The main mandates of KVK:
i) To conduct On Farm Testing trials for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems.
ii) To organise Front Line Demonstrations on various crops to generate production data and feedback information in farmers fields.
iii) To organise trainings to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
iv) To organise short and long term vocational training programmes in agriculture and allied fields for the farmers and rural youth with emphasis on learning by doing for higher farm production and generating self employment opportunities to the youth.
v) To act as Knowledge Resource centre of the district.
vi) To provide quality planting materials and livestock strain in the district.
Total land with KVK (in ha) : 16.0 ha
Total cultivable land with KVK (in ha): 10.0 ha
KVK, Sonitur has the following demonstration units:
a) Litchi Mother Plant Block
b) Banana Fruit Block
c) Dragon Fruit Block
d) Mango Fruit Block
e) Natural Farming
f) Crop Cafeteria
g) Fodder grass nursery
h) Goatary unit
i) Piggery unit Poultry unit
j) IFS
k)Two nos. of fisheries and a Amrit Sarovar of 10 bigha
l) Azolla unit
m) Vermicompost unit
The KVK has a Counselling Centre, an ATIC unit, a model bamboo nursery under National Bamboo Mission and a Soil testing laboratory well equipped with all the soil testing equipment.
Discipline: Horticulture
| Technology demonstrated | Yield (q/ha) | GC (Rs./50 bags) | GR (Rs./50 bags) | NR (Rs./50 bags) | BCR
|
| Apple ber var. Kul | 43.22 | 67,420.00
| 1,73,520.00 | 1,06,100.00
| 2.57 |
| Apple ber var. Ball Sundari
| 38.56
| 67,420.00
| 1,54,240.00
| 86,820.00
| 2.29
|
| Apple ber var. Thailand ber
| 48.38 | 67,420.00
| 1,92,80.00
| 1,25,460.00
| 2.86
|
