ICAR-KVK, KOLAR

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kolar is a district level resource and knowledge centre established by the Indian Council of Agriculture (ICAR), New Delhi in the year 2012 at Kolar, Karnataka State. This KVK comes under the jurisdiction of University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot and located at Kolar. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) was to cater the needs of the farming community of Kolar district. The major objectives of KVK is to organize need based and skill oriented training programmes for practicing farmers and farm women by the principles of 'Learning by doing' and 'Teaching by doing' . Considerable amount of work has been done by the KVK by way of transferring technologies related to rainfed farming through On Farm Testing (OFTs), Front line Demonstrations (FLDs), Trainings and Extension activities. The farmers, farm women and rural youth in the Kolar District are being benefited by the KVK activities and trainings since its inception.