The Regional Agricultural Research Station at Ambalavayal coordinates and provides research support for Agriculture in the High Range zone (Wayanad and Idukki districts and Nelliyampathy area of Palakkad district). Cardamom Research Station at Pampadumpara, Idukki district, is a substation of RARS Ambalavayal. The main mandates include
1. Research on pepper and pepper-based cropping in high ranges, cool-season vegetables, hill paddy, subtropical fruits and tree spices, coffee-based cropping system
2. Soil and water management in the high-range zone farming
