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Lesson 47:Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Rural Development

Specific Objectives

1. Plan and conduct survey of the operational area to prepare the resource inventory with special reference to identify the training needs of the farming community.
2. Compile all relevant recommendations or package of practices for the district to be meaningfully utilized in the training courses and the follow-up extension programmes.
3. Plan and conduct production oriented, need-based, short and long duration training courses both on the campus, as well as in the villages for various target groups with priority on the weaker and poorer sections.
4. Organize Farm Science Clubs, both in rural schools and in villages to inculcate in the younger generation a liking for and an interest in agricultural and allied sciences and for scientific farming through supervised projects.
5. Provide practical training facilities of the center to the teachers and the students of vocational agriculture of higher secondary schools.
6. Impart some general education to the rural illiterates and school drop outs in order to make them not only good farmers but also better citizens.
7. Provide training facilities in homemaking and nutrition education for rural community and gradually encompass other important areas such as home crafts and cottage industries, consistent with the requirements of integrated rural development, in collaboration with concerned organizations.