- Ten new research
projects worth about Rs. 1.50 crore were sanctioned to
BAD by different funding agencies during last two years.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Dissemination of
location-specific production technologies of crops under
rainfed and limited irrigation farming.
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- Strengthening of
Directorate of Farms & Seed Production for production
and distribution of different categories of seeds.
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- Generation and
transfer of Integrated Nutrient Management, Integrated
Pest Management and Water Management technologies.
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- Development of
improved breed of Pig (T & D) adaptable under local
bio-physical and socio-economic situations.
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- Need-based
backyard poultry and integrated pig-fish culture
technologies.
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- Suitable
agro-forestry models for plateau region.
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- Mass propagation
of plants through tissue culture at Bio-technology
Centre.
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- Round the year
multifaceted training programmes for human resource
development in agriculture and allied disciplines.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Integrated
Development of Horticulture in Ranchi and Hazaribag
district was launched with the active support of Central
Govt., State Govt. and NGOs.
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- Performance of BAU
components of IVLP was rated the best in country.
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