Agriculture Colleges
We all know that the major portions of Indian people are dependant on Agriculture. Hence we can’t ignore the need for Agriculture Education, which is needed for the improvement of Agriculture. Agriculture can be improved by the introduction of modern techniques and better fertilizers which will help in more and better production. Seeing this need Indian Government has come forward and has funded many colleges for the Agriculture Education.
Some of the undergraduate programmes related to Agriculture are Agriculture, Sericulture, forestry, Food Science and Technology, Horticulture, Fishery, Banking and Co-operation, Home Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Marketing and Dairy Technology. The PhD programmes like Horticulture (Floriculture & Landscaping), Plant Pathology, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Seed Science & Technology, Agronomy, Entomology, Agricultural Chemicals, Botany, Soil Science, Plant Physiology, Extension & Communication etc are also available to the students.
For taking admission under the Agricultural courses candidates need to appear for an entrance exam which is conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
List of colleges
1. Directorate Of Biological Control Bangalore, Karnataka
2. Central Research Institute for Jute & Fibre (CRIJAF) Distt. 24 Parganas, Barrackpore, West Bengal
3. Central Institute Of Cotton Research (CICR) Nagpur
4. Directorate Of Rice Research, Hyderabad
5. Regional Research Station Of Sugarcane Breeding Institute Jamkhandi
6. Indian Institute Of Sugarcane Research (IISR) Lucknow
7. National Research Centre For Arid Horticulture C-35, Sadulganj, Bikaner
8. Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) Cuttack , Orissa
9. Central Institute Research In Genetics (CIRG) Makhdoom Distt., Mathura ,Uttar Pradesh
10. Directorate Of Maize Research Cummings Lab, IARI, New Delhi
11. National Research Centre For Integrated Pest Management Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
12. Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) Rajahmundry
13. Indian Institute Of Pulse Research (IIPR) Kanpur , Uttar Pradesh
14. Regional Research Station Of Sugarcane Breeding Institute Motipur, Bihar
15. Indian Grass & Fodder Research Institute (ICFRI) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
16. Regional Research Station Of Sugarcane Breeding Institute Kannur, Kerala
17. National Bureau Of Plant Germplasm Research (NBPGR) Pusa, New Delhi
18. National Research Centre For Soyabean, Indore
19. Directorate Of Wheat Research, Haryana
20. Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore
21. Central Potato Research Institute Shimla
22. Regional Research Station Of Sugarcane Breeding Institute Kovvuru, Andhra Pradesh
23. Agricultural Research Institutes National Research Centre For Rapeseed, Rajasthan
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