Celebrating 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Celebrating 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Role of KVKs Dr. A. K. Singh Deputy Director General (AE) ICAR, New Delhi

Agricultural Extension System Four major components of the Indian Agricultural Extension System 1. Agricultural extension service with the state governments 2. Extension education system of ICAR and Ag University system 3. Extension programme of input industries in public and private sectors and NGOs, and 4. Special rural development programmes of the central and state governments

Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Mandate: Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its application and capacity Development Activities of KVKs • On-farm testing to identify the location specificity of technology under various farming systems. • Frontline demonstration to establish the production potential of improved agricultural technologies on the farmers’ fields. • Capacity building of farmers and extension personnel. • Knowledge and resource centre of agricultural technologies. • Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media on varied subjects of interest to farmers. • Production of Quality seeds, planting materials and other technology inputs.

Growth of KVKs 800 700 630 669 714 600 No. of KVKs 551 500 400 300 261 183 200 89 100 1 0 276 IV 29 V VI VIII PLAN-WISE GROWTH IX X XI XII 17 -18 to 19 -20

Host Organizations of KVKs Organization KVKs Agricultural Universities 489 ICAR Institutes 65 NGOs 104 State Governments 37 Public Sector Undertakings 03 Central Universities 03 Deemed Universities 08 Other Educational Institutions 05 Total 714

Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI) Zone State KVKs I ICAR-ATARI-Ludhiana Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir 69 II ICAR-ATARI-Jodhpur Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi 63 III ICAR-ATARI-Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 83 IV ICAR-ATARI-Patna Bihar, Jharkhand 68 V ICAR-ATARI-Kolkata West Bengal, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar 59 VI ICAR-ATARI-Guwahati Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim 46 VII ICAR-ATARI-Barapani Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya 43 VIII ICAR-ATARI-Pune Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli 80 IX ICAR-ATARI-Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh 80 X ICAR-ATARI-Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry 75 XI ICAR-ATARI-Bengaluru Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep 48 Total 714

Uptake Pathways for Research Output FRONTLINE EXTENSION Technology generation Research System Technology testing Technology adaptation Technology integration Technology Assessment & Refinement Technology dissemination and adoption Extension System

Targets set for the year 2017 -2020 and Achievements during 2017 -19 Activities Targets for 2017 -18 to 2019 -20 Achievements during 2017 -19 2017 -18 28188 2018 -19 28393 2019 -20 28888 Total 85469 2017 -18 35246 2018 -19 42361 Frontline demonstrations (Number) Farmers training (No. of farmers in lakh) Extension Personnel training (No. of extension personnel in lakh) Participants in extension activities (lakh) Production of seed (tons) 108812 109607 110112 328531 182696 271158 13. 3 13. 4 13. 5 40. 2 13. 06 15. 91 1. 7 5. 1 1. 14 1. 21 123. 89 136. 28 163. 54 423. 71 147. 50 139. 67 20000 20500 21000 61500 15852 17700 Planting material production (lakh) Live-stock strains and finger lings production (lakh) Soil, water, plant, manures samples testing (lakh) Mobile agro- advisory to farmers (lakh ) 230. 5 231. 0 231. 5 693 459. 49 365. 53 118. 0 118. 5 3. 02 253. 13 119. 0 3. 05 278. 44 355. 5 41. 18 154. 91 9. 07 7. 54 8. 33 761. 68 627. 23 612. 95 On- farm trials (Number) 3. 0 230. 11 Total (%) 77607 (90. 8) 453854 (138. 15) 28. 97 (72. 06) 2. 35 (46. 07) 287. 17 (67. 78) 33552 (54. 56) 825. 02 (119. 05) 196. 09 (55. 16) 15. 87 (174. 97) 1240. 18 (162. 82)

Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan (KKA) 117 Aspirational Districts and 25 villages from each district Activity Target Villages Covered Farmers Benefitted No. of Units Covered/Distributed Distribution of Soil Health Card 742171 2684 712030 738058 Distribution of Mini Kit 422862 2673 441193 450863 Distribution of Plant 1395500 2663 364866 1519006 Making NADEP Pits 55620 2143 40738 39742 100% coverage of bovine vaccination 100% Saturation 2664 648691 1358724 100% coverage of Sheep and Goat for eradication of PPR 100% Saturation 2618 344956 1078113 Artificial Insemination 272120 2534 126424 131164 Training programmes 8376 2745 642306 17810 2023 33320 33484 Distributions of agricultural implements 27830 KKA Phase I (1 st June to 15 th August 2018): 2792 villages under 112 districts KKA Phase II (from 2 nd October to 25 th December 2018): 2924 villages under 117 districts • During phase II 462901 farmers, farm women and rural youth trained through 9089 training programmes. • Total 2633 demonstrations on integrated cropping practices benefiting 10065 farmers • Total 2390 demonstrations on micro irrigation benefiting 9689 farmers.

Straw management through mass campaign to mitigate crop residue burning ICAR Partnering Do. AC&FW • • Massive campaign by 60 KVKs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi More than 1. 0 lakh farmers have been motivated Organized technology demonstrations on In-situ management of crop residue Kisan Sammelans, Gosthis, Travel Seminars, Group Meetings with Village Panchayats; advisories on mobile; distribution of extension literature; and delivering Radio and TV talks Overall, about 15% and 41% reduction in burning events in 2018 compared to 2016 & 2017

Major Breakthrough & Impacts Harnessing productivity of Pulses through FLDs • 549 KVKs • 3. 04 lakh FLDs • Yield increased avg. 40% • 97 Seed Hubs producing 86800 q seed • Pulses production enhanced from 17. 70 MT (three years average during 2013 -2016) to 25. 26 MT in 2017 -18

Skill Training Programmes (NSQF aligned courses) Year Fund Job Roles (Rs. ) 2016 -17 3. 25 32 Job Roles crore Major Job Roles Quality Seed Grower, Mushroom Grower, Bee Keeper, Organic Grower, Vermicompost Producer, Gardener Dairy Farmer Entrepreneur, Small Poultry Farmer 2017 -18 1. 30 12 Job Roles crore Major Job Roles Agriculture extension service provider, Quality Seed Grower, Seed Processing Worker, Tractor operator, Sericulturist 2018 -19 14. 35 42 Job Roles crore Major Job Roles Agriculture extension service provider, Quality Seed Grower, Mushroom Grower, Bee Keeper, Organic Grower, Vermicompost Producer, Assistant Gardener, Nursery Worker, Dairy Farmer Entrepreneur, Small Poultry Farmer No. of youth No. of training trained Institutions 190 3317 97 KVKs 34 684 26 KVKs, 4 ICAR Inst and 4 AUs 761 15222 319 KVKs, 16 ICAR Inst and 20 AUs

Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Ø Attract and empower the youth in rural areas Ø Take up various agriculture, allied and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment Ø 200 -300 youth per district are involved. Ø Farm youth to establish net work groups Ø Take up activities like processing, value addition and marketing Ø Marketing network Ø Entrepreneurship and value chain management. Ø Demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stake holders Jack processing unit at Kannur Youth oriented: 12783 No. of training programs : 539 Enterprise established: youth) 1022 (2497 Income enhanced (%): 53. 86 Av. Monthly Income : Rs 12000 25 KVKs (2015 -17) 97 KVKs (2018 -19) 100 KVKs (2019 -24)

Farmer FIRST Enriching knowledge: integrating technology 51 Projects in 20 states • • Enhancing Farmers –Scientist interface Technology Assemblage Application and feedback Partnership and Institution Building Content Mobilization Covering 48291 farm families and 114 villages 24963 participatory demonstrations involving 73156 farmers/farm women 569 extension activities involving 33818 farmers/farm women

