| Agriculture
Research Station, Nawegaon/Bandh |
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| About
Station |
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| Nawegaon/Bandh
research station was established by Government
of Maharashtra in the year 1967 as Regional
Sugarcane Research Sub Station with a view to
test the adaptability of sugarcane varieties
to suggest the package of practices of cane
cultivation to the cane growers of this tract.
Lateron in October 1969 the station was transferred
to Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth,
Akola and started seed production and research
in paddy in addition to research on sugarcane.
Since June 1984, this research station has been
strengthened under National Agricultural Research
Project with a view to conduct location specific
production oriented research with special emphasis
on low land paddy. |
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| Agro
Climatic Information |
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| Station comes under semiarid tropical
agro-climatic zone with assured rainfall. Average
rainfall is 1250 mm |
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| Infrastructure |
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Gross
area of the station is 17.20 ha with 3.23 ha area
under roads and buildings and 13.97 ha area as
net cultivable area.
Research station is having 3 pairs of bullock
along with a temporary bullock shed. Station is
also having a office building with no laboratory
facilicity with two B type quarters and four C
type quarters and one godown. |
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| Mandate |
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- Multilocation trials of paddy
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| Scientists
Information |
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In this station
one post of Associate Professor (Agronomy) /
Officer Incharge and one post of Assistant Professor
(Entomology) is sanctioned out of which the
post of Assistant Professor (Entomology) is
vacant.
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| Project
Operating at Station |
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1. Agriculture
Research Station
2. National Agricultural Research Project
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| Research
Activities |
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| Under research programme different
trials of Agronomy, Botany and Entomology are
conducted at the station. |
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