INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION PATTAMBI

Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi (RARS Pattambi) is a research station under the Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University, situated at Pattambi in Palakkad district, Kerala, India. Founded in 1927, it was renamed Agricultural Research Station in 1930, then Central Rice Research Station in 1962. Kerala Agricultural University took over the station in 1971, and it was upgraded to RARS status in 1981, becoming the headquarters of the university's Central Zone. In 2013, the Zonal Research Extension Advisory Committee met at the station to recommend new crop varieties and integrated pest, disease, and weed management packages. Around 54 high-yielding rice varieties have been developed here. The station runs 85 ongoing research projects, including AICRIP, AICRP on Arid Legumes, AICRP on Long Term Fertilizer Experiments, and various national programmes on seed production and watershed development. Current research covers rice breeding, pulses, and vegetables. It has multiple units such as a Farm Unit, Rice Museum, Dairy Unit, and Seed Testing Laboratory, along with divisions spanning crop improvement, crop management, plant protection, and social sciences. The station's land resources total 44.97 hectares, comprising low lands, palliyals, and garden lands.