Integrated Farming Systems Research Station, Karamana

Integrated Farming Systems Research Station (IFSRS) is located at Nedumcaud, Karamana, 3.0 km south east of Thiruvananthapuram Central railway and bus stations. The station has an area of 7.65 ha of which 6.25 ha is double cropped wet land and 1.40 ha garden land. The centre established in 1955 as Model Agronomic Research Station was upgraded as Cropping System Research Centre (CSRC) in 1989. Later, renamed as IFSRS in 2017, in view of modified mandate and various activities on integrated farming. The major mandates of the station include development and validation of region specific integrated farming system (IFS) models for enhanced system productivity, profitability and sustainability and undertaking research, training, extension and developmental activities on various aspects of urban and peri urban agriculture.