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ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Jodhpur is one of the 11 ICAR-ATARIs formerly known as Zonal Project Directorates (ZPDs) functioning under Division of Agricultural Extension. ICAR has established a vast network of KVKs all over the country under the administrative control of various ICAR institutes, State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), State Department of Agriculture, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other institutes for implementing the central governmental projects/schemes. In the Zone, 7 Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATICs) are working for delivering the “Single Window” delivery system. Since, Zonal Project Directorate has been elevated as ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), the mandates of ICAR-ATARI has also been changed where socio-economic research is one of the integral components.

On Farm Testing

OFTs conducted in 2022

During the period, the scientists conducted three OFTs on weed management iin grounndnut, nutrient management in tomato and management of pod borer in chickpea.

S.N.	Title	Result
1	Weed management iin grounndnut	Imazythapyr 10SL @ 50 g a i/ha as post emergence spray gave at par yield and saved additional cost of Rs. 6000/- over hand weeding.
2	Nutrient management in tomato	Spray of micro nutrients mixture (Zn-5.0%, Fe-4.0%, Mn-2.5%, Cu-0.8%, B-1.5%, Mo-0.1%, Mg-2.0%, S-2.8%) at 60 and 90 DAP was found to be better with 15 % increase in yield
3	Management of pod berer in chickpea	Application of Emamectin benzoate 5 SG 200 g/ha increased the yield of chickpea by 17.09 per cent over farmer’s practice.