An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
10.5% of workers in Ernakulam are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 98% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ernakulam, which ranks 1 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 66.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 23.2%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,65,037 and households in the poorest wealth group at 0.2%.