Centre
for Rural Education and Economic Development (CREED) established in
the year 1987 was a registered Non Government, nonprofit making
organization, providing spectrum of Community based / oriented
services mainly in rural, semi Urban / Urban population to
improve the standard of living. It has been recognized as the premier
social service organization and in recognition, the state government
nominated CREED for the “Best Institution Award 2002”. It
continued to gain the recognition of the District / Govt.
Institutions for its various govt. sponsored programs.
In addition to the
prime role and responsibilities in the formation of Self Help Groups
for women and in micro financing, it established the Krishi Vigyan
Kendra, in Cholamadevi at Ariyalur Dt. during the month of
March, 2009.
The establishment of
CREED KVK was on 24.03.09 at Cholamadevi, Ariyalur Dt. with nearly
50 acres of land to provide Training in Farm Management.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra,
is the Farm Science Centre under the Indian Council of Agriculture
Research (ICAR), the Ministry of Agriculture, Central Govt of india,
mainly to provide training in farm Management, agriculture to rural
population in backward areas. The purpose of KVK is to identify the
technological gaps and critical needs and requirements of the
farmers. This formed the basis for framing operational modality like
training, demonstration and on farm trails by KVK simultaneously the
farm development work was also started as an important requirement
for the strengthening of training cum demonstration infrastructure of
the KVK
KVK has excelled in
brining the modern technological packages at the farmers door steps
with the help of various instructional units. The KVK today has
sufficient resources to impart training skills not only for the
farmers but also the rural youth.