Context:
P K Mishra, Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office said that there was a need for reforms in ICAR to have better outcomes and optimum resource use.
Key Suggestion:
- Financial Support to ICAR
- RS Paroda, founder chairman of Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences demanded increased financial support to ICAR’s agriculture research and development.
- Hybrid Technology adoption
- Mishra said that this hybrid technology, especially for pulses and oilseeds should be accelerated.
- Issues in Hybrid Seed Adoption
- Mishra admitted that farmers face a challenge in adopting hybrid technologies, including the problem of annual seed purchases for hybrid crops.
- Hybrid seeds are seeds that are created by crossing two different varieties of the same plant species
- Mishra admitted that farmers face a challenge in adopting hybrid technologies, including the problem of annual seed purchases for hybrid crops.
- Potential of Hybrid Technology
- Though hybrid technology has proven potential to enhance productivity and climate resilience, their adoption is not uniform across different crops.
