26 Nov Role of KVKs in Entrepreneurship Development
उद्यमिता विकास में केवीके की भूमिका Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills in modern agricultural technologies and enterprises is key for successful entrepreneurship development. KVK is the only institution at the district level in India for technological backstopping in agriculture and allied sectors. उद्यमिता विकास में केवीके की भूमिका Indian agriculture has witnessed phenomenal growth during last four decades with manifold increase in production of major commodities like food grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, eggs and fish. As a result, the per capita availability of important food items has increased despite of increasing population. The ratio of agricultural land to agricultural population has shrunk to 0.3 ha per person in India as compared to 11.0 ha per person in developed countries. The resources are getting marginalized and there is tremendous pressure on natural resources with divergence of agricultural land and water towards industrial, urban and non-agriculture sector. Food security is one of the major concerns. It is estimated that India’s population during the last three and half decades have increased from 551 million to 1122 million, which implied that the country had to feed double the population. Food security is attached to national sovereignty and thus, agriculture sector has to gain strength and vision to uphold the national concern....