Lok Sabha Question No. 582 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Support to Farmers by KVKs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Kotagiri Sridhar, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 582

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## SUPPORT TO FARMERS BY KVKS

582.   SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV: SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) the details of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) set up in Andhra Pradesh so far to help farmers adopt new technologies in farming;

(b)  the  details  regarding  the  ways  in  which  these  KVKs  have  provided  help  in horticulture and fisheries in the State of Andhra Pradesh; and

(c) whether the Government has provided technological and other aid to farmers in Andhra Pradesh that are impacted by the drought-like conditions in the State and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI ARJUN MUNDA)

(a): In all, 24 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) have been set up in Andhra Pradesh to help farmers adopt new technologies in farming in Andhra Pradesh: two KVKs each in Anantapur, Chittoor,  East  Godavari,  Guntur,  Krishna,  Kurnool,  Prakasam,  Sri  Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Visakhapatnam, West Godavari, and YSR Kadapa districts and one KVK each in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts.

(b): The  KVKs of  the  State  conducted  following  activities  to  provide  technological support to horticulture and fish farmers during the last five years:

- Conducted 1928 On Farm Trials (OFTs) on new horticultural technologies and 10 OFTs on new fisheries technologies to assess their location specificity at farmers' fields.
- Carried out 4849 Frontline Demonstrations (FLDs) on improved horticultural technologies  and  385  FLDs  on  improved  fisheries  technologies  at  farmers' fields to show their production potential to them.

- Capacity development of 46442 farmers on various aspects of cultivation of horticultural  crops  and  about  8200  farmers  on  various  aspects  of  fisheries technologies.
- Produced 620 quintals seed and 92 lakh planting material of horticultural crops and 15 lakh fish fingerlings for horticulture and fish farmers, respectively.

(c): The  KVKs  of  Andhra  Pradesh  promoted  drought  tolerant  varieties  of  different crops (SIA- 3088 and Suryanandi of foxtail millet; PRG-176, LRG 105, LRD 52, TRG 59 and PRG 176 red gram; NBeG-49 of bengal gram; Kadiri chitravati, and TCGS 1694 of groundnut) by producing 74.2 quintals seeds of these varieties and providing to  the  farmers.  Strategies  to  counter  drought  as  per  the  contingency  plans  of  the drought  affected  districts  of  Andhra  Pradesh  were  disseminated  through  mobile messages (120 mobile messages to 1.44 lakh farmers), press releases (123 press notes  in  local  newspapers),  and  other  modes  of  communication  (13  training programmes) during 2023-24.

As other aids, Government of India provided Rs.987.20 crore to State under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) during 2023-24 as financial assistance in this regard.

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