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The Gujarat Agricultural University Act of 2004 was passed on May 1, 2004, creating the Navsari Agricultural University (NAU), a renowned educational and farmers' welfare institution in the south of Gujarat. The seven districts of South Gujarat that are under NAU's purview are Surat, Navsari, Bharuch, Valsad, Narmada, Tapi, and Dangs. There are currently ten colleges offering seven bachelor's, forty-five master's, and twenty-six doctoral degree programmes. There are departments for veterinary sciences, agribusiness management, agricultural engineering, agricultural biotechnology, horticulture, forestry, and fisheries science. Additionally, there are 25 research centres spread across 15 locations to conduct need-based studies on the mandated crops, including rice, sugarcane, cotton, sorghum, small millets, mango, banana, sapota, and vegetables.