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FisheriesThe PMMSY-funded unit of 20 floats and 120 growing ropes could produce about 3 to 4 tonnes of mussels a season, and a new hatchery aims to end dependence on wild seed.
CropsDemonstrations in Mahendergarh district, run by the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra, will measure whether liquid green ammonia improves nitrogen use efficiency and returns in mustard compared with urea.
LivestockIndia's National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics has extended its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation to 28 tests covering lumpy skin disease, PPR, African swine fever, brucellosis and antimicrobial resistance.
FlowersThe Directorate of Floricultural Research in Pune has released three chrysanthemum varieties, a gladiolus, a technology that extends the vase life of cut flowers and an ornamental-basil air freshener.
FisheriesAn ICAR-CMFRI programme helped set up 84 fisheries micro-enterprises across eight Kerala districts between 2022 and 2026, benefiting 469 people, most from Scheduled Caste communities.
FisheriesICAR-CICFR has unveiled a solar-powered hybrid recirculating aquaculture system on a farm in Uttarakhand that it says cuts water use by about 80% and could earn a trout farmer Rs 4-5 lakh a year.
FruitsICAR's research complex at Umiam has standardised tongue grafting for Sohiong (Prunus napaulensis), so trees bear in 3-4 years instead of 7-9, and developed packaging that keeps the fruit for up to nine days.
CropsICAR's Nagaland centre showed farmers seven rice varieties, released in April after nine years of breeding, that mature in 115 to 120 days, can yield 5 to 7 tonnes a hectare and tolerate blast disease and moisture stress.
AgribusinessICAR and Gurugram-based Savannah Seeds have signed an MoU covering joint research, technology validation, on-farm demonstrations and training through KVKs, with drones, AI, IoT and precision farming among the areas to explore.
FisheriesScientists in Mumbai raised olive barb (Puntius sarana) brooders in captivity, induced spawning with hormones and reared larvae indoors, a full seed-production package for a small indigenous fish.
CropsBased on 1,622 on-farm trials from 2014 to 2024, ICAR's Directorate of Weed Research puts average yield loss to weeds at 13.43%, down from about 25% in its 2018 estimate, thanks to better weed-control options.
EnvironmentICAR-IISWC's Chandigarh centre has released Sloping Agricultural Land Technology, a dual-purpose farm pond and a decision support app for designing spurs, gabion walls and check dams, aimed at the Shivalik hills.
CropsAt a field day at ICAR-RCER's Sabajpura farm near Patna, Bihar's agriculture principal secretary Narmadeshwar Lal promised state support to spread raised-and-sunken beds, direct-seeded rice, micro-irrigation and integrated crop-fish systems.
