CRP on Conservation Agriculture
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science
Platform Projects and Sub-Projects
CAPP-1 : Development and validation of Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices for rainfedproduction systems of India. (ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad)
CAPP-2 : Development, adaptation and refinement of location specific CA practices for enhancing
productivity and profitability of irrigated eco-systems. (ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram)
CAPP-3 : Development, refinement and validation of CA in Vertisols of central India and
quantifying impact of CA practices on soil and environment. (ICAR-IISS, Bhopal)
Sub-Project-I: Demonstration of best-bet CA practices on Farmers’fields in Vertisols of
Central India.
Sub-Project-II : Fine-tuning of CA practices for Vertisols of Central India.
Sub-Project-III : Development of water and nutrient management practices in CA for
Vertisols of Central India.
Sub-Project-IV : Impact of CA practices on soil health, carbon sequestration and green
house gas emissions in different production systems.
CAPP-4 : CA for improving productivity & profitability and soil health. (IARI, New Delhi)
CAPP-5 : Adoption/Development agriculture machinery for CA. (ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal)
CAPP-6 : Development of integrated weed management techniques for CA systems.
(ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur)
CAPP-7 : Evaluation of CA practices under rice-fallow system of Eastern Region.
(ICAR-RCER, Patna)
CAPP-8 : Productive utilization of salt affected soils through CA. (ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal)
CAPP-9 : CA for enhancing the productivity of rice based cropping system in Eastern India.
(ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack)
CAPP-10 : CA for enhancing the productivity and profitability of wheat based system.
(ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal)
CAPP-11 : CA for enhancing resource-use efficiency, environmental quality and productivity of
sugarcane cropping system. (ICAR- NIASM, Baramati)
