Annual Report 2001-2002, in Which Multiple Activities of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Are Highlighted
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DARE/ICARDARE/ICAR AnnualAnnual ReportReport 2001-20022001-2002 Department of Agricultural Research Indian Council of and Education Agricultural Research Ministry of Agriculture New Delhi Government of India Indian Council of Agricultural Research President Shri Nitish Kumar (Up to 22.7.2001) Minister of Agriculture Shri Ajit Singh (Since 23.7.2001) Minister of Agriculture Vice-President Dr Debendra Pradhan (Up to 1.9.2001) Minister of State (AH&D & DARE) Director-General Dr R S Paroda (Up to 14.8.2001) Secretary Department of Agricultural Research and Education Shri J N L Srivastava (15.8.2001 to 3.10.2001) Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Dr Panjab Singh (Since 4.10.2001) Secretary Department of Agricultural Research and Education Secretary Smt Shashi Misra (Since 22.2.2001) Additional Secretary Department of Agricultural Research and Education Financial Adviser Shri R S Prasad (Up to 7.6.2001) Joint Secretary and FA Department of Agricultural Research and Education Shri P Sinha (Since 7.6.2001) Additional Secretary and FA Department of Agricultural Research and Education iii OVERVIEW Foreword The National Agricultural Research System (NARS) with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) as an apex body is striving for the holistic development of agriculture at the national level through planning, promoting, conducting and coordinating research, education and extension and training on all aspects of agriculture for ensuring optimal utilization of land, water and plant and animal genetic resources. India has achieved worldwide acclaim in the field of agricultural research, education and extension by achieving more than four-fold increase in foodgrains production besides significant increases in the milk, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables and fish production since independence. Growth in Indian agriculture which benefited from increased area under plough in the earlier years, has now to rely mostly on productivity gains, both through increasing cropping intensity and yield. Accordingly, the thrust of Council’s research efforts during the year focused on genomics and biotechnology, Information Technology (IT), Management of Information System (MIS) and Geographic Information System (GIS), natural resource management, post harvest technology and value addition, and agri-business management. In the identified priority areas, the ICAR Institutes and State Agricultural Universities have exhibited remarkable achievements during the year under report. More than 84 high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties/hybrids of various field crops, and 78 varieties/hybrids of horticultural crops including fruits, vegetables and floriculture, were released for various agro-ecoregions and production systems of the country. This was supported by the generation of the appropriate agro- techniques. Promising major crop-based cropping systems, having economic viability in different agro-ecoregions, have been evolved, keeping in view the resource availability and its efficient utilization. Soil map of the country on 1:1 million scale, state map on 1:250,000 scale and several district soil maps on 1:50,000 scale have been prepared. Soil degradation map of the country on 1:4.4 million scale has also been prepared. Twenty agro-ecological regions and sixty agro-ecological sub-regions of the country were delineated based on the physiography, soils, climate, length of growing period etc. Water-use efficient irrigation schedules and methods (including micro irrigation) for major crops were evolved that resulted into considerable saving of irrigation water and increase in crop yields. More emphasis was given on the development of farm machinery and post-harvest technology, and on-farm and off- farm value-addition, processing and storage. In the livestock and poultry improvement and management efficient techniques for micro-satellite DNA markers, monoclonal antibody kits, diet supplements and semen preservation were developed. In the fish improvement and management, identification and cataloguing of potential ornamental fish species, health assessment index for rapid evaluation of fish condition in field, sprawing Asian catfish iv DARE/ICAR ANNUAL REPORT 2001–2002 spontaneously, and domestication of the tiger shrimp were achieved. Strengthening of eight Zonal Coordinating Units and 29 Directorates of Extension Education at the State Agricultural Universities by providing modern IT facilities, and approval for the start of four new Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATICs) are significant achievements under Innovations in Technology Dissemination programme of the NATP. In the context of changing global agricultural scenario due to globalization and liberalization, the Council has identified 30 thrust areas for the X Five Year Plan which include agricultural biotechnology, genomics research and transgenics, bio-informatics, conservation of natural resources and agro-biodiversity, crop improvement and management, post-harvest technology and management, animal and fisheries improvement and health management, agri-business management, agricultural human resource development and strengthening of research extension mechanism. A cropping/farming system approach has been envisaged, and effective partnerships with advanced institutions in India and abroad are being fostered for the technological capacity enhancement. It gives me immense pleasure to present DARE/ICAR Annual Report 2001-2002, in which multiple activities of agricultural research, education and extension are highlighted. It is hoped that the report would be useful for policy-makers, planners and development agencies. (AJIT SINGH) Contents Foreword . iii 1. Overview . 1 2. Salient Achievements . 11 Crop Improvement and Management . 13 Improvement and Management of Horticultural Crops . 51 Natural Resource Management . 69 Livestock and Poultry Improvement and Management . 87 Fish Production and Processing . 124 Agricultural Engineering and Technology . 131 Agricultural Human Resource Development . 154 Social Sciences and Policies . 166 Technology Assessment, Refinement and Transfer . 171 3. Research for Tribal and Hill Regions . 183 4. National Agricultural Technology Project . 192 5. Organization and Management . 202 6. Partnership and Linkages . 212 7. Agricultural Scientists’ Recruitment Board . 219 8. Publications and Information . 222 Appendices (A) DARE I. The Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules . 229 II. Total Number of Posts and Names of Important Functionaries . 230 III. Financial Requirement (Grant No. 3) . 232 (B) ICAR 1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society . 233 2. Governing Body . 240 3. Senior Officers at the Headquarters of the ICAR . 242 4. ICAR Institutes and their Directors . 244 5. National Bureaux and their Directors . 246 6. Project Directorates and their Directors . 246 7. National Research Centres and their Directors . 247 8. All-India Co-ordinated Research Projects . 248 9. Agricultural Universities and their Vice-Chancellors . 252 10. Total Number of Employees in the ICAR and its Research Institutes and . 254 Number of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes 11. Awards . 255 Subject Index . 259 Acronyms . 263 The Mandate of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (i) To plan, undertake, aid, promote and co-ordinate education, research and its application in agriculture, agroforestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, home science and allied sciences. (ii) To act as a clearing house of research and general information relating to agriculture, animal husbandry, home science and allied sciences and fisheries through its publications and information system, and instituting and promoting transfer of technology programmes. (iii) To provide, undertake and promote consultancy services in the fields of education, research, training and dissemination of information in agriculture, agroforestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, home science and allied sciences. (iv) To look into the problems relating to broader areas of rural development concerning agriculture, including post-harvest technology by developing co-operative programmes with other organizations such as the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the universities. (v) To do other things considered necessary to attain the objectives of the Society. 1 OVERVIEW 1. Overview The first-ever announced National Policy on Agriculture 2,693 exported. During the year, 7,946 accessions were seeks to actualize the vast untapped growth potential of added to the long-term conservation, and 9,403 were grown Indian agriculture, strengthen agricultural development, for characterization, evaluation and maintenance. promote value addition, accelerate the growth of agri- Promising accessions were identified for (i) high oil (%) business, create employment in rural areas, secure a fair and low erucic acid in Brassica spp.; (ii) seed oil oleoresin, standard of living for the farmers and agricultural workers colour value and capsicin in chillies; and (iii) protein content and their families, discourage migration to urban areas in pea and mungbean. The other accomplishments include and face the challenges arising out of economic production of molecular profiles of 79 non-aromatic rice liberalization and globalization. It is reliably estimated that cultivars; identification of the NRC on Plant Biotechnology in the year 2020, under the scenario of 5% growth in GDP, to participate in a global endeavour to sequence