Current Projects

Institute Projects

Enhancement of Productivity of Major Hill Crops

    *  Genetic Improvement for Productivity Enhancement in Wheat

    *  Genetic Improvement for Productivity Enhancement in Maize

    *  Genetic Improvement for Productivity Enhancement in Rice

    *  Genetic Improvement for Productivity Enhancement in Small Millets

    *  Genetic Improvement for Productivity Enhancement in Pulse & Oil Seed Crops

    *  Genetic Improvement for Productivity Enhancement in Vegetable Crops

    *  Molecular Approaches for Enhancing Productivity and Quality in Hill Crops

  

Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Productivity

 *  Efficient Rainfed Hill Farming systems Integrating Agro-Ecosystems and  Traditional Agriculture for Food and Environmental Security

 *  Development of Location-Specific Remunerative cropping Systems

 *  Agronomic Operational Management for Ensuring Higher Productivity of Important Hill Crops

 *  Soil Processes Controlling Availability and Build-up of Plant Nutrient for Sustainable Productivity of Hill Crops

 *  Production Technologies for Organically grown Food Crops

 *  Wasteland Management with Special Reference to Fodder Production

 *  Water Harvesting and Management of Water Resources for Higher Use-efficiencies in Crop Production

 

Integrated Pest Management

    *  Integrated Pest management Studies in Selected Vegetable crops

    *  Bio-intensive Management of White Grubs in Uttaranchal Hills 

    *  DNA Fingerprinting of the Pathogen Populations of Pyricularia grisea and Helminthosporium turcicum

  

Socio-economic Studies and Transfer of Technology

    *  Management of Databases and Their Utilization in Crop Planning

    *  Extension Research and Transfer of Technology

    *  Research on Marketing of Agricultural Produce with Special Reference to Vegetable in Hills of Uttaranchal

 

 

Projects under NATP

*   Hydrological Behavior of Small Watersheds and Sustainability of Production System

*   Development of Hybrid Crops - Maize

*   Collection, Evaluation, Documentation and Maintenance of Agri-horticultural Crops Germplasm of U.P. hills - NATP on Bio-diversity

*   Development of IPNS for Vegetable and Food Production Systems

*   Technology Assessment and Refinement through IVLP in Agri-horti Production System of Hill and Mountainous Agro-ecosystem of U.P. hills

*   Development of IPNS for Rice and Maize Based Cropping System in Hills

*   ARIS under Information System Development 

*   Strengthening of Library Information System (AGRIS)

*   Household Food and Nutritional Security for Tribal, Backward and Hilly Area under Jai Vigyan National Science and Technology Mission 

*   Evaluation and Identification of Short Duration, High Yielding Maize Varieties for Higher Elevation with Inbuilt Tolerance to Turcicum Blight and Cold

*   Collection, Documentation and Validation of Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK)

*   A Socio-economic Survey of Farmers in the North-Western Indian Himalayas 

*   Monitoring of Diseases, Insects and Weeds of Wheat, Maize and Rice Crops

 

 

 

Competitive Grant Projects

 

*   Exploitation of Winter Wheat Gene Pool for the Improvement of Spring Wheat

 

Other Projects

 

*   National Seed Project (since 1986)

*   Demonstration and Training on Improved Off-Season and European Vegetable Production Techniques for Generating Additional Income in Rural Area of Almora and Nainital Districts of Uttaranchal (DBT Project)

*   Application of Plastics in Agriculture (AICRP Project)

*   Post Harvest Technology (AICRP Project)