Director

Shri. Sandeep Foldessai

"Agriculture sector at national and global level is witnessing rapid changes besides facing major challenges. The food habits of the consumers are changing and the demand of agricultural commodities is on a rise And at the same time the climate is changing and the productive land is stagnated. The emerging challenges and opportunities call out for a paradigm shift in the innovation driven field of agriculture.The subsistence agriculture in the state is shifting to a high value commercial enterprise. The cultivation of high value horticulture crops is gaining importance due to the better returns, lower risk and tolerance of these crops for part time farming. Agriculture mechanization has experienced a tremendous growth over the last few years. Due to widespread modernization visible in the agriculture sector, farming communities have started employing agro equipments extensively in various domains of cultivation like tillage,sowing,irrigation, transplanting, plant protection,threshing etc. more....