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Krishi Vigyan Kendra
A Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK; ) is an agricultural extension center in India. The centres are associated with a local agricultural university, and serve as links between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and farmers to apply agricultural research in a practical, localized setting. All KVKs fall under the jurisdiction of one of the 11 Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs) throughout India. As of May 2021, there are approximately 725 KVKs throughout India. History The current national government's program "Doubling Farmers' Income by 2022" calls for increases in agricultural productivity, development initiatives such as Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as well as more focus on technological innovation. The government expects KVKs to aid in the dissemination of information and practices regarding these new government initiatives. As of October 2018, there is an online dashboard that provides updates on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agricultural Extension
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies. Extension practitioners can be found throughout the world, usually working for government agencies. They are represented by several professional organizations, networks and extension journals. Agricultural extension agencies in developing countries receive large amounts of support from international development organizations such as the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Extension terminology The use of the word 'extension' originated in england in 1866.Modern extension began in Dublin, Ireland in 1847 with Lord Clarendon's itinerant instructors during the great fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Council Of Agricultural Research
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. The Union Minister of Agriculture serves as its president. It is the largest network of agricultural research and education institutes in the world.''India 2016'', "Agriculture" p.93, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, (New Delhi). The committee to Advise on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education (Yashpal Committee, 2009) has recommended setting up of a constitutional body – the National Commission for Higher Education and Research – which would be a unified supreme body to regulate all branches of higher education including agricultural education. Presently, regulation of agricultural education is the mandate of ICAR, Veterinary Council of India (Veterinary sub-discipline) and Indian Council of Forestry Research and Educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doubling Farmers' Income
Doubling farmers' income (DFI) is a target set by the government of India in February 2016 to be achieved by 2022. The DFI Committee submitted hundreds of recommendations to this effect in September 2018 and is empowered to oversee their implementation. Background China doubled farmer income in six years between 1978 and 1984. In the same time it reduced poverty by 50%. With respect to cutting poverty in half, India took three times the number of years- 18 years between 1993 and 2011. In 2013, average farmer income was while its average monthly consumption expenditure was . Farmer income varies widely between state, land holdings, and commodity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi first talked of the target of doubling farmers' income at a farmer's rally in Uttar Pradesh on 28 February 2016. The next day Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated in his budget speech "We are grateful to our farmers for being the backbone of the country's food security. We need to think beyond food securit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana ( hi, प्रधानमंत्री कृषि सिंचाई योजना) is a national mission to improve farm productivity and ensure better utilization of the resources in the country. The budget of in a time span of one year 2015-2016 has been allocated to this scheme. The decision was taken on 1 July 2015 at the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, approved with an outlay of 50000 crore for period of 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20). Major objectives * Convergence of investment in irrigation at the field level * Expand cultivable area under irrigation (हर खेत को पानी) * Improve On-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water * Enhance the adoption of being precise in irrigation and other water saving technologies (more crop per drop) Purpose The primary objectives of PMKSY are to attract investments in irrigation system at field level, develop and expand cultivable land in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
The Pradhan Mantri fasal bima yojana (PMFBY) launched on 18 February 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an insurance service for farmers for their yields. It was formulated in line with One Nation–One Scheme theme by replacing earlier two schemes National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS) by incorporating their best features and removing their inherent drawbacks (shortcomings). It aims to reduce the premium burden on farmers and ensure early settlement of crop assurance claim for the full insured sum. PMFBY aims to provide a comprehensive insurance cover against failure of the crop thus helping in stabilising the income of the farmers. The Scheme covers all Food & Oilseeds crops and Annual Commercial/Horticultural Crops for which past yield data is available and for which requisite number of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) are being conducted under General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES). The scheme is impleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hectare
