ICAR develops 596 high yielding climate resilient crop varieties

An Agriculture Ministry release said that Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed 596 high yielding climate resilient crop varieties/ hybrids of field crops for cultivation in different agro-ecologies of the country during past 3 years.
 
“Developed 51 new equipment/technologies/products and processes; 219 new prototypes for farm machinery/new farm implements; established 51 agro processing centres; and supplied 16500 units of multiplied prototypes, in the frontier areas of agricultural engineering with great potential to increase productivity, reduce drudgery,reduce cost of cultivation, improve value addition, conserve resources, provide alternate means for energy generation,” it noted.
 
The ICAR has demonstrated production potential of new technologies of pulses, oilseed and other crops through 3.21 lakh frontline demonstrations in farmers’ field. Skill development of 40.9 lakh farmers and rural youth and establishment of 150 pulses seed hubs to produce quality seeds of important pulse crops and production of additional quantity of breeder seed of different pulses was undertaken to attain self-sufficiency in pulses.
 
“All these efforts complement the government’s efforts to double the farmers’ income by 2022,” it added.