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Agriculture
✓ The word “Krishi” is derived from the Sanskrit word "krasha" which means "to plough".
✓ The word “Agriculture” is derived from the Latin word "Ager/Agri (means: soil) +
cultura (Means: cultivation)"
✓ Definition: It is the art, the science and the business of producing crops and the livestock
for economic purposes.
✓ About 70% of India's population is dependent on agriculture and agro-based industries.
History of Agriculture
✓ Author of the book "Bharatiya Krishi ka Itihaas" : M.S. Randhawa
✓ Information related to Environment, forestry and agricultural implements have been
mentioned in Rigveda.
✓ Cultivated fields, country plough, stored grain and wheeled carts have been found in
Mohenjo-daro and Harappan Civilization.
✓ Information related to plant protection has been mentioned in Atharvaveda.
✓ In “Brihat Samhita” (Wrote by Varahamihira) mentioned Information about soil
classification, irrigation, farming system, agricultural equipment, weather forecast etc.
✓ Evidence of growing two crops simultaneously in India has been reported on Saraswati
river since ancient times.
Year Events
Before 10000 BC Hunting and gathering
8700 BC Domestication of sheep
7700 BC Domestication of goat
7500 BC Wheat and barley cultivation
6000 BC Domestication of cattle and pig
4400 BC Maize cultivation
3500 BC Potato cultivation
3400 BC Wheel was invented
3000 BC Bronze was used to make tools
2900 BC Plough was invented, Irrigated farming started
2700 BC Silk-moth domestication
2300 BC Domestication of buffalo and elephant
2300 BC Gram, pear, sarson and cotton cultivation
2200 BC Rice cultivation
1800 BC Finger millet cultivation
1725 BC Sorghum cultivation
1500 BC Sugarcane cultivation, irrigation from wells
1400 BC Use of iron
th
15 Century AD Cultivation of sweet orange, sour orange, wild brinjal, pomegranate
16th Century AD Introduction of several crop (potato, sweet potato, cassava, tomato,
chillies, pumpkin, papaya, pineapple, guava, custard apple, groundnut,
tobacco, american cotton, rubber) in India by Portuguese
1862 Low of minimum (J.V. Leibig)
1905 - Low of optimum and limiting factor (Blackman)
1909 - Low of diminishing return (Marshall)
1929 - Inverse yield nitrogen low (Wilcox)

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1871 Joint Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce
1873 IMO - International meteorological organization
IMD - Indian Meteorological Department - Kolkata (1875), Shimla
1875
(1905), Pune (1924), New Delhi (1944)
1880 Famine commission
1882 First Veterinary College – Lahore
1899-1900 Chhappania Akal (in Vikram Samvat 1956)
1901 first irrigation commission (2nd irrigation commission - 1969)
1901 First Entomologist Appointed (Nicevelli)
1903 Second Entomologist Appointed (Lafroy)
Establishment of 6 Agricultural Colleges (Pune, Kanpur, Sabor, Nagpur,
1901-1905
Lyallpur and Coimbatore)
1905 IARI - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi
1905- Agricultural Research Institute, Darbhanga, Bihar (Viceroyalty-
Lord curzon)
1911 - Imperial Institute of Agricultural Research
1919 - Imperial Agricultural Research Institute
1934 - Building damaged due to earthquake
29th July 1936 - Transferred to Pusa, New Delhi
After independence (1947) - Indian Agricultural Research Institute
1958 - Status of a Deemed University
PUSA- Phipps of USA (Generous grant of 30,000 pounds from an
American philanthropist, Mr. Henry Phipps)
1st Director : B. Viswanathan
Present Director : Dr. A. K. Singh
1905 Low of optimum and limiting factor (Blackman)
1906 Forest Research Institute (FRI) - Dehradun, Uttarakhand
1991 - Status of a Deemed University
1909 Low of diminishing return (Marshall)
1919 1st Livestock censes
1921 Indian Central Cotton Committee (ICCC)
Lac (1931), Jute (1936), sugarcane (1944), Tobacco (1945), Coconut
(1945), Oilseed (1947), Arekanut (1949), Species and casuenut (1958)
1929 ICAR – Indian Council of Agriculture Research - New Delhi
1926 – Royal Commission on Agriculture (viceroy : Lord Linlithgow)
1928 - Submit royal commission report
16 July, 1929 – Imperial Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi
1940 – Publication of Indian farming (Monthly magazine)
1946 – Name converted Indian Council of Agriculture Research
1979 - ICAR golden jubilee
1965 – First Director General (DG) : Dr. B.P. Pal (Present : Dr Himanshu
Pathak)
President – Central Agriculture Minister (1st : Mohammad Habibullah),
(Present : Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan)
1929 Inverse yield nitrogen low (Wilcox)