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is about and one hectare contains about . In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the ''are'' was defined as 100 square metres, or one square decametre, and the hectare ("hecto-" + "are") was thus 100 ''ares'' or km2 (10,000 square metres). When the metric system was further rationalised in 1960, resulting in the International System of Units (), the ''are'' was not included as a recognised unit. The hectare, however, remains as a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI and whose use is "expected to continue indefinitely". Though the dekare/decare daa (1,000 m2) and are (100 m2) are not officially "accepted for use", they are still used in some contexts. Description The hectare (), although not a unit of SI, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur is a front-line agricultural extension center and one of the 700 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, KVKs financed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It opened on 30 March 2004 on the premises of Pepper Research Station, Panniyur under Kerala Agricultural University. KVK primarily works to influence the other extension systems of the district, caters to the training needs of the farmers and extension functionaries, and facilitates the spread of technologies tailored to the diverse environment of farmers. Thrust areas The activities of the Kendra are focused to address the prioritized agricultural problems of the district and identified thrust areas. Integrated and sustainable homestead farming and soil and water management * Replenishment of soil fertility especially in high land area * Processing and value addition * Integrated disease and Pest management (IPDM) * Women empowerment * Increasing production/income * Market-led extension * Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jalgaon Jamod
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jalgaon Jamod is established in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India during 1994 by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi. It is hosted by Satpuda Education Society, a Non-Government Organisation based in Jalgaon Jamod As of 2018, it is one of 680 KVKs in India. See also * Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) Forest Science Centres * Krishi Vigyan Kendra A Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK; ) is an agricultural extension center in India. The centres are associated with a local agricultural university, and serve as links between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and farmers to apply agricultural r ... References External links Agriculture in Maharashtra Buldhana district Indian Council of Agricultural Research {{India-agri-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) is a state, open university, located in Nashik, Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ..., India. It was established in 1989 under the ''Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Act, 1989''. Academic schools *School of Agricultural Science *School of Architecture, Science and Technology *School of Commerce and Management *School of Computer Science *School of Continuing Education *School of Education *School of Health Science *School of Humanities and Social Sciences References External links * Universities in Maharashtra Open universities in India 1989 establishments in Maharashtra Educational institutions established in 1989 Education in Nashik {{Maharashtra-university-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Institute Of Spices Research
The Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) is an autonomous organization engaged in agricultural research related to spices in India. The institute has its headquarters in Moozhikkal, Silver Hills, Kozhikode, Kerala and is a subsidiary of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, under the Ministry of Agriculture, India. History ICAR, in 1971, launched a project, ''All India Coordinated Spices and Cashew Improvement Project (AICSCIP)'' at Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) at Kasaragod, Kerala to initiate research activities for the development of spice crops. Later, the project was upgraded as a Regional station and the base was shifted to Kozhikode in 1975. In 1986, ICAR merged the station with Cardamom Research Centre of CPCRI located at Appangala, Karnataka under the name, National Research Centre for Spices (NRCS). NRCS was further upgraded in 1995 as the Indian Institute of Spices Research. Mandate IISR was formed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Institute Of Horticultural Research
The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) is an autonomous organization acting as a nodal agency for basic, strategic, anticipatory and applied research on various aspects of horticulture such as fruits, vegetable, ornamental, medicinal and aromatic plants and mushrooms in India. The institute has its headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India and is a subsidiary of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, under the Ministry of Agriculture, India. It recently has been ranked 1st for the combined years 2019-20 and 2020-21 by the ICAR. History The IIHR, the first horticultural research institute in the country under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), was established on 5 September 1967 at New Delhi. Later, the base of IIHR was moved to Hesaraghatta located from Bangalore in Karnataka, on 1 February 1968, by merging the institute with National Horatorium of Govt. of Karnataka which was the premises of the Fruit Research Station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Vigyan Kendra
Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) or Forest Science Centres (FSC) has been established by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. It intends to help disseminate various technologies developed by farmers, forest based industries and forest research institutes. Functions The Van Vigyan Kendra caters to the needs of field research of silviculture, tree improvement, soil & water conservation techniques, and afforestation techniques for saline land, techniques for forestry extension, organic farming and composting techniques, sustainable land-use systems and introduction and evaluation of both timber and non-timber species. There will be emphasis on developing superior planting material to enhance the productivity of Seedlings, which will aid the people associated with forestry and agriculture. A number of trainings were provided on various themes including Awareness programme on Forestry Research and its utiliza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
