Welcome to Himachal Pradesh Agriculture Department Official website "We reiterate our commitment and responsibility for rapid economic upliftment of farming community of the state through planned agriculture development. Our strategy for future would be towards sustainable agriculture and production, improvement in productivity and quality".
The Department of Agriculture was established in the year 1948.In 1950, it was merged with Forest Department.The Department started functioning independently in the year 1952. In 1970, Horticulture was carved out of the Department of Agriculture and separate Department of Horticulture was established. The agriculture research was also taken out from Agriculture Department and was assigned to Agriculture Complex now Agriculture University, Palampur. The Department of Agriculture is therefore now concentrating on agriculture production and soil water conservation.