The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Science Centre) sanctioned on 31st March, 2012 is one of the grass root level technology transfer institute at Pokaran, and is established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi in collaboration with Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner to accomplish the work of transfer of technology in the fields of agriculture and allied for the farming community and improving their livelihoods. The organization acts as a bridge between the research organization and farmers that works for solving the location specific problems of farming community in agriculture and allied fields in the domain area i.e. Pokaran and Fatehgadh tehsils of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is situated about 5 km away from Pokaran town on National Highway 11 between Pokaran and Ramdevra in village - Gomat, Tehsil - Pokaran, District - Jaisalmer of the Rajasthan state (India). The approximate distance from Ramdevra - 7 km, Jaisalmer - 111 km, Jodhpur - 177 km via roads. Whereas about 1.5 km from Ashapura Gomat (AQG) Railway Station.
Pokaran is the city and a municipality located in the remote location in the Thar Desert region and is the well-known place of India's Atomic Testing Centre. The Pokaran fort also known as “Balagarh” is the premier fort of the chief of the Champawats, the clan of Rathores of the state of Marwar-Jodhpur. In the outskirts of the city, the Shakti Mata Memorial Chatriya, a royal cenotaph, is freely accessible. The holy place “Ramdev Ji Temple” is 7 km away from the KVK headquarter.
As per the guidelines of ICAR, the important mandates of KVK are; Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its Application and Capacity Development.
District Jaisalmer is located within a rectangle lying between 26°.4’ - 28°.23 North parallel and 69°.20 - 72°.42 east meridians. It is the largest district of Rajasthan and also one of the largest in the country on the basis of area. The breath (East-West) of the district is 270 km and the length (North-South) is 186 km. On the present map, district Jaisalmer is bounded on the north by Bikaner, on the west & south-west by Indian boarder, on the south by Barmer and Jodhpur, and on the east by Jodhpur and Bikaner Districts. The length of international boarder attached to Jaisalmer district is 471 km.
International yoga day, Soil day, Food day, PMFBY, Pre seasonal, SAC Meeting
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra celebrate and conduct awareness programme on International Yoga day (21st June), World food day (16th October), World soil day celebration (5th December) during each year. Also conduct two preseasonal training programme, SAC meeting and other awareness programme for farmers, Farm women and Rural youth during every year.
Contact Us : Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pokaran (Jaisalmer-II), National Highway - 11, Gomat, Pokaran, Dist : Jaisalmer - 345 021 (Rajasthan) INDIA