The Value Addition, Research & Development (VARD) - Agriculture is one of the pioneering departments of NIF dedicated to incubating agricultural innovations and sustainability across India. Adopting creativity, harnessing traditional knowledge and local ingenuity to address pressing agricultural challenges, the department serves as a keystone for transforming grassroots innovations into viable agricultural solutions. The department undertakes a wide array of activities aimed at improving agricultural productivity, enhancing crop resilience, and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Key activities of the department include the meticulous scientific documentation and validation of grassroots innovations in agriculture, ensuring these practices are scientifically sound and economically feasible. This involves rigorous field trials, laboratory testing, and collaboration with research institutes to validate the efficacy and scalability of these innovations. By integrating traditional knowledge with scientific research, VARD - Agriculture develops low-cost, high-impact agricultural technologies and solutions tailored to the diverse agro-climatic conditions of India that can enhance farmers' incomes and sustainability.
Also, the VARD Agriculture Department facilitates the intellectual property protection of grassroots innovations, providing innovators with the necessary legal support to patent their technologies and register the plant varieties developed at the PPVFRA. By organizing workshops, training programs, and awareness campaigns, the department empowers farmers with knowledge and tools to adopt and adapt innovative technologies, driving a wave of agricultural transformation across the country. Through its comprehensive approach, this Department is instrumental in bridging the gap between rural ingenuity and contemporary agricultural advancement.
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The Research Advisory Committee (Agriculture) meeting was conducted at India International Center, New Delhi in hybrid mode. The committee reviewed a total of 12 projects (new project proposals, progress of ongoing and completed) and provided their valuable inputs, suggestions and recommendations to strengthening the R&D activities on GRIs in the field of Agriculture
Innovators from Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, and Haryana presented nine improved plant varieties in NIF workshop at Delhi. Discussions covered technical merits, business opportunities, and challenges in distribution. NIF pledged to address logistical issues, enhance packaging, and expand online marketplace access, aiming to increase awareness and create new business opportunities for these innovative plant varieties