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Welcome to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, GirSomnath:

Overview

• Agriculture is a dynamic field marked by new technological advances. This Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Science Center) has been supporting farming communities for enhancing and sustaining their livelihoods by promotion of varied intervention in sphere of agro based livelihoods.

ICAR sanctioned this KVK in year 2007 to Ambuja Foundation and thereafter recruited staff with fully functionalized since June 2008 at Kodinar for District Junagadh including newly formed Gir Somnath District of Gujarat state to ensure that farmers are abreast with technological advances for all agricultural needs.

Our KVK promotes agro based livelihoods by assisting farmer through regular mandatory activities like; training programmes, front line demonstrations, on farm testing, farm development and other extension activities. These activities help to bridging the gap between research and extension and equip farmers with latest development in agriculture field.

Mandate of KVK

To conduct “on-farm testing” of location specific identified agricultural technologies for their assessment or refinement at farmer’s field.

To conduct “frontline demonstrations” for spreading proven agriculture technologies and generate production data with feedback to research.

To organize long & short term agricultural vocational & seasonal training courses to rural youth and farmers with emphasis on “learning by doing” for higher production as well as generating self-employment and to reduce cost of cultivation with increasing productivity.

To conduct training for updating the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.

To develop the Farm Science Center (KVK) as resource and knowledge institute of the district for farming community

Major Activities of KVK

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Contact Us : Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PO. Ambujanagar, Ta. Kodinar, Dist. Gir Somnath 362715 (Guj.) INDIA