CIAE Research Farm

Total farm area of the Institute is 92.66 ha.

Distribution of land and under different categories are given below:

S. No.
1	Crop cultivation	27.20 ha
2	Orchards	11.50 ha
3	Water harvesting ponds	10.50 ha
4	Degraded waste land	5.84 ha
5	Sports complex	3.40 ha
6	Roads, Residential and non-residential buildings	34.42 ha
7	Meteorological observatory	0.30 ha

The activities of farm is managed by (a) Farm Production & Field Research Management Section (b) Landscaping, gardening and horticulture section.

Meteorological Observatory

Agro meteorological observatory of the Institute is located 77024’10''E longitude and 23018’35''N latitude at an elevation of 498.7 m from mean sea level. Monsoon in Bhopal normally sets in on 15th June and withdraws by 30th September. Relative humidity in morning hours varies from 37 to 98% while in afternoon it varies from 13to 85% with highest of 100%. The highest weekly mean, pan evaporation and the highest weekly mean of Bright Sun Sine (BSS) are also measured and used in various applications.