About The Department

The Department was created in the year 2014 since the starting of the College of Horticulture and Farming System Research. 

Vision

Providing quality education in plant protection to produce quality human resource to cater the need of sustainable plant protection specifically in the horticultural crops in the state in particular and the country in general. To update the department as knowledge hub on plant protection, supply of bio-inputs to the farmers and entrepreneurship development through mushroom cultivation.

Mission

Producing efficient man power having knowledge in the advances in plant protection technologies so as to play a major role in the adoption of Integrated Pest Management in the horticultural crops and also available as resourceful manpower in implementing different government schemes in the state.  Conducting need-based research on plant protection in horticultural crops.

Objectives

i. To produce efficient manpower to meet the demand of human resource for implementing different project by the Govt. of Assam.

ii.  To facilitate adoption of various technologies of integrated pest management for horticultural crops in the state.

iii. To supply bio-inputs like biopesticides to the growers of the region and mushroom spawn for doubling farmers income through mushroom farming.