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Title: | Three Decades in service of Farmers of Ranga Reddy District |
Other Titles: | Three Decades in service of Farmers of Ranga Reddy District |
Authors: | ICAR_CRIDA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2009-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Decades,Farmers,Ranga Reddy District |
Publisher: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Although Indian Agriculture has come a long way, there are certain challenges that need to be addressed for national food and nutritional security. Our population is expected to be 1.4 billion by 2020. The increasing population, coupled with growing income will generate increased demand for food and non-food crops. Therefore, Indian agriculture has to achieve a higher growth rate of 4 per cent per annum on a sustainable basis. Indian agriculture also has to diversify into high-value crops, raise productivity, restore soil health and enhance the application of modern technologies including biotechnology. Agriculture, especially crop production is the mainstay of the Indian economy, which supports about 115.5 million farm families. A variety of crops are grown under diverse climatic situations in different cropping systems. The distribution of farm holdings is dominated by small and marginal farmers. Rain-fed agriculture constitutes about 60 per cent of the net sown area in India. These areas are the major domain of oilseeds, pulses and coarse cereals production. Different production technologies were developed under NARS system for the rainfed regions of the country. In the words of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, higher growth rate of economy can be achieved by giving highest importance to agriculture. Contribution of agriculture to GDP is now 20 percent coming from 65 percent of the population depending on agriculture for their livelihood. The quantum jump in agriculture production from 50 MT to more than 200 MT followed the green revolution. In order to achieve the targeted 8 percent of annual GDP growth rate and to double the food grain production as envisaged in the National Common Minimum Programme and also for poverty eradication, application of latest agricultural technology is essential. Market oriented production and skill intensive farming are the key strategies for achieving higher production. Knowledge or technical know-how for field application of innovations or technology is more important than capital, land etc., Need for training of farmers in latest technical know-how is of utmost important. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) or Farm Science Centre is an innovative frontline extension programme established by the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for vocational training to farmers and field level extension functionaries. The farmer has to understand, accept and adopt the new practices and technologies for favourable results. His knowledge should be widened, skill to be inculcated and attitude to be changed in favour of adoption of technical innovations. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has started the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) or Farm Science Centres as innovative institutions for educating the farmers. The KVK is conceived as a Knowledge Centre for imparting need-based skill oriented training to farmers. It works on the principles of 'learning by doing' and 'teaching by doing' by arranging work experiences to farmers. Realizing the importance of the technology oriented skill training to farmers, the ICAR has started the first KVK on a pilot basis during 1974 at Pondicherry. Later during subsequent five year plans, the number of established of KVKs were increasing and the number reached to 261 by the end of eight plan (1992-97). The KVKs are attaining the focal point for frontline transfer of technologies for all developmental activities related to agriculture, community and industries in rural India. The KVK movement has further expanded and the total number of KVKs has reached by now about 557 in the country, with an allocation of 2100 crores in the XIth plan. The ICAR has established the Ranga Reddy district KVK during 1976-77 under the administrative control of All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture (AICRPDA), Hyderabad that was subsequently referred as Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) from 1985. The major objective of the KVK is to extend need-based and skill oriented training to practicing farmers, farmwomen, rural youth and extension functionaries in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh. |
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Type(s) of content: | Book |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/32912 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CRIDA-Publication |
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