College of Agriculture, Latur, Agricultural college in Latur, India.
The College of Agriculture in Latur is a constituent college of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, established in 1987. Its campus holds lecture halls, laboratories, a library and experimental plots where students practise crop trials. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in agriculture and conducts research on crops suited to the Marathwada region.
The institution was founded in 1987 as part of an educational expansion under Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth University in Maharashtra. Since then, it has supported agricultural education and research in the region.
The college serves as a meeting point where students work alongside local farmers to improve farming practices and share modern techniques within the region. This connection between the institution and the farming community shapes how agriculture evolves locally.
The campus is located in Latur, Maharashtra, and can be reached by road from the city center. Visits are best arranged on working days, when academic and field activities take place; access to laboratories and experimental plots may require prior permission from the college administration.
The college is affiliated with Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, the agricultural university headquartered in Akola, and its Latur campus opened in 1987. Its research plots test crop varieties and cultivation methods suited to the Marathwada region's rainfall and soil, work that nearby farmers can observe and apply.
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