Title : Case Study 2 (Live) : College of Agriculture, Indore

i) Introduction
 The reason for taking this case study is due to :

 To understand needs of the college in other climatic conditions.

 To study the small scale institute and its functionality at that scale.

 Explain the thought and aims of the organization (people) who :

- Indore, situated in the heart of Malwa, enjoys the status of an “educational and
industrial Capital of Madhya Pradesh”. To initiate and strengthen agricultural
research and development in Malwa and Nimar regions, the Institute of Plant
Industry came into existence in the year 1924. Later on, in the year 1959, the
Government College of Agriculture was established with the Institute of Plant
Industry.
- The college is functioning for Teaching, Research and Extension in Agriculture,
covering Malwa Plateau and Jhabua Hills Agro-climatic Zones.

iii) Description

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iv) Analysis
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v) Conclusion
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, INDORE

The college is functioning for Teaching, Research and Extension in Agriculture, covering Malwa Plateau and Jhabua Hills Agro-climatic
Zones.

The B.Sc. (Ag) degree programme is running with intake capacity of 60 seats, with an additional 22 payment seats and 10 per cent
seats for NRIs and foreign nationals.

The M.Sc. (Ag) degree programme is being run in the eight departments viz. Agronomy, Agril. Economics, Entomology Extension
Education, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, and Horticulture with eight seats in each department.

The Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Experiential Learning has been introduced as innovative programmes in UG curriculum.

The college has facilities of library and e-library with log-in facility to CeRA, college dairy catering to milk needs of staff and students, a
college dispensary with sanitized treatment facilities, 2 boys’ and 2 girls’ hostels inhabiting 140 boys and 109 girls, a Sports Complex having
Indoor, outdoor games and Gym. facilities, agro-meteorological facilities, NCC and NSS programmes, ARIS cell with internet connections for
staff and students, PG computer labs, two well-furnished Conference halls equipped with AV facilities, a large auditorium, a big examination
hall etc. The UG and PG class rooms and seminar halls are well equipped with multimedia facilities

Centralized lab. Facilities with the most sophisticated and advanced equipment has been developed for plant molecular biology and tissue
culture work. Also, facilities of poly-house with controlled conditions under Hi-tech Horticulture and tissue culture and mushroom laboratory
have been generated.

The College is running a placement cell. In last five years it has placed about 189 students under the public sector, 375 students under
private sector and 07 students could dare to start their own enterprise. This cell is not only imparting personality and skill development
trainings but also preparing students for the interviews and other competitive exams.

The college is also maintaining a College farm with 69.74 ha under cultivation. It is responsible for nucleus and breeder seed production
of major crops viz., Soybean, sorghum, maize, pigeon pea, Cotton, safflower, gram, wheat etc.

Malwa Plateau Zone of Indore has been designated as the lead centre for management of black soils in kharif, technology generation in
sorghum, safflower, cotton, pulses, rain fed farming, salinity and alkalinity in black soils, medicinal and aromatic plants, cropping systems,
recycling of farm and city waste; Verification Centre for pigeon-pea, chickpea, linseed, soybean, forages, cotton and potato and Testing
Centre for wheat and the Jhabua Hills Zone has been regarded as the Verification Centre for maize, rice, pulses, oilseeds, pearl millets,
sorghum, farming system, Horticulture, vegetables, Tuber crops and low input animal production technology.

Nine All India Coordinated Research Projects are running of which two have been concluded. Besides, this centre had 14 projects under the
NATP programme and 20 ad-hoc Research projects which have been concluded by delivering the technologies as per the mandate

New Research Projects like Hi-tech Horticulture, a Soil Health Card Project and two Ad-dhoc projects on cotton entitled “G.
barbadense cotton with improved fiber quality to meet requirement of textile industry” and “Identification of innovative Bt. cotton based
cropping system” have been awarded to this centre.

The cotton variety RAJ VIJAY KAPAS 67 ( IH 67) has been released by State Release Committee, The variety is suitable for
cultivation under dryland conditions, with more staple length, tolerant to sucking insects and is a high yielding variety.

