R & D in Agriculture (Projects)
National Agricultural Research & Education System (NARES) is one of the largest national networks of Agricultural Education System in the world, comprising 75 agricultural universities. ICAR works in a partnership mode with state agricultural university (SAUs) and has significantly contributed in developing first rate human resource by way of coordinating, supporting and guiding various aspects of higher agricultural education. It provides funds for development and strengthening facilities in vital areas, training to faculty and scholarships/ fellowships to the students and grants accreditation to agricultural universities for ensuring quality assurance. The Indian agriculture has undergone transformation from traditional cultivation methods to hi- tech agriculture requiring manpower equipped with latest knowledge and technologies for continued growth and sustainability. Success of an educational institute is rated not only based on development of technologies but also on demand and marketability of its product, i.e. quality of students and their placement in market. Agricultural education must ensure employment of these ‘products’ to make it more relevant to the society and the nation. In spite of great demand and opportunities for agricultural graduates in banking and insurance sectors, retailing industry, multi-national companies, government departments and non-governmental organizations, the agricultural graduates are unable to decide their career options even after four years of university education. Unlike medical and engineering disciplines, for which there is great awareness amongst the parents and students, the agricultural education has not received much attention due to lack of matching publicity and visibility. This paper would serve as a useful source of information and guiding tool for the students seeking admission to various undergraduate programmes in agriculture and allied sciences in Agricultural Universities under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research vis-à-vis Agricultural University system. Apart from students and parents, educational institutions too might find the information useful to guide the 10+2 pass-outs to choose agriculture as one of the career options. Agricultural research and development (R&D) has reduced poverty by making food more abundant and cheaper. It may also have affected the variability of agricultural production, prices, and incomes though food price variability is less important to richer people.
Currently, agriculture is divided into two different types, including industrialized agriculture and subsistence agriculture.
Subsistence farming is of three types
- 1. Intensive subsistence farming
- 2. Primitive subsistence farming
- 3. Shifting cultivation
Agricultural R&D is a crucial determinant of agricultural productivity and production and therefore food prices and poverty. In this article, the authors present new evidence on investments in public agricultural R&D worldwide as an indicator of the prospects for agricultural productivity growth over the coming decades. The agricultural R&D world is changing, and in ways that will definitely affect future global patterns of poverty, hunger, and other outcomes. The overall picture is one in which the middle-income countries are growing in relative importance as producers of agricultural innovations through public investments in R&D and have consequently better prospects as producers of agricultural products, although the important role of privately performed R&D gives a substantial innovative edge to the higher income countries where most of this R&D takes place. The economic impact of this research has been much studied, and the overwhelming conclusion drawn from this evidence is that the returns to agricultural R&D have been large. However, some have questioned the evidence, and there are reasons to be skeptical about some aspects of it. The reinvestment rate assumptions implicit in the calculations used to derive internal rates of return (IRRs) that is the statistic of choice used to summarize the returns associated with a given cost of research – are part of the estimation problem, which can be addressed by using a MIRR to summarize the same research benefit–cost streams. The recalibrated MIRR estimates of the rates of return to public agricultural R&D are more modest but still substantial compared with the opportunity cost of the funds used to finance the research. This still suggests that society has persistently underinvested in public agricultural R&D, notwithstanding the distorted view of the evidence created by reliance on the IRR to represent the returns to this investment that has characterized the literature for the past 50 years. If this underinvestment continues and the supply of important agricultural staples fails to keep pace with the growth in aggregate demand, increasing food prices will further stress the world’s most vulnerable;
- 1. Prioritize investment in agricultural research and development to make a wider variety of healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits, pulses, seeds, nuts, and animal products available to consumers at lower costs.
- 2. Nurture the bio-cultural heritage and traditional knowledge that underpin much of the world's remaining agricultural biodiversity, including protecting the rights of women.
- 3. Adapt agricultural policies to encourage diversity, nutrition, sustainability, and affordability, rather than focusing on high yields and income thereby prioritizing a small number of staple crops.
- 4. Encourage and implement technologies to increase the nutrient density of commercial and staple crops through agronomic practices, conventional plant breeding, or modern biotechnology.
- 5. Invest in research to better understand the potential contribution and current constraints of urban and rural agriculture.
- 6. Empower women, improve their livelihoods, and increase their access to time-saving assets in technology and capital in order to reduce women's work and time burdens in agriculture.
- 7. Advocate diversity of cropping systems, crop varieties, and animal breeds as a strategy to increase dietary diversity and to enable farmers to cope with the challenges of climate change, scarce natural resources, and harsh landscapes. Home gardens, intercropping, mixed animal production systems, insect farming, and aquaculture are all viable solutions.
