Training Programmes

The training programmes of KVK are not a standalone activity. The trainings of KVK are linked with the On farm trail and front line demonstrations undertaken every year. The KVK organises certain training programmes are need based apart from linking with OFT and FLD. Apart from the mandatory training programmes the KVK also helps other organisations of the island to implement the training programmes which under the category of sponsored training programmes. The typology of the training depends on the contents and the course. The training programmes are organised for the farmers/farm women, rural youth and extension functionaries. Since few years the KVK organises training programmes that are sponsored by Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) on selected trades with 20 beneficiaries extending to one month. Every year the KVK organises 72 training programmes benefitting more than 12,000 farmers.

Other Extension Activities

Field days, kisan melas, farmer scientist interactions, diagnostic visits and surveys, farm and home visits, exhibitions, pre-kharif and pre-rabi sammelans, observing important days like World Soil Health Day, World Environment Day are the extension activities organised by the KVK. Popularisation of certain UT and central scheme using different extension methods are performed by the KVK.