Lok Sabha Question No. 4356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: KVKs in Maharashtra
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4356

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  MARCH, 2022

## KVKs IN MAHARASHTRA

4356. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more KVKs;
- (c) if so, the places identified for setting up of the said Kendras along with the details thereof including in Maharashtra;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the details of the steps taken by the Government to upgrade the infrastructure of KVKs to provide better services to the farmers;
- (f) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of KVKs; and
- (g) if so, the outcome of the said review?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) There  is  one  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendra  (KVK)  each  in  Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts  of  Maharashtra.  The  details  of  KVK  Ratnagiri  and  Sindhudurg  are  given  in Annexure-I.
- (b) to (d): There is provision of establishing 14 more KVKs in the country. State/UT wise list of districts for KVKs provisioned is given in Annexure-II.

(e) The  KVKs  are  provided  with  basic  infrastructure  facilities  like,  administrative building, farmers' hostel, demonstration units, equipment and farm machineries. As per requirement, KVKs have also been strengthened with infrastructure facilities like, pulses seed hubs, soil testing kits, micro-irrigation systems, Integrated Farming Systems units, farm machineries and equipment, District Agro-Met Units, etc. during last five years.

(f) & (g): A Third Party evaluation of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) was carried out by Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  through  National  Institute  of  Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD), an autonomous institute under NITI Aayog, in 2015. The major observations and findings of this evaluation were as below:

- i. It was observed that KVKs are playing proactive role in transferring new technology at field level with beneficial impacts;
- ii. The KVKs have an edge in technology transfer over other service providers by virtue of having better technical expertise and demonstration abilities;
- iii. About  40  percent  farmers  reported  that  they  implemented  the  technology immediately after its dissemination by KVK and that 25 percent did so from the next agricultural season;
- iv. On an average  a  KVK  covers  43  villages  and  4300  farmers  per  year.  80%  of villages covered are 10 km away from KVK;
- v. 96% farmers' requests were attended by KVKs;
- vi. 42% technologies adopted by farmers resulted in higher productivity, 33% resulted in high harvest income and 20% resulted in drudgery reduction;
- vii. About 25% of persons trained started self-employment ventures;
- viii. With the intervention by KVKs, about 80 percent of the farmers have modified their agricultural patterns which were related to diversification of crops and changes in cropping  pattern,  seed  planting  technique,  use  of  fertilizers  and  pesticides, changes in machinery used and in water use pattern.

Again in 2020, ICAR conducted a study on impact evaluation of KVKs through Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals, New Delhi. Major findings of the study were as below:

- i. On an average, KVK outreach found to be around 90-100 villages. With its strong ICT interventions, the outreach to villages increases to even 200 villages per KVK;
- ii. There  is  increase  in  outreach  programs  by  KVKs  from  2012-13  to  2019-20  in number of on farm trials by 51%, frontlines demonstrations by 61%, farmers trained by 16% and extension personnel trained by 35%;
- iii. There is increase in proportion of farm women in trainings from 30% in 2012-13 to 37% in 2019-20;
- iv. There is 142% increase in the number of short message sent from 2012-13 to 2019-20. Similarly, there is increase in the number of the farmers covered from the year 2012-13 to 2019-20 by 135% with the advent of the digital technologies such as WhatsApp group, Facebook group which has increased the outreach by 4 times;
- v. There is 32% increase in seed production and 117% increase in planting material production by KVKs during the said period.

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## Annexure-I

## (Part (a) Of Unstarred Question No. 4356 to be Answered On 29 th  March, 2022)

## Details of KVK Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg of Maharashtra

| Particulars           | Ratnagiri                                                                                                                                    | Sindhudurg                                                                                                                                                |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year of establishment | 1983                                                                                                                                         | 1995                                                                                                                                                      |
| Land (ha)             | 20.35                                                                                                                                        | 23.71                                                                                                                                                     |
| Location              | Deodhe, Lanja, Ratnagiri                                                                                                                     | Kirlos, Malvan, Sindhudurg                                                                                                                                |
| Host Organization     | Bala Saheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri                                                                                | Sindhudurg Zilla Krishi Pratishthan, Sindhudurg                                                                                                           |
| Infrastructure        | Administrative Building, Staff Quarters, Rain Water harvesting system, Threshing floor, Farm godown, ICT lab, Fencing                        | Administrative Building, Rain Water harvesting system, ICT lab, Fencing                                                                                   |
| Demo units            | Nutritional Garden, Mother Orchard (Mango, Cashew), Hort Nursery, Goat Unit, Poultry Unit, Azolla Unit, Vermicomposting Unit, Crop Cafeteria | Poultry, Fruit Processing, Goat Unit, IFS, Mother Orchard (Cashew, Aonla, Mango, Sapot), Soil Testing Lab, Natural Farming, Hort. Nursery, Crop Cafeteria |

## Annexure-II

## (Part (b) to (d) of Unstarred Question No. 4356 to be Answered On 29 th  March,2022)

## State/UT wise list of districts for KVKs provisioned in the EFC of 2021-26

| Name of State/UT    | Name of District            |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | Silvasa                     |
| Daman &Diu          | Daman, Diu                  |
| Haryana             | Palwal, Mewat, Panchkula    |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | Udhampur                    |
| Puducherry          | Mahe                        |
| Rajasthan           | Sriganganagar               |
| Uttarakhand         | Pithoragarh, Chamoli        |
| West Bengal         | Bankura, Birbhum, Bardhaman |

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