National Agricultural Innovation Project 2006

National Agricultural Innovation Project 2006 ICAR National Agricultural Innovation Project Website:http://www.naip.icar.org.in/ National Agricultural Innovation Project 2006 The Second call invitation for concept notes on research projects under the identified thrust areas for support by the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) under Competitive Mode. The NAIP has completed the first step processing of all the Concept Notes (CNs) and the final processing of some of the CNs submitted in response to the first call made during October 2006. This is the second and probably the final call for Concept Notes under the NAIP. The number of projects to be supported under this call will depend upon the number of projects that get sanctioned under the first call. The Project: The Government of India has launched the National Agricultural Innovation Project with a credit support of the World Bank. The project will run up to June 2012. The ICAR is operating the project. The overall objective of the project is to facilitate accelerated and sustainable transformation of Indian agriculture for rural poverty alleviation and income generation by the application of agricultural innovations through collaboration among public research organizations, farmers? groups, NGOs, the private sector and the civil societies and other stakeholders. Research Components of NAIP to be funded: The NAIP has three research Components: * Research on Production to Consumption Systems (PCS) involving the entire set of actors, materials, activities, technologies, services and institutions engaged in all stages from supply of inputs to harvesting of a particular commodity and transforming it into a usable product, and storing/ marketing the final product. * Research on Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security (SRLS) for improving and developing the most suitable farming systems and allied activities, in the less favourable environments and regions for rural livelihood improvement and security. The Pr