About Department
		Academic Programmes
		Infrastructure
		Mandates
		Sections
		Faculty
		Students
		Co-curricular Activities
		Research Activities and Achievements(including projects)
		Extension Activities and Achievements
		Research Recommendations (Approved in AGRESCO)
		Publications
		Contact Information

About Department

Historical Perspective of the Department

An independent Post Graduate Department of Agronomy was started in 1971 with separate staff for teaching at Post Graduate level. Basically the Department is imparting education at both the Post Graduate and Doctorate degree levels.
The Head, University Department of Agronomy has technical control over teaching and research activities in Agronomy of constituent and affiliated colleges and research units/stations of the University.

Academic Programmes

• • Department is imparting education at both the Post Graduate and Doctorate degree levels.

  • There are four specialized fields viz., Irrigation Management, Weed Management, Soil Fertility & Crop Nutrition and Agro- Meteorology under which different courses are offered and also the research projects were conducted in partial fulfillment for award of M.Sc.(Agri.) and Ph. D. (Agri.) degree

  • The courses are grouped under two major fields of specialization viz., crop husbandry and soil & water management

• The postgraduate education leading to M.Sc. (Agri.) and Ph.D. degree is offered at Department of Agronomy, Akola whereas Agriculture College, Nagpur offers M.Sc. (Agri.) degree programme. The total intake capacity for Post Graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) is as under

Infrastructure Facilities

The Department has well furnished staff rooms, well equipped classrooms and seminar hall with Computer (Internet), LCD, OHP, Digital cameras etc., which are frequently used by the students and faculty.

• Department has 4 well-equipped laboratories
• Soil Fertility & Crop Nutrition
• Irrigation
• Agro-meteorology
• Weed Science

Soil Fertility & Crop Nutrition		Irrigation
Agro-meteorology		Weed Science
Class Room		Practical Demonstrations to the Students

Laboratory Equipments Available

Mandate

• • Postgraduate education and research for developing new concepts and approaches of agronomic technology.

• • To disseminate information on recent techniques on crops and cropping systems.

• To develop environmentally sound and economically viable practices for avoiding wasteful inputs and sustainable crop production.

Sections

Ph.D. (Agriculture)

M.Sc. (Agriculture)

Students

The undergraduate education is offered at the College of Agriculture, Akola and Nagpur. Agronomy is among the top choice of agricultural graduates of SAUs to pursue PG studies. The postgraduate education leading to M.Sc. (Agri.) and Ph.D. degree is offered at Department of Agronomy, Akola, whereas Agriculture College, Nagpur offers M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programme. The total intake capacity for Post Graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) is as under:

So far this discipline has produced 344 M.Sc. and 35 Ph.D. scholars (up to 2005), amongst who are holding important positions in State Universities, State Departments, as well as in private sector undertakings. Six students have cleared NET and one student each secured JRF & ASPEE foundation scholarship

Number of post graduate research studies completed in the various areas of discipline

A meeting of Board of Studies in Agronomy, Meteorology, Forage and Pasture management is annually convened for review of academic performance of UG and PG students, finalization of outline of Research work of PG students and other relevant issues.

Co-curricular Activities

The faculty of the department associates with various co-curricular activities pertaining to admissions, examinations, University sports, Social gathering, University convocation, student’s educational tours etc.

Research Activities

Departmental research studies completed (up to 2005, * Since 1988-89):

Research Achievements

Before establishment of crop research units in the University, most of the Agronomic research on different crops was carried out in the Department of Agronomy. Subsequently, the emphasis was given on basic and strategic aspects of crop husbandry and soil & water management. Research work is primarily based on various problems received as feedbacks from time to time and finalized in the project level meeting of Agronomy discipline. Research outcome is discussed in the annual RRC and RFRC meetings and then research recommendations are released after approval in Joint AGRESCO. Agronomy has contributed significantly in developing improved production technologies. The most important achievements are briefly summarized below :–

• The scientific approach of irrigation scheduling based on IW/CPE ratio was dealt in different crops of the region. The details regarding depth of irrigation, irrigation layouts / land configurations and identification of critical growth stages for irrigation have been worked out.

• Screening and suitability of herbicides for weed management in different crops, weed control in non-crop area and integrated weed management have been attained for different crops. Recommendations on use of herbicides particularly dose, time and methods of application have been worked out.

Extension Activities and Achievements

Major breakthroughs in crops have been facilitated by enhancing productivity of various Agronomists. Besides the main the function of postgraduate teaching, the staff members are actively involved in extension activities like krishi melawa, shivar pheri,field days.

This Department has organized 21 days winter school on Organic Framing on Sustainable Crop Production from 22 November to 12 December 2004.

Publications

Contact Information