickles prepared from locally available fruits and vegetables. This additional income improved her
family's financial condition and strengthened her confidence as a rural entrepreneur.
Future Vision:
Mrs. Bora aims to achieve the following goals over the next five years:
Establish a mini food-processing unit.
Develop her own registered brand.
Expand marketing through online platforms and social media.
Conclusion
Mrs. Ranju Bora's journey demonstrates how technical training, continuous guidance and value addition can create income-generating opportunities for rural women. With the support of KVK Sonitpur, she has developed an entrepreneurial initiative that contributes to
household income and the productive utilization of agricultural resources. Her future plans reflect her ambition to expand her enterprise and build a stronger market presence.
Mr.Munindra Phukan, who is a 53 years old is a permanent resident of Bhalukjharoni Village of Balipara development block Sonitpur Assam. Mr. Phukan family consist of 5 members and he is the only earning person in his family. Agriculture is prime source of income for him although he is also engaged in a part time job at Tezpur University which is situated 3 kms away from his home. Mr. Phukan got 3 ha area of land as ancestral property, out of which 2 ha area is low land and frequently submerged in flood during rainy season. Earlier Mr. Phukan was involve in cultivation of paddy and some vegetables as a source of livelihood and he was not able to utilize his whole land property due to flood and lack of knowledge on modern Agricultural technologies.
In the year 2011, Mr. phukan came into contact with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonitpur when he participated in a vocational training programme on different Integrated farming systems. Out of all integrated farming systems, Mr. Phukan decided to adopt Integrated pig
cum fish culture system as in his locality lots of raw materials like Colocasia, tapioca was available naturally and he also managed to got the food wastes from student hostels of Tezpur University. KVK Sonitpur demonstrated Integrated pig farming technology with 3 nos. of improved pig variety Hampshire along with his 0.10 ha fish pond. After two years Mr. Phukan extended the pond area to 0.39 ha and also construct a pig house which was sufficient to rear 15 nos. of pig. In the year, 2017 Mr. Phukans’net income from pig and fish farming was about Rs. 3.30 lakh which motivated him to convert his 2 ha low land area into a fish pond. In the year, 2019 he was able to complete the task of constructing a fish pond of 2 ha area and he also construct a pig stay on the pond embankment. Now, Mr. Phukan has total 32 nos. of pig and more than 60 nos. of piglets in his farm. Last year, Mr. Phukan also constructed a duck house with 200 nos. capacity which also added to his income. He also planted horticultural crops like banana, Assam lemon, papaya and pineapple on the pond embankment. According to Mr. Phukan, now his net income from Integrated farming system is about 7.5 lakh per year which has changed his lifestyle and now he has became a role model to the society.
Pabhoi Fish Farm is a reputed and scientifically well managed farm in Assam. It is a premier Fish Farm in Assam known for quality seed production, consultancy and training, good management practices, innovation and ethical business practices. The farm is run by Mr.
Bhargav kr Bhagawati, a second generation entrepreneur who joined his parental business in 2014 that was established by his father Mr. Biren Bhagawati, way back in the year 1996. Mr. Bhargav is a 1st class MBA degree holder and after completing his education he did jobs in MNCs for 5 years. Foreseeing the bright future ahead in the field of fisheries, he went to CIFA, Bhubaneswar for exposure visit and training on Scientific Fish Farming business and after that entered into Fish Farming business with full devotion and confidence. He has been involved in continuous effort of doing mass awareness programme to educate farmers about quality seed and scientific fish farming practices. Pabhoi Fish Farm is a perfect example of a sustainable Aquaculture business model which has completed 28 years of journey. Mr. Bhargav’s joining helps his parental business to fly high and explore many opportunities arriving in the field of Aquaculture. His work is a motivation for many youth and his success attracts them to take part in Fish Farming business. He always focuses on creating new entrepreneurs for socio-economic wealth creation to bring economic sustainability in society through fish farming business.
