About

RRTTS, Mahisapat, Dhenkanal was established in the year 1990 to cater the location specific agricultural research needs of Mid-Central Table Land Zone of Odisha. This Zone covers the entire district of Dhenkanal, Angul and parts of Cuttack and Jajpur. Its climate is hot and moist sub-humid with mean annual rainfall of 1428.0 mm, mean maximum temperature of 38.7˚C and mean minimum temperature of 14.0 ˚C. The broad soil group of the zone is alluvial, red, lateritic, mixed red & black. Gramin Krushi Mousam Sewa (GKMS) was sanctioned during the year 2008 and started functioning at RRTTS, Mahisapat, Dhenkanal in the year of 2010. All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Sesame operated at the headquarter of OUAT was shifted to RRTTS, Mahisapat in 2017. RRTTS, Mahisapat is situated at District headquarter of Dhenkanal district at 20.62˚ North latitudes and 85.59˚ East longitude.