Activities

To implement the mandate, the activities envisaged are followings;

1. On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.
2. Frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers’ fields.
3. Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills on modern agricultural technologies.
4. To work as Knowledge and Resource Centre of agricultural technologies for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector in improving the agricultural economy of the district.
5. Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to farmers.

In addition, KVKs produce quality technological products (seed, planting material, bio-agents, livestock etc.) and make it available to farmers, organize frontline extension activities, identify and document selected farm innovations and converge with ongoing schemes and programs within the mandate of KVK.

Thrust Areas

To accomplish the mandates, KVK has identified major thrust areas as follows.

Improvement of crop productivity through.
a) Improving soil fertility by promoting use of organic manures such as compost and vermicompost.
b) Introduction of improved varieties, INM practices and other cultural practices in respect of rainfed crops viz. pearl millet, green gram, moth bean, cluster bean, sesame, groundnut, wheat, chickpea, mustard, taramira and cumin.
c) Minimizing load of agrochemicals by popularizing IPM practices in the field crops.

Diversification of existing cropping systems by promoting cultivation of fodder crops as well as introduction of new crops suitable for dryland areas.

Emphasis on adoption of components of integrated farming system viz. vegetables and fruit plants, forest trees such as citrus, pomegranate, aonla and khejri etc.

Promotion of dryland farming technologies with emphasis on water harvesting.

Popularize Azolla cultivation (at farmers’ fields) for supplementary feeding of livestock.

Improving the indigenous breed of goat by breeding and management.

Empowerment of women through drudgery reduction in agriculture and animal husbandry, improvement in the nutrition, health & hygiene by using improved agricultural implements.

Imparting need based vocational training to rural youths for self-employment generation.