{
  "id": 11934698,
  "title": "Jalgaon: KVK Pal Receives ‘Best KVK Performance Award – 2025’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/jalgaon-kvk-pal-receives-best-kvk-performance-award-2025",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T13:14:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/jalgaon-kvk-pal-receives-best-kvk-performance-award-2025"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 29 to October 1, 2026, a regional workshop was held at ICAR-ATARI, Pune, gathering Krishi Vigyan Kendras from Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa. Dr Mahesh V. Mahajan, Senior Scientist and Head of KVK Pal, showcased the center’s accomplishments for 2025. The presentation emphasized farmer-focused initiatives, agricultural technology dissemination, and actions to uplift the socio-economic status of farmers. An annual report for 2025 was released, detailing events like farmer training, demonstrations, on-farm testing, agricultural technology dissemination, crop protection, modern banana production techniques, natural farming, animal husbandry, women and rural youth initiatives, and other extension activities. The workshop featured dignitaries such as Dr Indramani and Dr Sharad Gadakh, along with directors from various agricultural universities and extension education officials. The achievement was celebrated by the KVK Pal team, with well-wishes for future endeavors from Shirishdada Chaudhari and Ahjat Patil, representatives of Satpuda Vikas Mandal and former MLA.",
  "summary": "Jalgaon: A regional workshop for Krishi Vigyan Kendras from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa was organised jointly by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ICAR-ATARI), Pune, and Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, from September 29 to October 1, 2026, at ICAR-ATARI, Pune. During the workshop, Dr Mahesh V. Mahajan, Senior Scientist…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}