THE IMPACT OF NARI
AGRICULTURE
48,000+
hectares of cotton hybrid Nimbkar-1 & grain sorghum variety Vasant-1 planted in the 1970s
35,000+
kg seeds of safflower/sweet sorghum supplied all over the world in the past 24 years
5,000+
kg syrup produced from sweet sorghum supplied in the past 2 decades
800+
kg of Opuntia and Nopelia cacti pads supplied nationally since 2010
RENEWABLE ENERGY
500,000+
ethanol lanstoves disseminated across the world whose designs have been inspired by NARI’s original work on low ethanol concentration stoves and lanstoves in early 2000s
100,000+
e-rickshaws running on batteries all across the country whose designs have been inspired by NARI’s original work on electric rickshaws in late 1990’s
1,000+
megawatt total capacity of biomass power plants set up across the country by IREDA based upon NARI’s work on energy self-sufficient talukas
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
200,000+
doses of buck semen supplied locally & all over the country in the past 24 years
20,000+
goats vaccinated/parasite protected/dewormed in the last decade
10,000+
shepherds benefitted by the efforts of the Animal Husbandry Division of NARI since 1994
2,000+
sheep and goats (NARI Suwarna, Boer/Damscus cross etc.) supplied nationally in the past 24 years
PIONEERING WORK
FIRST private agricultural research institute in India – functioning since 1968
FIRST to introduce sweet sorghum crop in India – 1970s
FIRST in the world to set up a solar powered ethanol distillation plant – 1987
FIRST in the world to use a solar still for producing water from soil for tree-planting in deserts – 1988
FIRST to introduce and popularize sweet sorghum syrup in India – 1990s
FIRST to market safflower petal herbal tea in India – 1991
FIRST and only NGO in India to run a sheep breeding program for 24 years – since 1994
FIRST in Asia to set up a loose leafy biomass gasification plant – 1997
FIRST in the world to develop an electric cycle rickshaw – 2000
FIRST in the world to develop a non-spiny hybrid of safflower – 2002
FIRST in the world to develop a solar powered safflower petal collector – 2004
FIRST in the world to develop a stove running on low concentration ethanol – 2006
FIRST in the world to develop an ethanol lanstove (lantern cum stove) – 2006
FIRST to develop technology for cervical AI of goats under field conditions in India – 2010
NARI’s REACH
20,000,000+
views on the institute website since its inception
10,000,000+
readership on the artcles published nationally and internationally
36,000+
attendees in the workshops & visits conducted at the institute
35,000+
copies of manuals distributed for training in sheep/goat management
10,000+
attendees to the talks delivered by the institute staff outside the campus
1,600+
citations in office journals
700+
publications in refereed journals, magazines & newspapers
100+
courses conducted nationally & internationally
70+
interns from all over India & 9 countries around the world
7
patents filed and granted nationally
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