About Us

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sangvi(Rly) Yavatmal-II

Krishi Vigyan Kendra was established at Sangvi (Rly) in June, 2016 under the aegis of Navsanjivan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Darwha sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. It covers Seven talukas of Yavatmal district, viz. Arni, Darwha, Digras, Mahagaon, Ner, Pusad and Umarkhed. It conducts various agro-based activities according to the requirements of each area. It operates as an agency that organizes various crop production technical training programs, crop demonstrations, and on farm trials. KVK also arranges training courses for the rural youth which benefits their chances of employability and extends its expert services to farmers in its dominion in the form of advance agriculture technologies.

KVK focuses primarily on increasing the crop production level of local farmers by providing them with various technical inputs and services like soil and water analysis, bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides, vermi-compost, and vermi-wash at reasonably moderate rates. KVK ensures the quality and variety production of crops like Soybean, Cotton, Jawar, Black Gram, Green Gram, soybean and groundnut. Vegetables include tomato, cabbage and cauliflower. Similarly fruits like banana, pomegranate, and mango and many other crops across the Seven Talukas come under its purview.

In addition, KVK has been functioning as an earning source for the dropouts, the degree holders in agriculture and allied disciplines and to certified professionals

Vision

Take a stock of appropriate technologies in agro-ecosystems perspective in a continuum for overall improvement in the social and economic well being of the farming community.

Mission

Bringing desirable behavioural changes associated with awareness, knowledge, skill and attitude among the farmers and other stakeholders for technology-led growth in farming and allied enterprises.

DISTRICT PROFILE

The origin of the word ‘Yavatmal’ appears in the grammar book “Siddhahein” written by Hemchandra (1088 – 1177 AD) and its meaning is ‘Hidden in mals’ i.e Ghats or hillock or mountains. It is also found mention in the ‘Eain-A-Akbari’ as ‘Yavat – Lohara’, which was one of the Mahals of Akbar (Lohara is a small village near Yavatmal city). The Yavatmal district of Central Vidarbha Zone of Maharashtra State is located between 190, 26” & 280, 42” of North Latitude while 770, 18” and 790, 18” of Eastern Longitude. The major area of the district is located in the Southern Plateau of Berar. It is surrounded by Amravati districts in the North, Parbhani districts in the West, Nanded and Adilabad districts in the South and Chandrapur and Wardha districts in the East. The district is famous by the name of ‘white gold city’ for its ancient tradition of cotton cultivation. Cotton is the major cash crop grown in all the 16 Tehsils of the district. The district has only 9% irrigation potential and hence cotton is predominantly grown under rainfed conditions. The district comes under assured rainfall area of VIIIth Agro climatic Zone with average annual rainfall of 1050 mm mostly received during June to September months from the north -eastern monsoon rains. The soils of the district are 50% light (7.5 – 25 cm i.e. Entisol), 30% medium (26-50 cm i.e. Inceptisol) and 20% black cotton soils (91 – 100 cm i.e. Vertisol). .