DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Departmental Information

1) Name of the Department/Office :
2) Office Address :
3) Office Website or E-mail address if any:
4) Computers available in the department(Yes/No),if yes then how many:
5) Name of the Head of the office:
6) Designation:
7) Contact phone No.:
Office:
Residence:
8) Email-Address:
9) Total no. of Employees in the Department:
10) Office employee details as on date :

Name of the Person

Designation

Resi.Address

Contact No.

11) Main Objective, functioning and role of the department for the development of the district:
12) Total no. of schemes implementing in the Department:
13) Name of the Schemes under the Department and status of the schemes as on date:

Sl no.

Name of the scheme

Brief description of the scheme

Sources of Fund(in Rs.)

Fund allocated(in Rs.)

Fund utilized (in Rs.)

Progress of work(in terms of %)

No. of beneficiary if any

Location :

The District is situated in the Brahmaputra Valley Zone of the Assam. It lies between 26.15 degee to 26.5 degree North latitude and 92 to 95.5 degree east longitude.

Climate :
The avarage annual rainfall (1996 to 2000) is 1597.48 mm.The maximum temperature is felt during June- July while the minimum during January.

Basic Agriculture Information :

Agril.Sub-Division	1No.
Agricultural Extention officers Circle	12 Nos.
Village level Extensio Workers Eleka	86 Nos.
Net area sown	81092 Ha.
Average land holding	0.63 Ha.
Croping Intensity	207.52%
Fertilizer consumtion(In terms of Nutrient)	60.58 Kg/Ha
Total Farm families	128075
Major Crops Grown	Paddy,Wheat,Jute,Mustard,Vegetable
Tractors Available	16 Nos.
Power tillers available	249 Nos.
Shollow Tube Well	11103 Nos.
Low lift Pumpset	334 Nos.

Activities :
Main activity of the department is to transmit the technical know how among the farming community through training, demonstration and field visits.

Execution of Scheme :
To support the extension work through production maximisation and poverty alleviation scheme at farmers field level.

Organisational set up :

District Agriculture Officer,Subject Matter Specialist (Dist.Level.) Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer one. Subject Matter Specialist (Sub-Div.level.) one. Agricultural Extention Officer one. Village Level Extention Worker.

Designed by
National Informatics Centre, Morigaon. Published by Deputy Commissioner, Morigaon District, Assam, on behalf of Government of Assam
Telphone: 03678-40225 Fax: 03678-40303 Email: asmmrg@nic.in