• Ten new research projects worth about Rs. 1.50 crore were sanctioned to BAD by different funding agencies during last two years.

• Developed and released 14 appropriate rice varieties, 7 varieties of groundnut, two each of maize, maura, nigar, wheat and one each of pigeon pea, mustard black gram, horse gram, gundli, soyabean, French bean and cowpea.

• Rice varieties Birsa Dhan-108, Birsa Vikas Dhan-109, Birsa Vikas Dhan-110 and Birsamati: maize variety Birsa Vikas Makka-2 and mustard variety Shivani, released by Jharkhand State Seed Committe in 2003, have been notified by Central Seed Committe, Govt. of India on March 21, 2005. Birsa Vikas Dhan-109 has been released by State Seed Committe of Rajasthan and Gujrat also. Similarly, State Seed Committees of Tamilnadu and Rajasthan have released birsa Vikas Dhan-110.

• Dissemination of location-specific production technologies of crops under rainfed and limited irrigation farming.

• Strengthening of Directorate of Farms & Seed Production for production and distribution of different categories of seeds.

• Generation and transfer of Integrated Nutrient Management, Integrated Pest Management and Water Management technologies.

• Development of improved breed of Pig (T & D) adaptable under local bio-physical and socio-economic situations.

• Need-based backyard poultry and integrated pig-fish culture technologies.

• Suitable agro-forestry models for plateau region.

• Mass propagation of plants through tissue culture at Bio-technology Centre.

• Round the year multifaceted training programmes for human resource development in agriculture and allied disciplines.

• Special commendation made by I.C.A.R for N.S.P. revival, N.A.T.P. performance and identification & validation of  I.T.K.

• On BAU proposal, Government of Jharkhand is providing land and financial support for setting up of a college of Agriculture in Santhalpargana region. new Department of Aquaculture was started in the faculty of Veterinary Sciences.

• Integrated Development of Horticulture in Ranchi and Hazaribag district was launched with the active support of Central Govt., State Govt. and NGOs.

• Performance of BAU components of IVLP was rated the best in country.