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THE KVK AT A GLANCE

The KVK was started as remendated KVK during 2000 under the establishment of Regional Agricultural Research Station, AAU, Shillongani covering Nagaon and Morigaon district of Central Brahmaputra Valley Zone as operational area.

Later it was declared as full flagged KVK in 2004 for Nagaon district. The KVK is located at Shillongani within the RARS Campus at a distance of 5 Km from Nagaon town on the way to Bordowa. Nagaon is the largest district of Assam and located at the center of the State which facilitates as traffic corridor to the district of upper and northern Assam, further extending its way to other NE States of Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

The major spoken language of the district is Assamese. Total population of the district is 23, 14,629 (2001 Census) where 88% of the people live in rural areas.

HOW TO REACH THE KVK:

The district Nagaon is well connected by road and rail from all the important places of Assam. The National

Highways NH 36 and NH 37 are passing through the district. The district headquarter Nagaon town is 123 km away from the state capital Guwahati, 30 km from Tezpur and 180 km from Jorhat. The head quarter of the establishment of KVK is located at Shillongani about 5 km from ASTC bus stand and 4 km from Haiborgaon Rail Station (Nagaon). Taxi, auto-rickshaw etc. can be availed to reach the KVK, which is on the way to Bordowa.

nagoan Our Vision

To develop the district agriculturally self sufficient.

To develop KVK, Nagaon by action as a nodal centre of excellence growing with continuous extension and farmers centric services for socio economic upliftment.

Present Activities of the KVK :

The KVK is functioning as per the guidelines provided by ICAR with specific mandates. The main activities are:


  • Conducting ‘On- Farm Testing’
  • Imparting training to Practicing Farmers, Extension Functionaries, Rural Youth, Farm Women , NGOs, SHGs, etc.
  • Organizing frontline demonstrations on major crops, viz., rice , toria, sesamum, jute, pulses and wheat.
  • Conducting other extension activities such as organizing Farmer’s fare, Field Day, Kissan Mela, Horticultural show etc.
  • Involve in other services like Kissan call center, diagnosis and recommendations on various problems of farmers, advisory service to other departments.

Scientists

At our Krishi Vigyan Kendra

1. Dr. Tulshi Prasad Saikia

2. Ms. Anjumala Deka

3. Mr. Chandan Kr. Deka

4. Ms. Priyanka Nath

4. Dr. Biswajit Dutta

4. Ms. Sibani Das

4. Mr. Utpal Kr. Deka

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