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National Agricultural Innovation Project: Targets

The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) aims to accelerate sustainable transformation of Indian agriculture through collaborative development and application of innovations. Its objectives are to build capacity of agricultural research systems, promote production to consumption systems to boost productivity and incomes, and improve livelihoods in disadvantaged regions. In its first year, NAIP identified priority areas, districts to be covered, and established management committees. It also developed frameworks, plans, and held workshops to engage stakeholders in its work.

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National Agricultural Innovation Project: Targets

The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) aims to accelerate sustainable transformation of Indian agriculture through collaborative development and application of innovations. Its objectives are to build capacity of agricultural research systems, promote production to consumption systems to boost productivity and incomes, and improve livelihoods in disadvantaged regions. In its first year, NAIP identified priority areas, districts to be covered, and established management committees. It also developed frameworks, plans, and held workshops to engage stakeholders in its work.

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DARE/ICAR ANNUAL REPORT 2006–2007

4. National Agricultural Innovation Project

National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) is the next step technology encompassing wider process of social and
towards attaining excellence in science, utilizing science for economic change covering all stakeholders.
commerce and using science for enhancing rural livelihood • build capacity and undertake basic research in strategic
security through integration of technology orientation with areas to meet technology development challenges in the
agricultural economy orientation. The project thus responds to immediate and predictable future.
objectives of Government of India as well as of World Bank, as
have been expressed in their main policy documents. The project is Targets
planned for 6 years and has been launched on 26 July 2006. The • Completion of pre-project preparation requirements
objectives, targets and achievements are given below. • Initiation and finalization of a few sponsored programmes/
activities
Objectives • Initiation of activities to support research consortia under
The overall objective of the project is to facilitate the accelerated Components 2, 3 and 4 through competitive approach.
and sustainable transformation of Indian agriculture in support of
poverty alleviation and income generation by collaborative Achievements
development and application of agricultural innovations by the • Thrust areas of Components 1, 2 and 4 identified.
public organizations in partnership with farmers’ groups, private • Disadvantaged districts (150) of Component 3 identified.
sector and other stakeholders. The specific objectives are to: • Environmental and Social Management Framework
• build the critical capacity of the NARS as a catalyzing agent developed and put on the ICAR website.
for management of change. • Project Implementation Plan (PIP) developed and put on
• promote production to consumption systems in priority the ICAR website.
areas/themes to enhance productivity, nutrition, profitability, • Project Management Committees, National Steering
income and employment. Committee, Project Management Committee, Research
• improve livelihood security of rural people living in Programme Committee, Organization and Management
disadvantaged regions through innovation system led by Programme Committee, constituted and have become
functional.
National Agricultural Innovation Project Launching Workshop was attended
by Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Shri Sharad Pawar, Dr Mangala Rai and
Rachid Benmessoud Shri Sharad Pawar (Minister of Agriculture) unveiled the NAIP logo
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PROJECT (NAIP)

• FAQs as an outcome of workshops developed and available


on the ICAR website.
• Technical Advisory Groups in respect of Research
Components 2, 3 and 4 constituted.
• Six concept notes developed, under sponsored mode of NAIP
Component 3, were discussed in first RPC meeting and sent
for peer review.
• The procurement consultant is in place.
• The progress for undertaking major consultancies is
satisfactory.
• The sub-projects under Component 1 are being prepared
and discussed in the first O&MPC meeting held on 17
Shri Sharad Pawar (Minister of Agriculture) released the book National
October 2006.
Agricultural Innovation Project • Organization and Management Advisory Groups (O&MAG)
constituted.
• Twenty sensitization workshops organized in different parts • Notification for Concept Note call under NAIP Components
of the country covering about 1,200 stakeholders. 2, 3 and 4 released.

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