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Details of State Information Officers and Assistant Public Information Officers

     

   This department deals with the formulation and implementation of various programmes to augment production of both food crops and cash crops in the State. It undertakes activities among farmers to promote scientific methods of cultivation plant protection etc. and also arranges the supply of high yielding varieties of seeds, seedlings, planting materials and plant protection chemicals to farmers. The department also formulates policies and programmes relating to provision of credit to farmers. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension are three important functions of the department. It runs agricultural farms and also has an engineering wing.

       The Director of Agriculture is the head of the Department. The department has offices at the regional, district and Panchayat levels. It has a presence in all the village panchayat through Krishi Bhavans.

       There is a directorate of soil conservation which has a soil conservation wing and soil survey wing. They undertake investigation preparation, and execution of all the soil conservation work.

       The Agriculture department is headed by Agriculture Production Commissioner and under him there is a Secretary Agriculture and Secretary Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development. There are separate field departments for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development

Address of Important Authorities
Director of Agriculture	Directorate of Agriculture Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - 33	2304480 Fax: 306219	diragri@vsnl.net krishidir@hotmail.com
Addl. Director of Agriculture(CP)	Directorate of Agriculture Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - 33	2302619
Addl. Director of Agriculture (H)	Directorate of Agriculture Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - 33	2304741
Addl. Director of Agriculture (Plg)	Directorate of Agriculture Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - 33	2304687
Addl. Director of Agriculture	Directorate of Agriculture (Bio Gas) Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - 33	2301348
Directorate of Agriculture (Annexe)	General Hospital road Statue Thiruvananthapuram
Addl. Director of Agriculture (Marketing)	Thiruvananthapuram	2476536
State Agriculture Engineer	Directorate of Agriculture Vikas Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram - 33	2306748
Principal Agricultural Officer	II Floor, Mini Civil Station Todupuzha, Idukki	2222428 Fax: 2222428	paoidk@hotmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Civil Station, Kakkanadu, Ernakulam	2422224 Fax: 2422224	paoekm@hotmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Sakthan Arcade Thrissur-680001	2444297 Fax: 2444297	jda.tsr@gmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Civil Station, Palakkad Pin: 678 001	2527075	paopkd@hotmmmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Up Hill, Malappuram, Pin: 676 505	2734916	paomlm@hotmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Civil Station, Kozhikode Pin: 673 020	2370897 Fax: 2370897	paokzd@hotmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Kalpetta, Wayanad Pin: 673 122	2602506	paowyd@hotmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Civil Station, Kannur Pin: 670 002	2706154	Paoknr@hotmail.com
Principal Agricultural Officer	Civil Station, A- Block, Vidyanagar, Kasargod Pin: 671 123	2430346 Fax: 2430346	paoksd@hotmail.com
Laboratories
A. Quality Control Laboratories (1 No)
Pesticide Testing Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram2. Fertilizer Quality Control Laboratory Parattukonam, Thiruvananthapuram(b) Pattambi, Palakkad
B. Seed Testing Laboratories (2 Nos)
Alappuzha2. Thiruvananthapuram
C. Soil Testing Laboratories

(a). Stationary Sl.No District Stationed at
1. Thiruvananthapuram- Parottukonam	8. Palakkad- Pattambi
2. Kollam -Kollam	9. Malappuram -Malappuram
3. Alappuzha -Kalarakode	10. Kozhikode -Thikkodi
4. Kottayam- Ettumannur	11. Waynad- Mananthavady
5. Idukki -Thodupuzha	12. Kannur- Thaliparamba
6. Ernakulam -Vytilla	13. Pathanamthitta -Pandalam
7. Thrissur- Thrissur	14. Kasargode -Kasargode

b. Mobile Laboratories	D. Agmark Grading Laboratories
1. Thiruvananthapuram	1. Thiruvananthapuram
2. Kollam	2. Kollam
3. Alappuzha	3. Alappuzha
4. Kottayam	4. Kottayam
5. Thrissur	5. Ernakulam
6. Palakkad	6. Thrissur
7. Malappuram	7. Palakkad
8. Kozhikode	8. Kozhikode
9. Kannur	9. Kannur
	10. Pathanamthitta
5. Sales Cum Service Depots (8 Nos)	6. Parasite Breeding Stations
1. Thiruvananthapuram	1. Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram
2. Kollam	2. Kollam Kureepuzha
3. Alappuzha	3. Alappuzha Kalarcode
4. Kottayam	4. Kottayam Kottayam
5. Ernakulam	5. Ernakulam Vytilla
6. Thrissur	6. Thrissur Irinjalakuda
7. Palakkad	7. Malappuram Manchery
8. Kozhikode	8. Kozhikode Tikkodi
	9. Kasargode Nileswar
7. Regional Agricultural Technology Training Centres	8. Farmers Training Centres
1. Kazhakkuttom, Thiruvananthapuram District	1. Alathur , Palakkad District, [To be shifted to Pathanamthitta
2. Kozha, Kottayam District	2. Farokke , Kozhikode District
3. Vytilla, Ernakulam District	9. Engineering Officers
4. Malampuzha, Palakkad District	a). Regional Executive Engineers' Offices
5. Thaliparamba, Kannur District	1. Kalarcode , Alappuzha District
	2. Kuthiravattom Kozhikode District
	b). RTT Centres
	1. Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram District.

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