Research: It is under processing and execution
Thematic Areas: Water Resource Development; Medicinal Plants; Irrigation and Fertilizer Management
Facilities: In the field proposed in Bhagnar Block II, 24 Parganas (N), West Bengal
Sponsored Projects: completed and on-going: Not at present; in process;
List of some important publication (2016-2020)
1. Zaman, A., Zaman, P., Hedayetullah, M. and Talukder M L. 2016. Management of acid soils for sustainable crop production in eastern India; Journal of Crop Science & Technology, 4(1): 22-32;
2. Sarkar, S., Sarkar, A. and Zaman, A. 2016. Yield, water use and economics of chickpea (Cicerarientum) as influenced by different levels of irrigation and mulches; Indian Journal of Agronomy, 61(4): 479-483;
3. M. Ray, Roy, D C. and Zaman, A. 2016. Evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) based cropping systems for increasing productivity, resource use efficiency and energy productivity in Coastal West Bengal. Indian Journal of Agronomy;61(2): 131-137;
4. Zaman, A., ManikLal, P. Zaman and Md. Hedayetullah. 2016. Adoption of Improved water Management Technologies for sustaining agricultural productivity. International Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 1(1) 34-39;
5. Zaman, A., Zaman, P., Hedayetullah, M. and Talukder M L. 2016. Effective utilization of lowland ecosystem for water and crop productivity; Journal of Ecology, 5(1); 1-4;
6. Maitra, S and Zaman, A., 2017. Organic farming in India: status, scope and potential, http://aditicert.net/newsletter/Organic-farming-in-India-Status-Scope-and-Potential.pdf: 2017: 1-10;
7. Sarkar, S., Sarkar, A. and Zaman, A. 2017. Effect of irrigation and phosphorous levels on braod beans (Viciafaba L.) for improving growth, yield and water extraction pattern, Legume Research: An International Journal. 40(2): 257-263;
8. Sarkar, S., Sarkar, A. and Zaman, A. 2017. Effect of irrigation and phosphorous fertilization on growth, yield and nodulation of broad beans (Viciafaba L.); Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 51(1): 69-73;
9. Maitra, S and Zaman, A. 2017. Brown manuring - an effective technique for yield sustainability of cereals crops. International Journal of Bio-resources Science 4(1): 1-5;
10. Zaman, A., Zaman, P., Hedayetullah, M. and Talukder M L. 2016. Water resource development and management for agricultural sustainability in eastern India; Global Journal of Biological Research, 1(1): 33-36;
11. Zaman, A. and Maitra, S., 2017. Organic Agriculture: Prospects, Problems and Constraints, http://aditicert.net/newsletter/Organic-Agriculture%20-Prospects-Problems-and-Constraints.pdf: 2017: 1-13
12. Zaman, A., Zaman, P. and Maitra, S. 2017. Water resource development and management for agricultural sustainability; Journal of Applied and Advance Research, 2(2):73-77;
13. Zaman, A. 2017. Water Management under rainfed ecology: Rainwater harvesting technologies for crop and water productivity;http://agroinformatics2017/3.blogspot.in. water management-zaman.html. 22: 1-6;
14. Patra, S. and Zaman, A. 2017. Tapping the unrealized potential of residual soil moisture through mustard and rapeseed paira cropping in lowland rice ecosystem, Success stories of Water Management Project, Gayeshpur Centre (Series-1, Published by the ICAR in its Website: http://www.icar.org.in pp 114-117;
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Books published
1. Zaman, A and Devi, W. P. 2012. Processing quality of potato (Effect of nutrient on potato quality): Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. pp 1-140; ISBN 978-3-659-14585-8;
2. Zaman, A. and Patra, S. K. 2010, Sustainable Food Security. Chapter: Farmers participatory water management technologies for food security; pp 25-31; Mittal Publications, New Delhi; ISBN No. 81-8324-356-8
3. Zaman, A. and Patra, S. K. 2010. Water Productivity in Agriculture. BCKV pp 1-74;
4. Zaman, A. 2009. Krishitejalerutpadashilotabriddhi; JalSampaderjathajothobyabohar; Training Manual; BCKV
5. Zaman A and IndudharRedddyKareddy, : 2016 Aerobic Rice, Lambert, Germany
6. Zaman, A and Ganga Rani: 2016. Direct Seeded Rice, Lambert Publications, Germany
7. Zaman A and S Maitra. 2019. Cutting edge Technology in Agricultural Sustainability; New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi; 436 pages (Edited);https://www.nipabooks.com
8. Zaman A and S Maitra. 2019. Palm View Publication, New Delhi; https://www.palmviewpublishing.com
9. Zaman, A. and Md. Hedayetullah. 2019. Farming System and Sustaiable Agriculture; Agrotech Publishing Academy; Udaipur; https://www.agrotechbooks.com
10. Zaman A. 2019. Integrated Farming System and Agricultural Sustainability; 336 pages; New India Publishing Agencies; New Delhi https://www.nipabooks.com
11. Zaman, A. 2019. Agricultural Sustainability; Kalyani Publishers: 283 pages https://www.kalyanipulishers,co.in
Publications: Yes
Patents: No
