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The important objectives of NAIP

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Lesson 28:ICAR Research Projects

The important objectives of NAIP are -

1. To build the critical capacity of- the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) as a catalyzing agent for management of change of the Indian National Agricultural Research System (NARS).
2. To promote research in the production-to-consumption system mode in the priority areas/themes to enhance agricultural productivity and profitability and, nutrition, income and employment of the rural stakeholders.
3. To improve livelihood security of the rural people living in selected disadvantaged regions through technology-led innovative systems which encompass the wide process of social and economic change among all the stakeholders.
4. To build capacity to undertake basic and strategic research in strategic areas of agricultural sciences to meet the technology development challenges in the immediate and predictable future.