- Assessment, refinement and demonstration of proven technologies/products under different ‘micro farming’ situations.
K.V.K ACTIVITIES
The specific activities to carry out this mandate are:
- Conducting On-farm Testing to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems
- Organizing Frontline Demonstrations to establish its production potentials of various technologies on the farmers’ fields
- Conducting need based training of farmersand rural youthto update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies
- Conducting training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development
- Work as knowledge and resource centre of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the district
- In addition, in order to speed up the process of dissemination of technology, a large number of various extension activities and production of seeds and planting materials, livestock, poultry and fisheries breeds and various bio-products are taken up by the KVKs.
Uniqueness…
- Creation of valuable resources in terms of manpower and assets
- Confirmation of technologies to suit local specificity
- Showcasing the frontier technologies
- Capacity building among stakeholders
- Front runner in technological application, information and inputs
- Participatory approaches in planning, implementing, executing & evaluation
