KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS (KVKs)

June 23, 2019

The Government of India has set up 713 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) at the district level in the country for dissemination of technologies among the farming community to double the farmers' income by 2022.

Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs):

The KVK scheme is functioning on 100% Central funding pattern under the ambit of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE).
Activities undertaken by KVKs include on-farm testing of technologies and demonstrations, capacity development of farmers and extension personnel and functioning as a knowledge and resource centre of agricultural technologies.
The May 2018, Union Cabinet approved that following special programmes shall be initiated through the KVK Scheme:
- a Network Project on New Extension Methodologies and Approaches; Nutri-sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovations (NARI);
- programs tilted Knowledge Systems and Homestead Agriculture Management in Tribal Areas (KSHAMTA),
- Value Addition and Technology Incubation Centres in Agriculture (VATICA),
- Farm Innovation Resource Management (FIRM) and
- establishment of Agricultural Technology Information Centre.