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1. Seed Development Programs
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Seed and Agricultural Organizations
Vijaykumar Shrivastav ( M.Sc.Ag - Agronomy)
G. B. Pant University of Ag & Tech, Pantnagar
Seed Professional – MNC (Seeds & Pesticides)
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There were many initiatives from government for the development of Indian seed Industry and
different programs started . Out of them Five Years Plan which played great role for establishment.
1st Five Year Plan : 1951-1956
- Great emphasis on development of Seed Programs
- Grow More Food Enquiry Committee (1952)
2nd Five Year Plan : 1956-1961
- All India Coordinated Maize Improvement Programs by ICAR in collaboration with Rockefeller foundation
- Special importance to the multiplication of nucleus seed into foundation seed
- Coordinated Crop Improvement Schemes om Maize, Sorghum & Bajra
- Agriculture Production Team 1959
- Program Evaluation Organization
3rd Five Year Plan : 1961-1966
- Release of first 4 Maize hybrids in 1961
- Birth of Central Seeds Corporation in 1963 (Now National Seeds Corporation)
- High Yielding Varieties Program (HYVP) 1966 on Maize, Bajra, Sorghum, Paddy & Wheat
Development – Indian Seed Industry

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Annual Plans : 1966-1969
4th Five Year Plan : 1969-1974
- Establishment of Tarai Development Corporation Limited (TDC) in 1969 in UP
- Origin of Indian Society of Seed Technology (ISST) IN 1971
5th Five Year Plan : 1974-1979
- National Seeds Programme started 1975-76 (Ist Phase)
6th Five Year Plan : 1980-1985
7th Five Year Plan : 1985-1990
8th Five Year Plan : 1992-1997
9th Five year Plan : 1997-2002
- objective of “Growth with Social Justice and Equality”.
- Importance to agriculture growth
- Generation of Productive employment
- Creation of regional balances & self reliance
Annual Plans : 1990-1991
Annual Plans : 1991-1992

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10th Five Year Plan : 2002-2007
- plan was prepared in the background of high expectations arising from the better growth rate
achieved after the liberalization.
- Providing gainful and high-quality employment at least to the addition to the labor force.
11th Five Year Plan : 2007- 2012
- “Faster and More Inclusive Growth”.
- aim at putting the economy on a sustainable growth trajectory with a growth rate of
approximately 10 per cent by the end of its period.”
12th Five Year Plan : 2012-2017
- aims to achieve annual average economic growth rate of 8.2 per cent,
- achieve “faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth”
13th Five Year Plan : 2017-2022
- Aims to modernize commercial agriculture production to reduce over capacity, while aiming to
turn 1 million hectares of marginal crop land into forest or grassland.
- In an effort to reduce air pollution, the Plan also aims to increase forest coverage to 23.0 %
over the next five years.

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Agriculture Extension & Development programs
There were many programs / Projects / Organizations which were initiated for the
development of Indian seed Industry and proven productive. Some of them listed as
below :
- The Rockfeller Foundation
- Royal Commission on Agriculture (1925)
- The Etawah Pilot Project (1948-52)
- The Community Development Project (1952)
- The National Extension Service (1953)
- Agriculture Production Team (1959)
- First Agricultural University (1960)- G. B. Pant University of Ag & Tech, Pantnagar (UP)
- Intensive Agriculture District Program (1960)
- National Seeds Corporation (1963)
- Seeds Act (1966)
- High Yielding Varieties program (1966)
- Tarai Development Corporation Limited (1969)
- Indian Society of Seed Technology (ISST) - 1971

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Other schemes / Programs
- Grow More Food
- Grow More Food Committee
- Coordinated Crop Improvement Schemes
- Program Evaluation Organization
- Seed Multiplication Team
- Seeds Review Team
- The National Commission on Agriculture
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- National Seeds Program
- Seeds Law Enforcement
- Central Seed Committee
- Department of Agriculture
- Central Seed Testing Laboratory
- Agriculture Extension Education
- Panchayati Raj System
- Agricultural Universities
- Intensive Agriculture Development Program