Mr. Bhargav extended his existing 8 hectors water area farm to 20 hectors farm, performing breeding and culture practices of IMC, Exotic and Minor Carp in a large scale. The breeding fish species are GI Catla, Jayanthi Rahu, Mrigal, Amur Carp, Labeo calbasu,
Labeo bata, Puntius javanicus, Labeo gonius, Silver carp and Grass Carp. This farm is a registered network hatchery of NFDB-NFFBB. Apart from IMC and Exotic Carps he also involved in breeding and culture practices of indigenous fish species like Pabda, Magur and
Chital. His farm produces 500 quintol Fish, 5-6 Cr Spawn, 50 lakhs fry seed and 10 lakhs Fingerling seed on yearly basis. The farm is also having huge network coverage. Farm produced fish seeds are sold and distributed to farmers of Assam and Northeast, West
Bengal, Bihar and UP, different KVKs, NGOs, Universities, Fishery departments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. This farm has been providing training to more than 5000 nos. of youth since its establishment in 1996. Hard work and dedication pay off. Now his farm has MOUs with many colleges. His farm has performed many collaborative works with Assam Agriculture University (AAU), Jorhat, NFDB-Regional Centre, GHY, ICAR-IARI, Gogamukh,Assam, ICAR-DCFR, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand,, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, KVK-Sonitpur, KVK-Lakhimpur, KVK- Seppa, KVK-Dirang, KVK-Daporijo, KVK-Pasighat (CAU), KVK-Udalguri, KVK- Papumpare, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), Arunachal Pradesh, Amity University, Dept. of Fisheries, Assam, Dept. of Fisheries, Arunachal Pradesh, Dept. of Fisheries, Nagaland, Dept. of Fisheries, Mizoram, GIZ, College of Fisheries, Raha, College of Fisheries, Lambucherra, Tripura (CAU), many other colleges and NGOs and NRL. These collaborative works include students training and practical knowledge, farmers training and practical know how, inputs distribution, awareness program, Entrepreneurial skill development, Seed procurement etc.
Mr. Bhargav has generated direct employment to 20 workers in his farm. From his farm, fish and fish seeds are sold directly to the market and also through the local vendors. There are 100 permanent vendors who have been engaged with us round the year.
Awards and recognition:
Awarded as the best Fish Farmer of Assam by CoF, Lembucherra, Tripura, CAU(I) on the occasion of National Fish Farmer Day held on 10 th July 2022.
Felicitated by Directorate of Fisheries Assam in World Fishery Day held on 21 st Nov 2020.
Felicitated by Biswanath District Administration as a progressive farmer on the occasion of Independent Day held on 15 th August 2022.
Young achievers award by B NEWS 2023.
Invited as resource person to many prestigious organizations like Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, College of Fisheries, Raha, Agriculture College, Biswanath Chariali, KVKs, and Many Local Colleges etc.
Mrs. Amrit Madhuri Devi, a 42 years old graduate and a local resident of Ketekibari, Tezpur, Assam. She had a small food processing unit with the banner “Madhur Food Products” and used to sale the products in the nearby households. Though she was able to sale the produce but quality control, packaging and marketing were the major constraints she faced.
Mrs Madhuri came in contact with the KVK, Sonitpur in the year 2014-15 and showed her interest in processing and packaging of processed products. KVK, scientists visited her processing unit and a training on proper packaging and marketing of the products
was given to her. After the technical guidance of KVK, Sonitpur she started making processed value added and quality products from some minor fruits of Assam. She was linked up with DICC, District Agricultural Office for support.
Mrs Madhuri, now, has a small showroom in her house premises. She supplies her products to some restaurants and bakeries of Tezpur town. To popularize the locally available nutritious indigenous fruits and vegetables she made an effort to preserve some of them by preparing value added products of Bhimkol,Outenga, Coconut, Amla, Carambula, Hilikha, wood apple, black berry, Bamboo shoot and other minor fruits. Bhimkol squash is very relishing in summer and is of great demand. Different organizations came forward to help
her. World Bank Personnel recently visited her unit and assured her for future assistance. The beneficiaries of vocational training programmes organized by KVK Sonitpur in the premises of Madhur Food Products, are motivated towards adoption of food processing
industry as an enterprise for earning their livelihood.
