Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Our center is situated on the Pune Satara Road in Chakan, right at Chatrapati Chowk. It is a very busy intersection, so there is always a lot of traffic and noise from the heavy trucks going by. Being right at the chowk makes it easy for farmers to find us when they come into town for their errands. We spend our days talking to people about their fields and their crops. It is a lot of practical talk. We have a building there where we hold meetings or just sit and chat with whoever walks in through the door. The walls have some charts and some old photos on them. It is not a shiny new office. It is a place where people feel comfortable coming in even if they have dirt on their boots. We drink a lot of tea while we work. The location on Pune Satara Road is convenient because people are always passing through Chakan anyway. Sometimes we go out to visit the fields, but someone is usually at the office at the chowk. We do not use a lot of big words or complicated theories. We just look at what is actually happening on the ground and try to help out. The windows get a bit dusty from the road outside, but we keep the fans going to stay cool. It is a local hub for anyone involved in agriculture in this area.