Farm Machinery Testing Centre, Tavanur

KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY is the primary and the principal instrumentality of the Kerala State in providing human resources, and skills and technology, required for the sustainable development of its agriculture, defined broadly encompassing all production activities based on land and water, including crop production (agriculture), animal husbandry, forestry and fishery through conducting, interfacing and integrating education, research and extension in these spheres of economic endeavour.

KCAET,TAVANUR ,named after " Kerala Gandhi " Sri K. Kelappan, is the seat of the erstwhile Rural Institute established by the Government on India in the year 1963.This institute was taken over by Kerala Agricultural University in 1975.In 1985,this became the headquarters of the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering .With the initiation of B-Tech (Ag.Engg) programs in all area of agricultural engineering. The 100 acre campus on the banks of the river Nila is the witness to education ,research, and extension activities in agricultural engineering. This college is the major stakeholder in policy advocacy in agricultural mechanization for the entire state. 

Farm Machinery Testing Center was inaugurated by Dr.P.Rajendran, Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University on October 21, 2013 at Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Tavanur, Malappuram, Kerala. Farm Machinery Testing Centre serves the purpose of testing and evaluation of various agricultural machineries to provide performance and issuing test reports to the farm machinery manufacturers that would facilitate further improvement in agricultural machinery and also help farmers and Govt. agencies to select quality machines for subsidy purpose. .