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The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is district level Farm Science Centre established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for speedy transfer of technology to the farmer's fields. The aim of KVK is to reduce the time lag between generation of technology at the research institution and its transfer to the farmer's fields for increasing production and productivity and income from the agriculture and allied sectors on a sustained basis..

MANDATES OF KVK

	To conduct on-farm testing for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems.

	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 higher production on farms and generating self-employment.

	To organize front-line demonstrations on various crops to generate production data and feedback information.