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1930 World first Agricultural Census
1970-71 - India first Agricultural Census
1942 Department of food
1943 Bengal famine [Due to brown spot (Causal organism : Helminthosporium
oryzae)]
1845 – Irish famine : Due to Late blight of potato (Causal organism :
Phytophthora infestans)
16 October, 1945 FAO- Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations) - Rome, Itly
CRRI - Central Rice Research Institute - Cuttack, Odisha
1946
2015 - NRRI - National Rice Research Institute
DPPQS - Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage) -
1946
Faridabad, Haryana
1948 GATT (General Agreement on Traffic and Trade)
January, 1995 – WTO - World Trade Organisation) - Geneva, Switzerland
1948 Etawa Pilot Project (Albert Mayer)
1949 First education commission
2 Oct. 1952 Community Development Programme
Oct. 1953 NES - National Extension Service
1955 Essential commodity act
1955 Food Product Order
1957 AICRP on Maize
1957 Fertilizer control order
NAFED - National Agriculture Marketing Co-operative Federation) - New
October, 1958
Delhi
Panchayati Raj System
2 October, 1959 (Established based on recommendation of Balwant Rai Mehta committee
and inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru at Nagour in Rajasthan)
1960 First Agriculture University of India (GBPUAT) - Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
1960 IADP – Intensive Agriculture District Programme
1963 NSC- National Seed Corporation - New Delhi
1966 – Seed act
1968 - Seed rule
1968 – Insecticide act
1971 – Insecticide rule
28 March, 1978 – RSSCL (Rajasthan State seed corporation limited)-
Jaipur
1964 ICDP – Intensive cattle development project
1964 Rajasthan soil and water conservation act
1965 Food Corporation on India (FCI) - New Delhi
1965 Commission on Agriculture Cost and Prize (CACP) - New Delhi
1966 High yielding variety programme
1966 Directorate of extension
1966-67 Green revolution started in India
✓ Green Revolution term first time used by – Willion goud
✓ Father in India : Dr M. S. Swaminathan
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✓ Father in World : Norman E. Borlog
3 November, 1967 Indian Farmer Fertilizer Corporation Limited (IFFCO), New Delhi
1970 National Commission on Agriculture
1971 AICRP on dry land agriculture
1971 AICRP on long term fertilization
1971 SFDA - Small Farmer Development Agency
1971 MFALP - Marginal Farmer and Agriculture Labore Project
ICRISAT-International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics) -
1972 Hyderabad
(Research work on Pearlmillet, Sorghum, redgram, gram and groundnut)
1973 DARE - Department of Agriculture, Research and Education
1973 ARS - Agriculture Research Service
1973 Tiger Project
ASRB – “Agriculture Scientist Recruitment Board” on the
Nov. 1973
recommendation of Gadkar report
1973-74 DPAP- Drought Prone Area Programme
Training & Visiting system
1974 ✓ T & V system started by Daniel Benor from Rajasthan (Canal area)
and Madhya Pradesh (Chambal area)
1974 CADA - Command Area Development Authority
1974 Establishment of first KVKs of India at Puducherry (Under TNAU)
✓ Based on recommendation of Mohan Singh Mehta committee on
5th five year plan
✓ Total no of KVK in India – 731 (Highest in Uttar Pradesh – 84)
✓ Total no of KVK in Rajasthan – 47
NAARM - National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management,
Hyderabad
1976
1988 – NIAM- Nation Institute of Agriculture Marketing - Jaipur
(Dedicated to Choudhary Charan Singh)
1976 NERP – National Rural Employment Programme
1977-78 DDP – Desert Development Programme
1979 NARP – National Agriculture Research Project
1979 Lab to land programme on ICAR golden jubilee
1980 NREP – National Rural Employment Programme
1982 DWCRA – Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas
12 July,1982 (NABARD – National bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) –
Mumbai (Based on recommendation of Sivraman committee)
1983 AICRP on Agroforestry
1983 NAEP - National Agricultural Extension Project
