Krishi Vigyan Kendra(KVK), Chinyalisaur, Uttarkashi

This KVK was established on 24 December, 2004 keeping in mind to accelerate the agricultural production and also to improve the socio-economic conditions of the farming community of Uttarkashi district.

Location:
The KVK is located at Chinyalisaur in the Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand at Rishikesh- Gangotri National Highway (NH-34) about 169 Kilometers from Rishikesh and 120 Kilometers from Dehradun, the state capital. The elevation of Chinyalisaur is 755 meters above mean sea level. The KVK is located at 300 20’N latitude and 770 49’ E longitude.

Mandate:

• Conducting "on-farm trials" for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems.
• To organize training to update the extension personnel's skill within the area of operation with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis.
• To organize short and long term vocational training courses in agriculture and allied vocations for the rural youths, with emphasis on "learning by doing" for generation self-employment through institutional financing and on-and off-campus training courses.
• To conduct front-line demonstrations in various crops to generate production data and feedback information.

Detail information can be accessed at http://uttarkashi.kvk4.in