The Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri (M.P.K.V.), is the first state agriculture university in Maharashtra, established on March 29, 1968. It has jurisdiction spanning 10 districts of western Maharashtra, covering four agroclimatic zones headquartered at Rahuri in Ahilyanagar district (formerly Ahmednagar). It became operational in October 1969. The university has the wide mandates for providing agricultural education, undertaking research in the agriculture sector, producing and supplying quality seeds / planting materials and facilitating technology transfer through extension education and training of farmers of Maharashtra in general and Western Maharashtra.
Main Administrative Building of Mahatma Phule Krishi VidyapeethStatue of Mahatma Phule at the entrance
Academics-Education
MPKV offers various educational programmes viz., Bachelors degree programme in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture Engineering, Food Technology, Agri. Business Management, Biotechnology, Animal Husbandry, Diploma in Agriculture, and Agril. Polytechnics and Masters degree programme in 21 disciplines of Agriculture and 03 disciplines in Agriculture Engineering and Doctoral degree programme in 18 disciplines of Agriculture and 04 disciplines of Agriculture Engineering.
The University has fifteen constituent colleges including 8 Colleges of Agriculture; 2 Colleges of Agricultural Engineering; two Colleges for Horticulture; one college each of Agri. Business Management and Food Technology as given below.
College of Agriculture, Pune ( www.coapune.org ); The College of Agriculture, Pune is one of the first five agricultural colleges established in India. Initially started in 1908 and was shifted to a new building in 1911 (Now the Old College building). In 1969, the College was transferred to the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri which was established in that year. On the Centenary, a New Building was constructed and the College was shifted to it. It has an intake capacity is 190 for B.Sc. Hons. (Agri.) and 54 for PG degree.
College of Agriculture, Dhule (https://www.acdhule.edu.in/); The College of Agriculture in Dhule was initially established in 1960 with affiliation to Pune University. Initially, it served the North Maharashtra Khandesh region, including the districts of Dhule, Jalgaon, Nasik, and Nandurbar. Since 1967-68, the college has been a key constituent college of MPKV Rahuri after its establishment in 1968. The college spans a total of 242.73 hectares, with 180.47 hectares (74.35%) under cultivation. It has an intake capacity is 128 for B.Sc. Hons. (Agri.) and 54 for PG degree.
Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj College of Agriculture, Kolhapur (https://www.ackolhapur.edu.in/); Initially established at Kasaba Bawada on 30th June, 1963, it was shifted to its present location at Old Pune-Bangalore Highway in 1968. This College encompasses a total area of about 131.38 hectares, out of which 85.55 hectares are available at the main campus. It has an intake capacity is 190 for B.Sc. Hons. (Agri.) and 54 for PG degree.
College of Agriculture Nandurbar (https://www.acnandurbar.edu.in/): It has an intake capacity of 60 students for B.Sc. Hons. (Agri.) degree, out of which 80% seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribe students.. This college was established on 1st August, 2018 with a focus on providing agricultural education to tribal students, to increase their involvement in farming and allied activities.
College of Agriculture, Karad (https://mpkv.ac.in/StaticPdf/College%20of%20Agriculture,%20Karad.pdf );The Government of Maharashtra sanctioned College of Agriculture, Karad, on the occasion of the celebration of the birth centenary year of Late Hon. Shri. Yashwantrao Chavan in 2011. It has an intake capacity of 60 students for B.Sc. Hons. (Agri.) degree. The first batch of students have completed UG degree program during 2016-17.
Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Rahuri (Dr. Annasaheb Shinde College of Agricultural Engineering, Rahuri": It has an intake capacity of 64 students for B.Tech. (Agriculture Engineering) degree. In addition, it offers Master's degree programs in 3 disciplines and Doctoral degree programs in 4 disciplines of Agricultural Engineering.
College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Kashti-Malegaon: It has an intake capacity of 40 students for B.Tech. (Agriculture Engineering) degree.
College of Horticulture, Pune; It has an intake capacity of 34 students for B.Sc. Hons. (Hort.) degree.
College of Horticulture, Kashti-Malegaon: It has an intake capacity of 60 students for B.Sc. Hons. (Hort.) degree.
College of Food Technology, Kashti-Malegaon: It has an intake capacity of 40 students for B.Tech. (Food Technology) degree.
, Post Graduate Institute, Rahuri (Central campus) (https://mpkv.ac.in/StaticPdf/Post%20Graduate%20Institute,%20Rahuri.pdf): The Post Graduate Institute of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri was established in the year 1972 exclusively to impart Post Graduation Degree to Agricultural graduates. Prior to 1972, Post Graduate Degree Programme of the university was run at College of Agriculture, Pune and was affiliated to University of Poona, offering Bachelor's and Masters degrees in Agriculture. In 1972, the post graduate degree programme was transferred from Pune to Rahuri and the functioning of this programme and institute started in the basic science building at the university central campus. In the year 1979-80, the functioning of PG programme started in the present building of the Post Graduate Institute. It offers Masters degree in 21 disciplines of Agriculture and Doctoral degree in 17 disciplines of Agriculture
The University offers Master degree at Post Graduate Institute, Rahuri, College of Agriculture, Pune, Kolhapur and Dhule; and Dr. A. S. College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology at Rahuri. The affiliated College at Baramati also offers PG degree in 11 disciplines.
