ICAR has contributed in increasing agriculture production

NEW DELHI: Technologies developed by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) have significantly contributed in increasing agriculture production, said Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh.

He said that schemes like - Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) scheme and the student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) scheme were proving to be very effective in attracting rural educated youth to agriculture.

Further, the agri-business incubation (ABI) centers were also encouraging new startups, said the minister.


“The ICAR has setup a network of 25 ABI centers, keeping in view the spectrum of technologies available infrastructure and the core competency of the institutes. The efforts of these centers are resulting in new startups which are coming in the market,”said Singh while addressing in-session meeting of consultative committee of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare on agri-entrepreneurship and start-ups for enhancing farmer’s income.

The minister said that the technologies developed by the ICAR have significantly contributed to an increase in foodgrain, horticultural crops, milk, fish and eggs production.

“The ICAR has added this dimension in the field of agriculture which will provide employment opportunities to the youth along with income enhancement of the farmers. In this direction, several steps have been taken at different levels including providing training to the farmers at Krishi Vigyan Kendras on various subjects related to agriculture under the Entrepreneurship Development Programs (EDPs) and support with technical resources,”he said.