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Context Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a meeting in New Delhi to review the Action Plan for strengthening Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) through enhanced State participation — focused on implementing recommendations from the 5th Chief Secretaries’ Conference 2025.
About KVKs
- Krishi Vigyan Kendras — district-level farm science centres, funded by ICAR and hosted by State Agricultural Universities, ICAR institutes, NGOs and state departments
- The first KVK was established at Puducherry in 1974
- Coordinated regionally through ATARIs — Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes
- Mandate: on-farm testing, frontline demonstrations, capacity building of farmers and extension personnel, and serving as knowledge and resource centres
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- Crop production
- Horticulture
- Animal husbandry
- Fisheries
- Soil and water management
- Farm machinery and technology
- Value addition and post-harvest management
