Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute

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Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Hisar
TypePublic
Established1963[1]
Parent institution
India Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Academic affiliations
ICAR, UGC
Academic staff
81[2][3]
Location
Hisar
,
Haryana
,
India

29°11′29″N 75°42′00″E / 29.1915°N 75.70°E / 29.1915; 75.70Coordinates: 29°11′29″N 75°42′00″E / 29.1915°N 75.70°E / 29.1915; 75.70
CampusUrban
Websitenrfmtti.gov.in

Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Hisar is a public funded agricultural and farm training and testing institute located at Sirsa road, Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana.[4][5][6][7] It is one of the four such institutes established by the Government of India's Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. It had imparted training to students hailing from all over India and 27+ other nations and annual Krishi Darshan Expo is held at institute in October.[2][3]

History[edit]

In 1955, for the adoption of mechanized cultivation a Government of India initially set up the Central Agricultural Machinery Utilization Training Centre at Budhni in Madhya Pradesh. Three more regional Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes were set up at Hisar (1963) for the northern region, Garladinne in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh (1983) for the southern region and Biswanath Chariali in Assam (1990) for the eastern region.[2][3] It is most important farm machinery training centre in the state of Haryana.[1] 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).[2][4][5][6][7] It trains nearly 2,000 farmer, managers, academics and students every year.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 S. M. Jharwal, R. S. Deshpande, Vijay Paul Sharma, Brajesh Jha, S. A. Ansari, R. P. S. Malik 2007, "Glimpses of Indian Agriculture: Two Volumes, Three Parts", Agro-Economic Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Page 545, ISBN 8171885977.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Annual Report 2014-15, NRFMTTI.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Annual Report 2013-14, NRFMTTI.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Farm tech", Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NRFMTTI, Hisar" Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Govt. of India Department of Technology.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "NRFMTTI", Govt of India.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Status of farm machinery testing in India", United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

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