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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 ...
Assam Agricultural University. This article lists agricultural universities (AUs) in India, by state or territory.Although a number of Indian universities offer agricultural education, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the main regulator of agricultural education, recognizes three "Central Agricultural Universities", [1] four Deemed Universities [2] and 63 "State Agricultural ...
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 ...
In 1989, the new extension centres were named as Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Service Centres) and since then one Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was established in each district of Haryana, [26] to disseminate information and to provide vocational training in the relevant technologies among farmers, rural youth and rural development agencies. [27]
Imparting of extension education is one of the mandatory functions of the university. The university has 11 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK), which undertake training and demonstrations for the benefit of farmers. It also has a Training and Visit Scheme (T&V) at Nagpur, Sindewahi and Yavatmal.
Total exam is of 300 marks of which the mains exam is of 240 marks and interview is of 60 marks. The examination is the initial port of entry into the services of ICAR and the new entrants are imparted foundation training called as Foundation Course for Agricultural Research Services (FOCARS) at the National Academy of Agricultural Research ...
Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is a state university for agricultural education, recognised as a State Agricultural University by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It is situated in Vellanikkara , Kerala , India.
Logo of the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute Imperial Agricultural Research Institute, at its original location Pusa, Bihar, circa 1927. The institute was established in 1905 at Pusa, Bihar, with financial assistance of Henry Phipps, Jr., an American philanthropist.