Bhopal gas tragedy at union carbide India Limited pesticide plant due to
2 December, 1984
release of methyl isocyanate gas
1984 NHB-National Horticulture Board – Gurgaon, Haryana
1985 NWDB - Nation watershed development board
1986 TMO – Technology mission for oilseed
1986 NWDPRA- National watershed development programme for rural areas)
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1988 NIAM- Nation institute of agriculture marketing) - Jaipur
1989 Jawar Rozgar Yojana
1991 IWMP- Integrated watershed management programme
1995 IVLP- Institutional Village Linkage Programme
1997 National gene bank, New Delhi
1997 SJSRY - Swarna Jayanti Sahari Rozgar Yojana
1998 NATP – National Agricultural Technology Project
1998-99 Kishan Credit Card scheme (KCC)
1999 JGSY - Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
1999-2000 National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS)
2000 NPOP - National Programme for Organic Production
2002 Biodiversity act
2003 National biodiversity authority) - Chennai
2004 National Farmer Commission (डॉ M. S. स्िामीनाथन के प्रयासों से)
2004 ISOPOM – Integrated Scheme of Oilseed, Pulse, Oilpalm and Maize
2004 NPOF - National Project on Organic Farming
21 January, 2004 Kisan call centre started
✓ Toll free no – 1800 180 1551
✓ 22 Language
✓ 6 - 10 o clock
2005 ATMA- Agriculture technology management agency
2005-06 NHM- National horticulture mission
2005-06 NAIP- National agriculture innovation programme
RKVY- Rastriya Krishi Vikash Yojana
2007 In 2017, converted into RAFTAAR - Remunerative Approaches for
Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation
2006 NREGA- National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
2009 - (MNREGA- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme)
2006 Food Safety and Standard Act
2007 NBM-National Bamboo Mission
2007 NFSM- National Food Security Mission
April, 2014 MIDH- Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
2014-15 NMSA- Nation Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
2014-15 NMOOP - National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
Soil Health Card Scheme
✓ Launched by the Government of India on 19 February 2015
✓ Slogan : "Swasth Dharaa. Khet Haraa"
2015
✓ It contain 12 soil parameters, namely N,P,K (Macro primary
nutrients); S (Secondary- nutrient); Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo (Micro -
nutrients); and pH, EC, OC (Physical parameters).
2015 Organic Farming Policy
2015 PKVY - Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
2015-16 Pradhan mantri Krishi Sanchai (PMKSY)
2020-21 BPKP - Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati)
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Branches of Agricultural Science
1. Agronomy
✓ Greek word “Agros” (means Field) + “Nomos” (means Management)
✓ The branch of agricultural science which deals with principles and practices of soil, water
and crop management.
✓ Father: Peter DiCrisenzi (Book: Opus Ruralion Kamo Dharam)
2. Soil Science
✓ The word "Soil" is derived from the Latin word "Solumn" which means "Floor".
✓ Pedology - Study of the origin, distribution, classification and nomenclature of soil (Father:
V. V. Dokuchaev)
✓ Edaphology – Study of soil in relation to crop production
3. Horticulture
✓ Pomology (Latin + Greek word) : Study of fruit and its cultivation
✓ Olericulture (Latin word) : Study of vegetable and its cultivation
✓ Floriculture (Latin word) : Study of cultivation of flower and ornamental plants
✓ Post harvest technology – Study of food processing related technologies
4. Apiculture: Study of rearing of honey bees
5. Fishery: Study of rearing of fish or aquatic life
6. Sericulture : Study of rearing of silkworms for silk production
S.N. Silkworm Host plant
1. Mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori) - Mostly used Mulberry
2. Eri silkworm (Philosamia ricini) Castor and Topiaca
3. Tasar (Tussah) silkworm (Antheraea mylitta) Ber
4. Muga silkworm (Antheraea assamensis) Som plant (Mesillus bombicina)
Sualu plant (Litsia polyantha)

