Abstract
India is a large agricultural country with around 50% of its population depending on agriculture and allied sector while it contributes only 17% of the GDP. Technological change has been the major driving force for increasing agricultural productivity and promoting agriculture development. Technology transfer should aim at enhancing the socio-economic standards of rural farmers by upgrading their knowledge and skills. Agricultural innovations and diffusion of new technologies are important factors for all developing countries like India in their quest for food and nutritional security and improving the quality of life of people engaged in agriculture and related activities. This necessitates that farmers must have access to sustainable technology which is suitable to their micro-farming situations under various production systems operated under different agro-ecologies in the country. Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) is one such institution which is helping farmers in this area. In view of the crucial role played by KVKs in technology transfer, the paper aims to assess the role of KVKs in technology sharing to the farmers. As new researches/innovations on agriculture and allied sectors is a continuous process in the country, the paper analyses whether and how these changes are known to farmers and are these changes becoming accessible to farmers and helping them?
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
- 2.
Farmers’ Innovations and Agricultural Technologies (A.K. Gupta).
References
Akino, M., & Hayami, Y. (1975). Social returns to agricultural research investment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57(1), 1–10.
Arndt, T. M., Dalrymple, D. G., & Ruttan, V. W. (1997). Research allocation and productivity in national and international agricultural research (p. 617). Minneapolis, USA: University of Minnesota Press.
Beintema, N. & Stads. G. (2010). Public agriculture R&D investments and capabilities in developing countries: Recent evidence for 2000 and beyond, background note prepared for the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development. Montpellier, France, March, 28–31.
Commission for Africa. (2015). Report of the Commission for Africa.
Deutsche Gesellschaft. (2016). Use of ICT for agriculture in GIZ projects—Status quo, opportunities and challenges. Sector Network Rural Development Africa (SNRD). Bonn (Germany): Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Evenson, R. E., & Jha, D. (1973). The contribution of agricultural research system to agricultural production in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 38(4), 212–230.
Glendenning, C. J., Babu, S., & Asenso-Okyere, K. (2010). Review of agriculture extension on India: Are farmer’s information needs being met? IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01048, International Food Policy Research Institute, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office.
Kumar, V., & Sinha, K. (2014). Status and prospect of research and development in agriculture in India. Journal of Science Policy & Governance, 5(1).
Kumbhare, N. V., & Khonde, S. R. (2009). Impact of KVK training on farmers adoption behaviour and knowledge gain. Indian Journal of Extension Education, 45(3&4).
Lindner, R. J., & Jarrett, F. G. (1978). Supply shifts and the size of research benefits. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 60(1), 48–58.
Nerker, K. R., et al. (2013). The sustainable growth and development of Indian agriculture. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing & Management Review, 2(6), 117–119.
Patil, V. C. (2008). Adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for agriculture: An Indian case study. Paper presented in World Conference on Agricultural Information and IT, August 24–27, 2008. Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo.
Ruttan, V. W. (1982). Agricultural research policy (p. 370). Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: University of Minnesota Press.
Seth, A., & Ganguly, K. (2017). Digital technologies transforming indian agriculture. In The Global Innovation Index 2017: Innovation Feeding the World, Ithaca, Cornell University, INSEAD, and WIPO Fontainebleau, and Geneva.
Shetty, P. K., et al. (2014). Innovations that shaped indian agriculture-then and now. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 7(8), 1176–1182.
Singh, K. M., Kumar, A., & Singh, R. K. P. (2015). Role of information and communication technologies in Indian agriculture: An overview. Article published in researchgate.net assessed from website: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273242368 on October 15, 2017.
Singh, R., Singh, A. K., & Sontakki, B. S. (2016). Innovations in knowledge sharing and technology application. In 4th International Agronomy Congress, November 22–26, New Delhi, India (Lead Papers Vol. 4).
Thejeswini, R., et al. (2014). Agricultural credit in India—Innovations in design and delivery of products and services. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 27 (Conference Number), 75–83.
Van den Ban, A. (1998). ‘Supporting farmers’ decision-making process by agricultural extension. Journal of Extension Systems, 14, 55–64.
Yadav, J. P., & Sharma, A. (2017). Transforming rural India through agricultural innovations: Some major startups. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, 3(3), 3695–3702.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Joshi, S., Indrakumar, D., Kumra, N. (2018). Technology Transfer to the Farmers and Role of KVKs. In: NILERD (eds) Reflecting on India’s Development. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1414-8_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1414-8_7
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-1413-1
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-1414-8
eBook Packages: Economics and FinanceEconomics and Finance (R0)