Agricultural Information and Sales Centre, Vengeri, Kozhikode

The Centre started functioning as Information and Sales Centre at Vellimadukunnu,Kozhikode on 1st July 1996 under the administrative control of Directorate of Extension, KAU.Centre initially started as small sales outlet, in order to cater the higher demands of quality KAU seeds, planting materials and other technology products among the farmers and from line deaprtments centre shifted to Vengeri and renamed as Agricultural Information and Sales Centre on 1st July 2021 .

Mandate

To disseminate new and appropriate farm technologies to farmers and various line departments

To act as effective delivery system of KAU products

Achievements

1. Conducted various training programmes for farmers and extension functionaries on agriculture and allied subjects

2. Served as effective delivery system of KAU products functioning under Revolving Fund mode

3. Conducted agroclinics for farmers and facilitated agroclinic module of the RAWE 2021 of COA Vellayani

4. Conducted extension programmes at schools ,govt. institutions and 122 INF Battalion of Territorial Army

5. Handled session on the horticultural therapy in Karuna Speech and Hearing Higher Secondary school and Udayam rehabilitation centre at Chevayur

6. Coordinated and facilitated inter district and inter state exposure visits

7. Conducted diagnostic field visits to farmers field

8. Provided timely farm and agrometeorological advisory services to farmers and extension functionaries

9. Participated in agriculture related exhibition

10. Conducted programmes and FLD of Mosaic resistant variety Sree Raksha with CTCRI

11. Served as resource persons for the training programes of line department.