Farming System for Nutrition – A UNICEF Undertake project


  • Introduction of location specific agricultural remedies for nutritional maladies by mainstreaming nutritional criteria in the selection of farming system conferment involving crops, animals and wherever feasible fish.

  • To address malnutrition in all its forms viz; calorie deprivation, protein deficiency and hidden hunger (i.e. micronutrient deficiencies)

  • Baseline survey of selected 200 households.
  • Training of farmers and villagers
  • Production and documentations- Literature/Reports in local language on nutritional and agriculture/farming aspects.
  • Inputs for farmers (Seed of vegetables, fruit and leafy veg, drumsticks, seed of nutritionally high value varieties of millets etc.
  • Conducting field demonstration for nutri-value crops on KVK farms.

Name of Adopted Villages No. of Farm Families covered under Nutrition Program 2018-19 2019-2020 2020-21
Pimpalpada 100 -- 100 100
Shendwad 50 -- 50 --
Kewadipada 15 -- 15 --
Borpada 20 -- 20 --
Mohgaon 15 -- 15 --
Madhkupi 20 20 -- --

Activities undertaken at village level

  1. Baseline survey.
  2. Method Demonstration- Nutrition Garden
  3. Training-
    • Concept of FSN
    • Nutritional Deficiencies and their remedies
  4. Diet Audit


Activities undertaken at farm level

  • Field Demonstration for Nutri- value crops on KVK farms.


KVK FSN Demo plot – Kharif 2019

Sr. No. Name of vegetables Variety Area (ha)
A) Agronomical Crops
1) Black Gram (Udid) TPU 2-43 0.02
2) Gram Green (Moong) BM 2003-2 0.02
3) Soybean KDS - 726 0.01
4) Soybean JS- 335 0.01
5) Pigeon pea Vipula 0.02
6) Bajara Dhanshakti 0.08
B) Horticulture Crops
7) Banana Phule Pride 0.02
8) Papaya Phule Vijaya 0.02
9) Sponge gourd Phule Komal 0.02
10) Bitter gourd Phule Green Gold 0.02
11) Bottle gourd Samrat 0.02
12) Dolichos Bean (Vaal) Phule Gauri --
13) Brinjal Phule Arjun 0.006
14) Brinjal Phule Krishna 0.006
15) Brinjal Nirmal 1214 0.006
16) Chilli Phule Jyoti 0.01
17) Chilli Sitara 0.01
18) Okra Phule Vimukta 0.02
19) Palak All Green 0.02
20) Coriander Local 0.02
C) Fodder Crops
21) Binneal Grass Phule Jaywant 0.004
22) Binneal Grass Marvel 0.004
23) Binneal Grass Berseem 0.004
24) Binneal Grass Lucern 0.004
25) Binneal Grass Stylo Heptla 0.004

Photographs : KVK Level

Layout of FSN plot at KVK farm
Transplanting of Chilli saplings in FSN plot at KVK, Dhule farm Dibbling of Vegetable Seed in FSN plot at KVK, Dhule farm
Top view of FSN plot with crops in early stages Glimpses of Fruit plants in FSN plot
Glimpses of some vegetable crops in FSN plot Trellis vegetables in FSN plot

Photographs : Village Level

Interaction and Survey at Pimpalpada & Shendwad Training to tribal women under FSN at Pimpalpada
Demonstration of layout of Gangamaa model of Nutritional garden at Pimpalpada Benchmark survey of selected villages for FSN project
Distribution of Drumstick saplings to selected household Distribution of vegetable seed kit to selected household
Glimpses of Nutrition Garden in early stage at selected villages