Analysis of Linkage Mechanism of Krishi Vigyan Kendra

For agro-technologies to be relevant to local needs, researchers, extension workers and farmers must play important roles in identifying research problems, adapting the recommendations to local conditions and providing feedback to researchers about the innovations that have been developed. With the focus now shifted to demand-driven, location-specific, customized and tailor-made technologies and services to serve different categories of farmers, a vital link in the integration process, missing from the earlier dispensation, namely, the “farmer”, needs to be included in the integration process. It has been observed that the linkages with the State Department of Agriculture is very high in training, demonstration, OFT and other extension activities followed by joint diagnostic survey and participation in meeting. It has been observed that the linkage with SAU is stronger than others as for most of the KVKs, SAUs are the implementing organizations. For getting technical support and training, more KVKs depend on ICAR Institutes than SAUs. Majority of KVKs (62.50%) perceived that marketing needs to be included as one of the mandates of KVKs.