Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is a district level Farm Science Centre established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.). It is responsible to transfer agricultural technologies and research to the farmer's fields so that the farmer can gain the high productivity.
The KVK has excelled in bringing the modern technological packages at the farmers doorstep with the help of various instructional units. The KVK today has sufficient resources to impart training skills for not only the farmers but also the rural youth.
Raigarh is one of the most important potential district of Chhattisgarh in terms of area, production and productivity of different crops. Raigarh comes under Chhattisgarh plane region of the state. Raigarh is located between 210 -200-220-230 latitude & longitude on altitude of minimum 237 m. to maximum 771 m. Total geographical area of district is 504060 ha. Total cultivated land comes under Raigarh district is 3, 17,748 ha. Nearly 21 % area comes under irrigated condition during rabi season, which is very low to achieve appropriate cropping intensity. During kharif season rice monocrop is dominant, however more than 16 % cultivated area comes under upland in which economical oilseed and pulse crop was taken as compared to uneconomical rice crop. Number of marginal farmer family (88405) is higher than large (47494) and small (35822) farmers. Total farmers family in this district is 171721. Raigarh district is comprised of 7 blocks namely Pussore, Kharasiya, Raigarh, Dharamjaygarh, Gharghoda, Tamnar, and Lailunga. Average rainfall of the district is 1200 mm per annum. In Raigarh district there is a low productivity of various crops. This is due to non adoptability of recent agricultural technology and also due to lack of irrigation facilities, poor soil fertility level, lack of use of improved crop variety seeds etc
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raigarh (C.G.) was established in September, 2004 with following aims and objectives:
• To bring about improvement in productivity through transfer of economically viable and environmentally sound.
• Technologies on various aspects such as crop production, farm mechanization, horticulture, home science, etc.
• To improve farm mechanization status of the district.
• To improve rural entrepreneurship in agriculture and allied aspects.
• To reduce farm women drudgery.
• To establish strong linkage with farmers and line departments for rapid developments in agriculture.
By the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), the farmers are being given systematic information about the advanced methods of agriculture and new technologies of agricultural research centers and their use in the field of agriculture through training. Due to which the farmers of the district are getting benefits by getting more production at lower cost.
