The College of Agriculture, Junagadh started functioning in the month of June 1960. The college was affiliated with Gujarat University, Ahmedabad from its inception till the year 1967. Subsequently, on the inception of Saurashtra University in 1968 at Rajkot, the affiliation was transferred to it. The Gujarat Agricultural University was established in February 1972 with the Statewide mandate for the triple function of Agricultural Education, Research, and Extension Education. For strengthening these activities at the regional level, the Gujarat Agricultural University is separated into four different Agricultural Universities in the State by Gujarat Agricultural University Act-2004. Junagadh Agricultural University is one of them, which came into existence on 1st May 2004. The university represents ten districts viz., Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath, and Morbi are historically known as Saurashtra, covering about 32.82 percent area of the Gujarat State. The region is endowed with 788 km of sea coast stretching all along from the gulf in the northwest through the Arabian Sea in the South up to the Gulf of Cambay in the east. The university is functioning in a typical Arid and Semi-Arid type climate in the state. Hence, drought, erratic rainfall, low fertility, and salinity ingress are the major constraints limiting the productivity and prosperity of agriculture in this region. The major crops grown in the region are oilseeds (groundnut, sesame, castor), cotton, bajra, wheat, and spices followed by mango and sapota among fruits. Saurashtra is the home of a famous breed of cattle, cow (Gir), buffalo (Jafrabadi), goat (Zalawadi), and horse (Kathi).