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Sl.no. International Agricultural Research Center Abbr. Headquarter
Year
Of
Estb.
Objective
1 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIMMYT Mexico 1943
The conservation and utilization of maize and wheat genetic
resources, developing and promoting improved maize and
wheat varieties
2 Food and Agricultural Organization FAO Rome, Italy 1945
Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United
Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure
that people have regular access to enough high-quality
food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member
states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide with
believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
3 International Potato Center CIP Peru 1971
To work with partners to achieve food security, well-being,
and gender equity for poor people in root and tuber farming,
and food systems in the developing world
4 International Center For Tropical Agriculture CIAT Colombia 1969
To reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human health in
the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-
efficiency of agriculture.
5 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT India 1972
To minimize land degradation and improve the food security
and livelihood opportunities for rural people in rainfed area.
6 International Center For Agricultural Research In The Dry Areas ICARDA Syria 1977
To contribute to the improvement of livelihoods of the
resource-poor in dry areas by enhancing food security and
alleviating poverty through research and partnerships to
achieve sustainable increases in agricultural productivity
and income, while ensuring the efficient and more equitable
use and conservation of natural resources.
International Agricultural Organizations

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7 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA Nigeria 1967
Primarily as a facilitatorof germplasmmovement, ensure
the production of good quality and healthy plants by
intercepting and guarding against the introduction of exotic
seed borne pests orraces of pathogen, etc.
8 International Rice Research Institute IRRI Philippines 1960
Make the world's elite breeding and genetic resources
available to all rice scientists fordirect use orin crosses
within breeding programs, etc.
9 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR
Centers with different
headquarters
1971
To attempt to ensure maximumcomplementarity of
international and regional efforts with national efforts in
financing and undertaking agricultural research in the future
10 The Centre forInternational Forestry Research CIFOR Indonesia 1993
To provide a scientific rationale forthe sustainable
management of forests, etc.
11 International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI USA 1975
To enhance food security, reduce poverty, and improve
environmental sustainability underglobal change
12 International Livestock Research Institute ILRI Kenya 1994
To work at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing
high-quality science and capacity-building to bearon
poverty reduction and sustainable development forpoor
livestock keepers and theircommunities
13 International WaterManagement Institute IWMI Sri Lanka 1985
To focus in improving howwaterand land resources are
managed, with the aimof underpinning food security and
reducing poverty while safeguarding vital environmental
processes

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14 International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management ICLARM Manila, Philippines 1977
It would be an organization that could conduct long-term
coordinated research on the principal fisheries
problems in the developing world.
15 International Irrigation Management Institute IIMI Colombo (Sri Lanka) 1985
Research at the Institute focuses on improving how
water and land resources are managed, with the aimof
underpinning food security and reducing povertywhile
safeguarding vital environmental processes.
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International Network for the Improvement of Bananas and
Plantation crops
INIBAP Montpellier (France) 1985
The mission of the International Network for the
Improvement of Banana and Plantain is to sustainably
increase the productivity of banana and plantain grown
on smallholdings for domestic consumption and for local
and export markets.
17 International Plant Genetic Resources Institute IPGRI Rome, Italy 1974
An independent international scientific organization that
seeks to advance the conservation and use of plant
genetic diversity for the well-being of present and future
generations
18 International Service for National Agricultural Research ISNAR
The Hague (the
Netherlands)
1979
The mandate of ISNAR is to strengthen national
agricultural research in developing countries, to bring
about sustained improvements in the performance of
their National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS)
and organizations. ISNAR responds to requests for
assistance fromdeveloping countries and specializes in
public sector agricultural research.
19 West Africa Rice Development Association WARDA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 1971
Mission to strengthen West Africa’s capability in rice
production science, technology and socio-economics
through research, training and communications activities.

