Crop varieties developed in India

Subject: Geography

Context: Over the last seven years, cereals have accounted for nearly 50 per cent share of all the field crops developed in the country.

Concept:

Pulses and oilseeds accounted for the next largest share of the crops developed since 2014.
A total of 1,575 varieties of 70 field crops have been developed between 2014 and January 2021.
These include 770 varieties of cereals, 235 oilseeds, 236 pulses, 170 fibre crops, 104 forage crops, 52 sugarcane and eight other crops, 288 varieties of horticultural crops
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is working to upgrade technology and provide quality seeds to farmers. During this process, the advancements made in the agricultural sciences, both within India and outside, are considered for their replication under suitable farming situations.
the new high yielding and biotic/abiotic stress tolerant varieties and technologies of crops, breeds/strains of livestock and poultry developed by the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) under ICAR have played a pivotal role in increasing food and nutritional security.
In livestock, 12 improved poultry varieties suitable for backyard poultry rearing, nine high-producing varieties of pigs and an improved sheep variety , 12 cloned buffaloes were also produced during the last seven years to multiply superior germplasm were developed