Further, the Post Graduate Institute, Dr. A. S. College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology offers the Doctoral level programmes in agricultural science and engineering, respectively.
Apart from this 66 unaided colleges are affiliated to this university offering 7 Undergraduate degree programmes. ..
Faculty of Lower Agricultural Education offers Diploma courses in Agriculture through 9 constituent and 85 unaided affiliated Agricultural Schools to the university
College of agriculture, Pune.
RESEARCH
The university has a network of research stations spread over different agroclimatic zones. In all, there are 27 state funded research stations, excluding the Central Campus which comes under Office of Chief Scientist Seed .
There are four Zonal Agricultural Research Stations located in 4 Agro-Climatic Zones and 18 sub-Research Stations for verification of research work and to take up the research programmes. In addition to this, the State level Crop Specialists are there Oilseeds Specialist at Jalgaon, Sugarcane Specialist at Padegaon, Wheat Specialist at Niphad, and Chief Soil Scientist at Solapur. At present, MPKV has 85 non-plan schemes funded by the State Govt.,45 AICRPs on different crops and plant sciences, and one centrally Sponsored Research Scheme.
List of 27 research stations (including 4 Zonal Agricultural Research Stations) with 85 non-plan State-funded schemes across 10 districts of Western Maharashtra.
Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Igatpuri Dist. Nashik
Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Shenda Park, Kolhapur
Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Ganeshkhind, Pune
Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Solapur Each ZARS for each zone has an Associate Director of Research to coordinate zonal activities
Central Sugarcane Research Station, Padegaon, Dist-Satara
Agriculture Research Station Niphad, Dist. Nashik
Oilseed Research Station, Jalgaon
Banana Research Station, Jalgaon
Agriculture Research Station Kasbe Digraj, Dist. Sangli
Agriculture Research Station, Savalvihir, Dist- Ahilyanagar
Agriculture Research Station, Chas, Dist- Ahilyanagar
Regional Sugarcane and Jaggery Research Station, Kolhapur
Agricultural Research Station, Vadgaon Maval, Dist-Pune
Agricultural Research Station, Karad, Dist-Satara
Agricultural Research Station, Lonavala Dist. Pune
Pulse and Oilseed Research and Training Center, Pandharpur, Dist-Solapur
Agriculture Research Station, Mohol Dist-Solapur
Agriculture Research Station, Jeur, District- Solapur
Agriculture Research Station, Dhule
Agriculture Research Station, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Dist. Nashik
Pomegranate Research and Technology Transfer Centre, Lakhmapur, Dist- Nashik
Regional Wheat Rust Research Station, Mahabaleshwar, Dist. Satara
Agricultural Research Station, Gadhinglaj, Dist- Kolhapur
Agricultural Research Station, Radhanagari, Dist. Kolhapur
Agriculture College Pune
Besides these State Govt. funded research stations, there are 45 ICAR-AICRP centers under this university, as given below.
AICRP on Groundnut, Jalgaon
AICRP on Groundnut (Summer), Rahuri
AICRP on Sesamum, Jalgaon
AICRP on Banana, Jalgaon
AICRP on Fig and Custard Apple, Jadhavvadi, Dist-Pune
AICRP on Sugarcane, Padegaon
AICRP on Agrometerology, Solapur
AICRP on Safflower, Solapur
AICRP on Dryland Agriculture
AICRP on Potato, Pune
AICRP on Biocontrol, AC, Pune
AICRP on Mushroom, AC, Pune
AICRP on Floriculture, AC, Pune
AICRP on Wheat, Niphad
AICRP on Post-Harvest Technology
AICRP on Sugarcane
AICRP on Small Millet< Kolhapur
AICRP on Maize, Kolhapur
AICRP on Maize, Rahuri
AICRP on Wheat Rust, Mahabaleshar, Dist-Satara
AICRP on Niger, Igatpuri
AICRP on Network Project on Sheep (Farm Testing), Rahuri
AICRP on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants and Betelvine Research Project, Rahuri
AICRP on Goat Improvement, Rahuri
AICRP on Farm Implements & Machinery Rahuri
AICRP on Pesticide Residues, Dept. of Entomology, PGI, Rahuri
AICRP on Nematodes, Dept. of Entomology, PGI, Rahuri
AICRP on Breeder Seed Production –Field Crops (NSP), Rahuri
AICRP on Seed Tech. Research Unit, Rahuri
AICRP for Investigation on Soil Test Crop Response, Rahuri
AICRP on Forage Crops, Rahuri
AICRP on Vegetables, Rahuri
AICRP on Arid Zone Fruits, Rahuri
AICRP on Fruits, Rahuri
AICRP on Water Management, Rahuri
AICRP on Underutilized and Unexploited Plants, Rahuri
AICRP on Integrated Farming System, Rahuri
AICRP on Agroforestry, Rahuri
AICRP on Jute and Allied Fiber Crops, Rahuri
AICRP on Cotton (Irrigated), Rahuri
AICRP on Pigeonpea, Rahuri
AICRP on Chickpea, Rahuri
AICRP on Sorghum, Rahuri
Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in Maharashtra
Besides them, there are research centres that work exclusively on funds from revenue receipts and externally funded ad-hoc projects.
