About Krishi Vigyan Kendra
ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra was established in the year 1991 at Kilnelli village of Thiruvannamalai district in
Tamil Nadu, funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
It comes under ZONE X of ICAR Agriculture Technology Application Research Institute, ATARI, Hyderabad.
KVK Thiruvannamalai has been functioning under the administrative control of Tamil Nadu Board of
Rural Development, a Nongovernmental organization headed by Shri. S.Ramesh, a leading advocate
and eminent social worker, working for the rural masses for their livelihood security and economic
development through various activities in the field of Agriculture, Health, Education, Rural development
and Environmental protection since 1978
The main activities of KVK include testing location specific improved crop varieties and technologies in the
farmer’s field. KVK also involves in conducting Skill and Vocational training programmes, Front Line Demonstrations
and field visits in liaison with Department of Agriculture and allied fields.
KVK has been conducting Surveys, Participatory Rural Appraisal, Farmers meeting, Training to farmers,
farm women and rural youth based on the problems identified and technological gaps in Agri and allied fields.
It also assists, develops skills and entrepreneurship among the farmers and farm women in coordination with other stakeholders.
KVK updating the services through Kisan Mobile Adviosry Service (KMAS) viz mkisan and Kisan Sarathi via portal.
Information on need based technology, seed availability, marketing, weather data have been send through mobile
to farmers.
Farmer Producer companies: The farmers have been organized as farmer's clubs and
produce companies in order to pave the way for effective technological adopton and economic development
through universal marketing of the Agricultural produce.
Focus of our KVK
- Promote the Natural/Organic farming practices to enhance the soil fertility and production of quality agriculture produce.
- Create awareness and promote the millet production and its value addition.
- Buyers and sellers meets are organized at regular interval in order to establish Marketing tie up for the effective sale of farm produce at right price.
Mandates of Krishi Vigyan Kendra
KVKs are gross root level organizations meant for application of technology through assessment, refinement and demonstration of proven technologies under different micro farming situations in a district.
On Farm testing
On-farm testing (OFT) to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.
Front Line Demonstration
Frontline demonstrations (FLD) to establish its production potentials on the farmers' fields.
Training and demonstrations
Training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies, and training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development.
Resource and knowledge centre
To work as resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the district.
Extension Activities
In order to create awareness about improved technology, a large number of extension activities will be taken up.
Products supply to farmers
The seeds and planting materials produced by the KVKs will also be made available to the farmers.