Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU) is a public state agriculturaluniversity at Junagadh in the Indian state of Gujarat. Junagadh Agricultural University offers education in agriculture and allied sciences, i.e., agriculture, agricultural engineering and fisheries. The teaching in the university consists of four faculties: agriculture, agricultural engineering, fisheries and postgraduate studies. The graduate programmes have an intake capacity of 135 in agriculture, 70 in agricultural engineering and 30 in fisheries faculty. The postgraduate level studies are offered in agriculture and agricultural engineering according to the intake capacity of the various faculties.
There are seven multidisciplinary Main Research Stations; five Main Research Stations for various crops; and eleven sub-Research Stations/Testing Centres for the development of new varieties/hybrids of crops, vegetables and fruits. These centres also work for the development of economical and sustainable production technology packages for newly developed varieties/hybrids with modification every year. The first hybrid bajra and hybrid castor were developed by scientists of this university.[citation needed]
The Gujarat Agricultural University was established in February 1972 but split into four Universities in 2004 (Gujarat Agricultural University Act - 2004). Junagadh Agricultural University is one of them; it started on 1 May 2004.
Education
College of Agriculture, Junagadh
College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Junagadh
College of Fisheries, Veraval
College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Junagadh
College of Agriculture, Amreli
College of Agriculture, khapat(Porbandar)
Post Graduate Institute of Agri. Business Management, Junagadh
Polytechnic in Horticulture, Junagadh
Polytechnic in Agricultural Science, Halvad
Polytechnic in Agro-processing, Junagadh
Polytechnic in Agriculture, Dhari
Polytechnic in Agricultural Engineering, Targhadia(Rajkot)
Polytechnic in Animal Husbandry, Junagadh
Research centres
North West Agro-climatic Zone No. V
Agricultural Research Station, Halvad (Dist.: Morbi)
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