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Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Khambholaj

Introduction

The Agriculture and Horticulture Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Khmbholaj, came to existence on September 1, 2020, to commence research and development activities on agriculture, horticultural crops and organic farming. Earlier it was working under Main Vegetable Research Station, AAU, Anand.  It is located 20 kilometres away from Anand. Land of this farm is sandy loam and low in organic carbon and fertility.

Agronomical and plant breeding research is now being conducted on the evaluation of potato and papaya germplasm/varieties. Land development work, such as land levelling and plotting, is also underway to expand the cultivable area. Different horticultural crops such as Guava, Pomegranate, Lime, Custard apple, Dragon Fruit, and others were grown for appropriateness in this location as part of the NARP project. Planning to develop arid and semi arid Horticulture Crop Museum and Nursery in future at this station. Seed production programme of various crop like Mungbean, Urdbean, Okra, Groundnut and Castor have also been started to meet farmer demand for high-quality seeds. The area under organic farming in Gujarat is steadily rising. Work on organic farming research has commenced. The mandate of this centre, as well as some of its most notable accomplishments, are listed below.

 

 
 
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