Krishivigyan Kendra Baramati
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati is a district level Farm Science Center
established on 1st August 1992 under the affiliation of Indian Council
of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi at Agricultural Development
Trust Baramati District Pune. KVK Baramati is Model, Hi-tech &
National Award winning KVK of India working for farming community since
24 years for the development of sustainable agriculture.
The operational
area of this Krishi Vigyan Kendra is up to the 7 tehsils of Pune
district. 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.
In order to achieve this goal, four mandates have been envisaged in the
design of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
Our Infrastructure
This Kendra & host institute farm is situated at 6 kilometer west of
the Baramati city. This center has an area of 20 ha of land required
for the technology assessment &demonstration while 24 ha belong to
host institute. From this total 44 ha land, the total land under
cultivation &demonstration is 30.03 ha, Dairy 1.6 ha, Nursery 1.4
ha, Poly house 0.40 ha, KVK & host institute Buildings has occupied
3.4 ha, Well & water storage tanks 2.4 ha & Roads 4.77 ha of
land. The demonstration farm is used for the on farm testing of new
technologies. It is also used for the genesis of the good quality seed
and seedlings.
Our Facilities
New facility we are having are 1. Administrative
Building 2. Agricultural Technology Information centre (ATIC). 3.
Conference Hall 4. Audio Visual Training hall, 5. Demonstration plots 6.
Hi-tech green house poly house 7. Plant health clinics &
Bio-control laboratory 8. Soil, water, leaf & pitiol testing
laboratory 9. Grading and packing unit 10. Apiary unit 11. Water storage
tank with solar motor 12. Automated fertigation unit 13. Farmers
hostel 14. Loose housing Dairy farm 15. Poultry Hatchery 16. Goat &
Sheep unit 17. Silage demonstration unit 18. Integrated Fish &
poultry unit 19. Fish Hatchery 20. Agri & Echo tourism 21.
Indo-Dutch project for hi-tech farming 22. Hydro phonic unit 23. Nursery
24. Wind solar hybrid system for electricity generation 22. Farmers
visit planning.