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Departments
AAU-KVK, Kokrajhar
The KVK was established vide sanction order no. 3(88)/85 - KVK with financial support from the ICAR at Gossaigaon sub-division of Kokrajhar district and shares the campus with Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) of AAU for Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone (LBVZ) of Assam.
The distance from the district headquarter Kokrajhar to the KVK is 50 km and can be approached by both road and rail communication. The Gossaigaon Haat is the nearest railway station for rail communication and Bagdogra, Shiliguri, West Bengal is the nearest airport located at 240 km distance. The KVK lies within the boundary of Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) of Assam and people surrounding it belong to Bodos, Santhals, Rajbangshi and Muslim community.
Total land holding of KVK is 11.0 ha, 1.5 ha is under office building, 2.5 ha is under orchard and agro-forestry plants and land under seasonal crops are 7.0 ha. The operational area of KVK encompasses three sub-divisions viz. Kokrajhar, Gossaigaon, Parbatjhora and eight community development blocks namely Titaguri, Dotma, Gossaigaon, Kachugaon, Hatidhura, Debitola, Mahamaya and Rupshi. The KVK, Kokrajhar is regularly organising training programmes for farmers, farm-women, rural youth, extension personals of agriculture/other line departments/ NGO's and also conducting FLD on validated technologies for large scale adoption and OFT of newly developed technology for further refinement at farmers field covering a large number of farmers. The centre also renders various advisory services on different problems reported by farming community and development departments by conducting multidisciplinary team visits, interaction programmes, group discussions, organising seminars, exhibitions etc. and maintains good co-ordination with development agencies/organizations/departments.
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Projects
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On Going
- Dept. of Agri & Farmers Welfare, National Beekeeping & Honey Mission, National Bee Board sponsored project on "Livelihood enhancement through Scientific Beekeeping", projcet cost Rs.22 Lakh
- ICAR-GoI sponsored project on "Promotion of Technology Led Agriculture to Build on Tribal Farmers’ Resources and Wisdom to Sustainably Enhance their Farm Productivity, Income and Li", projcet cost Rs.66 Lakh
- AAU jorhat sponsored project on "Standardization of crop geometry for maximum production of leaf from intercropped food plant for Eri silkworm rearing and quality Eri cocoon production.", projcet cost Rs.6.81624 Lakh
- DBT GOI sponsored project on "Capacity building and economic upliftment of frontline farmers by integrated zero waste management approach through interventions on cultivation, processing and value addition of mushroom DBT- GOI technology incubation center on mushroom, BU, Assam.", projcet cost Rs.3.1095540 Crore
- Bodoland University sponsored project on "Biotech Krishi innovation science Application network for up-liftment of cultivation of basic mushroom, value added mushroom products and spawn production for rural entrepreneurs of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baska, and Udalguri Districts of Assam for livel", projcet cost Rs.5.0 Lakh
- DBT Biotech KISAN, TERI, Guwahati sponsored project on "Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN) programme in Assam and Meghalaya”", projcet cost Rs.5.0 Lakh
- sponsored project on "ARYA PROJECT",
- ICAR sponsored project on "Natural Farming",
- ICAR sponsored project on "NICRA PROJECT",
- sponsored project on "Germplasm evaluation of jackfruit and value addition.",
- IMD sponsored project on "DAMU PROJECT",
- sponsored project on "APART Project",
- sponsored project on "DFI Network project",
- sponsored project on "MGMG",
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Completed
- Department of Biotechnology sponsored project on "Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN) for Economic Empowerment of Farmers through infusion of technologies in Aspirational Districts of Assam (Baksa, Barpeta and Darrang).", projcet cost Rs.48 Lakh implemented in 2020. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Muzaharul Islam)
- ICAR sponsored project on "Agricultural development Action Plan for schedule caste Farmers", projcet cost Rs.14 Lakh implemented in 2019. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Muzaharul Islam)