Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review

State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), in India, have adopted the U.S. land-grant model to meet its goals. They are autonomous organisations with state-wide responsibility for agricultural education, research and extension education. Through teaching, research and extension activities the 64 SAUs a...

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Autores principales: Lalitha, A., Purnima, K. S., Reddy, K. Gurava, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Sambaiah, A.
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Publicado: Agricultural Research Communication Center 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141136
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author Lalitha, A.
Purnima, K. S.
Reddy, K. Gurava
Babu, Suresh Chandra
Sambaiah, A.
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Lalitha, A.
Purnima, K. S.
Reddy, K. Gurava
Sambaiah, A.
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Babu, Suresh Chandra
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description State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), in India, have adopted the U.S. land-grant model to meet its goals. They are autonomous organisations with state-wide responsibility for agricultural education, research and extension education. Through teaching, research and extension activities the 64 SAUs across 28 states of India are significantly contributing to agricultural production and productivity of their respective states directly and therefore to the rural development. SAUs rural development strategies include technologies and innovations, extension and human resource development. Regional Agricultural Research Stations in various agro-climatic zones have strengthened research-extension-farmer (REF) linkages. KVKs under administrative control of SAUs serve as farm science centres of their respective districts. In this paper, the rural development approaches of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur Andhra Pradesh is detailed. Furthermore, strategic planning by the SAUs to increase their effectiveness for direct rural development should be sustained.
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spelling CGSpace1411362025-10-26T13:02:06Z Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review Lalitha, A. Purnima, K. S. Reddy, K. Gurava Babu, Suresh Chandra Sambaiah, A. agriculture research strategies agricultural extension krishi viigyan kendras universities rural development State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), in India, have adopted the U.S. land-grant model to meet its goals. They are autonomous organisations with state-wide responsibility for agricultural education, research and extension education. Through teaching, research and extension activities the 64 SAUs across 28 states of India are significantly contributing to agricultural production and productivity of their respective states directly and therefore to the rural development. SAUs rural development strategies include technologies and innovations, extension and human resource development. Regional Agricultural Research Stations in various agro-climatic zones have strengthened research-extension-farmer (REF) linkages. KVKs under administrative control of SAUs serve as farm science centres of their respective districts. In this paper, the rural development approaches of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur Andhra Pradesh is detailed. Furthermore, strategic planning by the SAUs to increase their effectiveness for direct rural development should be sustained. 2022 2024-04-12T13:37:21Z 2024-04-12T13:37:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141136 en Limited Access Agricultural Research Communication Center Lalitha, A.; Purnima, K. S.; Reddy, K. Gurava; Babu, Suresh Chandra; and Sambaiah, A. 2022. Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review. Agricultural Reviews 43(1): 84-90. https://doi.org/10.18805/ag.R-2268
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strategies
agricultural extension
krishi viigyan kendras
universities
rural development
Lalitha, A.
Purnima, K. S.
Reddy, K. Gurava
Babu, Suresh Chandra
Sambaiah, A.
Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review
title Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review
title_full Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review
title_fullStr Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review
title_full_unstemmed Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review
title_short Strategic role of Indian State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in rural development: A review
title_sort strategic role of indian state agricultural universities saus in rural development a review
topic agriculture research
strategies
agricultural extension
krishi viigyan kendras
universities
rural development
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