FARMING

MSAMB has 150 Acres of land at Talegaon Dabhade, near Pune, which is being used for training and demonstration purpose. This land is divided into two farms known as Main Farm and Gillbill Patti. The details of these two farms are as follows.

Particulars	Main Farm	Gillbill Patti	Total
Cultivable Area	30 Acre	24 Acre	54 Acre
Uncultivable Area	28 Acre	11 Acre	39 Acre
Area Under Lake	42 Acre	---	42 Acre
Area Under HTC Project	---	15 Acre	15 Acre
Total Area	100 Acre	50 Acre	150 Acre

Main Farm

The total area under main farm is 100 acre, out of which 42 acre is under natural lake, which is used for acqua culture and irrigation. In 30 acre cultivable area, main crops grown are sugarcane, paddy and wheat.

Gillbill Patti

The total area under Gillbill Patti farm is 50 acre, out of which 15 acres is under international Horticulture Training Center. 24 Acres under horticultural crops, viz, 10 acre Guava, 2 acre Sapota, 8 acre Mango, 1 acre Aonla, 1 acre Coconut, 2 acre Tamarind are planted.

Government Nursury

Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board has started Govt. Nursury for fruit crops st Talegaon to get quality planting in reasonable rate for the growers.