State Level Biotechnology Center has been established at the Rahuri campus Centre started M.Sc. (Biotech.) degree programme
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Project, Rahuri
Organic Farming Project
Gene Bank
Integrated Water Management department
EXTENSION
The M.P.K.V. Rahuri performs this pivotal activity by organizing both on-campus and off-campus (On farmers' fields) extension programs for the transfer of Agricultural technologies and collecting the farmers feedback. These extension programs include conducting Training programmes, FLDs, Farmers' Rallies, Field Visits, Diagnostic Team Visits, On-farm trials, Exhibitions, Field days etc. For this purpose, it has an extension network involving the following centres:
Agricultural Technology Information Center (Central Campus, M.P.K.V., Rahuri): The ATIC was started on 13th August, 2001, as a single window delivery, technology dissemination, and supporting system. It has a Manager and four subject matter specialists (SMS) from the disciplines of Agronomy, Horticulture, Plant protection, and Animal husbandry, as well as a Dairy and Public Relations Officer (PRO).
Regional Extension Centers (04) (Pune, Dhule, Kolhapur, Rahuri): Regional Extension Centers were established in the year 2002 to test and transfer the improved technology from time to time by leading at the Zonal Level, besides conducting their own District level extension activities. Three RECs were established at the constituent colleges, viz., Pune, Dhule, Kolhapur, and one at Central Campus, MPKV, Rahuri.
* District Extension Centers (05) They were established in the year 2002 to carry out district-level extension education activities effectively and efficiently in the 5 districts besides those having RECs. Five District Extension Centers (DECs) are located at different research stations, viz. Jalgaon, Padegaon (Satara), Solapur, Kasbe Digraj (Sangli), and Niphad (Nashik). Krishi Vigyan Kendras (17) KVKs were developed for effectively testing and transferring agricultural technologies to bridge the gap between the production potential and the existing productivity, as well as to increase self-employment opportunities among the farming communities in adjoining areas. In total, there are 17 KVKs operational under the jurisdiction of the university, of which 4 are directly under the administrative control of the university, while the other 13 are run by NGOs and other voluntary cooperative/ private organizations..
Constituent KVKs
1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dhule
2. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mohal, District Solapur
3. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mamurabad Farm, Jalgaon
4. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bargaon, District Satara
, Affiliated voluntary KVKs
5. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Babhaleshwar Dist. Ahilyanaagar (Pravara Institute of Research and Education in Natural and Social Sciences (PIRENS)
6. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nashik (YCMOU)
7. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farmers Science center), Baramati, Dist. Pune ( Pune - I ) (https://www.kvkbaramati.com/) ( Agricultural Development Trust): With an operational area in 7 tehsils of the South-East part of Pune district.
12. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pal Dist. Jalgaon ( Jalgaon - I ) (Satpuda Vikas Mandal, Pal)
13. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Narayangaon Dist. Pune ( Pune -II ) (Gramonnati Mandal): It covers six tehsils of North Pune district, viz. Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed, Shirur, Maval, and Mulshi.
14. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malegaon Dist. Nashik ( Nashik - II ) (Richfield Agricultural e-research Development Centre, an NGO): It is operational in 7 tehsils of Nashik district, namely Satana, Malegaon, Kalwan, Deola Yeola Nandgaon & Surgana.
15. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kanerimath, Dist. Kolhapur (Kolhapur -II) (Shri Siddhagiri Math) (https://kvkkolhapur2.com/): Jurisdiction areas of KVK are 6 tehsils of the Southern part of Kolhapur district namely, Karveer, Kagal, Gadhinglaj, Bhudargadh, Ajara & Chandgad.
16. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dahigaon Dist. Ahmednagar ( Ahmednagar -II ) (Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dahigaon Dist. Ahilyanagar ( Ahilyanagar -II ): Seven tehsils of the Southern part of Ahilyadnagar district, namely Ahilyanagar, Pathardi, Shevgaon, Newasa, Karjat, Jamkhed, and Shrigonda come under the jurisdiction of KVK Dahigaon.
17. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Talsande, Dist. Kolhapur ( Kolhapur - I) (D. Y. Patil Education Society) (https://www.kvkkolhapur.com/)
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