Establishment

About KVK

      The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vriddhachalam is the  second  KVK under  the  establishment of  Tamil  Nadu Agricultural  University and  started functioning from 03.06.1985 at  Vriddhachalam with  financial  assistance of  ICAR and  this KVK is  servicing the  farming  community  of  Cuddalore district  for  over 36 years  and  it has an area of  50 ha  in which 872.26 m2  under  buildings and  208.66 m2  under  demo  units  and  remaining    49.9 ha  under  crop  cultivation and  agro forestry.  The  region  of the  KVK is  lies  on  North Eastern of  Tamil Nadu  and  in the  Cuddalore  district and  they  are having  varied  soil  type of sandy, clay and  sandy  clay  loam.  Various farming  systems  are  taken in the  district Viz., Command  areas, Irrigated  agricultural systems, Rain fed  agricultural systems, Livestock   production and  Inland  aquaculture.

Mandates

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Vriddhachalam of Cuddalore District is functioning under the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University from April 1985, with financial assistance of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.Read more

KVK Sales Centre

Awards bagged during 2023-24

Awards received during Annual Zonal Workshop of  KVKs of Zone X, Hyderabad at  Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh during  25-27, June, 2024

Certificate for Farmer Participatory Seed Production Certificate for Well attempted Farmer Database