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Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Science Centre) in India is a unique system of technology transfer. Started its service on 21st March 1974 at Puducherry, the first KVK in India, grown to 731 KVKs in 2023. As the frontline extension system, KVKs have their footprint in every successful technology developed by institutions and adopted by farmers....      

Hon’ble
Prime Minister

Hon’ble Minister of
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Secretary (DARE)
& Director General (ICAR)

 
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Welcome to Krishi Vigyan Kendra…

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Government of India mandated the establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendras as grassroots level Farm Science Centres to provide various types of farm support activities like technology dissemination to farmers, training, awareness to achieve the set of objectives. KVK have made dent and has become part of decentralized planning and implementation instrument to achieve desired level of growth in agriculture and allied sector in the district.

KVK play a vital role in conducting on farm testing to demonstrate location specific agricultural technologies. KVK conducts demonstrations to prove the potential of various crops at farmers’ fields. Also conduct need based training programmes for the benefit of farmers and farm women, rural youths. KVK creates awareness about improved agricultural technologies through extension programmes. Critical and quality inputs like seeds, planting materials, organic products, bio fertilizers and livestock are produced by the KVK and made available to the farmers.

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Mandate of Krishi Vigyan Kendra:

Technology assessment, refinement and demonstration of technology/products through the following activities of KVK.

  • 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.
✦  ICAR-KVK, CENDECT, Theni has been recognized and honored as the Best Performing KVK (Overall Third Place) for its exceptional contributions.  The awards were presented during the Annual Zonal Workshop – 2024, held from 02 to 04 September 2025,   organized by ICAR-ATARI, Zone X  âœ¦
✦  Best  KVK  Award -  Southern-Region   from   ICAR-NRCB,  Trichy for   outstanding efforts  on 21.08.2025  âœ¦
✦  Best  Performing   Agricultural  Institute  Award,  Collectorate,  Theni  District  on  15.08.2025  âœ¦
✦  Best  KVK  Zonal  Award  ATARI  Zone X,  Hyderabad  under  NAAS -Dhanuka on  05.06.2025  âœ¦
Hon’ble Minister for Information & Broadcasting, of Tamil Nadu Visited ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra, CENDECT, Theni District on 08.11.2024
Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu Visited ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra, CENDECT, Theni District on 08.02.2024

Hon’ble Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment of Tamil Nadu Visited ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra, CENDECT, Theni District on 03.08.2022

Extension Activity – Entrepreneurs Meet

Date: March 20, 2025
Time: 10:35 am
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

Organized Monthly Entrepreneurs Meet to provide continuous technical and handholding support
• Presidential address was given by Dr.P.Sivaram, Deputy Director, CENDECT, Theni
• Chief guest address was given by Mrs.K.Sarala, District Manager, TADHCO, Theni
• Technical session on Price Fixing Strategies for Food Products was handled by Mr.V.Arul Murugan, Founder and CEO of Snacks Experts, Chennai and Professor of Practice of TNAU, Coimbatore
• Lecture Delivered on Entrepreneurship Development in Agriculture Sector by SMS (Soil Science), KVK Theni
• Technical session was handled by SMS (Home Science), KVK Theni on Processing and value addition importance
• Exposure visit was arranged to the KVK processing unit
• Exhibited the byproducts of our entrepreneurs i.e., Millets by products, Banana byproducts, Grapes byproducts, Herbal Products and Handicrafts items.

On campus training on Value Addition in Tomato

Date: March 12, 2025
Time: 3:35 pm
Location: KVK Premises

Event Details: 

Overview of KVK mandated activities, recent trends in value addition and its scope
• Inaugural address was given by Program Coordinator (i/c), KVK Theni
• Special Address was given by Mr.Prince Kamboj, NIF-India Grassroots Innovator of Multi-Purpose Food Processing Machine, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana
• Handled a technical session on importance of value addition in Tomato, selection of raw materials, machineries used processing, packaging and labelling by SMS (Home Science)
• Demonstration of Tomato byproducts i.e puree, ketchup, jam, sauce, chutney, pickle by using Multipurpose Food Processing Machine. Dehydrated tomato products i.e. Dry tomato, powder and vadagam
• Explained the certification procedures, branding, packaging, labelling and marketing strategies
• Exhibited the byproducts of Tomato