Introduction
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Name and Location of KVK |
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Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Waghai, Dist-Dangs, Gujarat - 394 730 |
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Name of Scientist with Postal address and Telephone No. |
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I/c.Dr. L. V. GHETIYA Senior Scientist & Head, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Navsari Agricultural University, Waghai, Dist-Dangs (Gujarat) Phone No. : (O) 02631- 296645, Mobile No. : 9724761097 E-mail : kvkwaghai@nau.in |
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Name of District and State Hqrs |
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Name of District : Ahwa (Dangs) Name State Hqrs : Navsari (Uni. Hqrs) |
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Sanction order No. and date |
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi , Letter No.1177/Gujarat-4/84 kvk/23rd October,1984. |
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Date of Establishment |
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1984-85 |
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Name & Address of the host Instt. |
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Director of Extension Education, NAU Navsari-396 450; Phone No. : 02637-282026 Fax : 02637- 282706; E-mail : dee@nau.in |
OBJECTIVES
For fulfilling the prescribed mandate, the KVK is performing the following functions:
1) To conduct socio-economic survey of the operational area through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) to identifying the
technological and training needs of the farming community.
2) To compile all relevant recommendations/package of practices for the district to be meaningfully utilized in the training programmes and the follow-up extension activities.
3) To plan and conduct production-oriented and need-based short and long duration training courses both on the campus as well as in the villages for various target groups with priority on the resource poor sections.
4) To organize Farm Science Club in order to inculcate in the younger generations a scientific temper and as interest on agriculture and allied sciences and for scientific farming.
5) To develop and maintain the campus farms and demonstration units on scientific lines as the facilities for providing work experience to the trainees, dissemination of the latest technical know-how and also as a means to achieve financial sustainability in due course of time.
6) To provide practical training facilities of the Kendra to the teachers and the students of vocational agriculture of the higher secondary schools.
7) To provide added training facilities in the area for home making and nutrition education and home/rural crafts for income generating activities at village level.
8) To implement all such schemes of the ICAR and other related organizations which intend to strengthen the training and
technology dissemination programmes as well as follow-up extension activities of the Kendra.
9) To undertake on-farm testing of the technologies developed by the Research Stations in agriculture and allied fields for their suitability and identifying the constrains.
10) To demonstrate the potentialities of various technologies and recommend for their adoption in maximizing yield / income per unit of time and area under different resource conditions.