About Station

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.

Agro Climatic Information

Station comes under semiarid tropical agro-climatic zone with assured rainfall. Average rainfall is 1250 mm.

Infrastructure

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.

Mandate

• Seed production of paddy

• Multilocation trials of paddy

Scientists Information

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.

Project Operating at Station

1. Agriculture Research Station

2.  National Agricultural Research Project

Research Activities

Under research programme different trials of Agronomy, Botany and Entomology are conducted at the station.