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Indian agricultural colleges play vital roles in developing agricultural education, research, and innovation. Given the country’s relatively high dependence on agriculture, these institutions have focused on the challenges and opportunities of this sector. As a starting point, the first agricultural college in the country was established in Pune in 1906 to begin formal agriculture education in India. This system has grown up in the last few years, and now there are more than 60 agricultural universities and colleges in the country under both state and central universities. These institutions offer a diversified slew of programs at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels in varied disciplines like agronomy, horticulture, animal husbandry, agricultural engineering, and food technology.

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