ABOUT US

Krishi Vigyan Kendras are the district level farm science centres for speedy transfer of technology to farmers. Krishi Vigyan Kendra helps to promote the productivity and income of the farmers from agriculture and allied sectors in a sustainable manner by reducing the time lag between the generation of technology to the farmer field.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samba was sanctioned by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),New Delhi in the month of September,2016 Vide No-F.No.5-9/2011.AE-II dated 2nd September, 2016.KVK Samba started its functioning in August 2017. It is a center place from highway and is around 500 metres from the highway. Samba is the second district of Jammu division after Gateway of J&K, Kathua district. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samba has approximately around 400 kanal of land at Mananu Farm as well as at Arazi Farm Samba on which various kharif and rabi season crops are grown for seed production as well as for demonstration purposes.

Krishi vigyan Kendra Samba imparts short as well as long duration farmers and vocational trainings to farmers, farm women ,rural youth and field functionaries to enhance their knowledge about new technologies.The Frontline Demonstrations and On-Farm Trials are also conducted on farmer fields so that new technologies can be easily adopted by the farmers.

KVK System: Mandate and Activities

The mandate of KVK is Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its Application and Capacity Development.

To implement the mandate effectively, the following activities are envisaged for each KVK:

On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.
Frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers fields.
Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills on modern agricultural technologies.
To work as Knowledge and Resource Centre of agricultural technologies for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector in improving the agricultural economy of the district.
Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to farmers.