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A Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK; transl. "farm science centre") is an agricultural extension center in India. The centres are associated with a local agricultural university, and serve as links between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and farmers to apply agricultural research in a practical, localized setting. All KVKs fall under the ...
Besides, CAZRI is a major destination for capacity building of scientists, policy planners and extension officials related to arid zone development. Through its extension wing and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (located at Jodhpur, Pali and Kukma-Bhuj) the institute is in direct touch with farmers, state government officials, NGOs and other stakeholders ...
2010: In March 2010, ICAR made its two flagship journals (Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Indian Journal of Animal Sciences) as open access journals. [13] 2011: ICAR scientists were the first in the world to sequence the pigeonpea genome. It was an indigenous effort by 31 scientists led by Nagendra Kumar Singh of NRCPB. The first ...
Extension and Training Education Cadre Size: Head of the Agricultural Research Services Secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture (India) and director general, ICAR Current: Dr. Himanshu Pathak
The institute was established in 1987 as the 'National Centre for Management of Agricultural Extension at Hyderabad', by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India as an autonomous institute, from which its acronym MANAGE is derived. Its status was elevated to that of a National Institute in 1992 and re-christened with its present name ...
It was established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1976, to address issues related to agricultural research, training and development and education management, in India. In the initial years, the Academy primarily imparted foundation training to the new entrants of the Agricultural Research Service [ 2 ] of the Indian ...
The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) [1] is an autonomous institute of higher learning, established under the umbrella of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for advanced research in the field of soil sciences.
In the year 2022, the fair went online. However, the 2023's fair is under the theme, Innovative Horticulture for Self-Reliance and was from Feb 22–25, 2023. This year's NHF 2024 theme was "nextgen technology led horticulture for sustainable development" and it attracted about 70,000 visitors during March 5–7, 2024. [12]