Specialty of Divyayan KVK

KVK as Knowledge Centre (Residential Training on Agriculture and Allied Trades)

Residential Specialized long duration Training on Agriculture and Allied Trades like Agronomy, Horticulture, Gardener Training, Integrated Organic Cultivation, Poultry, Duckery, Fishery, Mushroom Production, Bee Keeping, Dairy, Soil Testing, Production of Organic Fertilizer, Wleding, Carpentry, Pump Repairing and Electrician etc. These training programmes are conducted round the year and duration of training programme are of 3 to 6 month except Bee-keeping, Mushroom Production and Fishery which are of 1.5 month duration.

KVK as Resource Centre

KVK Divyayan not only act as Knowledge Centre but also act as resource centre. After completing the training, the trainees are made available basic input to start their own enterprise. Inputs available with the KVK are

Chicks (For Poultry)
Ducks (For Duckery)
Bee-Boxes and accessories (For Bee-Keeping)
Mushroom Seeds (For Mushroom Production)
Fish Fingerling (For Fisheries)
Seeds (For Agronomy and Horticulture)
Saplings and Planting Material (Horticulture)
Vermi Compost and Earthworms

Integrated Training and Demonstration Units

All the training and demonstration units like laboratories, Poultry and Duckery Unit, Dairy, Mushroom Production Unit, Bio-fertiliser Production unit, Bee-Keeping, Fishery Unit, Workshop unit for Welding, Carpentry, Pump repairing etc have been established in a single 17 acre campus.

Organic Farm

Divyayan KVK has 3(Three) farms for training, demonstration and seed production purpose. All the three farms have been converted into organic farm to boost the confidence of farmers in organic cultivation. Only organic fertilizer and pesticides are used to management of crop.

Organising V.S.S. (Vivekananda Seva Sangha)

Once Swami Vivekananda had said “ All the wealth in the world can not help one little Indian village if the people are not taught to help themselves”. Acting on this message, our ex-trainees are encouraged to form village level organizations named Vivekananda Seva Sagha (VSS). Extension and village activities are executed through these VSSs. They work collectively for the development of their own village, harnessing the internal potentialities as well as available resources not depending on help from outside. Till date 117 nos. of VSSs have been formed which are successfully functioning in their respective localities.

Monthly Meetings

Monthly Meetings are held in the last week or the first week of every month at Divyayan. This provides a forum to the VSSs and Block level N.G.Os (Formed by ex-trainees of Divyayan) functionaries to discuss their achievements and problems in implementing different rural development programmes in their localities. Through these meetings they are given assistance and counselling to implement successfully the different programmes undertaken. Extension programmes, which are to be carried out by Divyayan in the succeeding month, are also finalized during these meetings.

Publication of Monthly News-letter (Divyayan Samachar)

To keep the ex-trainees and farmers constantly informed about the latest developments in agriculture and other allied trades as well as to provide the vital information on different aspects of life, a monthly journal in Hindi, called Divyayan Samachar, is published. Total number of subscribers in the month of March 2018 was 2100.

Visit of Mobile Audio-Visual Unit in Villages

A vehicle, fully equipped with audio-visual devices, moves extensively in the villages as per schedule programme. This unit is equipped with T.V., DVD/CD players, multimedia projector, CDs and DVDs to conduct show on various aspects of rural development, agricultural production and spirituality. Around 250 shows are conducted ever year involving 20000(approx.) participants.

Kisan Melas (5 Kisan Melas are conducted in a Year)

Every year Annual Kisan Melas are organized to motivate farmers for adopting new technologies, disseminate the technological advances and boost the confidence of the farmers. Every year one Central and 4 Regional Kisan Melas are organized in grand way. All the fairs attracts a good number of farmers’ participation from different villages of the same Block. On an average every regional Mela receives around 550 exhibits pertaining to different agronomical & horticultural crops, animals, birds, handy crafts, cottage industry etc. Kisan Gosthis are conducted in each and every Mela.