Farm information bureau |
Farm Information Bureau, was formed by integrating the Agricultural Information Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Information Unit of the Department of Animal Husbandry and started functioning 1969 with Thiruvananthapuram as its head quarters. It has got two regional offices at Ernakulam and Kozhikkode. The emergence of the Bureau marked the fulfillment of a long felt need of information communication support to accelerate the tempo of different activities in the farm sector in Kerala. Now the Bureau functions as a unique organization by way of providing publicity and propaganda to Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandary, Dairy Development, Co-operationetc ‘Keralakarshakan’ is a prestigious fortnightly farm journal
published by the Bureau. The Bureau is associated with the broadcasting
of agriculture news by AIR. ‘Farm Guide’ is a prestigious
annual publication of the bureau. Besides these things the Bureau prepares
and distributes leaflets, booklets etc containing vital agricultural
informations. In association with the state library council, the bureau
is implementing an ‘Agricultural Book Corner Programme’ which
aims at distributing the agriculture related publications of the Kerala
Bhasha Institute to the libraries at one-third price. The Bureau is
in possession of the most modern communication aids. It plays an appreciable
role in providing comprehensive informations required for the extension
and developmental aspects of Kerala’s agriculture. |