Mandate of the Station : Regional Agricultural Research Station (NZ), Pilicode, leads the State wide research activities on its mandatory crops, Coconut, Rice, Cashew, Banana, Mango and Vegetables. The scientists of this station would work with selected villages to understand of farmers' constraints and reactions towards adopting the recommended practices. It is also mandatory to test and evaluate the promising experimental results in farmers' fields under different soil types and climatic conditions prior to their inclusion in package of practices recommendations.