Atari Address- ICAR-ATARI Zone-I Ludhiana PAU Campus Ludhiana, Punjab

Host Institute Name- GADVASU Ludhiana

Pin Code- 140103

Website- http://www.kvkmohali.org/

Preview- "Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Majra, district Sahibjada Ajeet Singh Nagar (formerly known as Mohali) was established in 2012 and started functioning from March, 2014. The KVK is under the administrative control of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab and has a total area of approx. 27 acre at village Majra. Currently, the KVK is working from a rented office at Model Town, Kurali. The KVK was established with the following mandates:

On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.

Out scaling of farm innovations through frontline demonstration to showcase the specific benefits/worth of technologies on farmers’ fields.

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 ICT and other media on varied subjects of interest to farmers.

Data documentation, characterization and strategic planning of farming practices.

In order to achieve above mandates, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, SAS Nagar is conducting various activities such as; a) Planning and conducting survey of the operational area in order to prepare the resource inventory with special reference to identifying the training needs of the farming community, b) Planning and conducting production oriented, need-based short and long duration training courses both on campus as well as in the villages for various target groups with priority on the weaker and deprived communities, c) Developing and organizing non-formal educational programmes by way of field days, farm visits, farmers’ fair, radio talk etc. as the follow up information support to training courses, d) Testing and verification of the technologies. Apart from this, KVK also plays an instrumental role in implementing all such schemes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and other related organizations which intend to strengthen the training programmes of the kendra

To impart the technology transfer effectively, the KVK has developed close linkages with district level developments viz; Agriculture/Horticulture/Fisheries/ Dairy/Animal Husbandry and NGOs in their extension programme."

Official Website:   http://www.drikvkbeed.org/