Satish Sharma
Motihari : The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Piprakothi, East Champaran, is being developed as model KVK in Bihar by Dr Rajendra agriculture central university (RACU) , Pusa, Samastipur, to give maximum benefits of modern farming and technical assistance to the traditional farmers of this backward region on Indo-Nepal border. This KVK is located near Muzaffarpur-Lucknow NH28, 11 km away from Motihari, at an agriculture farm.
R K Sriwastav, Vice chancellor(VC), Dr Rajendra agriculture central university, Pusa, recently visited the KVK, Piprakothi, and discussed various schemes and projects with agriculture scientists there. He said that a hi-tech
honeybee breeding centre and high breed cow and buffalo semen production centre will be set up at this KVK to raise the production of honey and milk . The local farmers will get maximum benefit from these centre besides the farmers of neighboring districts.
Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said that this KVK at Piprakothi will be a model centre in Bihar and the farmers of Eastern UP and Nepal too will benefit from it. The Indian council of agriculture research (ICAR) has also approved a proposal to open a meteorological observatory centre at Piprakothi KVK soon to provide advance
report and alert on weather, rain, storm and wind to the farmers. A Sattar, nodel officer of RACU, Pusa, said that a wind velocity machine has already been installed at this KVK to know the speed of wind.