Agriculture Extension Division

Set up

The major activities of Agricultural Extension Division are assessment, refinement and demonstration of technology/products through a network of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK). There are 44 Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATIC) established under ICAR institutes and State Agricultural Universities. There is one National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture (NRCWA) located in Bhubaneswar (Orissa). The Division is headed by Deputy Director-General (Agricultural Extension) supported by 2 Assistant Director General. .

Thrust Areas

Assessment, refinement and demonstration of technology/products
Training of farmers
Training of extension personnel areas of technology.
Single window delivery system for technology products, diagnostic services and information through Agricultural Technology Information Centres
Development of gender-specific technologies
Creating awareness of improved agricultural technologies among the farmers

Bicycle run cocoon deflosser developed by a farmer trained at KVK, Mysore	Training on maintenance of power tiller at Zonal Agricultural Research Station of KVK, Udupi	Refinement of intercropping technology of sunflower and pigeonpea under Institution-Village-Linkage Programme(IVLP) at Solapur

Institutional Links

National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture, Orissa

Zonal Coordinating Units

	ZCU (Zone I) ZCU, PAU Campus, Ludhiana
	ZCU (Zone II) NBSS&LUP Campus, Calcutta
	ZCU (Zone III) TOP, Barapani
	ZCU (Zone IV) CSAUA&T, Kanpur
	ZCU (Zone V) CRIDA Complex, Hyderabad
	ZCU (Zone VI) CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur
	ZCU (Zone VII) JNKVV, Jabalpur
	ZCU (Zone VIII) NDRI Campus, Bangalore

Achievements

Established a network of 553 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK).
Conducted 4189 on-farm trials on 537 technologies to identify their location specificity under different farming systems.
Organized 53,974 Frontline Demonstrations (FLD) to demonstrate the production potential of newly released production technologies on the farmers' fields.
Trained more than 1.0 million farmers and extension personnel in agriculture and allied fields.
Conducted large number of extension activities benefiting about 4.19 million farmers and other end users.
Production of more than 82,000 qt. of seeds and 10.2 million sapling/seedlings/livestock strains, besides various bio-products for availability to the farmers
Identified gender issues in agriculture at the National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture
Continued functioning of 44 Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATIC) in ICAR institutes and SAUs
Organized 334 interface meetings involving scientists and development officials at the district level.