KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA, DAMOH

Damoh is a district of Madhya Pradesh State located in Central India. The district is part of Sagar Division. It is situated in the north-eastern part of the State and geographically located at 23 deg 09’ North Latitude and 79 deg 03’ east Longitude. The district is surrounded by Sagar in the West, Narsinghpur Jabalpur in the South, Chhatarpur in the North, Panna Katni in the East. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Damoh was established in the March 2005 funded by ICAR New Delhi with the aim to transfer the refined agricultural technologies for cost effective enhancement of agricultural production and to empower the weaker sections of the society for livelihood security. Besides the immense contribution in socio economic upliftment of peasants, provided vocational trainings not only in agriculture but also in other self reliant, income generating activities enterprises such as tailoring, candle making, bakery products, fruits and vegetable preservation. Innovative programmes like e-linkage, kisan mobile sandesh, crop cafeteria, technology park, meadow orchard, rejuvenation of old orchards, development of scion bank, adoption of SRI in paddy and ridge and furrow system of planting in soybean etc. In short 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.