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Long Term Strategy to Increase Production and Productivity in Agriculture Sector

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) formulated long term strategies to increase production, productivity and quality of food crops through development of high yielding stress tolerant varieties suited to different agro-climatic conditions of the country. A total of 371 high yielding varieties/ hybrids of different food crops developed by the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) during the last five years (2009-10 to 2013-14).

   

The various crop production technologies are being promoted under Crop Development Programmes like National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) for increasing production, productivity and quality of food crops.

As has been informed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 20^th March 2015 by Minister of State for Agriculture, Shri Mohanbhai Kundaria, various issues like Need to revisit the standard of milk in terms of its fat & solid not fat (SNF) content, revision of the existing practices/protocols with modern interventions, enhancing the shelf life of milk and milk products, low cost processing and packaging technologies for small scale fish producers were discussed in the twelfth Agriculture Science Congress held at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. The detailed recommendations are under compilation and will be for forwarded to implementing agencies of Government.

The ICAR initiated a network project on “National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture” (NICRA) in 2011 aiming at enhancing climate resilience of Indian Agriculture through strategic research, technology demonstrations, capacity building and sponsored/competitive grant projects. The research on adaptation and mitigation covers crops, livestock, fisheries and natural resource management.

Government of India is also implementing National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) from 2014-15. The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture aims at making Agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by promoting location specific integrated/composite farming system; soil and moisture conservation measures; comprehensive soil health management; effective water management practices and mainstreaming rain fed technologies.