Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 23: Quinquennial Review meeting of Krishi Vigyan Kendras under the administrative control of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu was held to review the extension activities carried out with effect from 2011-12 to 2018-2019.
The meeting was convened on virtual platform under the Chairmanship of Dr S L Mehta, former VC, MPUAT Udaipur & Ex-DDG (Edn), ICAR in the presence of other members of QRT, Prof M M Adhikary, former Vice-Chancellor, BCKV, West Bengal; Dr Prabhu Kumar, former Director of ICAR-ATARI, Bengalure and Ludhiana; Dr Santosh Rout and Matta Narsimha Reddy.
Prof J P Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu; Dr Rajbir Singh, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Zone-I, Ludhiana; Dr S K Gupta, Director Extension; Dr Arvind Kumar, Principal Scientist; Dr R K Arora, Associate Director Extension (KVKs) and Senior Scientist & Heads of KVKs were present in the meeting.
Dr S L Mehta suggested for implementing out of box interventions of farmers’ fields by moving away from stereotype activities. He further advocated cluster approach for carrying out extension activities in remote areas.
Prof J P Sharma suggested KVKs to display the list of awardee farmers to boost the morale of farming community. He advised Jammu Model of Extension by popularization of community level value addition, digital culture, bee-keeping, and other technologies for increasing productivity at national level.
Prof M M Adhikary stressed upon the need for using ICT based technologies for reaching the unreached owing to the limited scientific staff in KVKs. Dr Santosh Rout suggested KVKs to enhance their capacity for production and provision of quality seed and planting material. Dr M N Reddy recommended community radio as a tool for effective transfer of technology. Dr Rajbir Singh briefed about the profile of KVKs.
Dr S K Gupta, Director Extension Education, SKUAST- Jammu, presented the detail of activities carried out for technological backstopping of KVKs, including HRD activities, workshops and provision of technological products. He also expressed his vision for early establishment of three remaining KVKs in Udhampur, Ramban and Kishtwar of Jammu region. This was followed by presentations made by Senior Scientist and Heads of all the KVK’s of SKUAST-Jammu which included Doda, Jammu, Kathua, Rajouri, Poonch and Reasi.
Dr Arvind Kumar, Principle Scientist ICAR-ATARI Ludhiana conducted the proceedings
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