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

Demo Unit QR code

Demo unit QR code QR code for all Demo units of KVK Cuddalore

 

Awards bagged during 2022-23

Awards received during Annual Zonal Workshop of  KVKs of Zone X, Hyderabad (12.07.2022 to 13.07.2022) at Hyderabad

Certificate of Appreciation for First Place for   Best service : Mobile Advisories Certificate of Appreciation for Second place for Best Project : CFLD oildseeds
Certificate of Appreciation for Recognition for  Best Farmers Database Certificate of Appreciation for Recognition for  Best activity :Sponsored training

Cuddalore district Weather based Agro Advisories

District Agromet unit (DAMU) providing block level weather based agro advisory for Cuddalore district for every Tuesday and Friday. Click here for weather based agro advisories