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Sl. no. National Agricultural Research Centre Abbr. Location
Year Of
Estb.
1 Central Arid Zone Research Institute CAZRI Jodhpur, Rajasthan 1952
2 Central Food Technological Research Institute CFTRI Mysore, Karnataka 1950
3 Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute CIFRI Barrackpore, West Bengal 1947
4 Central Institute for Cotton Research CICR Nagpur,Maharashtra 1976
5 Central Institute for Research on Goats CIRG Makhdoom,Uttar Pradesh 1929
6 Central Plantation Crops Research Institute CPCRI Kasargod, Kerala 1970
7 Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering CIAE Bhopal, MP 1976
8 Central Institute of Brackishwater Acquaculture CIBA Chennai, Tamilnadu 1987
9 Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture CIFA Bhubaneshwar, Odisha 1949
10 Central Institute on Fisheries Education CIFE Mumbai, Maharashtra 1961
11 Central Island Agricultural Research Institute CIARI Port Blair, Andman & Nicobar 1978
12 Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, CIRB Hissar, Haryana 1985
13 Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, CIAH Bikaner 1993
14 Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, CIFT Cochin, Kerala 1957
15 Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology CIRCT Mumbai, Maharashtra 1924
16 Central Institute of Sub Tropical Horticulture, CISTH Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 1972
17 Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, CITH Srinagar, J&K 1991
18 Central Institute on Post harvest Engineering and Technology CIPHET Ludhiana, Punjab 1989
19 Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, CMFRI Kochi, Kerala 1947
20 Central Potato Research Institute CPRI Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 1935
21 Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres CRIJAF Barrackpore, West Bengal 1953
22 Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture CRIDA Hyderabad, Telangana 1985
23 Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute CSWRI Avikanagar, Rajasthan 1974
24 Central Institute for Research on Cattle CIRC Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 1987
25 Central Soil Salinity Research Institute CSSRI Karnal,Haryana 1969
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

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25 Central Soil Salinity Research Institute CSSRI Karnal,Haryana 1969
26 Central Tobacco Research Institute CTRI Rajahmundary, AP 1947
27 Central Tuber Crops Research Institute CTCRI Trivandrum,Kerala 1963
28 Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute CCARI Goa, Goa 1976
29 Central Agroforestry Research Institute CARI Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 1988
30 Central Institute for Women in Agriculture CIWA Bhubaneshwar, Odisha 1996
31 Central Citrus Research Institute CCRI Nagpur, Maharashtra 1985
32 Indian Council of Agriculture Research ICAR New Delhi 1929
33 Indian Agricultural Research Institute IARI New Delhi 1905
34 Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute IASRI New Delhi 1978
35 Indian Institute of Forest Management IIFM Bhopal, MP 1982
36 Indian Veterinary Reasearch Institute IVRI Izatnagar (UP) 1889
37 Indian Avian Reasearch Institute IVRI Izatnagar (UP) 1979
38 Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation CISWC Dehradun, Uttarakhand 1974
39 Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute IGFRI Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 1962
40 Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology IIAB Ranchi, Jharkhand 2014
41 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research IIHR Bengaluru, Karnataka 1967
42 Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums IINRG Ranchi, Jharkhand 1924
43 Indian Institute of Pulses Research IIPR Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 1983
44 Indian Institute of Soil Sciences IISS Bhopal, MP 1988
45 Indian Institute of Spices Research ISSR Kozhikode, Kerala 1975
46 Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research IISR Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 1952
47 Indian Institute of Vegetable Research IIVR Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 1999
48 Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research IIWBR Karnal,Haryana 1935
49 Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research IIFSR Modipuram, Meerut, UP 1968
50 Indian Institute of Millets Research IIMR Hyderabad, Telangana 1958

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51 Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research IIOR Hyderabad, Telangana 1967
52 Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research IIOPR Pedavegi, Eluru (AP) 1995
53 Indian Institute of Water Management IIWM Bhubaneshwar, Odisha 1988
54 Indian Institute of Rice Research IIRR Hyderabad, Telangana 1965
55 Indian Institute of Seed Research IISR Mau (UP) 2004
56 Indian Institute of Maize Research IIMR New Delhi 1957
57 National Academy of Agricultural Research Management NAARM Hyderabad, Telangana 1976
58 National Botanical Research Institute NBRI Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 1948
59 National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research NCAP NewDelhi 1991
60 National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management MANAGE Hyderabad, Telangana 1987
61 National Institute of Agricultural Marketing NIAM Jaipur, Rajasthan 1988
62 National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources NBPGR NewDelhi 1976
63 National Dairy Research Institute NDRI Karnal,Haryana 1923
64 National Rice Research Institute NRRI Cuttak,Odisha 1966
65 National Institute of Hydrology NIH Roorkee, Uttarakhand 1978
66 National Institute of Biotic Stresses Management NIBSM Raipur, Chattishgarh 2009
67 National Institue of Abiotic Stress Management NIASM Malegaon, Maharashtra 2009
68 National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology NIANP Bengaluru, Karnataka 2012
69 National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology NINFET Kolkata, West Bengal 1938
70 National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease InformaticsNIVEDI Bengaluru, Karnataka 2000
71 National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases NIHSAD Bhopal, MP 2014
72 National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research NIAEPR New Delhi 1991
73 National Institute for Plant Biotechnology NIPB New Delhi 1985
74 Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan VPKAS Almora, Uttarakhand 1936

