Address: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Budhapaura, Near New Mandi Lehar, Bhind, Madhya Pradesh

MANDATES :
Technology assessment, refinement and demonstration of technology / products

Objectives of KVKs :

    Inventorying and characterizing agricultural resources of the district with special reference to identifying the technological gap and training needs of the farming community.
    Compiling all relevant recommendations/package of practices for their meaningful utilization in the training courses and the follow-up extension program-mes.
    Planning and conducting need-based production oriented short and long duration training courses for various target groups..
    Imparting vocational training to unemployed rural youth and school dropouts on the principle of learning by during and Seeing is believing
    Organizing farm science club in the adopted village and rural schools.
    Developing and maintaining the instructional farm and demonstration units on scientific lines.
    Demonstration of the technologies tested and recommended for location specific situations to find out their potentiality and profitability.Conducting on farm testing of the technologies developed by Agricultural University and ICAR research institutes for their local suitability and identification of constraints.

Activities of KVKs :

    On farm testing to identify the location specificity of technologies in various farming systems.
    Frontline demonstration to establish production potentials of newly released technologies on farmers’' fields and provide feed back.
    Training of farmers and farm women 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.
    Work as resources and knowledge center of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the district.
    Create awareness about frontier technologies through large number of extension activities like Farmer fair, Field day, Strategic campaign, Ex-trainees meet, etc.
    The seed and planting materials produce by the KVKs also be made available to the farmers.