The programme was started in the year 2018-19 coordinated by Agriculture Skill Council of India. Till date, 6 trainings of 200-250 hours were conducted. Year Title of the training No. of farmers benefited Training hours 2018-19 Mushroom grower 20 200 Small poultry farmer 20 200 2019-20 Mushroom grower 20 200 Small poultry farmer 20 250 Vermicompost producer 20 200 2020-21 Vermicompost producer 25 200
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During the last six years KVK Barpeta has conducted Soil Health Day on 5th December each year. All total 11 numbers of Training, 7 numbers of Method demonstrations, 2 numbers of Awareness camp, 5 numbers of Soil test Campaign were done under soil testing theme. Summary of soil sample tested and Soil Health Cards distributed were given below- Year Composite soil sample collected Sample tested SHC issued 2015-16 42 42 250 2016-17 158 158 1760 2017-18 45 45 523 2018-19 41 41 500 2019-20 42 42 500 2020-21 137 86 605…
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Kalgachia is a Village in Rupshi block in Barpeta District of Assam State, India. It is located 16 KM towards west from District head quarters Barpeta. Total population is 6304 and number of houses are 1286. Female Population is 48.8%. Village literacy rate is 56.6% and the Female Literacy rate is 25.0%. Summer paddy is the major cereal crop grow in the village. Winter and Summer vegetable, Jute and Toria are the main cash crops in Kalgachia. Among the horticultural crops Nursery become popular enterprise among the villegers. Income enhancing…
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Name of the village with a brief background: Kuchiajhar The village is dominated by Bodo tribe with 104 households. Number of male and female voter in the village is 400 and 200 respectively. Major source of income in the village is Agriculture followed by Sericulture. Total 94% of the villagers are farmers with monthly income of Rs. 4000. Only 6 % of the population is government service holder with monthly income Rs 25000/month. The total agricultural land in the village is 68 Ha with average land holding of 0.65 ha. The…
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan from 1 st June 2018 to 15th August 2018 in 112 aspirational districts of the country. The program was focused on giving a boost to agriculture and allied activities in these aspirational districts. An action plan comprising of activities of the three departments viz., DAC&FW, DAHD&F and DARE was implemented during this period with Krishi Vigyan Kendras as the nodal point. A total of 15 villages were covered under the programme. Nature of activity No. of villages covered No.…
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To take forward the initiative of the Prime Minister for a New India Manthan with a vision of “Sankalp Se Siddhi” (Determination to Attainment), the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Barpeta celebrated the occasion on 27th August 2017 to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Quit India Movement. The meeting was attended by Sri Rajen Gohain, Union minister of state for Railways as the chief guest. Dr. H. C. Bhattacharyya, Director, Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University welcomed the dignitaries. The meeting was also attended by Sri Gunindra Nath Das, MLA, Barpeta, Sri…
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An awareness programme on “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana” was held at KVK, Barpeta on 31st May, 2016 in its campus at Howly. More than 500 farmers from different parts of the district attended the programme. The programme was inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gogoi Konwar, Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Barpeta. An agricultural exhibition was also organised which was inaugurated by Sri Shahadat Hussain, a progressive farmer and national award winner from the locality. On this occasion, 1002 nos. of Soil Health Cards were also distributed to the farmers. Date & venue:31-5-2016,…
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