Results-Framework Document (RFD)

for

Central Research Institute for Dryland

Agriculture

(2014 - 2015)

Address: Santoshnagar, Hyderabad 500 059

Website ID http://www.crida.in

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Section 1: Vision, Mission, Objectives and Functions

Vision

Sustainable agricultural production systems in rainfed regions ensuring enhanced income and

livelihood security to farmers and landless.

Mission

Ensuring enhanced growth and sustainability of rainfed agriculture through the application of

basic, applied and strategic research outputs combined with institutional and policy innovations.

Objectives

Enhancing resilience of Indian agriculture to climate change and variability

Strengthening human resources and knowledge dissemination among stakeholders

Increasing resource use efficiency in rainfed agriculture with focus on rainwater

management

Improving productivity and profitability in rainfed farming systems

Functions

To undertake basic and applied research for sustainable rainfed farming systems

To provide leadership and co-ordinate network research with state agricultural

universities for generating location-specific technologies for rainfed areas including

climate resilient agriculture

To undertake capacity building of all stakeholders in rainfed agriculture

To act as a repository of information on rainfed agriculture and provide policy

backstopping

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Section 2 : Inter se priorities among Key Objectives, Success Indicators and Targets

S. No Objectives We

igh

t

Actions Success Indicators Unit Weight Target / Criteria Value

Exce-

llent

Very

Good

Good Fair Poor

100% 90% 80% 70% 60%

1 Enhancing

resilience of

Indian agriculture

to climate change

and variability

35 Undertaking basic

and strategic

research in

agriculture and

allied sectors for

tolerance to biotic

and abiotic stresses

Development/identificati

on of varieties/ breeds for

climate resilience in

different locations

No. 5 11 9 7 5 3

Number of adaptation

and mitigation strategies

identified/ developed/

evaluated

No. 5 8

7 6 5 4

Agro - climatic

analysis

Preparation of state level

agroclimatic atlases

Date 2 January

31,

2015

February

15, 2015

February

28, 2015

March

15, 2015

March

31, 2015

Agromet advisories

issued

No. 6 53

44 35 26 17

Crop-weather-pest

bulletin/models/ tools/

indices/ calendar /maps

etc.

No. 3 7 6 5 4 3

Technology

demonstrations to

cope with current

climatic variability

Technology

demonstrations

conducted /technologies

evaluated

No. 8 420

350 280 210 140

Human resource

development

Awareness building for

farmers through

trainings and exposure

visits

No. 3 120

100 80

60 40

Training programmes

organized for personnel

involved in technology

generation and transfer

No. 3 30 25 20 15 10

3

2 Strengthening

human resources

and knowledge

dissemination

among

stakeholders

18 Organizing HRD

programmes for

different

stakeholders

Training/Seminar/sympos

ium/workshop/summer

and winter school

organized

No. 9 25

20 15 10 05

On farm research OFTs/FLDs conducted No. 9 228 190 152 114 76

3 Increasing

resource use

efficiency in

rainfed agriculture

with focus on

rainwater

management

16 In situ conservation

and ex situ

harvesting and

recycling of

rainwater

Practices evaluated/

developed

No. 6 6

5 4 3 2

Maintenance and

improvement of

soil quality

Technologies for

improving soil health and

enhancing nutrient use

efficiency

No. 6 6

5 4 3 2

Development of

cost effective and

energy efficient

farm implements/

tools

Prototypes developed/

improved/evaluated

Date 4 January

31,

2015

February

15, 2015

February

28, 2015

March

15, 2015

March

31, 2015

4 Improving

productivity and

profitability in

rainfed farming

systems

11 Development and

evaluation of

improved crops and

cropping systems

Efficient crops and

cropping systems

identified/ developed

Date 6 January

31,

2015

February

15, 2015

February

28, 2015

March

15, 2015

March

31, 2015

Identification of

profitable rainfed

farming/ alternate

land use systems

evaluated

Number of systems/

germplasm

identified/developed/

evaluated

No. 5 8

6 4 2 0

Publication/Docu

mentation

5 Publication of the

research articles in

the journals having

the NAAS rating

of 6.0 and above

Research articles

published

No. 3 20 18 16 14 12

4

Timely publication

of the Institute

Annual Report

(2013-2014)

Annual Report published Date 2 30.06.

