25 September 2025
Which organisation launched Maitri 2.0, the Brazil-India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech?
đž ICAR – Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICAR – āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻৃāώি āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻ
đ Basic Facts | āĻŽূāϞ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ
★ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āύাāĻŽ: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
★ Full Name: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
◆ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ⧧⧝⧍⧝
◆ Established: 1929
✦ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒ্āϤāϰ: āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি, āĻাāϰāϤ
✦ Headquarters: New Delhi, India
→ āĻ āĻিāĻাāĻŦāĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা: āĻৃāώি āĻ āĻৃāώāĻ āĻāϞ্āϝাāĻŖ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻ, āĻাāϰāϤ āϏāϰāĻাāϰ
→ Parent Organization: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India
đ Functions / Work | āĻাāϰ্āϝাāĻŦāϞী
✪ āĻৃāώি āĻ āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āĻ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰ (āĻĢāϏāϞ, āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύāĻĒাāϞāύ, āĻĒāĻļুāĻĒাāϞāύ, āĻŽā§āϏ্āϝ āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি) āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώাāϰ āϏāĻŽāύ্āĻŦāϝ়, āĻĻিāĻāύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļāύা āĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞāύাāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāĻ্āĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা।
✪ Apex body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in agriculture and allied fields (crops, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries, etc.).
đ Institutions | āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš
★ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ+ āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ, ā§ā§Ļ+ āĻৃāώি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ় āĻ āϏাāϰা āĻাāϰāϤে āĻৃāώি āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ (KVKs) āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞāύা āĻāϰে।
★ Oversees 100+ research institutes, 70+ agricultural universities, and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) across India.
đ¯ Objectives | āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ
◆ āĻেāĻāϏāĻ āĻৃāώি āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϰ।
◆ Promote sustainable agriculture.
✦ āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύāĻļীāϞāϤা āĻ āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি।
✦ Increase productivity and production.
→ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ āĻĒুāώ্āĻি āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻāϰা।
→ Ensure food and nutritional security.
✪ āĻৃāώāĻ-āĻŦাāύ্āϧāĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻĻ্āĻাāĻŦāύ।
✪ Develop farmer-friendly technologies.
đą Key Contributions | āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ āĻŦāĻĻাāύ
★ āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻĢāϞāύāĻļীāϞ āĻĢāϏāϞেāϰ āĻাāϤ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ।
★ Development of high-yield crop varieties.
◆ āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āĻৃāώি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ্āϤিāϤে āĻāĻĻ্āĻাāĻŦāύ।
◆ Innovations in modern farming techniques.
✦ āĻৃāώāĻāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻ āĻ্āĻাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāϰāĻŖ।
✦ Training and knowledge dissemination to farmers.
→ āĻāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ু āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ-āϏাāĻļ্āϰāϝ়ী āĻৃāώি āĻāĻŦেāώāĻŖা।
→ Research in climate-resilient and resource-efficient agriculture.
đ Impact | āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ
✪ āĻৃāώāĻāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻāϰে, āĻ্āϰাāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻাāϤীāϝ় āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤাāϝ় āĻ āĻŦāĻĻাāύ āϰাāĻে।
✪ Supports farmers, strengthens rural economy, and contributes to national food security.
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