1 . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁attempts ▁was ▁to ▁make ▁modern ▁scientific ▁applications ▁available ▁to ▁the ▁poor ▁far mers ▁of ▁the ▁dr ought ▁pr one ▁Ray al ase ema ▁region ▁and ▁he ▁succeeded ▁in ▁establish ing ▁a ▁Kr ishi ▁V ig yan ▁K endra ▁under ▁the ▁um bre lla ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁Council ▁of ▁Agricult ural ▁Research . ▁Later , ▁his ▁activities ▁foc uss ed ▁women ▁and ▁child ▁w elf are ▁for ▁which ▁several ▁Mah ila ▁Mand als ▁were ▁established . ▁He ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁initi ated ▁several ▁ag ro - for est ry ▁and ▁h ort icult ural ▁programs ▁by ▁supp lying ▁sap lings ▁free ▁of ▁cost . ▁The ▁nur ser y , ▁set ▁up ▁by ▁RA SS ▁is ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁supplied ▁over ▁six ▁hundred ▁thousand ▁sap lings ▁and ▁gra ft s ▁to ▁the ▁far mers . ▁The ▁organization ▁has ▁developed ▁a ▁ 7 5 - acre ▁farm , ▁received ▁as ▁a ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh , ▁where ▁modern ▁agricult ural ▁methods ▁are ▁being ▁implemented . ▁They ▁have ▁also ▁supplied ▁sm ok eless ▁ch ul has ▁( k itchen ▁st ov es ) ▁and ▁have ▁a ▁running ▁program ▁to ▁train ▁the ▁women ▁in ▁using ▁the ▁st ov es . ▁ ▁Another ▁area ▁of ▁focus ▁of ▁the ▁organization ▁is ▁in ▁employ ment ▁generation ▁for ▁which ▁they ▁have ▁established ▁several ▁small ▁scale ▁manufact uring ▁units ▁in ▁gar ments , ▁assembly ▁of ▁electronic ▁products , ▁to ys ▁and ▁food ▁stuff s . ▁The ▁units ▁provide ▁training ▁and