7. Mori Culture: Cultivation of Mulberry plant (Morus Alba) for the purpose of feeding feeding
silkworms
8. Lac culture : Rearing of lac insects (Laccifer lacca) on host plant viz. Palas (Butea
monosperma), Kusum (Schleichera oleosa), Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana), Khair (Acacia catechu)
etc.
9. Forestry
10. Mushroom production
11. Poultry
12. Entomology
13. Plant Pathology
14. Agriculture Extension: Informal education of transfer of the new technical knowledge
obtained from research to the farmer's field.
15. Agricultural Economics

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Important Institute
Deemed Universities – 4
1. IARI (Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi)
2. NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana)
3. IVRI (Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh)
4. CIFE (Central Institute on Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
Institutions – 64
1. CIARI (Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair)
2. CAZRI (Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
3. CARI (Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh)
4. CIFRI (Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, West Bengal)
5. CIBA (Central Institute Brackish water Aquaculture, Chennai, Tamilnadu)
6. CIRB (Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hissar, Haryana)
7. CIRG (Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)
8. CIAE (Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
9. CIAH (Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner, Rajasthan)
10. CICR (Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra)
11. CIFT (Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala)
12. CIFA (Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubneshwar, Odisha)
13. CIRCoT (Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra)
14. CISTH (Central Institute of Sub Tropical Horticulture, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
15. CITH (Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir)
CIPHE&T (Central Institute on Post harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana,
16.
Panjab)
17. CMFRI (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala)
18. CPCRI (Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod, Kerala)
19. CPRI (Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh)
20. CRIJ&AF (Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal)
21. CRIDA (Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)
22. NRRI (National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha)
23. CSWRI (Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan)
24. IIS&WC (Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun, Uttarakhand)

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25. CSSRI (Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana)
26. CTRI (Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, Andra Pradesh)
27. CTCRI (Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala)
28. (ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar)
29. (ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Barapani, Meghalaya)
30. CCARI (Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Goa)
31. IASRI (Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi)
32. IGFRI (Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh)
33. IIAB (Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, Jharkhand)
34. IIHR (Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka)
35. IINRG (Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi, Jharkhand)
36. IIPR (Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
37. IISS (Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
38. IISR (Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, Kerala)
39. IISR (Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
40. IIVR (Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
NAARM (National Academy of Agricultural Research & Management, Hyderabad,
41.
Telangana)
42. NIBSM (National Institute of Biotic Stresses Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)
43. NIASM (National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Maharashtra)
44. NIAMP (National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka)
NIRJAF- National Institute of Research on Jute & Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata, West
45.
Bengal
(National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Hebbal,
46.
Bengaluru, Karnataka)
47. SBI (Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, TN)
48. (Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, Uttarakhand)
49. CIRC (Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)
50. (National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)
51. IIMR (Indian Institute of Maize Research, New Delhi)
52. (Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh)
53. (National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi)
54. (Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana)
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55. IIFSR (Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Uttar Pradesh)
56. IIMR (Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana)
57. IIOR (Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, Telangana)
58. (Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godawari, Andhra Pradesh)
59. IIWM (Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa)
60. IIRR (Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana)
61. CIWA (Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa)
62. CCRI (Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra)
63. IISR (Indian Institute of Seed Research, Mau, Uttar Pradesh)
64. IARI (Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Hazaribag, Jharkhand)
National Research Centre – 15
1. (National Research Centre for Banana, Trichi, Kerala)
2. (National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, Maharashtra)
3. (National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar)
4. (National Research Centre for Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra)
5. (National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner, Rajasthan)
6. (National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar, Haryana)
7. (National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad, Telangana)
8.. (National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland)
9. (National Research Centre on Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim)
10. (National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, Assam)
11. (National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi)
12. (National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Tabiji, Ajmer, Rajasthan)
13. (National Research Centre on Yak, West Kemang, Arunachal Pradesh)
14. (National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi)
15. NRCIF- National Research Centre on Integrated Farming, Motihari, Bihar)
National Breaux – 6
1. (National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources, New Delhi)
2. (National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Micro-organisms, Mau, Uttar Pradesh)
3. (National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, Karnataka)
4. (National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, Maharashtra)
5. (National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana)
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6. (National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Directorates/Project Directorates – 13
1. (Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagarh, Gujarat)
2. (Directorate of Soybean Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh)
3. (Directorate of Rapeseed & Mustard Research, Sewar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan)
4. (Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan, Himachal Pradesh)
5. (Directorate on Onion and Garlic Research, Pune, Maharashtra)
6. (Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka)
7. (Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Anand, Gujarat)
8.. (Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune, Maharashtra)
9. (Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
10. (Project Directorate on Foot & Mouth Disease, Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand)
11. (Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana)
12. (Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA), New Delhi)
13. (Directorate of Cold-Water Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Nainital, Uttrakhand)
Central Agricultural Universities – 3
1. (Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur)
2. (Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh)
3. (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur)
International Institute
1. AVRDC - Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre, Taiwa
2. CGIAR - Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research, Washington, USA
3. CIAT – International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Columbia, South America
4. CIMMYT – International Centre for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat, Mexico
5. CIP – International Potato Centre, Peru, South America
6. FAO – Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
7. IBPGR – International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, Italy
IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank),
8.
Washington DC, USA
IBSNAT – International Benchmark Soils Network for Agrotechnology Transfer, Hawai,
9.
USA
10. ICARDA – International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syri

