Você está na página 1de 2

COCONUT NURSERY,MADHAVARAM MILK COLONY.

Coconut Nursery at Madhavaram was started in the year 1971 in an extent of 10.48 acres. The farm produces
only hybrid coconut seedlings .It produces one lakh seedlings per year to meet out the needs of the
Chegalpattu-MGR district farmers. It comes for bearing after four years and has the life time of 60 years. The
coat of seeding is Rs. 10.50 lp. The nursery is under the control of the Department of agriculture. There is
another coconut farm at Pitchivakkam near Tiruvallur. It produces Tall variety only. There is a mother palm at
Putlur.

STATE HORTICULTURE FARM ,MADHAVARAM.


This farm was started in the year 1980, in a area of 33.04 acres .of this, 1.20acres are cultivated.Total
production is 50,000 plants. Ornamental plants are produced in this farm.

CENTRE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH STUDIES.


The centre for Animal Health Studies (AHS) is a unit of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
(TANUVAS).The centre is associated with education, research and extension activities pertaining to animal
health . The Office of the Director of Centre for Animal Health Studies with the following attaches units were
shifted to Madhavaram in the Chengalpattu-MGR district during June 1991.

1. Veterinary Biological Research Centre comprises- Vaccine Research centre-Viral Vaccines and Vaccine
Research Centre- Bacteria Vaccines
2. University Dairy Farm .
3. Experimental Animal Unit,
4. Operation Research Project in Fish Culture ,
5. Scheme for Fisheries Extension.

The Madhavaram campus has the following infrastructure facilities for animal experimentation

1. Animal sheds for health animals infested;


2. Animals and Vaccinated animals;
3. Laboratory facilities for Bacteriology and virology work;
4. Postmortem facilities with incineration;
5. An experimental unit of the unvaccinated animals,
6. A laboratory animal unit;
7. A fodder farm to supply to all.

DAIRY DEVELOPMENT.
Milk arriving at Madhavaram is pasteurized and standardized to the required fat and solid non-fat level before
being marketed .

Marketing of milk continues to form the main business activity of the corporation , a few sidelines have been
development due to increasing surpluses which have to be converted in skim milk powder and butter oil.
The corporation is marketing flavoured milk , curd , yoghurt and ice cream.

FODDER DEVELOPMENT.
The Animal Husbandry Development is also undertaking the distribution of fodder seed and slips to the
farmers, so as to encourage them to take to fodder cultivation on a large scale . Two fodder seed production
units are functioning in the district one at Padappai and another at the Government Dairy Farm, Madhavaram.

Você também pode gostar