2014

02.07.2

014

04.07.20

14

07.07.20

14

09.07.2

014

Fiscal resource

management

2 Utilization of

released plan fund

Plan fund utilized % 2 98 96 94 92 90

Efficient

Functioning of the

RFD System

3 Timely submission

of Draft RFD for

2014-2015 for

Approval

On-time submission Date 2 May

15,

2014

May

16,

2014

May 19,

2014

May 20,

2014

May

21,

2014

Timely submission

of Results for

2013-2014

On-time submission Date 1 May 1

2014

May 2

2014

May 5

2014

May 6

2014

May 7

2014

Enhanced

Transparency /

Improved Service

delivery of

Ministry/Departm

ent

3 Rating from

Independent Audit

of implementation

of Citizens’ /

Clients’ Charter

(CCC)

Degree of

implementation of

commitments in CCC

% 2 100 95 90 85 80

Independent Audit

of implementation

of Grievance

Redress

Management

(GRM) system

Degree of success in

implementing GRM

% 1 100 95 90 85 80

Administrative

Reforms

7 Update

organizational

strategy to align

with revised

priorities

Date Date 2 Nov.1

2014

Nov.2

2014

Nov.3

2014

Nov.4

2014

Nov.5

2014

Implementation of

agreed milestones

of approved

Mitigating

Strategies for

Reduction of

potential risk of

corruption (MSC)

% of Implementation % 1 100 90 80 70 60

5

Implementation of

agreed milestones

for ISO 9001

% of implementation % 2 100 95 90 85 80

Implementation of

milestones of

approved

Innovation Action

Plans (IAPs)

% of implementation % 2 100 90 80 70 60

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Section 3 : Trend Values of the Success Indicators

S. No Objective Action(s) Success Indicator(s) Unit Actual

Value FY

12/13

Actual

Value of

FY 13/14

Target

Value for

FY 14/15

Projected

Value of

FY 15/16

Projected

Value for

FY 16/17

1 Enhancing

resilience of Indian

agriculture to

climate change and

variability

Undertaking basic and

strategic research in

agriculture and allied

sectors for tolerance to

biotic and abiotic

stresses

Development/

identification of

varieties/ breeds for

climate resilience in

different locations

No. 11 9 9 10 10

Number of adaptation

and mitigation strategies

identified/ developed/

evaluated

No. - 10 7 8 8

Agro - climatic analysis Preparation of state level

agroclimatic atlases

Date - - February 15,

2015

February

15, 2016

February

15, 2017

Agromet advisories

issued

No. 48 40 44 48 48

Crop-weather-pest

bulletin/models/ tools/

indices/ calendar /maps

etc.

