The Dhemaji district is the eastern most corner of Assam, on the north bank of river the Brahmaputra. Agro climatically the district falls under North Bank Plain Zone (NBPZ) of Assam. The district is the inhabitant of more than 6.86lakh population of 1.24 lakh farm families and out of total 47.44 per cent and 6.44 per cent are ST and SC population respectively.

Agriculture and allied sector is the indispensable sustenance for livelihood of more than 85 per cent of the people residing in Dhemaji district. Paddy is the major crop constituting more than 60 per cent of gross cropped area followed by rapeseed and mustard, black gram, potato and maize. Vegetables and fruits are also cultivated in moderate scale though the diverse and unique agro- climatic condition favours for growing wide range of horticultural crops like vegetables, tuber crops, spices (ginger, turmeric, chili, garlic etc.), plantation crops (coconut, arecanut, betelvine etc.) fruits (banana, Assam lemon, pine apple etc.) and other meditational and aromatic plants. Piggery, poultry, goat rearing, fishery and sericulture are major agricultural allied activities in the district.

As the district is the inhabitant of different communities with diversified social beliefs, the diversification is also noticeable in agriculture and allied sector. Dominance of traditional cultivation practices, natural cultivation, organic by default, traditional crop calendar, subsistence nature of practice and diversified crop but in small scale adoption are the some important features of agriculture in the district. The diverse topography and agro ecological situation of the region has made it very conducive for cultivation of wide variety of agricultural and horticultural crops. It is significant to note that in the past 10 years many farmers of the district have started making experiments with different crops and technologies towards modern agriculture which might be impact of interventions made by the different agencies of both government and non government sector.

The agriculture and allied sector in the district is merely rainfed. The natural calamities (both flood and draught) are only the hurdles for agricultural activities in spite of hard labour and encouraging engagement of youth class in this sector. The natural calamities such as flash flood, draught spell, unseasonal raining etc are reason for gradual distraction towards field activity Water course originating from hillock of Arunachal Pradesh are streaming through the district, which was earlier thought as blessing of nature but distressing now a day due to mass deforestation in the hillock.

Integrated and composite farming may be remunerative to the farmers of the district with varied component based on micro ecological situation. Organic farming has to promote considering availability of quality inputs and food sufficiency to the increasing population. KVK Dhemaji since its inception has been trying to build up the capacity of the farming communities in the district through imparting training, testing new technologies at farmer’s field, demonstrating feasible technology for wider adoption.

Covering all the information, this website has come to public domain with hope to be mirror of KVK Dhemaji as well as the district. I believe, this website will serve as an important source to the farmers, entrepreneurs, all the stake holders, policy makers, social scientist and researchers. Here, I take opportunity to thank all the staff of KVK Dhemaji with special thanks to Mr. Deepak Kr. Goswami, Programme Assistant (Computer) for bringing this website successfully.