The Centre has developed 31 varieties in various crops including11 varieties in cotton, 06 varieties in safflower, 04 varieties and 02 hybrids in
sorghum, 06 varieties in pulses, 01 each in triticale, maize, medicinal plants and aromatic plants.
High yielding Sorghum hybrids CSH-18, its parents IMS-9A and IMS-9 B and Restorer Indore 12 were developed at ALL India Coordinated
Sorghum Improvement Project running at CoA Indore. The Hybrid CSH-18 was patented and its certificate was given by the then Agricultural
Minister to the Sorghum Breeder in 2008.

The improved Sorghum varieties JJ-1041, 741 and 938 were registered in NBPGR, New Delhi in the year 2008.

The new dual purpose sorghum variety Raj Vijay Jowar 1862 has been released for cultivation in MP. The variety is tolerant to
diseases and high yielding ( Grain 40 Qtl./ha and straw 118 Qtl./ha

Most efficient, economic viable and sustainable crop production and protection technologies have been developed for all the mandatory crops.

The Dry land Agriculture Research Project has evolved suitable cost effective eco friendly technologies for increasing crop production
under dry land conditions through integrated natural resources management for Malwa Plateau.

The Cropping System Research Project (now named as Integrated Farming Systems) has developed sustainable, feasible,
economically viable and resource efficient sequential and intercropping systems for different agro-climatic regions and improved the nutrient
use efficiency in cropping systems through the use of modified carriers, amendments and exploitation of residual effects.

The Project of Management of Salt Affected Soils and use of saline water in Agriculture has surveyed and characterized the salt
affected black soils of the State of M.P. and Gujarat, evaluated the various amendments for reclamation, screened the crops capacity for
salinity tolerance, proposed technologies for the management of salt affected black clay soils and monitored the ground water salinity and its
use.

Indore is the only centre in MP for All India Coordinated Research Project on safflower. This centre has released first spiny variety
JSF 1 during 1984 when the AICRP system was not in existence. The AICRP system came into existence during 1986. Later on, centre has
concentrated to develop the spineless variety. Accordingly released JSI 7 spineless variety which is thin, hulled and suitable for situation when
moisture is the limiting factor and recommended for commercial cultivation just after the harvesting of soybean. Other varieties developed
and released from this centre are JSI 73, (spineless) JSI 97 (spineless) and JSI 99 (semi spiny and dwarf) Soybean- safflower
cropping systems is a most profitable sequence under rain fed conditions, Safflower can be sown in the last week of September just after
harvesting of Urd and Moong when the temperature is quite high and other rabi crops cannot be sown. Two rows of safflower with six rows of
chickpea or linseed intercropping was found beneficial. Safflower oil is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid 78%) play an important
role in reducing blood cholesterol level in our body.

Efforts to bridge the yield gap between the researchers’ and farmers’ fields the generated technologies are being disseminated through
Front line demonstrations, adaptive trials, conduction of field day, crop day, farmers’ day, farmers’ fair, farmers’ field visits, press and
electronic media and training programmes/induction programme/orientation programmes etc. are being organized to educate the various
stakeholders.

Five KVKs at Dewas, Dhar, Ujjain, Shajapur and Jhabua are functioning as innovative science based organizations under the jurisdiction
of College and are efficiently disseminating the agricultural technologies to the farmers of the region.

