Krishi Vigyan Kendra Notes For IBPS AFO,NABARD & Agri Exam notes

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Krishi Vigyan Kendra Notes For IBPS AFO, NABARD

• The total number of KVKs at present is 722 (as of June 2021)
• KVKs are under the administrative control of DDG of Agricultural extension
• Present DDG of Agricultural Extension AK Singh
• KVKs are divided into- 11 ATARI Zones–for effective functioning and monitoring

Agriculture Current Affairs 2021 For Competitive Exams

Acronym of ATARI–Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs formerly called as Zonal Project Directorates)

• Applied research done by KVKs: Basic research is done by ICAR Research Institutes & KVKs work starts from Technology testing
• The highest number of KVKs are in Uttar Pradesh
• The zone with the highest number of KVKs is Zone III
• KVKs fully funded by ICAR
• The number of On-Farm Trails (OFTs) conducted by KVKs (2019-20) for Technology Assessment & Refinement (TAR) are 34, 432
• Nutri-Gardens & Poshan Thali were pilot tested in KVKs of

Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

• The target number of Nutri-smart villages to be created by 2022 is 100
• The number of Frontline Demonstrations (FLDs) conducted by KVKs (2019-20) for showcasing potentials on improved varieties, modern technologies & practices are 44 lakh FLDs
• Technology Assessment and Refinement was done through- On-Farm Trails

(OFTs)

• Showcasing potentials on improved varieties, modern technologies for creating awareness/popularizing technologies among farmers done through Front line Demonstrations

• OFTs and FLDs were conducted on Farmer’s Fields
• The improved mandate of KVK is Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its Application & Capacity Development (TADA-CD)
• Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Puraskar 2019 (Best KVK) awarded to KVK Datia (M.P.) & KVK Venkataramanna Gudem (A.P)
• 11th National Conference of KVK held on Feb 28 – Mar 01 2020, New Delhi (Theme: Empowering Youth for Technology Led Farming)
• Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan (KKA): Launched on 1st June 2018 to 31st July 2018
  • It was launched to aid assist and advice farmers on how to improve their farming techniques and raise farm incomes.
  • It was coordinated and implemented by KVKs in selected Aspirational districts (117 Districts).
  • KKA will be implemented in 25 Villages of the Aspirational districts with more than 1000 population
• m-Kisan Portal: Launched on 2013

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– Platform which provides Web-based mobile Agro-advisories (Weather, Market, Outbreak of pest & diseases and their control) to farmers with technological backstopping from KVKS and Research Institutes of SAUs.

• KVK Mobile App developed by ICAR-IASRI
• District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) : Feb, 2019
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) has jointly initiated District

Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) to provide Agro-meteorological services to farmers to set up in KVKs.

• Weather-based Agri bulletins & the next five day’s weather forecast will be sent weekly twice (Tuesday and Friday).

New Schemes of KVK (2018-19)

• NARI–Nutri-Sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovations aim: For promoting family farming linking agriculture to nutrition, Nutri-smart villages for enhancing nutritional security and location-specific nutrition garden models are being developed and promoted by
• KSHAMTA–Knowledge Systems and Homestead Agriculture Management in Tribal Areas
• VATICA–Value Addition and Technology Incubation Centers in Agriculture
• FIRM–Farm Innovation Resources Management

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