i) FARMERS EXTENSION SERVICE SCHEME

The Corporation imparts free training to the farmers about scientific storage & preservation of agricultural produce and Dis-infestation measures. The warehouse staff visits surrounding villages to demonstrate the dis-infestation measures besides acquainting them about the benefits of scientific storage and the facilities being provided by the Corporation to the farmers. During the year 2017-18 in 459 villages, 4870 farmers were educated.

ii) DIS-INFESTATION EXTENSION SERVICE SCHEME

Under this scheme, stocks of farmers, cooperatives, traders and others are disinfested in their own homes/godowns. During the year 2017-18, 2528 people availed benefit from this scheme and Corporation earned Rs. 9.80 lakh under this scheme.

During the current financial year 2018-19, the Corporation against the target of Rs. 15.00 lakh, has earned an amount of Rs. 0.87 lakh under DESS and 235 number of beneficiaries availed themselves of this facility from 01.04.2018 to 30.06.2018.

The progress made by the Corporation under these two schemes since 2010-11 is as under:

Year	Earning under DESS (lakh Rs.)	FESS
		Villages covered	Farmers educated
2010-11	12.36	577	5707
2011-12	13.14	583	6653
2012-13	11.14	530	6983
2013-14	9.29	637	7057
2014-15	10.84	590	6411
2015-16	12.21	683	8441
2016-17	10.13	653	7706
2017-18	9.80	459	4870
2018-19	5.7	332	3786
2019-20	6.46	345	3621
2020-21 (upto 30/01/2021	7.12	198	2633