• Prepared Soil erosion maps, Ravine area map, Coastal erosion map, SLTL maps, Soil erosion control priority maps, Jhola land map of Koraput district, Rainwater harvesting potential map at 30 m resolution for 15 states and methodologies and techniques for assessment of ecosystem services of watershed management interventions.

• Developed technology package for rehabilitation of areas affected by mass and special erosion problems (mine spoil, landslide, ravines, flash floods and river bank erosion)  

• Developed climate resilient and sustainable model watersheds in different agro-ecological regions (AER), which provided policy intervention for National Watershed Management Programs in the country and significantly impacted on ecological restoration, water augmentation, and socio- economic development.

• Developed site-specific technologies for erosion control, water harvesting & conservation, groundwater recharge, and alternative land use systems for degraded lands.

  

• Prepared revised soil erosion budget and soil erosion induced soil carbon budget of the country 

• Developed cost effective liming technology for amelioration of acid soils, reclamation technology for salt affected soils and sub-surface drainage technology for waterlogged saline soils.
• Prepared geo-referenced soil fertility maps for 20 states & ready reckoners for soil test-based fertilizer recommendations.
• Developed a portable soil test kit/mini lab (Mridaparikshak) to supplement soil testing service in the country. The kit is useful in analysing soil samples for the purpose of distributing soil health cards to farmers

• Developed Pine oleoresin coated slow-release urea and nano formulations namely 4G nano-based nutritional agri-inputs (phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and iron), nano ZnO and nano rockphosphate for higher nutrient use efficiency.
• Developed resource conservation technologies (DSR, zero tillage, laser levelling, bed planting, SRI, LCC etc.) to save water, nutrient, labour and energy.
• Identified bio-intensive cropping systems for irrigated, rainfed. Arid, hill and coastal ecosystems of the country for effective crop diversification.
• Developed solar devices like cooker, dryer, PV duster, PV winnower cum dryer, PV mobile unit, solar photovoltaic pumps for domestic and small agricultural applications.
• IoT enabled Automated alternate wetting and drying (AWD) method-based irrigation scheduler in rice.

• Developed multipurpose rubber dam for watershed to reduce soil erosion, create water storage facility, enhance ground water recharge and quick & safe disposal of sediments. When inflated, it serves as a check dam and when deflated it works for sediment flushing and flood mitigation. It has been successfully installed and evaluated in 33 locations spread over 8 States of the Country. 

• Designed and developed an organic fertigation unit using cow dung and vermicompost filtrates as nutrient source to crops. The filtrate was applied to okra crop through drip fertigation system. It was recommended that organic manure filtrate along with 50% RDF should be applied to get higher yield of crops and improve nutrient and microbial status of soil. Application of vermicompost filtrate along with 50% recommended dose for fertigation recorded highest okra yield of 425.3 g per plant, water use efficiency of 265.8 kg/ha-cm and gross return of ₹3,14,697. The system is patented (Patent no. 381166).

• Water and nutrient self-reliant farming system (SRFS) model for high rainfall zones to enhance water productivity and farm income. SRFS enhanced Economic Water Productivity (EWP) (Rs. 6.94/ m3) [2.1 times higher than the rice-fallow and 1.7 times higher than rice-utera system]. Net return increased to Rs. 70141/ha, i.e., 2.31 times higher than rice-fallow and 1.90 times higher than rice-utera system. 

• Integrated System of Rice Intensification (ISRI) protocol was implemented in the field for increasing water productivity and income in rainfed ecosystem. Rice grain yield was observed to increase by 52% under SRI as compared to conventional rainfed rice cultivation methods. Water productivity was observed to increase from ₹ 0.31 per m3 of water to ₹ 18.91 per m3 of water under the Integrated SRI (ISRI) system compared to conventionally flooded rainfed rice.

• Developed Multifunctional Ratoon Drill (MRD) for Enhancing Production of Ratoon Sugarcane Cropping System. This technology improved the cane yield and the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). 

• Developed a novel Antiparasitic and Immune-Modulating Nano-Botanical Formulations for Aquaculture (Patent application Number: 202321044695). 

• Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of Indian Agriculture to Climate Change. Considering the importance of identifying of hotspots of climate change risk and vulnerability for adaptation planning, this is related to assessment of relative climate change risk and vulnerability at district level for India following the framework given by the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC. 

• Prepared district Agricultural Contingent Plans for 650 districts and uploaded at https://www.icar-crida.res.in/Crop_Contingency_Plan.html to cope up with any climatic adversities. The utility of the contingency plan is location specific climate resilient crops and contingency measures, user friendly on-line tool, preparedness to face climatic risk.

• Climate Resilient Villages (CRVs): Demonstrated climate resilient technologies in 151 most vulnerable districts through CRV’s to cope with various climatic aberrations.

• Sustainable intensification of rice-wheat cropping system with summer green gram using resource conservation technologies for higher system productivity, economics, water productivity and soil biodiversity in IGP of Eastern India.
• Solar Irrigation pump sizing tool was developed to design the solar pump sett size for particular biophysical and social setup.
• Management of salt affected soils through Cut-Soiler technology for remunerative alternative for management of salt affected soils and for surface residue management in NW Indo-Gangetic plains.  

Management of salt affected soils through Cut-Soiler technology

• Evaluation of Flue gas desulfurization gypsum(FGDG; calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO42H2O)  as potential amendment for reclamation of sodic soils. The FGDG product evaluated in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab for their reclamation potential of sodic soils and shown the promising results. 
• Developed Gypsum Technology for sodic soil reclamation, in last 3 years, this technology was used to reclaim 1.45 lakh salt affected areas in the country. 

Application of gypsum in sodic soil 

• Integrated Organic Farming System (IOFS) small and marginal farmers of North East India. 
• Rapid colorimetric diagnostic kit for African swine fever virus was developed. 
• Developed integrated weed management practices for Conservation Agriculture-based cropping systems of the country. 
• Developed integrated weed management technologies for Direct-seeded rice.
• Identified bio agents for effective control of Salvinia molesta in aquatic systems.  

Successful control of Salvinia molesta by insect bio-agent Cyrtobagus salviniae.

• Developed Agri-voltaic system to enhance Crop production and electricity generation from a single land use system.

• Developed Geoportal 'Coastal Agricultural Information System' with a dataset of more than 300 parameters, on socio-economics, land use, livestock utilization, crop production, land degradation, water resources etc. This geoportal has been supporting researchers, farmers and policymakers as a vital informative tool for data on Coastal agriculture. 
• Developed 74 prototype IFS models (including 8 integrated organic farming system models; IOFS) for 26 States and Union Territories. 

IFS model developed for West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh by AICRP-IFS centre, Maruteru (Andhra Pradesh)

• Developed organic farming packages for 76 cropping systems covering 55 crops suitable to 16 States. Identified 104 crop varieties of 21 major crops suitable for organic cultivation. Certified Farm Advisors (246) on Organic Farming from 23 States are trained for promotion of organic farming.  

• Updated the Atlas of Cropping System in India having district, state, agro-climatic and agro-ecological zone wise first (103 cropping systems) and second (123 cropping systems) pre-dominant cropping systems.