Value Addition and Technology Incubation Centers in Agriculture (VATICA) VATICA has been initiated to minimize the post-harvest losses through development of entrepreneurship in the field of processing and value addition. • Setting up of value addition and processing units • Entrepreneurial development of rural youth • VATICA initiated at 25 KVKs

Nutri-sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovations (NARI) • Women centric initiative for improving their health and nutrition being implemented in 100 districts of the country through KVK • Demonstrations and capacity development to promote nutrition -sensitive agriculture and gender mainstreaming • Interventions on family farming • Linking agriculture to nutrition • Skill development among women and youth • Bio-fortification of locally available food • Nutri-thali and Nutrition Smart villages • Initiated as a concept in all KVKs, and in convergence mode in MP.

Towards Climate Resilient Agriculture 121 Climate Smart Villages Innovative institutional mechanisms 623 District Agriculture Contingency Plans • More than 10000 rainwater harvesting structure were constructed/renovated. • Number of drought and flood tolerant varieties were demonstrated. Yield improvement reported up to 37%. • Inter cropping systems performed better than sole crops during dry spells resulted in improving yields ranging 10 to 35% in several states. • In-situ moisture conservation and planting methods increased crop productivity by 15 -20% at several locations. • Improve cultivars of fodder crops suitable for both Kharif and rabi seasons were demonstrated. • About 115567 farmers were trained on various climate change related issues through 4272 different courses. • Custom hiring centers established for farm machinery and equipment

Web & Mobile Advisory mkisan portal Ø Web-based mobile advisory to farmers Ø Research Institutes and Agricultural Universities support Ø More than 5. 36 crore farmers Monitoring at the National Level and in Providing Timely Information and Advisory to the Farmers Reach out to farmers through Mobile Apps -- 117 ICAR-IMD Mo. U for Data-driven Agro-advisory (530 KVKs)

150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi To commemorate the 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, M/o Agriculture & FW has planned interventions for promotion of sustainable agriculture practices

Activity No. 1 Activity: Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) Interventions : 150 farmers in each selected district to be converted to BPKP Number of Districts Covered : All 635 KVK districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Identification of farmers by ATMA, Training support and Supervision by KVK INM Div. of DAC&FW-Finance States-Implementation Action Taken: INM Division issued instructions to States, nominated Nodal Officer (Vandana Diwedi, Cons. , 9911998756, dwivediv@nic. in) VC held with states to select Nodal Officers.

Activity No. 2 Activity: Water Conservation Interventions : 150 farmers in each selected district to change method of irrigation from flood to drip or sprinkler Number of Districts Covered: 300 districts Key Departments involved in implementation : RFS Div. of DAC&FW-Finance States-Implementation Action Taken: RFS Division issued instruction to States, nominated Nodal Officer (Dr. Ramanand, DC, 9868240815, ramanand@gov. in), District level officers (Horticulture/Agriculture) are selecting farmers in 300 identified districts and companies are installing system of micro irrigation on the field of selected farmers.

Activity No. 3 Activity: Judicious use of fertilizers based on Soil Health Card (SHC) recommendations Interventions: 150 farmers in each selected district to reduce fertilizer use by 10% by following Soil Health Card recommendations Number of Districts Covered : All 635 KVK districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Identification of farmers, Training support, demonstration and supervision by KVK INM Div. of DAC&FW- Finance States- Implementation Action Taken: INM Division issued instruction to States, nominated Nodal Officer (Dr S. P. Singh, 9868921725 fertusecell@gmail. com), proposal for release of funds to ICAR (KVK) is under process.

Activity No. 4 Activity: Promotion of Oilseed Cultivation Interventions : 150 farmers in potential districts to be converted to Oilseed cultivation through demonstrations Number of Districts Covered: 350 districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) implementation, Training support and supervision by KVK Oilseeds Div. of DAC&FW- Finance Action Taken: Oilseed Division sent proposal and list of selected district to ICAR and nominated nodal officer (Mr T. P. Singh, Asst Commissioner (9557410510), tpsinghdac@gmail. com and requirement of funds is awaited from ICAR (KVK).

