AGENDA NOTES Agenda Item No. 01 Chairman’s Opening Remarks about KVK a) Establishment details S. No Particulars Details 01 Name of the KVK Tumkur -A 02 Postal address of the KVK KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA , HIREHALLI, NH-4, TUMKUR-572 104 03 Telephone number/Fax/email Phone : 0816-2243175 and Web site address of the Fax :0816-2243177 KVK Email:
[email protected] Website: www.iihr.ernet.in 04 Name of the Host Organization INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH 05 Postal address of the Host INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL Organization RESEARCH Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bangalore-560089 06 Telephone number/Fax/email Phone : 080 -28466420 -423 and Web site address of Host Fax : 080-28466291 Organization Email :
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[email protected] Website: www.iihr.ernet.in 07 Sanction Order Details 2009-10 (vide ref no. F.No.16(1)/2009-AE-I of Assistant Director General (AE), ICAR, New Delhi dt. 24.03.2009 08 Name of the Programme Dr. N.Loganandhan Coordinator 09 Total land area with the KVK in 16.24 ha ha. b) Mandate The overall mandate of the KVK is to develop and disseminate location specific technological modules at district level through Technology Assessment, Refinement and Demonstration and to act as Knowledge and Resource Centre for agriculture and its allied activities. The specific activities to carry out this mandate are: • Conducting on-farm testing to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems • Organizing frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of various crops and enterprises on the farmers’ fields • Organizing need based training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies related to technology assessment, refinement and demonstration, and training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development.