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Agricultural Research & Education
Vision
Harnessing science to ensure comprehensive and sustained physical, economic and ecological access to food and livelihood security to all Indians, through generation, assessment, refinement and adoption of appropriate technologies.
Mission
Sustainability and growth of Indian agriculture by interfacing agricultural research, higher education and front-line extension initiatives complemented with institutional, infrastructural and policy support that will create efficient and effective science-harnessing tool.
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it wasestablished on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi.
- Development and strengthening of higher agricultural education
- Improving natural resource management and input use efficiency
- Utilizing frontier research in identified areas / programs for better genetic exploitation
- IP management and commercialization of technologies
- Technology assessment, refinement and demonstration
- Knowledge management in agriculture
- Farm mechanization, post-harvest management and value addition
- Development of diagnostics and vaccines
- Assessment and monitoring of fishery resources
- To develop and sustain excellence in basic and strategic research for providing knowledge support in the NARS for technology solution
Outcome/ Impact of department/ ministry | Jointly responsible for influencing this outcome / impact with the following department (s) / ministry(ies) | Success Indicator | Unit | FY 11/12 | FY 12/13 | FY 13/14 | FY 14/15 | FY 15/16 |
1. Enhanced agriculture
productivity
|
DADF, DAC, Planning Commission,
Ministry of Environment & Forests,
Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of
Rural Development and State
Governments
|
Increase in agriculture
productivity
|
% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2. Enhanced milk, egg, meat & fish productivity |
DADF, Ministry of Panchayati Raj,
Ministry of Rural Development, State
Governments and NGOs
|
Increase in milk productivity | % | 3.8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Increase in egg productivity | % | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Increase in meat productivity | % | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
Increase in fish productivity | % | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
3. Enhanced availability of
quality human resources for
agricultural research &
development activities
|
SAUs, SVUs, Ministry of Panchayati Raj,Ministry of Rural Development and State Governments
|
Increase in Graduates / PG
students passed out and
capacity building
|
% | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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