About

The Regional Research Station, Chiplima was established in the year 1978 to cater to the location specific agricultural research need of the West Central Table Land agroclimatic zone which spread over the districts of Bargarh, Bolangir, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Jharsuguda.

The total geographical area of this zone is 17.19 lakh ha out of which 56.9% is the net sown area. The cropping intensity of this zone been raised to 156% in recent years against 163% in Hirakud Command Area. Irrigation potential of this zone is around 30 per cent. The principal crop of the zone is rice (55.6%) followed by pulses like green gram and black gram; oilseeds like groundnut and sesamum and vegetables like brinjal, okra, pointed gourd, cole crops, chilli and onion.

This zone experiences a warm and warm humid climate. The temperature varies from as low as 90C to as high as 44.20C. The mean maximum and the mean minimum temperatures of 40.50 C and 130C are recorded during the months of May and December, respectively. The station receives rain from southwest monsoon with mean annual rainfall of 1426.2 mm of which 86.5% is in monsoon months (June-September) and 6.9% in post monsoon (October-January) and 6.7% in pre-monsoon (February-May) period.

The Regional Research Station, Chiplima was renamed towards the later part of 1998 as Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station (RRTTS), thus expanding its scope for technology transfer. The Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station is situated at 20021’ N Latitude and 80055’E longitude in Dhankauda block of Sambalpur district at an altitude of 178.8 m above MSL. The total geographical area of the station is 90 ha of which 40 ha (20 ha upland, 8 ha medium land and 12 ha low land) is under cultivation.