Agriculture research and development (R&D) contributed a third of the total value of output increase – estimated at around Rs 1.7 trillion – between 2024 and 2025, a recent report by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (Icar) has found. In absolute terms, that works out to about Rs 50,000 crore, the Icar data showed.
The contribution has been in the form of higher-yielding seed, better mechanisation, and improved germplasm for horticulture crops, among other initiatives, a presentation made by Icar Director General M L Jat during the 98th Foundation Day of the institute showed.
“The figure was arrived at by totalling the value of output increase for each sector, including fisheries and livestock, and then estimating the contribution of new seeds, species, varieties, machines, etc within them,” Jat told Business Standard.
