Anand Agricultural
University (AAU) was established this year at Anand
with the support of the Government of Gujarat ,Act
No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29,2004. Caved out of
the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU),
the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and
Dr. K.M.Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support
to the farming community in three facets namely
education, research and extension activities in
Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product
Processing and Home Science. At Present there three
colleges, seventeen research centers and six extension
education institute working in six districts of Gujrat
namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda,Panchmahal and
Voadodra
AAU's activities have
expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil
health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from
the mandatory ones like rice, maize.tobacco,vegetable
crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding,
nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's
operating philosophy however, continues to create the
partnership between the rural people and comitted
acdemic as the basic for sustainable rural
development. Inpursuing its various programmes AAU's
overall mision is to promote continues process of
development of susstainable growth and economics
independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this
through education, research and extension education.
Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the
farmers.
AAU's AIMS
Impart relevant education to
the students in agriculture and allied fields.
Conducts research in order toimprove the productivity
of rural areas
Undertake basic research to make break through in
newer areas areas of knowledge
Provides oppertunity to observe and understand the
live of rural people
Enable
the students to inculate the attitutes and develop
skill relevant for grass-root work.
Impart relevant education to
the students in agriculture and allied fields.