Achievements & Impact

Achievements & Impact
The Crop Science Division (CSD) of ICAR has played a transformative role in shaping Indian agriculture—from spearheading the Green Revolution to advancing climate-resilient and nutritionally enriched crops.

• Varieties Development: Released over 7,000 improved crop varieties since 1969, including 2,813 climate-resilient and 563 extreme climate-tolerant varieties (2014–2025).
• Nutritional Enhancement: Developed 190 biofortified varieties to improve food quality.
• Genetic Resource Conservation: Hosts the National Gene Bank, the second largest globally, conserving 4.71 lakh plant accessions, 4.1 lakh insect specimens, and 9,000+ microbial strains.
• Seed Production: Produced over 5.4 lakh quintals of breeder seed and 19 lakh quintals of quality seed (2020–2025).
• Technological Innovation: Pioneered genome-edited crops, bioformulations, AI-based pest monitoring tools, and eco-friendly production technologies.
• Innovations and Entrepreneurship: Fostering innovation through various initiatives and encouraging commercialization 
•  AI Smart Trap – a digital agriculture tool for pest monitoring and precision IPM in cotton ecosystem.

1. GRAINEX technology: Automated purity analysis in e-NAM for tur, moong, adopted by 1,200+ e-NAM markets
2. Speedy Seed viability kit
3. Aerial Insect Trap ; Light trap for managing insects; Solar 24x7 Insect Trap
4. Pusa Farm SunFridge