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NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES
Sl. no. Agricultural Research Centre Abbr. Location
1 National Research Centre for Banana NRCB Trichi , Tamil Nadu
2 National Research Centre for Grapes NRCG Pune, Maharashtra
3 National Research Centre for Litchi NRCL Muzaffarpur, Bihar
4 National Research Centre for Pomegranate NRCP Solapur, Maharashtra
5 National Research Centre on Camel NRCC Bikaner, Rajasthan
6 National Research Centre on Equines NRCE Hissar,Haryana
7 National Research Centre on Meat NRCM Hyderabad, Telangana
8 National Research Centre on Mithun NRCM Medziphema, Nagaland
9 National Research Centre on Orchids NRCO Pakyong, Nagaland
10 National Research Centre on Pig NRCP Guwahati, Assam
11 National Research Centre on Seed Spices NRCSS Ajmer, Rajasthan
12 National Research Centre on Yak NRCY West Kemang, Arunachal Pradesh
13 Sugarcane Breeding Institute SBI Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
14 National Centre for Integrated Pest Management NCIPM New Delhi
15 Mahatma Gandhi Integrated Farming Research Institute MGIFRI Motihari, Bihar

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Sl.no. Bureau Abbr. Location
1 NationalBureauofAnimalGeneticResources NBAGR Haryana
2 NationalBureauofPlantGeneticResources NBPGR NewDelhi
3 NationalBureauofAgriculturallyImportantMicro-organisms NBAIMO Mau,UP
4 NationalBureauofAgriculturalInsectResources NBAIR Bengaluru,Karnataka
5 NationalBureauofSoilSurveyandLandUsePlanning NBSSLUP Nagpur,Maharashtra
6 NationalBureauofFishGeneticResources NBFGR Lucknow,UttarPradesh
NATIONAL BUREAU

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Sl. no. Directorate Abbr. Location
1 Directorate of Maize Research DMR New Delhi
2 Directorate of Wheat Research DWR Karnal, Haryana
3 Directorate of Water Management DWM Bhubaneswar, Odisha
4 Directorate of Groundnut Research DGR Junagarh, Gujarat
5 Directorate of Soybean Research DSR Indore, MP
6 Directorate of Rapeseed & Mustard Research DRMR Bharatpur, Rajasthan
7 Directorate of Mushroom Research DMR Solan, Himachal Pradesh
8 Directorate on Onion and Garlic Research DOGR Pune, Maharashtra
9 Directorate of Cashew Research DCR Puttur, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
10 Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research DMAPR Anand, Gujarat
11 Directorate of Floricultural Research DFR Pune, Maharashtra
12 Directorate of Weed Research DWR Jabalpur, MP
13 Directorate on Foot & Mouth Disease DFMD Mukteshwar, Nainital, Uttarakhand
14 Directorate of Poultry Research DPR Hyderabad, Telangana
15 Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA) DKMA New Delhi
16 Directorate of Cold Water Fisheries Research DCWFR Nainital, Uttarakhand
17 Directorate of Sorghum Research DSR Hyderabad, Telangana
18 Directorate of Rice Research DRR Hyderabad, Telangana
19 Directorate of Oilseed Research DOR Hyderabad, Telangana
20 Directorate of Sugarcane Research DSR Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
21 Directorate of Millet Research DMR Hyderabad, Telangana
PROJECT DIRECTORATES

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Vijaykumar Shrivastav
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1. Seed Science and Technology – Basics
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3. Principles of Hybrid seed Production
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