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The College activities were initially taken up in the Veterinary College Campus during 1972 at Mannuthy and later shifted to the KAU Main Campus, Vellanikkara in 1977. At present, the College functions in the academic blocks II and III while the academic block I is occupied with university administrative affairs. It has grown in many folds since its inception and has a very good academic record with excellent faculty. The faculty strives hard to attain excellence in teaching, research and extension in the field of Agriculture. It is one of the three Colleges of Agriculture, located centrally in Kerala.

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			The College activities were initially taken up in the Veterinary College Campus during 1972 at Mannuthy and later shifted to the KAU Main Campus, Vellanikkara in 1977. At present, the College functions in the academic blocks II and III while the academic block I is occupied with university administrative affairs. It has grown in many folds since its inception and has a very good academic record with excellent faculty. The faculty strives hard to attain excellence in teaching, research and extension in the field of Agriculture. It is one of the three Colleges of Agriculture, located centrally in Kerala. 1972- Established the College on 28th October, 1972 and introduced B.Sc. (Hort.)-IV year course with an intake of 20 students 1976- Commenced two year M.Sc. (Ag.) in major disciplines and UG intake increased to 30 1977- Introduced B.Sc. (Ag.)-IV year course with an intake of 50. College activities shifted to KAU main campus. 1979- Commenced Ph.D programmes in major Agriculture disciplines. Also commenced M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Statistics and PG diploma in NRP. UG intake increased to 90 [B.Sc. (Ag.)-50 and B.Sc. (Hort.)-40] 1980- Both B.Sc.(Hort.) and B.Sc. (Ag.) were unified as B.Sc. (Ag.)-IV year course with an intake of 75 1981- Commenced Ph.D in Soil Science and Agrl. Chemistry 1983- Commenced M.Sc. (Ag.) in Plant Pathology and Ph.D in Plant Breeding and Genetics 1984- Commenced M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Extension 1985- Commenced M.Sc. (Ag.) in Processing Technology 1993- Commenced M.Sc. in Food Science and Nutrition 1994- Commenced M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Meteorology 1996- Established ‘Padmasree’ Paul Pothen IFFCO Chair in Agrl. Economics 2000- Commenced Ph.D in Food Science and Nutrition 2001- Stood first at national level in obtaining JRFs (ICAR) and placements for higher studies 2002- Again, stood first at national level in obtaining JRFs (ICAR) and placements for higher studies 2003- Commenced M.Sc.(Ag.) in Plant Biotechnology. Bagged the prestigious “Biotech Products and Process Development and Commercialization Award” for outstanding performance during the last five years 2004- Stood first at national level in obtaining JRFs (ICAR) and placements for higher studies. The Performance of the College reflected in receiving, Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award in the year August 2004 2005- Stood third at national level in obtaining JRFs (ICAR) and placements for higher studies 2006-Few faculty members got recognition in their respective fields at the national level.
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