{"id":90412,"date":"2020-01-12T17:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T11:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12907"},"modified":"2020-01-12T17:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T11:46:37","slug":"icar-to-set-up-farmers-innovation-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icar-to-set-up-farmers-innovation-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAR to set up Farmers\u2019 Innovation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) is all set to start a Farmers Innovation Fund.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Farmers\u2019 Innovation Fund:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The farmers innovation fund aims to scientifically validate, scale-up and propagate the innovations of progressive farmers.<\/li><li>It will link farmers and farming with science and will ensure that their farm practices are science-based.<\/li><li>As part of this fund,an innovation centre will also be established in New Delhi where the innovations will be scientifically validated and farmers will be allowed to pursue research work.<\/li><li>Currently, Krishi Vigyan Kendras document the innovations of farmers. This fund will also encourage farmers to continue their innovations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ICAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare , Government of India.<\/li><li>The Council is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Krishi Vigyan Kendra(KVK):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is district level Farm Science Centre established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for speedy transfer of technology to the farmer&#8217;s fields.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The aim of KVK is to reduce the time lag between generation of technology at the research institution and its transfer to the farmer&#8217;s field.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The KVKs are 100% funded by the Government of India.The first KVK was established in 1974 at Puducherry.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) is all set to start a Farmers Innovation Fund. Facts: About Farmers\u2019 Innovation Fund: The farmers innovation fund aims to scientifically validate, scale-up and propagate the innovations of progressive farmers. It will link farmers and farming with science and will ensure that their farm practices are science-based. As part&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icar-to-set-up-farmers-innovation-fund\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICAR to set up Farmers\u2019 Innovation Fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[7616,4951],"class_list":["post-90412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-farmers-innovation-fund","tag-icar","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}