Address: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gurdaspur, Punjab
Mandate :
To achieve the agricultural challenges and tasks, four mandates have been envisaged in the design of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
To conduct “on-farm testing” for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use system.
To organize training to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
To organize short and long-term vocational training courses in agriculture and allied vocations for the farmers and rural youths with emphasis on “learning by doing” for higher production on farms and generating self-employment.
To organize front-line demonstrations on various crops to generate production data and feedback information.
The KVK Provides services are :
1. Soil and Water testing
2. Sale of improved seed, milk, farm literature, Nursery plants
3. Weather based crop advisory
4. Dissemination of information through Radio and T.V.
5. Exposed visits/tours for farmers within or outside the state
6. Farmer can hire various farm implements like zero tillage, bed planter etc.
7. Linkage between the researchers and farmers
8. Stay arrangements for farmers and farm women in hostel.
Website: http://www.kvkgurdaspur.com/other-services