Extension Education
faculties are engaged in extending the advisory services to the farmers
including farm Visit, Diagnosis & Recommendation to overcome pests and
disease problems, analysis of the soil samples, nutritional and management
problems related to agriculture to increase farm income and better rural
management.
In addition to this , the
diploma courses/ training programmes in agriculture, home science, bakery,
poultry, horticulture etc. are conducted for the benefits of farming
community. The Extension Education Institute imparts the training to
extension personal and offices of Gujarat, Rajastan, Maharastra, Madhaya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Div and Daman to increase the effectiveness of
extension education and communication as well as to make the trainees
conversant of the principles of Extension Education.
The Krishi Vigyan
Kendras undertake vocational training of farmers, farm woman and rural
youth, organizes in services training to field level extension workers,
conducts on-farms testing/research for technology assessment and refinement
and frontline demonstrations to promptly demonstrations the latest
technologies to the farmers as well as extension workers. The Sardar Smruti
Kendra is established for the upliftment of the farming community
especially the farmers training is the crucial component among the various
extension activities carried out by this center. Besides this, Tribal
Training Centers are imparting training to tribal community in the field of
agriculture and allied sectors for their upliftment.