Welcome to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Aizawl

Historical Background of Krishi Vigyan Kendras

The Education Commission (1964-66) recommended that a vigorous effort should be made to establish specialized institutions to provide vocational education in agriculture and allied fields at the pre and postmatriculate levels to cater the training needs of a large number of boys and girls coming from rural areas. The Commission furthersuggestedthat such institutions be named as ‘Agricultural Polytechnics’. The recommendation of the Commission was thoroughly discussed: during 1966-72 by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Planning Commission, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and other allied institutions. Finally, the ICAR mooted the idea of establishing Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agricultural Science Centers) as innovative institutions for imparting vocational training to the practicing farmers, school dropouts and field level extension functionaries.
The ICAR Standing Committee on Agricultural Education, in its meeting held in August, 1973, observed that since the establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) was of national importance which would help in accelerating the agricultural production as also in improving the socio-economic conditions of the farming community, the assistance of all related institutions should be taken in implementing this scheme. The ICAR, therefore, constituted a committee in 1973 headed by Dr. Mohan Singh Mehta of Seva Mandir, Udaipur (Rajasthan), for working out a detailed plan for implementing this scheme. The Committee submitted its report in 1974.The first KVK, on a pilot basis, was established in 1974 at Puducherry (Pondicherry) under the administrative control of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

Mandate and Mandatory Activities

Technology Application & Demonstration for its Adoption & Capacity Development
To implement the mandate effectively through creation of awareness about improved agricultural technologies, the following activities are defined for each KVK:
On-Farm Testing (OFT) to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.

Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies and enterprises.

Work as Knowledge and Resource Centre for improving overall agricultural economy in the operational area.

Conduct frontline extension programmes and provide farm advisories using Information Communication Technology (ICT) and other media on varied subjects of interest to farmers.

Data documentation, characterization and strategic planning of farming practices.

KVKs, while acting as a single window Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC), should produce quality technology related inputs/products (seeds, planting materials, bio-agents, livestock, fingerlings etc.) and make them available to farmers. Besides, KVKs also identify and document selected farmer-led innovations and converge with ongoing schemes and programmes within the mandate of KVK.