Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur

Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur (MP) was established on 1st October, 1964, by the Government of Madhya Pradesh under Act 1964 (No. 15 of 1964). JNKVV is cent percent Government funded State Agricultural University, implementing government funded research projects for agricultural development in the State of Madhya Pradesh. With the assistance of the State Government established the biggest multi-campus university at Jabalpur, in the heart of India, named after the architect of modern India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru based on the recommendations of Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) on the concept of Establishment of Agricultural University. An approach was envisaged to narrowed down the gap between the experts and farmers through the Joint Indo-American Team on Agricultural Research and Education in 1954-55 and 1959-60 on the patterns of Land Grant Colleges of USA. On October 1, 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV) came into existence and was inaugurated by the then Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Smt. Indira Gandhi.

The Central Administrative Office of the University is located about 7 km North of Jabalpur town on National Highway 7. The University was created by transferring the six Government colleges of Agriculture, two colleges of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry and 26 Research Stations under an act of Madhya Pradesh Legislature passed in 1963 and the statutes were framed.

The University had to part with the creation of sister universities Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur, Chhattisgarh in 1987, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, M.P. in 2008 and Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinay Science University, Jabalpur, M.P. in 2009.

At present, the University holds an area of about 1544 ha of land. The area under the University jurisdiction contains alluvial, deep black, medium black, shallow and light black, mixed red and black, mixed red and yellow and skeletal or gravelly soil. It is low to medium in available nitrogen and phosphorus, and medium to high in available potassium.

The University is serving 25 districts of Madhya Pradesh through 7 Colleges of Agriculture (Jabalpur, Rewa, Tikamgarh, Ganjbasoda, Powarkheda, Waraseoni and Khurai); one College of Horticulture (Rehli); one College of Agricultural Engineering (Jabalpur); one Horticultural Vocational Education Institute and Dryland Horticultural Research & Training Centre (Garhakota, Sagar), 4 Zonal Agricultural Research Stations (Jabalpur, Powarkheda, Tikamgarh and Chhindwara), 4 Regional Agricultural Research Stations (Rewa, Sagar, Dindori and Waraseoni), 4 Agricultural Research Stations (Naugaon, Garahakota, Sousar and Tendini) and 20 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Sagar, Damoh, Panna, Betul, Rewa, Singrauli, Harda, Shahdol, Annupur, Umaria, Katni, Narsinghpur, Badgaon, Seoni, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Mandla, and Dindori) , spread over seven agro-climatic Zones. Two new Colleges of Agriculture (Panna & Chhindwara) sanctioned and in the process of establishment.