The Farm structures department provides a comfortable and conducive environment to plants, animals, farmers, machinery, and equipment. It provides shelter and favorable environment for the preservation of quality and quantity of plants and crops, increases the productivity of animals and farmers, and ensure safety and good working condition of machinery and equipment.
The department has contributed significantly to agriculture in providing better housing, improvement in transportation and communication respectively, provision of modern conveniences and recreational facilities for a good standard of living and working conditions of the farmers. Also, farm structure has brought improvement in the productivity of livestock and reduction in post-harvest loss through improvement in animal houses and adequate storage facilities respectively.