Indore is situated in Malwa region and is considered as an educational and industrial capital of Madhya Pradesh. With a view to strengthen
agricultural research and development in Malwa and Nimar regions the Institute of Plant Industry (IPI) came into existence in the year 1924.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, INDORE

Later on Govt. College of Agriculture was established with the merger of IPI in 1959 and became a prestigious campus of Jawaharlal Nehru
Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, since 1964. Recently, it became a constituent unit of newly established Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi
Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, in the year 2008.
AGROCLIMATIC CHARACTERS
The area under the domain of College of Agriculture, Indore has two typical agro-climatic regions viz., The Malwa Plateau (Agro-climatic
Region X) and The Jhabua Hills (Agro -climatic Region XII). These agro-climatic regions fall in the Agro Climatic Zone V which has central
highlands physiography with medium to deep black soils, semi-arid climate (rainfall 500-1000mm) and 90-120 days growing period.
MAJOR CROPS
The major crops grown in the Malwa Plateau are soybean, sorghum, pigeon-pea, maize; gram, wheat etc. whereas the major crops of the
Jhabua Hills are maize, sorghum. urid, mung, pigeon pea, smaller millets, niger horse gram, rice, gram etc. There is no perennial source of
irrigation the area has only 20-30% irrigation through open and tube wells or lift irrigation, thus the dominating feature of the agriculture is
rainfed.

TEACHING

 The college is functioning for Teaching, Research and Extension in Agriculture, covering Malwa Plateau and Jhabua Hills Agro-
Climatic Zones.
 The B.Sc. (Ag.) degree programme is running with intake capacity of 60 seats, with an additional 22 payment seats and 10 per
cent seats for NRIs and foreign nationals.
 The PG programme is being run in the eight departments Viz., Agronomy, AgrI.Economics, Entomology, Extension Education,
Genetics & Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, and Horticulture with eight seats in each department.
 Rural Agricultural work Experience and Experiential learning have been introduced as innovative programmes in UG curriculum.
 The one year diploma course in organic farming have recently been introduced at this campus

AVAILABLE FACILITIES

 The college has log-in facility to CeRA in the library.

  College dairy catering to milk needs of staff and students.
 College dispensary with sanitized treatment facilities,
 Hostels (2 boys' and 2 girls') inhabiting 140 boys and 109 girls,
 Sports Complex having Indoor, outdoor games and Gym facilities,
 Agro-meteorological facilities,
 NCC and NSS programmes,
 ARIS cell with internet connections for both staff and students and a separate PG computer lab.
 Two well- furnished Conference halls equipped with AV facilities and a large auditorium.
 A big examination hall with the seating capacity of 200 students.
 One smart class room of UG with interactive board and LCD projection.
 The UG and PG class rooms and seminar halls are well equipped with Multimedia facilities
 Lab. Facilities with the most sophisticated and advanced equipment has been developed for plant molecular biology Poly-house
with controlled conditions under Hi-tech Horticulture and tissue culture laboratory.
 Laboratory for tissue culture work.

PLACEMENT CELL
The College is running a placement cell. In last five years it has placed about 189 students under the public sector, 375 students under
private sector and 07 students could start their own enterprise. This cell is not only imparting personality and skill development training but
also preparing students for the interviews and other competitive exams.

CULTURAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES

The college has won sahitya Kala Shiromani (2007-08), Lalit Kala Shiromani and Sangeet Kala Shiromani (2010-11) and and was winner for
solo singing (2007-08, 2008-09), group dance (2009-10) The college has won gold medal in Theatre (Natya Shiromani) and Dance in the
year 2011-12 and 12-13.
The college was declared winner in Badminton ( 10-11, 12-13, 13-14) Table Tennis (08-09, 09-10 to 2013-14, Carrom 10-11, 11-12, 12-13
Chess 09-10 To 12-13, Volley Ball 09-10 To 12-13, Kho Kho 10-11, Kabaddi 08-09.

CONSULTANCY SERVICES
As per the norms of the Vishwa Vidyalaya this college is offering consultancy services on payment basis for resource generation. The
beneficiaries, state Govt., Pvt. Sectors, NGOs, and Progressive Farmers are utilizing these services to uplift the status of their projects
COLLEGE FARM
The college is maintaining a farm covering an area of about 143 ha. out of which 69.74 ha. is put under cultivation. It is responsible for
nucleus and breeder seed production of major crops viz., Soybean, Sorghum, Maize, Pigeon pea, Cotton, Safflower, Gram, Wheat etc.