Awards and recognition:
Mrs. Devi regularly participates in exhibitions and she received best Agri. Entrepreneur Award in Sonitpur Districtby District administration. In 2014, in the International Agri Horti Show she and her group begged the best SHG award.She is felicitated by KVK, Sonitpur in 2017 and recognized as master trainer by KVK, Sonitpur and acted as resource person in different training programmes organized by different organizations. She was awarded as best entrepreneur by District administration in 2018.
Mr. Munindra Nil Deka, a 28 years old graduate from Panbari village of Dhekiajuli, Sonitpur, had decided to earn his livelihood when he was a student of H.S level to assist his lower middle-class family. Mr. Deka developed interest in mushroom cultivation from his student days. He approached KVK Sonitpur in the year 2011 for training on mushroom production. He had undergone a vocational training on scientific mushroom cultivation in KVK Sonitpur. Initially, cultivation of year round oyster mushroom demonstration was conducted on his farm and the technical backstopping as well as all the inputs required for mushroom cultivation was provided by the experts of the KVK Sonitpur.
Approaches and activities:
Mr. Deka after receiving training and technical guidance from KVK, Sonitpur, started a small unit mushroom unit. Now a days people are health conscious and most of them prefer to have mushroom because of its health benefits. So, it has a great market demand as raw and dried form with a high price. Also, cultivation of mushroom requires very less amount of money and labour. Gradually he increased the size of mushroom unit which is now of 3000 bags capacity. He has been supplying dry as well fresh mushroom to several restaurants and food processing units including the KF, Delight Bakery, Madhur Food Products in Sonitpur and few pickle making industries of Arunachal and Guwahati. Now a days he acted as a resource person under the training programmes on mushroom cultivation conducted by the KVK and other organization.
By seeing his success many youths and farm women are attracted towards cultivation of mushroom. At present, more than 150 nos. of rural youths are engaged with mushroom cultivationunder his supervision and they are trying to form one cooperative society for bulk
marketing of the produce. He is also able to provide employment to 10 nos. of rural youth in his farm.
Awards and recognition:
In the year 2019, Mr. Deka got recognition for his work and able to achieve progressive farmer award in the Zonal farmers Meet organized by RARS, North Lakhimpur and appreciation award in the District Kisan Mela organized by KVK Sonitpur. Success story of Mr. Munindra Deka was published in Assamese daily Amar Asom and English daily Sentinel in 2019. Mushroom cultivation helped Mr. Deka to uplift his economic condition and to create a new identity
as an entrepreneur in Sonitpur district.
Bapubheti is a small village under Bihaguri development block in Sonitpur district of Assam inhabited mostly by Assamese Nepali community. The village is located almost 25 KM away from district headquarter Tezpur. Farming is the means of livelihood for majority of the villagers. Winter paddy, toria, summer and winter vegetables, banana, arecanut, coconut are the major crops grown by the villagers. The size of land holding is less than one ha for 80 percent of the farm family. Traditionally, the villagers are cow lover and every household has 3 to 4 milch cattle mostly of deshi breed improvised through artificial insemination. The villagers do not rear other animal components like poultry and piggery as per their social customs.
Activities and approaches:
KVK, Sonitpur, conducted a three days off campus training on vermicomposting during 2012 in the village. A group of 25 youths participated in the training most of them were school dropouts. As a part of the training the team visited KVK, Sonitpur and observed the
different organic input production demonstration units of KVK. One week after completion of the training programme, Mr. Numol Sarmah (29) visited KVK, Sonitpur with a determination to construct vermicompost units at his household. He spent a day at KVK to fine tune their knowledge on vemicomposting acquired during the training. He was given few numbers of earthworm ( Eisonea foteida) free of cost from KVK to practice vermicomposting at home in a small scale. Mr. Nomul Sarmah constructed a concrete tank and started
commercial production of vermicompost in a large scale. During 2014, Mr. Sarmah produced and marketed 120 quintals of vermicompost in the local markets. Initially, his major buyers were local tea states and small tea growers. In a significant development, during 2014, Mr. Sarmah sold majority of hisr produce to local farmers. He kept their selling price low (Rs.6.00/Kg) with an intention to popularize use of vermicompost among the common farmers. During 2014, farmers of Bapubheti and adjoining villages organically grown 25 ha paddy, 11 ha toria and 20 ha water melon by using vermicompost from his two units.
