NAIP was a $250 million World Bank project launched in 2006 as a successor to previous agricultural research and development projects to demonstrate an agricultural innovation system approach in India. The project aimed to strengthen scientific capacity, market orientation, social inclusion, and institutional capacity of India's national agricultural research system through competitive funding of large, multi-institutional projects involving partnerships between public, private, and civil society groups. While the project achieved some successes like commercialization of technologies, establishment of rural industries, and training of scientists, it also faced challenges like slow credit utilization, documentation, and mainstreaming of results. The document proposes disseminating lessons from NAIP through various print, electronic, and participatory media channels.

1. NAIP: Engagement for Reforms in
Organizational Development of
Indian NARS
Mruthyunjaya
Former ND, NAIP, ICAR, India

2. Engagement with World Bank to facilitate
transformation of ARD in India
Paradigms Projects Funding Period
Research NARP USD 142 1978-
(infrastructure) I & II million 1996
HRD AHRD USD 74.2 1995-
(Quality, relevance) million 2003
Technology NATP USD 188 1998-
(PSR, MM, CGP, COE, million 2005
O&M, ITD)
Technology into use NAIP USD 250 2006-
(Innovation, System) million 2012/14
(PCS, SRLS, BSR,
O&M)

4. National Agricultural Innovation
Project
• As a successor to NATP, NAIP was launched in June, 2006 with
the assistance of USD 250 million credit from the World Bank
• Mega project to demonstrate AIS in practice in NARS,
Countries are watching and waiting for learnings
• Development objective is to contribute to accelerated and
sustainable transformation of the Indian agriculture to
support poverty alleviation and income generation through
collaborative development and application of agricultural
innovations by the public organizations in partnership with
farmers groups, private sector and other stake holders
• Specific objectives are to strengthen scientific capacity,
market orientation, social inclusion and institutional capacity

5. Main Features for Organizational
Development
• Consortium of unconventional partners
• Small number of big projects
• Nationwide project campaign, project
preparation assistance through Help Desk
• Overwhelming response of proposals
• Competitive funding, comprehensive and
transparent review and sanction of projects
• High end science-Basic and Strategic Research
• Research into action-Research on value chain and
livelihood security

6. Main Features for Organizational
Development
• Competence and confidence to write and
evaluate bigger projects and projects in value
chain and livelihood security
• Development of guidelines for project
implementation, FMS, PME, sharing IPR, costs
and benefits with private sector and NGOs
• Massive HRD-national and international
• Strong framework of M&E and E&S safeguards
• Strong emphasis on transparent project
management, policy, visioning, ICT,
communication, MIS

7. Experience (Success) towards
Organizational Development
• 91 PPPs established involving 174 private
sector organizations and NGOs
• 31 technologies/products commercialized
• 50 new rural industries piloted
• 5 producer companies set up
• 181 research papers in high impact journals
• 51 patent/IPR applications filed

8. Experience (Success) towards
Organizational Development
• USD 1.5 million sustainability fund created for post-
project works
• Convergence with ongoing development projects- 9
consortia mobilized USD 5.0 million for the benefit of
the target area
• 619 scientists trained abroad against the target of
931
• 10 BPD Units set up
• 1.61 lack farmers involved in consortia activities in
Components 2&3
• 63 national trainings in frontier sciences.

9. Experience (Progress slow) towards
Organizational Development
• Learning across projects
• Credit utilization
• Achieving all the key performance indicators
• Procurement, FMS, M&E
• Impact assessments

10. Experience (Progress Slow) towards
Organizational Development
• Documentation
• Mixed PPP experience
• Mainstreaming successful NAIP project results
into 12th FYP

11. Proposed Plan for Sharing of NAIP
Learnings with other Organizations
• Dissemination through print media-
Reports, Policy Briefs, Success Stories
• Dissemination through electronic media-
CDs, Films on Success Stories, TV
Channels, etc.
• Contributions/presentations/participation in
national and international
meetings, conferences, project preparation
and organizational development
exercises, etc.