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.

Prof. Amrish Vaid
Director Extension
SKUAST Jammu

MANDATES OF KVK

1. Conducting On-Farm Testing (OFTs) to identify location specific agriculture production, protection and management technologies for developing sustainable land use systems

2. Laying out Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) on Farmers Fields on various crops to establish the production potential and facilitate the adoption of improved crop production, protection and management technologies.

3. Conducting need based training programmes for farmers, farm-women and rural youth to update their knowledge and skills regarding potential and proven agricultural technologies and practices.

4. Conducting trainings for extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills and reorient them in the frontier area of advanced and recent technologies and emerging advances in agricultural and allied field research and developments.

5. Work as knowledge and resource centre of agricultural technologies for supporting the initiatives of public private and voluntary sector for improving the agriculture economy of the district.

6. Conducting various extension activities to accelerate the process of technology dissemination in the district.

7. Collaborative participation of KVK scientists, extension workers and farmers to reduce the time lag between the generation of technologies and their transfer to the farmers through the application of science and technology.