No. 07 5 6 7 7

Technology

demonstrations to cope

with current climatic

variability

Technology

demonstrations

conducted /technologies

evaluated

No. - - 350 375 400

Human resource

development

Awareness building for

farmers through

trainings and exposure

visits

No. 95 113 100 120 125

Training programmes

organized for personnel

involved in technology

generation and transfer

No. - 20 25 28 29

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2 Strengthening

human resources

and knowledge

dissemination

among stakeholders

Organizing HRD

programmes for

different stakeholders

Training/Seminar/sympo

sium/workshop/summer

and winter sc hool

organized

No. - 38 20 25 30

On farm research OFTs/FLDs conducted No. - 190 190 200 200

3 Increasing resource

use efficiency in

rainfed agriculture

with focus on

rainwater

management

In situ conservation and

ex situ harvesting and

recycling of rainwater

Practices evaluated/

developed

No. 8 4 5 6 6

Maintenance and

improvement of soil

quality

Technologies for

improving soil health

and enhancing nutrient

use efficiency

No. 9 4 5 6 6

Development of cost

effective and energy

efficient farm

implements/ tools

Prototypes developed/

improved/ evaluated

Date - - February 15,

2015

February

15, 2016

February

15, 2017

4 Improving

productivity and

profitability in

rainfed farming

systems

Development and

evaluation of improved

crops and cropping

systems

Efficient crops and

cropping systems

identified/ developed

Date - - February 15,

2015

February

15, 2016

February

15, 2017

Identification of

profitable rainfed

farming/ alternate land

use systems evaluated

Number of systems/

germplasm

identified/developed/

evaluated

No. 4 3 6 5 5

Publication/Docum

entation

Publication of the

research articles in the

journals having the

NAAS rating of 6.0 and

above

Research articles

published

No. 22 17 18 20 22

Timely publication of

the Institute Annual

Report (2013-2014)

Annual Report published Date - - 02.07.2014 - -

Fiscal resource

management

Utilization of released

plan fund

Plan fund utilized % 97.37 88.89 96 98 98

Efficient

Functioning of the

RFD System

Timely submission of

Draft RFD for 2014-

2015 for Approval

On-time submission Date - - May 16,

2014

- -

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Timely submission of

Results for 2013-2014

On-time submission Date - - May 2,

2014

- -

Enhanced

Transparency /

Improved Service

delivery of

Ministry/Departme

nt

Rating from Independent

Audit of implementation

of Citizens’ / Clients’

Charter (CCC)

Degree of

implementation of

commitments in CCC

% - - 95 - -

Independent Audit of

implementation of

Grievance Redress

Management (GRM)

system

Degree of success in

implementing GRM

% - - 95 - -

Administrative

Reforms

Update organizational

strategy to align with

revised priorities

Date Date - - Nov.2,

2014

- -

Implementation of

agreed milestones of

approved Mitigating

Strategies for Reduction

of potential risk of

corruption (MSC)

% of Implementation % - - 90 - -

Implementation of

agreed milestones for

ISO 9001

% of implementation % - - 95 - -

Implementation of

milestones of approved

Innovation Action Plans

(IAPs)

% of implementation % - - 90 - -

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Section 4 (a): Acronym

Sl.

No.

Acronym Description

1. CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

2. DSS Decision Support System

3. FACE Free Air CO2 Enrichment

4. FATE Free Air Temperature Enrichment

5. FLD Front Line Demonstration

6. IMD India Meteorological Department

7. KVK Krishi Vigyan Kendra

8. NAAS National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

9. NICRA National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture

10. OFT On-farm trials

11. SAU State Agricultural University

Section 4(b): Description and definition of success indicators and proposed measurement methodology

S.

No.

Success

Indicator

Description Definition Measure

ment

General Comments

1. Development/

identification of

varieties/ breeds

for climate

resilience in

different locations

State of art facilities like phenomics,

FACE and FATE and other advanced

techniques will be employed in identifying

the germplasm tolerant to biotic and

abiotic stresses. Similar efforts will be

made in case of livestock and fisheries for

identifying breeds/species tolerant to

various stresses

Germplasm/

varieties/ livestock

breeds / fisheries

species that can

tolerate biotic and

abiotic stresses

Number

of germ-

plasm/

varieties/

livestock

breeds /

fisheries

species

Increased frequency of

occurrence of weather

aberrations has necessitated the

need for identifying tolerant

germplasm/ varieties/ livestock

breeds / fisheries species

2. Number of

adaptation and

mitigation

strategies

identified/

developed/

Promising technologies relating to

conservation of soil, water and energy will

be tested on farm for coping with long

term dry spells and to mitigate negative

impacts of climate change

Technologies that

can cope with

extreme weather

conditions

Number Increased frequency of extreme

climatic conditions calls for

development of location specific

strategies that can minimize

risk/losses

10

evaluated 3. Preparation of

state level

agroclimatic

atlases

Collection of micro-level data (crop and

weather) wherever available will be

analyzed for preparation of tables and

maps. This will be useful for

understanding crop-weather relations as

well as weather aberrations at micro level

State level

schematic

diagram/plan

based on long term

crop and weather

data

Number Atlases prepared based on long

term will assist policy makers,

researchers and line departments

in taking appropriate decisions

4. Agromet

advisories issued

The meteorological information received

from IMD and other sources will be fine-

tuned to prepare location and crop specific

agro-advisories keeping in view the

rainfall, soil and crop status of the region

Agronomic

activities and

contingency

measures to be

employed based on

weather forecast

Number Issuing of weekly advisories will

enable the primary and

secondary stakeholders to take

timely and appropriate measures

5. Crop-weather-

pest

bulletin/models/

tools/ indices/

calendar /maps

etc.

