The climate change impact has compounded production and productivity challenges for farming communities in the country. Farmers are adopting climate-resilient agriculture practices, including replacing traditional crops with extreme weather-tolerant varieties developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, various agricultural universities, or other research institutes. Agricultural research institutes getting adequate funding support from the government and private sector for research and demonstration is critical to achieving the goals of climate resilience in agriculture for food security and boosting domestic production to reduce import dependence on food grain. The network of Krishi Vigan Kendras (KVKs) in different states plays a crucial role as a knowledge and resource centre of agricultural technology for farmers through the demonstration of the production potential of different crops. Other mandates of KVKs include on-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies, capacity development of farmers and agricultural extension workers through imparting training on new knowledge and skills, and the production of quality technological products such as seed, planting material, bio-agents, and livestock and making it available to farmers, among others. Each KVK covers 43 villages and 4,300 farmers per year, and 80% of the villages covered are 10 km away from KVK. Official data also show that 42% of technologies adopted by farmers resulted in higher productivity, 33% resulted in high harvest income, and 20% resulted in drudgery reduction, while about 25% of persons trained started self-employment ventures. The government informed the parliament that with the intervention by KVKs, about 80 percent of the farmers have modified their agricultural patterns, which were related to the diversification of crops and changes in cropping pattern, seed planting technique, use of fertilisers and pesticides, changes in machinery used, and changes in water use pattern. The technologies developed out of research conducted by ICAR are taken to farmers’ fields for assessment by KVKs to ascertain their location specificity under various farming systems so that the suitability of a particular agricultural technology, such as a new crop variety concerning soil quality, water requirements, and availability, etc., can be scientifically determined and demonstrated. KVKs also conduct a large number of technology demonstrations at farmers’ fields for their adoption by the farmers. The KVKs conducted 1.20 lakh assessment trials of technologies at farmers’ fields and 8.09 lakh demonstrations on different technologies related to crops, livestock, fisheries, farm machinery, and other enterprises during the last three years, the parliament was told. Despite such an important role played by the KVKs in transferring new agricultural technologies to the farmers’ field level, this important institution has not received due priorities in terms of budgetary support for strengthening the network and reaching out to more farmers. It was back in 1976 when the National Commission on Agriculture, in its report on “Research, Education, and Extension,” recommended having one KVK in each district. Ironically, 121 districts have no KVKs, and over the past five years, only 15 new KVKs have been added. As KVKs identify district-specific needs in agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, livestock, poultry, and agroforestry, aligning this key mandate with the strategy of One District One Product that envisages promoting a unique product from each district requires that each district having one KVK must be prioritised. The bifurcation of old districts and the creation of new revenue districts should automatically follow the establishment of a new KVK in the new district if it does not have one. KVKs being 100% centrally funded, the decision to set up a new KVK can be taken only by the central government, but the states must take the initiative in impressing upon the central government the need. This requires adequate budgetary allocation to the Agricultural Extension Division of the Ministry of Agriculture. As the importance of KVKs in agricultural growth has been demonstrated for many decades, instead of waiting for new KVKs to come up, states can explore creating a similar research and field demonstration-based scientific institution under the guidance of KVKs at the block level to benefit more farmers. Such a measure will help reduce the distance for farmers to visit agricultural scientists and demonstration farms frequently to seek scientific advice on the adoption of new technologies. An alarming rise in extreme weather events, such as large excess rain or drought, requires farmers to adopt new technologies that are tolerant against such extreme weather events quickly before crop losses due to climate change impact seriously affect their profitability and push them into agricultural distress. Increasing funding support for agricultural research to develop new technologies must be supplemented with adequate funding support for agricultural extension services to derive optimal benefits by convincing farmers to adopt those. Farmers are always apprehensive about adopting new technology as they are not sure of the resultant outcome. Recognising the role of progressive farmers, who take KVK’s help for maximising their income from farm production, as key stakeholders in agricultural extension services can motivate more farmers to adopt new technologies.