Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Krishi Vigyan Kendras
Posted On:
15 MAR 2022 4:22PM by PIB Delhi
There are 38 KVKs under the control of State Governments, 66 under ICAR Institutes, 103 under NGOs, 506 under Agricultural Universities, 3 under Central Universities, 3 under Public Sector Undertakings, 7 under Deemed to be Universities and 5 under Other Educational Institutions.
The technologies developed out of research conducted by ICAR are taken to farmers’ fields for its assessment by KVKs to ascertain their location specificity under various farming systems. KVKs also conduct large number of technology demonstrations at farmers’ fields for their adoption by the farmers. The KVKs conducted 1.12 lakh assessment trials of technologies in farmers’ fields and 7.35 lakh demonstrations on different technologies related to crops, livestock, fisheries, farm machineries and other enterprises during the last three years.
State/UT wise number of KVKs
|
Name of State/ UT
|
Total
|
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
3
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
24
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
17
|
|
Assam
|
26
|
|
Bihar
|
44
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
28
|
|
Delhi
|
1
|
|
Goa
|
2
|
|
Gujarat
|
30
|
|
Haryana
|
18
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
13
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
20
|
|
Jharkhand
|
24
|
|
Karnataka
|
33
|
|
Kerala
|
14
|
|
Ladakh
|
4
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
1
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
54
|
|
Maharashtra
|
50
|
|
Manipur
|
9
|
|
Meghalaya
|
7
|
|
Mizoram
|
8
|
|
Nagaland
|
11
|
|
Odisha
|
33
|
|
Puducherry
|
3
|
|
Punjab
|
22
|
|
Rajasthan
|
47
|
|
Sikkim
|
4
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
32
|
|
Telangana
|
16
|
|
Tripura
|
8
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
89
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
13
|
|
West Bengal
|
23
|
|
Total
|
731
|
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
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