Activities

Streamlining the activities on the above mandates and thrust areas of the district, the KVK has given special emphasis on the following themes.

  • Farm advisory services through vocational trainings in agriculture and allied enterprises for farmers, farm women, rural youths and extension functionaries.
  • Technology assessment, refinement, application and diffusion on farmers' field.
  • On farm testing in Crop Production, Horticulture, Home Science, Livestock Production, Post harvest processing and fish farming.
  • Frontline demonstrations in major cereals, oilseeds, pulses and other enterprises related to agriculture.
  • In service training to field level extension, officials of state development department, keeping in view the work experience, local conditions and resources.
  • Getting first hand scientific feed back from the field and passing them on to research system.
  • Serve as single window service for providing need-based knowledge, diagnostic services and inputs, products including seeds and planting materials.
  • Initially the off campus training are given emphasis due to unavailability of infrastructure. However, proposals have been submitted to council to set up training-cum-demonstration unit of the KVK.
  • Seed production of new variety seed for farmers of the District.

  • Activity / Target 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
    On Farm Trails 04 04 05 05 07
    Front Line Demonstrations 274 275 264 345 368
    Training Programmes 116/2908 92/1835 102/2149 116/2296 123/2049
    Seed Production 563.64 qt 3161.52 qt 2743 qt 4627.51 qt 4410.87 qt
    Planting Material Production 46000 no 36500 17200 32100 38700
    Extension Activities 1278 Beneficiaries-103005 819 Beneficiaries-22248 2000 Beneficiaries 20545 1849 Beneficiaries 78865 1941 Beneficiaries 61693

    Summary of Trainings Programmes

    Training Courses General SC / ST Grand Total
    On Campus (Practicing Farmers) 176 M : 2563
    F : 214
    Totel : 2777
    M : 602
    F : 323
    Totel : 928
    M : 3165
    F : 537
    Totel : 3705
    Off Campus (Practicing Farmers) 507 M : 7281
    F : 1209
    Totel : 6918
    M : 1087
    F : 71
    Totel : 1158
    M : 8368
    F : 1280
    Totel : 9648
    Rural Youth 35 M : 497
    F : 41
    Totel : 538
    M : 59
    F : 9
    Totel : 68
    M : 556
    F : 50
    Totel : 606
    Extension Functionaries 31 M : 375
    F : 13
    Totel : 361
    M : 41
    F : 0
    Totel : 41
    M : 416
    F : 13
    Totel : 429
    GRAND TOTAL 749 M : 10716
    F : 1477
    Totel : 10594
    M : 1789
    F : 403
    Totel : 2195
    M : 12505
    F : 1880
    Totel : 14388

    Extension Programmes

    Activity No of Activities No of Farmers No of Extension Personnel
    Diagnostic Visits 876 1346 22
    Field Day 52 31675 642
    Kisan Goshthi 120 74064 1215
    Film Shows 6 480
    Media Meet 1 60
    Kisan Mela 9 18605 5
    Exhibition 14 24560 78
    Scientists Visit to Farmers’ Field 1104 10537 52
    Plant/Animal Health Camp 61 9006 233
    Ex Trainees Sammelan 204 1235
    Celebration of Important Day 4 94
    Lecture Delivered as Resource Person 671 22448 119
    Exposure Visits 8 677 18
    Farmers’ Visit to KVK 2323 2333
    Advisory Services 368 1677 31
    Farm Science Club Meetings 10 177 3
    Farmers’ Seminar Workshop 2 7
    Method Demonstrations 21 234
    News Coverage 119
    TV Shows/ Talk 74
    Popular Articles 66
    Extension Literature Developed 48
    Self Help Groups 7 95
    Technical Bulletin 3
    TOTAL 6186 199310 2418