About US

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bidar comes under the purview of University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. To carry out various extension activities university has set up 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendra and 4 Extension education units in 6 northern districts of the state under university jurisdiction. This KVK was established during 1985 and started functioning since 1986. This is the Second oldest KVK in the state next to Hanumanmatti (Haveri District).

For more information and activities of UAS, Raichur & ICAR log on to :

www.uasraichur.edu.in
www.icar.org.in

Among KVK’s in the state, many are under State agricultural universities and a few are run by NGO’s & , KVK Bidar is run by UAS, Raichur and funded by ICAR, New Delhi.

To Serve farming community KVK has functional linkages with other bodies, like:

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bidar started with the aim of serving the farming community of the district and its mandates are as follows:

The activities of KVK include

On-farm testing to identify the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.
Frontline demonstrations to establish its production potentials on the farmers’ fields.
Training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies, and training of extension personnel to orient them in the frontier areas of technology development.
To work as resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technology for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the district.
In order to create awareness about improved technology, a large number of extension activities will be taken up.
The seeds and planting materials produced by the KVKs will also be made available to the farmers.