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Kollegal, July 7, 2021: “Though we all know that usage of plastic is hazardous none of us are ready to stop using it in our daily lives. Hence, all of us should stop using it. Let it begin with us, then at home, in our locality and everywhere,” opined Smt. Smitha, Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, JSS Women’s College, Kollegal.

She delivered a virtual lecture on the topic, “Environment conservation impossible without stopping usage of plastic,” organized by the Environment Conservation Committee, National Service Scheme, of the JSS Women’s College, Kollegal.

In her lecture, she said, “Though plastic is prohibited in the State and the country, all of them including businessmen, customers have continued using it unabatedly, which is very unfortunate. The methane gas emitted from plastic is 30 times dangerous than carbon dioxide. It leads to the extinction of flora and fauna. Hence, we all should pledge not to use plastic and save our future generations from disaster.”

In his presidential address, Prof. Umesh, Principal expressed his view, “plastic appears harmless from outside, but it can prove fatal to us. We conducted the cleanliness drive successfully. Likewise, we should also strive to build a completely plastic-free society. Many other alternate products to plastic are available in the market. We should start using them and pledge not to use plastic,” he said.

Sri Basavaraju, NSS Program Officer, and NSS volunteers took part in the online virtual program.

JSS Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital has developed an immunity booster called “HITHAYU” for post-COVID rejuvenation and Balarasaya (Immuno Kids) for improving the immunity power in children. These two immunity kits were launched by the Leader of Opposition Sri. Siddarammaiah on 1st July 2021 at Sri Suttur Math, Mysuru in the gracious presence of His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji.

Hats Off to JSS Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital for bringing out ayurvedic immunity kits to fight COVID.

Suttur, June 30, 2021: A training program on ‘Fisheries and Sustainable Fish farming ecosystem,’ was organized at the ICAR JSS Krishi vignan Kendra, in Suttur, in association with the Bhootanala Fisheries Research and Information Centre, Vijayapura.
Dr. Vijaykumar S., and Dr. Vijaykumar Atnur, Assistant Professors, Fisheries Research and Information Centre, Vijayapura, and Dr. Rakshit Raj U.M., Coordinator participated as the resource persons.

In his address, Dr. Rakshit Raj U.M, informed that Mysuru District receives an annual average rainfall of 700-800 mm and has ample water resources like Kaveri and Kabini rivers. As a result of this, the groundwater level is good in the region and the farmers who possess pump sets can form agriculture ponds in their fields and grow crops by not depending upon rainfall completely. He also informed that the farmers can also store rainwater in the ponds and undertake fisheries in it and increase their income.

Dr. Vijaykumar, the main resource person of the training program explained the importance of fisheries, the way it grew, health benefits of consuming fish. He also advised the farmers to undertake fisheries in their fields and also informed them about the various varieties that can be bred, food methods, and expenses that may be required to undertake fish farming. “You can breed 4-5 thousand fishes in one acre of land. Each fish will weigh around 1 kg within one year. You can sell one kg fish at the price of Rs. 100 in the market. After deducting all expenses you can earn an annual income of two to two-and-a-half lakh per acre,” he explained.

Further, he said there are many incidents where the farmers had to throw the vegetables and crops on the roads during protests, but there are no incidents where people have thrown fish on the road, as there is a lot of demand for fish. Hence, the farmers should understand which product has demand in the market and try to supply it and gain more income.
>Dr. Vijaykumar Atnur explained the various bacteria, viruses, fungs, and protogenic diseases in the fish and measures to prevent them.
More than 25 people participated in the virtual training program that was conducted on Google Meet app. The farmers exchanged several questions and answers.
Smt. H.V. Divya, Senior Scientist, Incharge Head JSS KVK, Scientists Sri Shamraj, Smt. Netravathi Yettinamani, Dr. Vinay G.M., Sri Rajanna, Sri Sundarraj, Sri Gangappa Hipparagi, Sri Kumaraswamy, and several progressive farmers also participated.

Suttur, June 29, 2021: The ICAR JSS Krishi Vignan Kendra, Suttur, in association with the ICAR Krishi Vignan Kendra, Gonikoppal, Kodagu, had organized a training program on organic terrace gardening, as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Indian Independence (India@75).
Dr. Prabhakar B., Horticulture Scientist, ICAR KVK, Gonikoppal, participated as a resource person. He provided information on various important aspects to the participants like the vegetables and fruits that can be grown in terrace gardening, vegetables that are suitable to be grown during the rainy season, winter and summer, perennial crops, implements required to undertake terrace gardening, its maintenance and precautionary measures, etc.

Another resource person, Smt. Netravathi Yettinamani, Home Scientist, JSS KVK, Suttur explained about the balanced food groups, significance of fruits and vegetables, percentage of consumption, ill-effects due to increased usage of pesticides, benefits of terrace gardening or kitchen garden, various models of kitchen gardens, availability of seeds and plants, implements required to grow kitchen garden, blue map of a terrace garden, greens, vegetables, fruits that can be grown under terrace gardening and its medicinal qualities and its nutrients and its usage in daily consumption.
Smt. Divya H.V., Senior Scientist and Head (Incharge), JSS KVK, informed about the preparation of organic fertilizer required for kitchen gardening, preparation of fertilizers in pots, soil and manure mixture, managing nutrition, Anaerobic Composting, how to manage diseases and the problem of pests in crops, using traditional knowledge, various decoctions to prevent diseases and pests, beejamrutha, jeevamrutha, etc, and methods of use.
About 101 farmers from Mysuru and Kodagu Districts took part in the program, along with the staff members of JSS KVK and Gonikoppa KVK.

Suttur, June 28, 2021: The ICAR JSS Krishi Vignan Kendra, Suttur, had organized a training program on ‘Using sugarcane in production of non-sugar products,’ at the Sonahalli Village in Nanjangud Taluk, under the India@75 Program.
Sri Shamraj, Cultivation Science Scientist, JSS KVK provided information to the participants on various sugarcane sub-products and their usage. He informed about various aspects like using of sub-products like press food that are used in the preparation of compost, bagasse to produce electricity, sugarcane juice to produce Ethanol, etc. He also explained that in recent days environment-friendly bioplastic is produced using sugarcane starch and ethanol is used to produce sanitizer and biodiesel.
Explaining about the new production techniques in sugarcane, he informed about the improved varieties of sugarcane that provides more yield, proper usage of fertilizers, comprehensive crop management based on sugarcane variety and soil characteristics.
He visited the sugarcane field of Sri Satish Kumar a resident of Sonahalli village and provided comprehensive crop management.