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Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)

By Vinay Yadav 14 May 2020 3 min read Verified Civil Services Notes

Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are agricultural extension centers created by ICAR to provide various types of farm support to the agricultural sector. It is ...

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Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are agricultural extension centers created by ICAR to provide various types of farm support to the agricultural sector.

It is created to serve as a single window mechanism for addressing the technology needs of farmers and acts as a link among researchers, extension functionaries like NGOs and farmers.

The farm support includes farm advisory service including climate resilient technologies,training programme for NGOs and front line demonstration and on Farm testing.

KVK operates under the administrative control of State Agricultural University(SAU) or central institute

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