Image did not uploaded.

Overview

Farm Management Wing commenced its activities following the establishment of the subcontinent’s oldest agricultural education institution "The Bengal Agricultural Institute" (which was later renamed Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in 2001) in 1938. Initially, the farm's activities were limited to training, demonstration and general cultivation. However, since the university's establishment, it has been operated as a research farm.

Currently, On approximately 14 acres of land under the Central Farm, students from various departments of the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine conduct over 300 research experiments annually across three cropping seasons (Kharif-I, Kharif-II and Rabi) for their MS and PhD programs.

At present, the Farm Management Wing employs 10 officers, 4 staff members and 135 regular (master roll) laborers. In addition to supporting research activities and general farming, these laborers assist various offices, sections, halls and departments of the university as per directives from the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University authority.

Moreover, the Farm Management Wing oversees the operations of the Animal Production Farm and Mini Zoo, Dairy Farm, Poultry Farm, Nursery and Fisheries Farm. It is also responsible for maintaining all flower gardens within the university campus, tree plantation, mosquito control and overall cleanliness activities.

At Present, the section is equipped with 3 tractors, 3 power tillers for field cultivation and 2 trolleys for transporting various materials. In addition, a number of agricultural machineries are available to support ongoing research activities.

Activities

• Conducting research activities for MS and PhD students through the Farm Management Wing of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU).
• Providing advisory support to students regarding their research activities.
• Collecting research materials, verifying input-required and ensuring timely supply.
• Allocating laborers as per the requirements of research plots, inspecting work progress and recording worker's attendance.
• Recording worker attendance in the overseer’s diary and preparing workers' wage bills at the end of each month.
• Supplying, stocking, preserving and maintaining necessary research materials at the farm store.
• Recording all relevant information related to the store.
• Preparing research fields for cultivation using tractors and power tillers, assisting in practical classes on power tiller operation and transporting various goods using trolleys.
• Ensuring irrigation systems in research plots and maintaining and preserving irrigation pumps.
• Collecting, preserving and distributing all official stationery and materials and ensuring smooth functioning of all official activities.
• Preserving all farm files and documents and recording all expenditures in the cash book.
• Selling crops produced on the farm, depositing the proceeds into the university treasury and providing researchers with No Objection Certificates (NOC) following audit.
• Establishing and maintaining flower gardens, landscaping various areas within the SAU campus and preserving and maintaining garden equipment including lawn mowers.
• Implementing activities under different committees, including operation of the Animal Production Farm and Mini Zoo, Nursery, Poultry, Dairy and Fisheries farms, as well as mosquito control programs and tree plantation programs.