Welcome to COA Shimoga

Dr. D. Tippesh

Dean Message

Welcome to this website of our college. You would find vistas of different fields and kinds of information related to Agriculture, agricultural education, facilities available and the kinds of services provided to the students, farmers and others in this website.

Dean (Agri.) and Campus Head

Education

M. Sc. (Hort.), Ph. D(Hort.)
Area of Specialization: Fruit Science

Indian Agriculture has witnessed a significant transformation in recent years, with the adoption of the latest trends and technologies. Precision farming, organic farming, biotechnology and mechanization are some of the latest trends in Indian Agriculture. These innovations help farmers increase crop yield, improve product quality and reduce environmental impact. As India modernizes its agricultural practices, it is poised to become a global leader in sustainable Agriculture.

Agriculture and you would be surprised to know that the systematic Agriculture was started by women! This paved the way, later, for the institution called family resulting in societal living. What is more, as Man began to live in communities, he gradually learnt to innovate, discover, create, develop rear and cultivate many things including culture. Though fundamentally everything else changed, including the methods of farming, toil and production of agricultural produce have not changed. Like the calves hitting the udders of the cows, farmers too plough the fields with so much of care and affection.

Shivamogga District has varied agro climatic conditions congenial for growing various field and horticultural crops. The college would help the farming community in the state in general and Shivamogga in particular by way of producing well trained man power, genuine agricultural inputs and information from time to time for over all development of rural community. College of Agriculture, Shivamogga started in 1990 for B.Sc. (Agri) course as part of ruralisation of Agricultural Education under the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and became part of the KeladiShivappaNayakaUniversity of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga from September 2012.The college campus is located at Navile about 5 km away from Shivamogga town on Savalanga road. It is an education zone next to JNN College of Engineering and opposite to BapujiAyurvedicCollege . The campus has an area of 78 hectares (195 acres) with Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research station, Organic Farming Research Centre and KrishiVignana Kendra. The campus also has Areca nut research centre funded by Areca marketing societies in 2001 and Diploma in Agricultural Extension services for input dealers (DEASI) on self-sustaining mode.Shivamogga is well connected by air, road and train facilities. Shivamogga district has varied agro climatic conditions congenial for growing various field and horticultural crops. The college has well equipped laboratories for teaching and research purposes, computer laboratory, Agricultural research information system(ARIS), computers with high speed internet connectivity through v- sat, permanent rain water harvesting structures, well established areca nut garden, lecture halls equipped with latest audio visual aids, well developed library with more than 24,000 accessions, CD RAMs, e-library and networking facility, well developed hostel facility for both boys and girls, instructional farms for crop production, horticulture nurseries, well developed guesthouse for visitors, student counseling, programs on personality development and motivation are available. At present 216 students have admitted for Under Graduate degree programme through Karnataka Education Administration. The Post Graduate Studiescurrently offered in ten departments (AgriculturalEntomology, Soil Science and AgriculturalChemistry, Agronomy, Genetics and Plant breeding, Plant Pathology, AgriculturalExtension, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Microbiology and Food Science & Nutrition) with an intake of six students and also offering Ph.D degree programmes with an intake of two students. Further, one year Diploma (only Sundays) in Agricultural Extension Services to Input Dealers (DAESI) is also offered to input dealers. Ph.D. Programmes are offered in the disciplines of Agricultural Entomology, Agronomy, Genetic & Plant Breeding, Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry and Plant Pathology.

The spectrum of the curriculum of the college ranges from fundamentals of Agriculture, on the one side, to the most advanced ones such as precision farming and technologies on the other. The technologies generated in the laboratories and the research farms of the college culminate into the most useful and profitable technology support to the farmers. As you surf through the website, you would come across the rich heritage and history of our college, the achievements, the technologies generated, the varieties of crops developed, the awards received and the contribution and performance of our students in the society after their course completion. Besides, you would also find the degrees offered, the subjects they cover and the procedures for obtaining admission etc.

Being a professional college with intense academic commitments and with meager time available to our students, you would appreciate that, they have proved their mettle not only in their academics but also in the competitive examinations, sports , extra- and co-curricular activities. The alumni of our college are in every field out in the society.

I welcome you to journey through the corridors of the website and to the actual campus for experiencing the fragrance of the Agricultural fields.

Genesis/History

The College of Agriculture, Shivamogga was started in 1990 for teaching and training the students admitted to Bachelors of Sci., Agriculture degree programme as part of decentralization of Agricultural education under the University of Agricultural Sci.s, GKVK, Bangalore. There has been a vast scope for Agriculturists in the public and private sector organizations. Later, it became a part of the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sci.s, Shivamogga in September 2012 as per the Agricultural University Act. From the academic year 2016-17 Bachelors degree is being conferred as B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture as per the ICAR V Deans’ Committee’s Recommendations.

The College campus is located at Navile about 5 km away from Shivamogga town on Savalanga road. It is an education zone next to JNN College of Engineering and opposite to Bapuji Ayurvedic College. The campus comprises an area of 80.58 hectares (201.44 acres) with partly irrigation facilities. This campus is located at an altitude of 650 M above MSL, latitude of 14^o 0’ to 14^o 1’ N and longitude of 75^o 40’ to 75^o 42’ East. The average rainfall is about 820 mm and the mean maximum and minimum temperature is 35.8 ⁰C in April and 14.8 ⁰C in January, respectively.

