1.      Letter no and date of sanction : DDG (AE), ICAR NEW DELHI  F. No. 13-1/2003-AE-I. July, 29, 2005

          2.      Month and Year of Inception  : October - 2005

(1)    On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems.

(2)    Frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers’ fields.

(3)    Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills on modern agricultural technologies.

(4)    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.

(5)    Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to farmers.

       In addition, KVKs produce quality technological products (seed, planting material, bio-agents and livestock) and make it available to farmers, organize frontline extension activities, identify and document selected farm innovations and converge with ongoing schemes and programs within the mandate of KVK.

Location Area :

Total land with KVK (in ha) :

Sr. No.	Item	Area (ha)
1	Under Buildings	3.56
2.	Under Demonstration Units	1.04
A	Crop cafeteria	0.10
B	Fodder Unit	0.02
C	Nursery Unit	0.03
D	IFS Model	0.60
E	Compost Pit	-
F	Vermicompost Unit	-
I	NADEP Unit	-
J	Automatic Weather Station	0.18
K	Medicinal  & Aromatic Plants Unit	0.11
3.	Under Crops	16.84
4.	Horticulture Crops	2.97
A	Mix Fruit Crops  (sapota+mango+gunda) Orchard	0.90
B	Jamun Orchard	0.45
C	Tamarind Orchard	1.00
D	Date Palm Orchard	0.50
E	Guava Orchard	0.12
5.	Under Road	1.70
6.	Farm Pond	0.24
Total		26.35

       The district Surendranagar mainly falls in north Saurashtra agro-climatic zone. The district located in India at 22.0° to 23.45° North latitude and 69.45° to 72.15° East longitude. Surendranagar district is bounded in north by Gulf of Kutch and Mehasana district, in the south by Bhavnagar and part of Ahmedabad district, on the east by part of Ahmedabad and west by Rajkot district. The average annual rainfall is 400 mm. The average temperature of the district ranges with 41°C maximum to 11°C minimum.  The soil is mostly medium black, shallow to moderately deep and calcareous in nature, therefore cotton is the major crop of the district. Some patches of saline soil found in Dasada and Lakhtar talukas, calcareous sandy soil found in some part of Chotila, Sayla & Dhangadhra taluka and loamy soil is found in some part of Dhangdhra taluka. The pH of the soil is alkaline and underground water is non saline in nature.

      The district covers 10.48 lakh ha geographical area out of which 6.90 lakh ha under cultivation, of which only 0.62 lakh ha is irrigated. Major area comes under rainfed farming. The main sources of irrigation are wells, tube wells, ponds and canals. The major crops of this region are cotton, sesame & pearl millet and others are sorghum, wheat, chick pea, groundnut, mustard, cumin, green gram, black gram, onion, garlic and vegetables. The fruit orchard area is very less.

Crop	Surendranagar			Gujarat
	Area (ha)	Production (MT)	Yield (kg/ha)	Area (ha)	Production (MT)	Yield (kg/ha)
Bajara	4777	7903	1654	177351	308240	1738
Greengram	479	440	918	91507	58758	642
Groundnut	15645	48284	3086	1629275	4503630	2764
Castor	69725	125672	1802	736591	1432108	1944
Sesame-Kharif	15163	7730	510	109958	56270	512
Sesame-Summer	9302	6000	645	55722	51277	920
Cotton (Irrigated)	263752	739804	477	1879309	6782484	614
Cotton (Unirrigated)	91339	154951	288	775327	1841848	404
Wheat  (Irrigated)	64800	166001	2562	1354757	4519910	3336
Wheat  (Unirrigated)	1080	845	782	38730	33774	872
Gram	28252	37267	1319	405046	636473	1571
Cumin	69348	39257	566	481924	375417	779
Funnel	18760	34012	1813	43210	75767	1753
Chillies	0	0	0	1414	4419	3125

Note : Cotton yield is in lint