Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Shahjahanpur-242 001, U.P.
Online published on 14 November, 2017.
Agricultural research and education has been considerably advanced in India. Research contribution in preceding decade has been enormous in all directions of Agriculture. The extension machinery, however, has not been able to cope up with scientific advantages. Big gap still exist between the productive technologies available and their rapid transfer to the farmers. Unless this gap is filled, the productive technologies now available in agriculture and allied fields cannot be properly used by farmers and the production will not accelerate. Looking into the rapid expansion of Krishi Vigyan Kendra to meet the growing demand of people and incurring huge investment in meeting recurring and non-recurring expenditures of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, it is high time to have a wholesome thinking about the enduring influences of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Nevertheless when India has very high hope from Krishi Vigyan Kendra and it is planned to cover the entire country under the network of Krishi Vigyan Kendra. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides a strong training support for bringing about production breakthrough in agriculture. It was found that The Krishi Vigyan Kendras are functional carrying out extension activities in accordance with government programme schedule and proving support to raise the skill of the farmers which will help them to increase their productivity.
Communication, KVK, TOT