Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Hisar is a
public funded agricultural and farm training and testing institute located on Sirsa road,
Hisar in the Indian state of
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
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["Farm tech"]
Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India.["NRFMTTI, Hisar"]
, Govt. of India Department of Technology.["NRFMTTI"]
Govt of India.["Status of farm machinery testing in India"]
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. It is one of the four such institutes established by the Government of India's
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. It had provided training to students hailing from all over India and more than 27 other nations and annual ''Krishi Darshan Expo'' is held at institute in October.
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History
In 1955, for the adoption of mechanized cultivation a Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
initially set up the ''Central Agricultural Machinery Utilization Training Centre'' at Budhni
Budhni, also spelled Budni or Budhani, is a town and a Nagar Palika in Sehore district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated on Bhopal to Narmadapuram road at a distance of 7 km from Narmadapuram in north direction on the ba ...
in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
. Three more
regional Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes were set up at Hisar (1963) for the northern region, Garladinne
Garladinne is a village in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Garladinne mandal in Anantapur revenue division.
Geography
Garladinne is located at . It has an average elevation of 315& ...
in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh (1983) for the southern region and Biswanath Chariali in Assam (1990) for the eastern region.[Annual Report 2014-15]
NRFMTTI.[Annual Report 2013-14]
NRFMTTI. It is most important farm machinery training centre in the state of Haryana.[ It has 153.20 hectares campus. It offers testing, training and workshop in farm machinery. Facilities include farm, ~200 equipment, classrooms, library, rest house (eight bed), dispensary and hostel (150 students).][ It trains nearly 2,000 farmer, managers, academics and students every year.][
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See also
* List of institutions of higher education in Haryana
Universities
Haryana, India has at least 61 functional universities, including eight central university (five Institutes of National Importance (INI), one AIIMS, two general universities and one deemed university), 22 state universities, two ...
* List of universities and colleges in Hisar
* List of agricultural universities and colleges
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* Higher National Agronomic School (French name: Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique)
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References
External links
Official website
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Research institutes in Hisar (city)
Agricultural universities and colleges in Haryana
Universities and colleges in Haryana
Universities and colleges in Hisar (city)
Agriculture in Haryana
1963 establishments in East Punjab
Research institutes established in 1963
Educational institutions established in 1963