Welcome to Krishi Vigyan Kendra TURKI, MUZAFFARPUR-II

KVK, Turki, Muzaffarpur was established on 23rd December 2016. It is located at Turki under Kurhani Block, 12 Km away from the district headquarter Muzaffarpur. It is well connected by road and railway. KVK is located near the Patna National Highway, Chhajan road connects with National Highway-77 at Muzaffarpur-Patna. Turki station is the nearest railway station, which is 2.0 Km away from the KVK.

Location Details

• Latitude: 26°12’50” N
• Longitude: 85°39’13” E
• Total Area: 10.0 ha

Total land under KVK

S. No.	Item	Area (ha)
1	Under Buildings	0.5
2	Under Demonstration Units	1.0
3	Under Crops	7.0
4	Ponds/IFS	0.75
5	Others with details	1.75
Total		10.0

Mandate & Activity

The mandate of KVK is Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its Application and Capacity Development. To implement the mandate effectively, the following activities are envisaged for KVK:

• On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.
• Frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers’ fields.
• Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills on modern agricultural technologies.
• To work as Knowledge and Resource Centre of agricultural technologies for supporting initiatives of public, private and voluntary sector in improving the agricultural economy of the district.
• Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to farmers.
• In addition, KVK produces quality technological products (seed and planting material) and makes them available to farmers, organizes frontline extension activities, identifies and documents selected farm innovations, and converges with ongoing schemes and programs within the mandate of KVK.

KVK Address:

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Turki, Muzaffarpur, P.O-Turki, Block-Kurhani, Muzaffarpur-844127 (Bihar)

District Details:

District level data on agriculture, livestock, and farming situation (2023-24)

Sl. No.	Item	Information
1	Major Farming system/enterprise	Paddy-Wheat, Paddy–Mustard, Rice–Maize (Rabi), Maize-Wheat, Maize–Vegetable pea, Maize–Mustard, Rice–Lentil, Paddy–Linseed, Pigeon pea–Green gram, Potato-Maize, Wheat-Finger millet, Paddy-Sesame
2	Agro-climatic Zone	Middle Gangetic Plain Region (IV)–According to Planning Commission; North West Alluvial Plain Zone (BI-1) - According to NARP
3	Agro ecological situation	Eastern Plain, Hot Sub humid (moist) Eco-Region (13.1)
4	Soil type	Sandy Soils (0.92%), Coarse Sandy Loam Soils (23.15%), Fine Sandy Loam Soils (16.08%), Clayey Soils (0.93%), Saline/Calcareous Soils (58.92%)
5	Productivity of major 2-3 crops under cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits and others	Cereals: Paddy: 3788 kg/ha Wheat: 3194 kg/ha Maize: 4926 kg/ha Pulses: Green gram: 689 kg/ha Black gram: 886 kg/ha Lentil: 1135 kg/ha Pigeon pea: 1567 kg/ha Chickpea: 1477 kg/ha Oilseeds: Mustard: 1259 kg/ha Linseed: 848 kg/ha Sesame: 665 kg/ha
6	Mean yearly temperature, rainfall, humidity of the district	Mean Temperature: 26°C, Rainfall: 1198.6 mm, Humidity: 67%

District Profile:

S. No.	Geographical area	Area (ha)
1	Total Geographical area	317591
2	Total Agricultural land	247721
3	Uncultivated land	59270
4	Net Sown area	219963
5	Agriculture waste land	344
6	Alkaline soil land	5230
7	Irrigated area	89964
8	Horticulture land	23877

Land Classification

S. No.	Type of land	Area (ha)
1	Upland	58825
2	Medium land	88768
3	Low land	72212
4	High low land	32932

Source: DAO, Muzaffarpur (2023)

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