animal husbandry, sheep husbandry and sericulture. The university operates on the Land-Grant College concept following the Model Act of SAUs evolved by ICAR. It is a multicampus university. It is a matter of great satisfaction that extremely incoherent and stagnated research infrastructure, an initial customary educational base and non-existent extension education services have given way to an organised institution of SKUAST, which has taken over the responsibility of supporting the state in its effort to develop its agricultural economy in agriculture and allied sectors. There is no doubt that SKUAST has developed faster than many agricultural universities in the country. In 1998–99, the territorial jurisdiction of the university was redefined by amending the SKUAST Act 1982 under which a separate agriculture university was established for Jammu Division and named as Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J). Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir has jurisdiction over Kashmir Valley and Ladakh comprising two agro-ecological zones. These include Mid-high altitude temperate zone namely the Kashmir Valley covering the districts of Anantnag, Budgam, Baramullah, Pulwama, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Srinagar which has annual precipitation of 660 to 1400 mm with an average temperature around 13 °C and the altitude ranging between 1500 and 2500 m amsl. Cold-arid region of Ladakh comprising the districts of Leh and Kargil which are cold desert with precipitation around 100–120 mm and altitude 2500–5300 m amsl and temperature fluctuating between +40 to -40 °C. Faculties The faculties of the university include the following: Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura (Sopore), Baramulla. Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Srinagar. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Shuhama, Srinagar. Faculty of Sericulture, Mirgund, Baramulla (now renamed as College of Temperate Sericulture) Faculty of Fisheries, Ganderbal. Faculty of Forestry, Benhama, Ganderbal. College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Shalimar, Srinagar Furthermore, there are KVKs (Krishi Vighan Kendras) in every district which are affiliated with the university. References External links Official website Agricultural universities and colleges in India Universities in Jammu and Kashmir Education in Srinagar Agriculture in Jammu and Kashmir