ICAR - National Research Centre on Pig | Pig Research and Production in Guwahati, Assam

Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is the primary link for farmers to know about the latest agricultural technology development. It serves as a 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.

Mandates & Objectives

Mandates of KVK

Conducting ‘on-farm testing’ for identifying location-specific sustainable land use systems.
Organizing training for extension personnel to update knowledge on emerging advances in agricultural research on a regular basis.
Organizing both short-term and long-term vocational training for farmers and rural youth on agriculture and allied vocations with emphasis on ‘learning by doing’ for enhanced production and self-employment generation.
Organizing ‘frontline demonstrations’ of various crops to generate production data and feedback information.

Objectives of Zone III

1 Planning and conducting surveys in the operational area in order to prepare the resource inventory with special reference to training needs of the farming community.
2 Planning and conducting production-oriented, need-based short and long-term training, both on-campus and off-campus, for various target groups with priority on the weaker and poorer sections of the society.
3 Developing and organizing non-formal educational programmes by way of field days, farm visits, farmers’ fairs, radio talks, Farm Science Clubs etc., as follow-up information support to the training courses.
4 Organizing Farm Science Clubs, both in rural schools and in villages, in order to induce in the younger generation a liking for and interest in agricultural and allied sciences and scientific farming through supervised projects.
5 Developing and maintaining the campus farms and demonstration units on scientific lines as facilities for providing work experience to trainees and also disseminating the latest technical know-how.
6 Providing practical facilities of the Kendra to teachers and students of vocational agriculture in higher secondary schools.
7 Imparting general education to rural illiterates and school dropouts in order to make them not only good farmers but also better citizens.
8 Providing added training facilities in the areas of home-making and nutrition education for the rural community.
9 Gradually enlarging training facilities to encompass other important areas such as home crafts, cottage industries etc., consistent with the requirements of Integrated Rural Development in collaboration with the concerned organization.
10 Implementing all such schemes of the ICAR and other related organizations which intend to strengthen the training programmes of the Kendra.

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 the permanent campus of the KVK.

The KVK will have the following facilities:

Model Integrated Farm for demonstration of integrated farm management (IFM) and bioresource flow amongst the enterprises.

Seed farm for production of seeds of various field crops, horticultural crops, plantation crops, medicinal and aromatic plants, piglets, chicks, ducklings, fish etc.

Experimental farm for testing the suitability of newly generated agricultural technologies.

Administrative Building

Training Hall

Farmers’ Hostel

Soil & Water Testing Lab

Community Resource Centre (ICT)

Staff Quarters

STAFF OF KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA

Sl No	Name of the staff	Designation	Contact
01	Dr. Santosh Kumar Baishya	Principal Scientist & Head	E-mail: santosh_baishya@rediffmail.com Alternate E-mail: goalparakvk@gmail.com Phone: 9436108526
02	Dr. Hitu Choudhury	Chief Technical Officer (Animal Science)	E-mail: Hitu.Choudhury@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: hchoudhury2002@yahoo.co.in Phone: 9435560369
03	Mrs. Poli Saikia	Subject Matter Specialist (Home Science)	E-mail: Poli.Saikia@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: saikiapoli7@gmail.com Phone: 7578934916
04	Er. Benjamin Kaman	Technical Officer (Soil & Water Conservation Engineering)	E-mail: Benjamin.Kaman@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: benjakaman@gmail.com Phone: 9435721614
05	Mrs. Minakshi Barah Kaman	Technical Officer (Home Science)	E-mail: Minakshi.Kaman@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: mborahkaman@gmail.com Phone: 7399434600
06	Mrs. Mousumi Bhuyan	Technical Officer (Horticulture)	E-mail: Mousumi.Bhuyan@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: mousumi30bhuyan@rediffmail.com Phone: 9678170150
07	Mr. Shiva Rajak	SMS (Fisheries Science)	E-mail: shiva.rajak@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: shivakvkrajak@gmail.com Phone: 9123332717
08	Mr. Jayanta Choudhury	Sr. Technician	E-mail: Jayanta.Choudhury@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: jayantachoudhury64@gmail.com Phone: 6000216683
09	Shri Jitumoni Kalita	Skilled Supporting Staff	E-mail: Jitumani.Kalita@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: jmanikalita06@gmail.com Phone: 9365192621
10	Shri Dhruba Lochan Rabha	Skilled Supporting Staff	E-mail: Dhruba.Rabha@icar.org.in Alternate E-mail: dhrubalachanrabhaaxoxa@gmail.com Phone: 9864737368