Skip to main content
Knowledge4Policy
Knowledge4Policy (K4P)

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

  • Publication | 2021
Global Food and Nutrition Security

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.

Resources
More information and links
Authors
A. Lalitha, K.S. Purnima, K. Gurava Reddy, Suresh Babu, A. Sambaiah
Geographic coverageIndia
Available from

10 Jan 2022

Knowledge service | MetadataGlobal Food and Nutrition Security | Food crises and food and nutrition security | Agricultural extension services
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)rural developmentuniversityresearchagricultural production
Related reading
PUBLICATION | 15 Sep 2026
Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050
Highlights: IFPRI’s Outlook for Agricultural systems outlines global long-term projections to 2050, evaluating how yield advances, demand shifts, and environmental pressures impact global...
More
Privacy statements, terms and conditions.
You will be directed to the EU Login website where you can login/register as a user. Once connected, your credentials (First name, last name, username, email) will be registered in Knowledge4policy as part of your profile, which will allow you to get involved in all Knowledge4policy communities (help is available).
You are leaving EUROPA

You are about to navigate to an external website. Please note that we are not responsible for its content.