In pursuance of the recommendations of the education commission (1964-66), to establish institutions for providing vocational education in agriculture at the pre-and-post matriculation level, the ICAR started a scheme to establish KVKs in the country during 1974. The overall objective of the Kendras is to provide a strong training support for bringing about production breakthrough in agriculture.
The first KVK was established in 1974 at Pondicherry under Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Presently there are 415 KVKs supported by 10 Trainers' Training Centre (TTC), 70 Institute Village Linkage Programme (IVLPs) and 44 Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC).
On an average 6 lakhs farmers and farm women are being trained in agriculture and allied fields. It is the most comprehensive scheme of the Government of India.
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