KVK News

4th- 18th October 2018

The KVKs of Punjab, Haryana and UP are organizing special Farmers’ Fairs to exhibit the technologies for residue management besides selling the latest seeds of Rabi crops. During these Melas, special efforts are made to involve various stakeholders for environmental building against residue burning. Efforts are being made to involve noted personalities in the campaign. Religious saints, gurus and noted environmentalists participated in these programmes and urged farming community to shun stubble burning.

Zonal Monitoring Team under NICRA Project lead by Dr. N. Sudhakar, Chairman visited three KVKs of Chhattisgarh State namely Dantewara, Bhatapara, Bilaspur) during  9th to 12th October, 2018.

28th September, 2081, Jodhpur

Zonal Monitoring Team under NICRA Project led by Prof. MC Varshenya (Former VC of Kamdhanu University, Gandhinagar) visited two KVKs of Rajasthan State (Barmer-I and Jodghpur-I) during 27 to 28th September, 2018.

25th September, 2018, Rajkot, Gujarat

21st September 2018, Tapi, Gujarat
 
Union Textiles Minister, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani visited the KVK, Tapi today.

20th September, 2018, Bikaner

A 3-day training of trainers (20-22 September, 2018 ) under Sill Development Programme of Agriculture, Skill Council of India for KVKs of ICAR-ATARI, Zone-II was inaugurated today at SKRAU, Bikaner. Main objective of the training is to provide hands on training to Master Trainers on various job roles (qualification packs and model curriculum) so that they can further provide trainings to rural youth for minimum 200 hours duration for their self-employment.

12th September, 2018, Changthang, Leh

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nyoma, Leh organized Kisan Mela in Changthang valley of Leh situated at an altitude of 13900 ft. Mr. Tsering Wangdus, Executive Councillor, Agriculture, Ladhak Development Council was the chief guest. Farmers and village heads/gobas from different clusters and Tibetan Refugees Camps of Changthang region attended the event and brought their produces for the exhibition.

11th September, 2018, Jodhpur

Orientation programme on Preparation and Dissemination of Agromet Advisories at Block Level under Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva scheme for Nodal Officers of KVKs of Zone II has been inaugurated during 11-12, 2018 at MPUA&T, Udaipur.

10-11 September, 2018, Jalna

Annual Action Plan cum Review Workshop of NICRA KVKs in Maharashtra and Gujarat was organized by ATARI, Pune at KVK, Jalna during 10-11 September, 2018.