Though, Mr. Nomul Sarmah, is the largest producer of vermicompost in the locality, other units owned by other progressive farmers of the locality produced sizable quintiles of vermicompost in the past 2/3 years. All these producers produced vermicompost for their
own use and also contribute to Mr. Nomul Sarmah’s supply chain. In another significant development, three more commercial units are under construction in the locality.
Major buyers like Arun Tea Estate, Sonabeel tea Estates, Small Tea Growers are now dependent on these vermicompost units maintained by rural youths trained up by KVK, Sonitpur. Mr. Sarmah has twelve numbers of vermicompost production unit as of now, with a production capacity of 300 tonnes year.
Mrs. Sewali Devi resident of Borsola was always interested towards agriculture and allied activities as she used to help her parents in agricultural activities from her childhood. Later, when she got married, she started cultivating field crops along with different horticultural crops and other livelihood activities including vermicomposting and mushroom production under the banner of “Ramdhenu SHG”.
Activities and approaches:
In the year 2022, Mrs. Devi came to contact with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Napam, Sonitpur when she attended a training programme on vermicomposting, field crops and horticultural crops. Gradually, she started cultivating different high yielding rice and toria varieties in her cultivable land covering an area of 20 bigha being a member of Arunodoi FPC, Borsolla. She got almost double production during the first year itself with the improved high yielding varieties and technological guidance from KVK, Sonitpur. This has motivated her to adopt scientific technologies in agriculture. Additionally, under the banner of “Ramdhenu SHG”, she initially started vermicomposting with 3 nos. of vermicompost bags received from KVK, Sonitpur under a FLD programme during 2022-23. Now the SHG is carrying out their production with 10 nos of bags. However their vision is broaden their enterprise and supply their product to nearby tea estates, KVK Sonitpur and District Agril. Deptt, Sonitpur.
Awards and recognitions:
Mrs. Sewali Devi was invited recently for a radio talk by AIR, Tezpur as a motivational speaker for the rural youth. She also got recognition as a successful women entrepreneur from DAO, Sonitpur in the year 2024. Almost all the agriculture and line departments helped in her journey towards self-employment. .
Research & Extension Projects
20 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (16)
IIPR-NEH
Promotion of pulses under IIPR NEH component (2025-26)
Promotion of pulses under IIPR NEH component during 2025-26:
| Sl no. | Crop | Variety | Area covered(ha) | Avg. yield(q/ha) |
| 1 | Blackgram | SBC 40 | 15 | 7.95 |
| 2 | Greengram | SGC 16 | 10 | 7.35 |
| 3 | Lentil | IPL 220 | 10 | Ongoing |
SCSP project in Sonitpur district
Natural Farming
Model Bamboo Nursery
Conservation agriculture in rainfed based cropping system in medium land situation in north bank plain zone of Assam for enhancing cropping and system productivity
Model Nursery on Horticultural Crops
National Bamboo Mission
DFI
Model bamboo nursery under National bamboo Mission
APART
CFLD oilseed kharif
CFLD on Kharif Pulse
CFLD Pulse
CFLD pulses Rabi
CFLD on Rabi Oilseed, 2025-26
| Sl no. | Season | Name of crop & variety | Area(Ha) | No. of beneficiaries | Remarks |
| 1 | Rabi | Toria var. TS-38 | 40.0 | 100 | Horizontal spread around 300 ha since 2017-18, seed sell 35q from KVK, Sonitpur farm |
Completed Projects (4)
Livelihood Improvement of Livestock Farmers of Assam through Year Round Fodder Cultivation and Preservation
SCSP project on promotion and livelihood security of schedule caste farmers through agriculture and allied sectors.
SCSP project
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Angana Sarmah)
Establishment of Biotech- Kisan Hub at RRLRRS, ICAR-NRRI, Gerua, Hajo, Kamrup Assam
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Mr. Dinku Bora)
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