MP Vyapam AEO case studies
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The MP Vyapam Assistant Extension Officer (AEO) recruitment test is a Madhya Pradesh state-level competitive examination conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB, commonly called Vyapam) to shortlist candidates for the post of Assistant Extension Officer in the state's agriculture and rural development set-up. The AEO role is essentially a field-level extension function: transferring improved farm technology to cultivators, organising demonstrations and farmer trainings, and feeding field problems back to the research and administrative system. The MP Vyapam AEO case studies are 5 cases and about 4,369 words.
1Soybean at pod filling: two failed sprays and 20 days to harvest
Suresh Patil farms 2.0 ha of soybean (JS 20-34) near Sihora, Narsinghpur, sown on 22 June after a 38 mm shower. By 8 September the crop is at pod filling.
896 words, about 4 min2Onion curing after rain: store, or sell the lot today?
Kailash Patidar of Pandhana, Khandwa, harvested 150 quintals of onion (mostly N-53, some Bhima Super) from 0.6 ha between 18 and 20 February. The bulbs were left in the field for only two days, and then 22 mm of unseasonal rain fell.
849 words, about 4 min3Gram sabha, a farm pond on a relative's land, and only Rs 11 lakh free
The Gram Panchayat of Bamhori, district Raisen, has 2,150 registered voters and 12 elected panchs. The sarpanch convenes a gram sabha on 15 January at 11 a.m.
871 words, about 4 min4Repeat breeders, a mastitic quarter and a feed bill in a 20-animal dairy
Sunita Bai of Silwani, Raisen, keeps 14 crossbred cows and 6 Murrah buffaloes. Three cows calved 140 to 160 days ago and have been inseminated four times each at observed heats, but have not conceived; heats are weak and short.
875 words, about 4 min5Soil test report, fertiliser arithmetic and a sulphur-hungry wheat crop
A 1.0 ha field at Waraseoni, Balaghat, is under a soybean-wheat rotation. The soil test report for the wheat season reads: pH 6.1, EC 0.14 dS/m, organic carbon 0.41 per cent, available nitrogen 172 kg/ha, available phosphorus 16 kg P2O5/ha, available potassium 285 kg K2O/ha, sulphur 7.5 mg/kg, zinc 0.52 mg/kg and boron 0.28 mg/kg.
878 words, about 4 min