Shri. Acharya Devvrat
Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra & Chancellor
Shri. Dattatray Vithoba Bharne
Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture & Pro-Chancellor
Dr. Vilas K. Kharche
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri
Welcome to Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Borgaon, Satara
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra is a district level Farm Science Center established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri at Satara District for speedy transfer of technology to the farmers fields. The aim of Krishi Vigyan Kendra is to reduce the time lag between Generation of technology at the research institutions and it’s transfer to the farmer’s field for increasing production, productivity and income from the agriculture and allied sectors on a sustained basis.
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Borgaon Tal. Dist. Satara established in the year 2010 under ICAR-ATARI, Pune Zone-VIII and Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri.Satara District comprises of total 11 Tahsils out of which 6 Tahsils viz. Satara, Phaltan, Wai, Mahabaleshwar, Jaoli, Khandala comes under the jurisdiction of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Borgaon.
Mandates of KVK:
- Conducting “On-Farm Testing” for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems.
- Organizing training to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
- Organizing short and long term training courses in agriculture and allied vocations for the farmers and rural youths with emphasis on Learning by doing for higher production on farms and generating self-employment.
- Conducting Front Line Demonstration (FLDs) on various crop to generate production data and feedback information.
- Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to farmers.
- To work as Knowledge and Resource Centre of agricultural technologies for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector in improving the agricultural economy of the district.