Activity No. 5 Activity: Promotion of less water consuming nutri-cereal crops Interventions: 1500 demonstrations at 1500 farmers’ field in 150 selected districts to be conducted on latest varieties of millets. Number of Districts Covered: 150 districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Training support, supervision, identification of farmers in coordination with ATMA by KVK Crops Div. of DAC&FW- Finance State/ATMA- Implementation Action Taken: Crop Division issued instruction to States, nominated Nodal Officer Dr. S. S. Tomar, Addln Comm, (8859245361), drtomarss@yahoo. com, 580 demo in Summer & Rabi in 58 districts and 920 demo in 92 districts during Kharif season. Proposal for release of funds to ICAR (KVK) is under process.

Activity No. 6 Activity: Promotion of beekeeping Interventions: 150 farmers in each selected district to be given training on bee keeping Number of Districts Covered: 150 districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Training support, supervision, identification of farmers in coordination with ATMA by KVK NBB of DAC&FW- Finance Action Taken: List of selected 150 districts shared with ICAR. Nodal Officer nominated (Dr. B. L. Saraswat, ED, NBB), (9868824532), bl. sarswat@nic. in, proposal for funds on training is still awaited from ICAR (KVK).

Activity No. 7 Activity: Promotion of jaivikkheti. in portal for sale of organic products Interventions: Registration of 150 farmers in each selected district on jaivikkheti. in portal. Number of Districts Covered: 300 districts Key Departments involved in implementation : National Centre for Organic Farming & its regional centres of DAC&FWImplementation and Monitoring Action Taken : INM Division issued instructions to NCOF & RCs for compiling the task of registering PGS farmers of all the districts, nominated Nodal Officer (Vandana Diwedi, Cons. 9911998756, dwivediv@nic. in).

Activity No. 8 Activity: Uberisation of custom hiring centres Interventions : Registration of 150 farmers in each selected district on custom hiring centre app for availing its services on custom hiring basis. Number of Districts Covered : 400 districts Key Departments involved in implementation : M&T Division of DAC&FW- Implementation and Monitoring Action Taken: M&T Division issued instructions to States for registration of farmers through district level Agriculture Officers of State Deptt of Agriculture on the app and nominated Nodal Officer (Shri C. R. Lohi, Deputy Commissioner, (9584716969) cr. lohi@nic. in.

Activity No. 9 Activity: Promotion of Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) Interventions: Creation of one FPO in each selected district with at least 150 farmers. Number of Districts Covered: All 635 KVK districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Training support supervision by KVK Marketing Division/SFAC of DAC&FW- Finance, Implementation and Monitoring Action Taken : Marketing Division held meeting with NABARD, NCDC, SFAC for FPO activity, nominated Nodal Officer Mr. S. Suresh Kumar, Director (Mktg. ), (9205375675), suresh. kumars@gov. in EFC on creation and promotion of 10000 FPOs circulated among concerned Ministries and Deptts and comments obtained except NITI Aayog, Approval of CCEA expected by 15 th Oct 2019.

Activity No. 10 Activity: Promotion of Quality seed production Interventions: 150 villages to be covered under Seed Village Programme (10 -20 farmers per village) for production of quality seed material. Number of Districts Covered: 150 districts Key Departments involved in implementation: Training support, supervision, identification of farmers in coordination with ATMA by KVK Seed Division of DAC&FW- Finance, Implementation and Monitoring Action Taken: Seed Division issued instructions to State Deptt of Agriculture and State Seed Corporation implementing Seed Village program for implementation, funds already made available to these implementing agencies & nominated Nodal Officer (Dr. Rajesh Singh, Asstt. Director, (9968308683).

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