Focus Area
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Enhancing Farm Yard Manure Quality & Efficiency
New technologies for improving FYM composting speed and quality, Effective bio-digestion of crop residue, Approaches for increasing organic matter content in soils to 5-7%
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Restoring Soil Fertility
Restoring soil fertility through by achieving better gas exchange, water retention, biological diversity & population with increasing the organic matter content of soils to 5-7%.
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Technologies for Maintaining and Improving Crop Yields
Crop management approaches for reducing chemical fertilizers, Alternate nutrition management approaches, Improving crop produce quality and shelf life
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Reducing Water Consumption and Restoring Ground Water Table
New cropping systems with less water requirement, Water and heast stress management - New technologies and approaches, Improving soil infiltration for better ground water recharge
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Efficient Crop Care Through Biological Pesticides & Natural Repellents
Advancement in biological pest management technologies, New generation bio-based weed control methods, Improving consistency and relaibility of bio-pesticides
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Precision Farming & Digital Technology in Agriculture
Precision technologies for effective input management and improved yields, New developments in Agri-tech for effective pest and disease management, New development in precision mechanization - Drones/ Micro irrigation. Digital Agriculture including adoption of AI and ML based technology.
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Capacity Building for Testing of Inputs and Outputs for Organic Product
To ensure all inputs in Organic farms are meeting quality standards, and produce of organic farming need to be tested by standard and accredited labs. These labs need to be established at multiple locations to build credibility and confidence.
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Organic/Desi Seed Development and Utilization
Developing and promoting organic and desi seeds to create complete eco system for profitable organic farming. Desi seeds are found to be more resilient to adverse conditions.
Proposed 20 Crops
Field Crops
- Paddy
- Corn
- Groundnut / Soybean
- Wheat
- Mustard/Tobacco
- Fodder Crops
Cash Crops / Vegetables
- Sugarcane
- Cotton
- Banana
- Potato
- Tomato
- Brinjal
- Okra
- Chilli / Capsicum
- Onion / Garlic
- Turmeric / Ginger
Orchards
- Mango/ Litchi
- Orange / Kinnow
- Pomegranate
- Guava