Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is the primary link for farmers to know about the latest agricultural technology development. It serves as a Farm Science Centre for diffusion of location-specific technologies with minimum time gap between development and transfer to the end users. The KVK activities include on-farm testing of technology to establish the location specificity under various farming situations; frontline demonstrations to establish its production potential in the farmers’ fields; training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in improved agricultural technology; and training of extension personnel for orientation to the frontier areas of agricultural technology development.
Mandates & Objectives
Mandates of KVK
- Conducting ‘on-farm testing’ for identifying location-specific sustainable land use systems.
- Organizing training for extension personnel to update knowledge on emerging advances in agricultural research on a regular basis.
- Organizing both short-term and long-term vocational training for farmers and rural youth on agriculture and allied vocations with emphasis on ‘learning by doing’ for enhanced production and self-employment generation.
- Organizing ‘frontline demonstrations’ of various crops to generate production data and feedback information.
Objectives of Zone III
- 1 Planning and conducting surveys in the operational area in order to prepare the resource inventory with special reference to training needs of the farming community.
- 2 Planning and conducting production-oriented, need-based short and long-term training, both on-campus and off-campus, for various target groups with priority on the weaker and poorer sections of the society.
- 3 Developing and organizing non-formal educational programmes by way of field days, farm visits, farmers’ fairs, radio talks, Farm Science Clubs etc., as follow-up information support to the training courses.
- 4 Organizing Farm Science Clubs, both in rural schools and in villages, in order to induce in the younger generation a liking for and interest in agricultural and allied sciences and scientific farming through supervised projects.
- 5 Developing and maintaining the campus farms and demonstration units on scientific lines as facilities for providing work experience to trainees and also disseminating the latest technical know-how.
- 6 Providing practical facilities of the Kendra to teachers and students of vocational agriculture in higher secondary schools.
- 7 Imparting general education to rural illiterates and school dropouts in order to make them not only good farmers but also better citizens.
- 8 Providing added training facilities in the areas of home-making and nutrition education for the rural community.
- 9 Gradually enlarging training facilities to encompass other important areas such as home crafts, cottage industries etc., consistent with the requirements of Integrated Rural Development in collaboration with the concerned organization.
- 10 Implementing all such schemes of the ICAR and other related organizations which intend to strengthen the training programmes of the Kendra.
KVK Goalpara
KVK Goalpara was established in September 2006 under the administrative control of the National Research Centre on Pig, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Rani, Guwahati, Assam. It started functioning in September 2006 in a rented house at Thekasu, Dudhnoi. Amongst 20 KVKs in Assam, KVK Goalpara is the only one under direct control of the ICAR and the rest 19 are under the control of Assam Agricultural University. The Govt. of Assam allotted 102 bighas (13.6 ha) of land at Udaypur opposite to the secretariat of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council, Dudhnoi, for establishment of the permanent campus of the KVK.
The KVK will have the following facilities:
STAFF OF KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA
| Sl No | Name of the staff | Designation | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dr. Santosh Kumar Baishya | Principal Scientist & Head |
E-mail: santosh_baishya@rediffmail.com Alternate E-mail: goalparakvk@gmail.com Phone: 9436108526 |
| 02 | Dr. Hitu Choudhury | Chief Technical Officer (Animal Science) |
E-mail: Hitu.Choudhury@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: hchoudhury2002@yahoo.co.in Phone: 9435560369 |
| 03 | Mrs. Poli Saikia | Subject Matter Specialist (Home Science) |
E-mail: Poli.Saikia@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: saikiapoli7@gmail.com Phone: 7578934916 |
| 04 | Er. Benjamin Kaman | Technical Officer (Soil & Water Conservation Engineering) |
E-mail: Benjamin.Kaman@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: benjakaman@gmail.com Phone: 9435721614 |
| 05 | Mrs. Minakshi Barah Kaman | Technical Officer (Home Science) |
E-mail: Minakshi.Kaman@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: mborahkaman@gmail.com Phone: 7399434600 |
| 06 | Mrs. Mousumi Bhuyan | Technical Officer (Horticulture) |
E-mail: Mousumi.Bhuyan@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: mousumi30bhuyan@rediffmail.com Phone: 9678170150 |
| 07 | Mr. Shiva Rajak | SMS (Fisheries Science) |
E-mail: shiva.rajak@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: shivakvkrajak@gmail.com Phone: 9123332717 |
| 08 | Mr. Jayanta Choudhury | Sr. Technician |
E-mail: Jayanta.Choudhury@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: jayantachoudhury64@gmail.com Phone: 6000216683 |
| 09 | Shri Jitumoni Kalita | Skilled Supporting Staff |
E-mail: Jitumani.Kalita@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: jmanikalita06@gmail.com Phone: 9365192621 |
| 10 | Shri Dhruba Lochan Rabha | Skilled Supporting Staff |
E-mail: Dhruba.Rabha@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: dhrubalachanrabhaaxoxa@gmail.com Phone: 9864737368 |