Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bharsar

The mandate of KVK:

• Organize short and long term trainings in advanced technologies related to agriculture and allied enterprises for farmers, farm women and rural youth with emphasis on “Learning by doing”.
•  Trainings of extension personnel of line departments of the Pauri Garhwal district.
• On-farm testing in farmer’s field for identifying location specific suitable technologies.
• Organize frontline demonstrations (FLDs) to establish production potential of technologies on the farmer’s fields.
• Work as Knowledge and Resource Centre for improving overall agricultural economy in the district.
• Production of quality seeds and planting materials for distribution among the farmers.

Activities of KVK:

Krishi Vigyan Kendra performs its activities as per the mandate suggested by ICAR, New Delhi.

Activities of the KVK are as follows:

• To organize On and Off campus training programmes for Farmers, Farm Women, Rural Youth, and Extension personnel to make them aware about the latest technologies in agriculture.
• To organize short and long term vocational training courses
• To conduct Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) and  On Farm Trials (OFT) at farmer’s fields  on new technologies  and their  refinement
•  Soil Testing and distribution of Soil Health Card to the farmers

Post harvest technology with value addition of hill crops.

Major Schemes/Projects operated in KVK:

• Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLD) on pulses and oilseeds.