To achieve the set goals, KVK has the following main activities in the field of dairy production, dairy processing, crop production, fisheries, bee keeping, home science and vermicompost making.

• On-campus training
• Off-campus training
• In-service training
• On-farm trails
• Front-line Demonstrations on Oilseeds, Pulses & Horticultural crops
• Seed Production
• Field/Extension Activities

KVK implemented the following projects and schemes of DOAC&FW, ICAR and IMD during the year 2019

1. Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue
2. CFLD (Pulses) under NFSM
3. CFLD (Oilseed) under NFSM
4. SDT in Vermiculture (ASCI)
5. Establishment of DAMU at KVK.
6. Establishment of Demonstrations unit on Micro-Irrigation System under PMKSY
7. Installation of Unipole hoarding at KVK.
8. Nutri Sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovation (NARI).
9. Jal Sanrakshan Yojna.
10. Procurement of Farm Machinery & Equipments under submission on Agricultural mechanization.
11. PKVY
12. FMD & Brucellosis
13. SAP

This Kendra has identified following Thrust Areas for perspective planning and achievements.

• Vocational training for the unemployed rural youth for self-employment.
• Dissemination of latest technologies in the field of Dairying and allied fields through training.
• Diversification of cereal based farming systems with introduction of oilseeds, Pulses, Horticultural crops, Fisheries and Bee-keeping for increasing nutritional level, production and income per unit area.
• Integration of crops and livestock systems.
• Promoting and processing of dairy products, value added agricultural products and preservation of fruits and vegetables.
• To fill-up the technological gaps in crops and livestock production by training of practicing farmers.
• Training of grassroot level extension workers to have wider area coverage of extension activities.
• To conduct on-farm trail of the newly released technologies on farmers, fields to see its economics, feasibility and get the feedback from fields.
• To create awareness among farm-women to have better home management.
• Promoting preparation of vermicompost and its importance in organic farming.

Instructional Farm – 35 Acres

Instructional Units:

• Crop & Seed production (30 Acres)
• Horticulture (2 Acres)
• Bee-keeping (45 Bee colonies)
• Fish Farming (3 Acres water Area)
• Vermicompost (4 Beds size 10’ x3’)
• Kisan Bhavan
• Laboratories
  • Home Science
  • Milk Testing and Processing
  • Soil Testing

Accommodation Facilities: Kisan Bhawan- 68 Bed Dormitory

Farm Machineries

 Machinery under CRM scheme

• Intensive Cattle Development Project (ICDP), Karnal

Planning annual training schedule, organizing calf rallies, dairy management programmes etc

• National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal

For visit of the trainees and exchange of subject-matter specialists

• Directorate of Wheat and Barley Research

Collaborative training programmes exchange of information and technologies and interchange of subject-matter specialists.

• CSSRI, Karnal

Planning annual training programmes and source of information and technologies

• IARI Regional station, Karnal

Source of seeds of paddy and horticultural crops, source of information and technologies and exchange of subject matter specialist.

• Sugarcane Breeding Research Institute (Regional Station), Karnal

Source of information and technologies and exchange of subject matter specialists.

The Government of India has entrusted upon the India Meteorological Department (IMD) the task of establishing the task of establishing weather observing system and development of Gramin Krishi MausamSewa (ग्रामीण कृषि मौसम सेवा) in the country. In pursuance hereof, IMD has set up in the country a network of about 138 Agro Meteorological Field Units (AMFUs) which are multidisciplinary units responsible for preparation and dissemination of district and sub-district Agromet advisories. Under GKMS, IMD established District Agromet Units (DAMUs),These DAMUs are located at State Agricultural Universities, ICAR centres and other institutions. Each DAMU utilizes the relevant output products including weather data from conventional/ automatic weather station (AWS) provided by IMD and ICAR to generate specific advisories for agricultural management for the respective districts of Agro-climatic zones identified under the area of its jurisdiction and disseminate the same to the farming community.

Agrometeorology is an important multidisciplinary subject. Hence, ICAR maintains Agromet observatories as well as Automated Weather station (AWS) and record Agromet observations at its institutions, National Research Centres, Project Directorates, Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s (KVKs) etc. to generate agrometeorological information for use in studies on crops, pests and diseases, soil, agroforestry, livestock, horticulture, agriculture physics, soil science, etc. Such data will help ICAR institutes to study crop-weather relationship, relationship between crop weather and pest/ disease and develop region/ location specific Agrometpredictive models.DAMU will receive weather forecast from IMD to prepare and disseminate sub-district level Agromet Advisory Bulletins (AAB). The mode of dissemination through E-mail, Social media like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and what’s group for each block for the benefitsof farming community.

Objectives

1. To improvise the existing district level Agromet Advisory Services (AAS) so as to deliver crop and location specific AAS to farmers at block level.
2. To design optimum observatory network for issuance of village level advisories for implementation of crop weather insurance.
3. To establish District Agromet Units as nodal centre for catering to needs of agriculture services.
4. To provide customized advisory bulletins through last mile connectivity to farmers with personalized Agromet advisory services (AAS).
5. To extend the weather-based advisory service to the allied areas like livestock, grazing of farm feed etc.
6. To establish appropriate dissemination and support system for weather-based crop insurance in the country.

*Other than Karnal district Registration/Tution fee Rs. 500/- per  training per person, boarding/lodging as per NDRI rates. 15 days’ advance registration may be booked through email:kvkkarnal@gmail.com or by Phone to: 0184-2259339. First cum first serve will be treated, total seats per batch are 30.  No fee applicable to Karnal district participant.

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Saraswat
Senior Scientist & Head
Krishi Vigyan Kendra
ICAR-NDRI
Karnal, Haryana
PIN- 132001
Email: kvkkarnal@gmail.com

Phone: 0184-2259341, 2259338