Address: ICAR-KVK-Alappuzha, ICAR-CPCRI (R.S), Krishnapuram.P.O, Kayamkulam, Alappuzha District, Kerala

The specific activities envisaged to carry out this mandate are:

• conduct on-farm testing to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems

• organize frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of various crops and enterprises on the farmers’ fields
• organize need based training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies related to technology assessment, refinement and demonstration, and training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development
• create awareness about improved technologies to larger masses through appropriate extension programmes
• production and supply of good quality seeds and planting materials, livestock, poultry and fisheries breeds and products and various bio-products to the farming community, and
• 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.