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Atari Address - ICAR-ATARI Zone-VI Guwahati ICAR Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, ICAR CPCRI Campus Kahikuchi ,Guwahati, Assam

Host institute Name - ICAR National Research Centre (NRC) on PIG Rani, Near Guwahati Airport Guwahati, Assam

Pin Code - 783124

Website - http://www.nrcp.in

Preview KVK's – "Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is the primary link for farmers to know about latest agricultural technology development. It serves as Farm Science Centre for diffusion of location specific technologies with minimum time gap between development and transfer to the end users. The KVK activities include on-farm testing of technology to establish the location specificity under various farming situations; frontline demonstrations to establish its production potential in the farmers’ fields; training of farmers to update their knowledge and skills in improved agricultural technology; and training of extension personnel for orientation to the frontier areas of agricultural technology development.

KVK Goalpara

  KVK Goalpara was established in September 2006 under the administrative control of the National Research Centre on Pig, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Rani, Guwahati, Assam. It started functioning in September 2006 in a rented house at Thekasu, Dudhnoi. Amongst 20 KVKs in Assam, KVK Goalpara is the only one under direct control of the ICAR and the rest 19 are under the control of Assam Agricultural University. The Govt. of Assam allotted 102 bighas (13.6 ha) of land at Udaypur opposite to the secretariat of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council, Dudhnoi, for establishment of permanent campus of the KVK. "