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11. ICBA – International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE
12. ICRAF – International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya
ICRISAT – International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru,
13.
Andhra Pradesh, India
14. IDRC – International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
15. IFDC – International Fertilizer Development Centre, Alabama, USA
16. IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA
17. IITA – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
18. ILRI – International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
19. IRRI – International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
20. ISNAR – International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, Netherland
21. ISRIC – International Soils Reference and Information Centre Netherlands
22. ISSS – International Society of Soil Science, Rome,
23. IWMI – International Water Management Institute, Digama, Sri Lanka
24. LRDC – Land Resources Development Centre, UK
25. TPRI – Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
26. WAC – World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
27. WARDA – West Africa Rice Development Association, Monrovia, Liberia
28. WMO – World Meteorological Organization, Geneva
29. CIMMYT – International Centre for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat, Mexico
30. CIP – International Potato Centre, Peru, South America
31. FAO –Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Revolutions related to agriculture

Associated
Revolutions in Farming Associated Crop
Person/Father
Norman Borlaug-
World
Green Revolution Food grain Production
MS Swaminathan-
India
White Revolution Milk/Dairy Production Verghese Kurien
Biofuel/Jatropa/Petroleum /crude oil Hiralal Chaudhary &
Black Revolution
production Arun Krishnan
Food Processing/Leather/Cocoa
Brown Revolution -
Production/non-conventional
Golden Fibre Revolution Jute Production -

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Fruits (apple)/Overall Horticulture
Golden Revolution Dr. K.L. Chadda
development
Grey Revolution Fertilizer Production -
Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds (Mustard) Sam Pitroda
Round Revolution Potato production -
Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production Dr. Vishal Tewari
Pink Revolution Onion, Prawn Production Dr. Durgesh Patel
Agriculture Higher production
Protein Revolution Sri. Narendra Modi
Technology driven Green Revolution
Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton Production -
Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Smt. Indira Gandhi
Evergreen/Rainbow
Overall development of Agriculture MS Swaminathan
revolution
Sweet Revolution Honey Production Sri. Narendra Modi
Green Gold Revolution Promotion & Trade of Bamboo Sri. Narendra Modi
Badami Revolution Spice production
Rainbow Revolution All sector of Agriculture
Blue Revolution Fish Production

Important Days in Agriculture and Allied Sectors:

Day Related to
10 February World Pulses Day
19 February Soil Health Card Day
3 March World wild life day
8 March International Women’s Day
15 March World consumer day
21 March World Forest Day
22 March World Water Day
23 March World Meteorological day
7 April World Health Day
16 April Mushrooms Day
22 April World Earth Day
Last Saturday of April World Veterinary day
8 May National Agroforestry Day
20 May World Honey Day
16 May World Agri-Tourism Day
21 May World Tea Day
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
31 May World Anti- Tobacco Day
1 June World Milk Day
7 June World Food safety Day
5 June World Environment Day
10 July National Fish Husbandry Day
11 July World Population Day
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16 July ICAR day
8 Sep World Literacy Day
September (01st to 07th) National Nutrition week
16 Sep World Ozone Day
18 Sep World Bamboo Day
1 Oct World Coffee Day
2 Oct National Women Literacy Day
World Egg Day/ UN International day for Natural Disaster
13 Oct
Reduction
Mahila Kisan Diwas (Women in Agriculture Day)/International
15 Oct
Day of Rural Women
16 Oct World Food Day
21 Nov World Fisheries day
26 Nov (Kurien Birthday) National Milk Day
National Agriculture Education Day (Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3 Dec
birthday)
5 Dec World Soil Day
23 Dec (Ch.Charan Singh Farmer’s day (Kisan Diwas)
birthday) Farmer’s awareness week (Dec 23-29)

Important International Year

International Drought year 2002
International Rice year 2004
International Physics Year 2005
International Year Desert and desertification 2006
International Water Year (theme-more crop per drop) 2007
International Potato Year 2008
International Fiber Year 2009
International Biodiversity Year 2010
International Forest Year 2011
International Co-oporation Year 2012
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All 2012
International Horticulture Year 2012
International Water corporation Year 2013
International Year of Family farming 2014
International Soil Year 2015
International Pulse Year 2016
International year of sustainable truism for development 2017
International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019
International Year of Plant health 2020
International Year of Fruits & Vegetables 2021
International Year of Aquaculture 2022
International Year of Camel 2022
International Millet Year 2023

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