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 The University
offers six undergraduate and three post-graduate degree
programmes. Ph. D. is available in Agriculture and Veterinary
Science faculties at Akola and Nagpur.
Rural
Institutes, Agricultural Schools, Dairy Management and Animal
Husbandry Course and Mail Training are imparted at lower level
of agricultural education. Two rural institutes located
at Amravati and Wardha conduct 2 year diploma course in
Agriculture. There are 17 agricultural schools and 8 Dairy
management and animal husbandry courses affiliated to the
university.
Some major
achievements of the university in the field of research are
development of first based cotton hybrid PKV Hy.3; Creation of
variability in cotton by using wild germplasm and heterosis
breeding; release of sorghum hybrid CSH 14 (SPH 468) at national
level;
Alternative uses of mouldy
sorghum for production of liquid glucose, high purity alcohol and
starch; evolution pf TAU 1 udid variety having country-wide
demand; development of first hybrid in pigeonpea; production of
trichocards on commercial basis; success in preparation of Bt
spray; development of IPM modules for controling the pests of
cotton/pigeonpea; development of mine dal mill for cottage
industries name- national and international demand; development of
embryo transfer technology in cattle.
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