Growth of the Institution

The Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research station (ZAHRS), Organic Farming Research Centre (OFRC) and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority, South Zone are also located on the College campus. The campus also has Arecanut Research Centre (ARC) funded by Areca marketing societies of Karnataka and Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers (DEASI) on self-sustaining mode. Shivamogga district has varied agro climatic conditions congenial for growing diversity of Agricultural and Horticultural crops.

The College of Agriculture imparts Under Graduate Education in Agriculture leading to B.Sc.(Hons.) Agriculture degree and Post-Graduate Degree Programmes in the seven departments viz., Agronomy, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Soil Sci. and Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Agricultural Extension and Horticulture with an avarage intake of six students. The College also offers Doctoral Degree Programmes in five departments viz., Agronomy, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Soil Sci. and Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Entomology and Plant Pathology with an intake of three students each. The College of Agriculture, Shivamogga is contributing immensely to leverage the production of the necessary knowledge and skilled manpower.

1976: Establishment of Regional Tobacco Research Station (RTRS) to take up research on Flue Cured VirginiaTobacco.
1982: Elevated to the status of Regional Research Station with an objective of conducting research on rainfed cropping system underNARP.
1987: NARP phase-II Research on FarmImplements.
1990: College of Agriculture established for B. Sc. (Agri.) course as a part of ruralization ofAgriculturalEducation.
2000: Starting of remandated Krishi Vigyan Kendra to boost extension activities in the District.
2001: Starting of Areca Research Centre funded by Areca MarketingSocieties.
2002: Starting of Master degree programme in the departmentsof

(i) Soil Sci. & Agril. Chemistry and (ii) Agril.Entomology.

2004: Starting of regular Krishi Vigyan Kendra under total ICARgrants.
2006:StartingofOrganicFarmingResearchCentrewiththehelpof Budget.
2007: Starting of Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers (DESAI) – Self sustainingmode.
2012 Starting of Master degree programme in the departments of Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Agricultural Extension.
2013: The College started Doctoral degree programme in Agricultural Entomology, Agronomy, Soil Sci. and Agriculture Chemistry, GPB and Plant

2018: Starting of Masters Degree Programme in the department of Horticulture

Teaching

To provide quality Agriculture education to the growing and changing needs of the society in general and aspirations of the farming community in particular.
Undertake basic, applied and adaptive research to address current and future challenges of farming community and to provide management options relevant to the prevailing agro climatic and socioeconomic situations.
Generate appropriate technologies to support sustainable growth of agricultural entrepreneurship and agri-business.
Develop innovative extension strategies and formulate effective mechanisms for Transfer of Technology to institutions and farmers for enhanced and sustainable agricultural production leading to improved rural livelihoods.
Locate and protect biodiversity to preserve agro-ecosystem of the state and to document traditional knowledge and technologies.To make Agriculture education responsive to the growing and changing needs of the society in general and aspirations of the farming community in particular.
To establish a dynamic system of horticulture education to train highly skilled and competent manpower to address the challenging tasks with new emerging areas of research, extension and industry.

Accreditation Certificates

Objectives

To develop suitable end-use technologies to solve farmers’ problems vis-à-vis agricultural production and foster research aimed at conceptual advances in all disciplines for technology development in the long run.
To establish state-of-art infrastructure including well-equipped laboratories, extensive farmlands and an operational research management system that will ensure quick, efficient and cost effective implementation of research programmes.
To attract qualified and talented personnel to undertake research in the University.

To ensure that the research findings and innovations, after their proven demonstration, are communicated to the farmers on a logistically feasible scale. This mechanism acts as an interface between farmers and researchers and enables identification of problems through a positive feedback.
To reach the knowledge and technology to farmers on a wider scale by training the grass root level workers and officers of the state departments of agriculture, horticulture and sericulture on recent advances in the respective fields through subject matter specialists.

To develop Technocrats, Technologies and the Disseminators by providing strong knowledge base in the field of Agriculture.
To Explore, Experiment and Excel in Teaching, Research and Extension arenas.
To inspire socio-cultural value based thinking for harnessing the natural resources with a sound technical foundation.

To build sustainable Agri-environment by developing creative manpower, joining hands with our stake holders for mutual learning and to explore, innovate new dimensions and technologies to strengthen our food and livelihood security.

To create an intellectually stimulating campus environment.
To provide technological base and quality manpower for supporting Agriculture and Allied activities in the Region and the State.
To plan and implement appropriate strategies and programmes to achieve excellence in Agricultural Education, Research and Extension, reinforcing one another.

To provide quality education in the areas of Agriculture.
To develop outstanding Under Graduate and Post Graduate Degree Programmes so as to keep pace with the developing paradigms in higher education.

To facilitate the implementation and expansion of research programs appropriate to the needs of the region and beyond as assessed by the Extension and Outreach wings.

College Campus

Academic

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We are a leading academic school with excellent examination results, and impressive progression to top universities in this country and abroad.

Co-curricular activities

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