The college has total 59 hectare land, of which 20-acre has been earmarked for the new court’s complex. On this 20
acre, very vital research projects are going on for past 26 years which will go to waste if this land is allocated for
construction of the court complex,” Singh told reporters.
Starting Year:
2017
Land Area Affected (in ha):
8.09
Sector/Type of Industry:
Education
Reasons/Nature of Land Conflict:
Infrastructure
 Architects

Canvas Arquitectos

 Location

Salamanca, Spain

 Collaborators Architects

Marta Gonzalez Antón, Iñigo Pericacho Sánchez, Jesús Domínguez Miñambres, Carmen Figueiras Lorenzo, Jaime Pérez Linares,

Claudia Henao Ocampo, Miguel Angel Zarzoso, Luis Ferreira Villar, Eduardo Dorado Díaz, Iñigo Pericacho Sánchez

 Client

Fundacion Parque Cientifico Usal

 Contractor

Dragados

 Area

4800.0 sqm

 Photographs
This laboratory is meant for research and experimentation in farming and plant maintenance. It has the infrastructure required to conduct

research related to agricultural activities in the field of physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of plants, fungus and

microorganisms.
The site is part of a bigger area of environmental interest close to the river Tormes. We therefore propose an intervention in which the

architecture is not imposed but rather becomes part of the territory. We intend to rethink the existing terrain into a new transformed

landscape and discover a hidden morphology in the site through the activation of the current topography. Working on it emerged a series

of folds and movements that have defined a landscape in which is recognized the former one.

The new building emerge in the landscape distancing itself from a housing environment without a clear order, with different shapes and

indiscriminate occupation. The topographic redevelopment of the site lead to two levels: in the upper, with the entrance from the street,

the building is hidden in the landscape, while the lower level opens onto the river, separating from the ground by piles that isolate the

construction of possible floods.

The educational program is located in a representative volume that occupies the upper level of the access. The research program and

support facilities occupy an elongated half-buried volume that gives access to different nuanced services through an interior street. The

laboratories are situated in four cubes on piles, guiding their views to the river and being separated in such a way to allow a sequenced

view to the river bank from the common area.

The relationship between the volumes of the laboratories and the one containing the educational program set up a wide compositional

sequence allied to the cadence of the vegetation and topography of the bank, which helps the building to integrate itself into the

landscape. The highest level of the plot has direct access to the didactic and administrative program, and from the lower it is possible to

enter the building through the laboratory areas. Their support zones are virtually buried by ensuring appropriate insulation.
In the closest area to the river there are a number of greenhouses connected by a path outside, inside them is particularly suitable the

research related to the agrobiotechnology. The research area is reached after crossing the pronounced cut of the slab that supports the

roof garden, a ramp guides you to the hall and the interior street that goes across and articulate the whole.

Through a glass wall protected by the eaves of the roof garden, light flows in this elongated and complex space that, despite undergoing

the strictness demanded by the functional program, is energized with ramps and galleries that give way to the platforms of the different

laboratory volumes, the exit zone or the teaching building; this varied sequence receives more interest having as a background reference

the dense layer of trees and river water.

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The most complex operation performed is on the ground, and special attention has been taken in order to ensure that once realized it will

barely be perceived. The architecture is clear and easily understandable, seeks a flexible and versatile scheme, able to solve the

appearance of new programs that will necessarily be incorporated into the research complex.

One of the aims of the proposal is to get permeability and transparency between building and landscape, in order to obtain this, a light

multilayer facade system is used, resulting in a variable density filter that meets both the heat and sunlight needs as well as the necessary

privacy.
The construction was entrusted to systems that simplified the complexity of the building and eased the execution phase. The building is

separated from the ground and supported on piles, the materiality of the structure is revealed throughout the entire building, establishing

a heavy and steady world. On the contrary the facade systems are light, dry mounted to exhibit their temporary and removable character.

A gallery of accessible facilities under the slabs runs the building all the way long. This infrastructure can solve the maintenance and

further introduction of new services and technology. This solution avoids ceilings that would hide the structure and blur the proposal.
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