The database developed on crops, pests

and weather conditions would be analyzed

to forecast the incidence of pest and

diseases. Decision Support Systems

(DSS) would be developed as a ready

reckoner for taking up timely control

measures

Scientific

information in

user’s friendly for

decision making

Number Models developed by correlating

long term weather with crop pest

and diseases for different

locations

6. Technology

demonstra-tions

conducted

/technologies

evaluated

Proven climate resilient technologies

related to agriculture and allied sectors

will be demonstrated on farmers’ fields to

cope with aberrant weather conditions

across 150 locations in the country

Technologies to

mitigate weather

aberrant conditions

Number

of

demonstra

tions

Demonstrations conducted will

help in mitigating the weather

aberrant conditions and also will

serve as a model for upscaling in

other areas 7. Awareness

building for

farmers through

trainings and

exposure visits

Under NICRA project, it has been

envisaged to educate the primary and

secondary stakeholders by conducting

numerous training programmes and

frontline demonstrations across the

country with the help of SAUs and KVKs

Exposure to

advanced

techniques in

understanding and

managing climatic

risks

Number

of

programm

es

Skill enhancement of primary

and secondary stakeholders

8. Training

programmes

organized for

personnel

involved in

Training programmes organized for

extension personnel to facilitate transfer of

technology to faming community.

Enhancing the

knowledge of

scientists and

officials in

understanding

Number

of training

programm

es

Human capital development in

coping with changing climatic

scenario

11

technology

generation and

transfer

climatic variability

and coping

strategies 9. Training/Seminar/

symposium/works

hop/summer and

winter school

organized

Seminar/symposium/workshop/summer

and winter school will be organized for

exchange and cross fertilization of recent

advances in rainfed agriculture among

various researchers, policy makers,

farmers, extension agencies and civil

society organizations, etc. This will

enable reduction in time lag in transfer of

technology from lab to land

Knowledge

sharing and

dissemination

Number Exchange of ideas and

information among different

stakeholders on recent advances

in rainfed agriculture

10. OFTs/ FLDs

conducted

Proven rainfed technologies relating to

soil, water and nutrient, variety and energy

management options will be showcased in

farmers’ fields for educating and up-

scaling through line departments

Demonstration of

promising

technologies

Number Transfer of locations

technologies in a participatory

mode and their up-scaling

11. Practices

evaluated/

developed

Practices related to in situ and ex situ

rainwater conservation will be evaluated

at farm and farmers’ fields for improving

rainwater productivity

Methods of

conserving/harvest

ing and storing

rainwater

Number The success of rainfed

agriculture lies in efficient

methods of rainwater

conservation and harvesting of

excess runoff 12. Technologies for

improving soil

health and

enhancing

nutrient use

efficiency

Evaluation of tillage, crop residue

management (soil cover) and nutrient

management practices will lead to

identification of best practices for yield,

nutrient use efficiency, carbon

sequestration and soil quality

improvement

The main function

of the soil is to

supply all essential

nutrients in

available forms

and in adequate

quantities for

plant growth

Number Majority of the rainfed soils are

not only thirsty but are also

hungry. Efforts are made to

modify/ improve the soil

properties for optimum plant

growth

13. Prototypes

developed/ imp-

roved/evaluated

Crop production and productivity in

rainfed areas is constrained by narrow

sowing window and lack of availability of

suitable farm implements and tools. The

profitability in rainfed areas is under

decline due to increased costs of inputs

Development of

cost effective,

energy efficient

and labour saving

farm implements

Number Due to paucity of labour it is

difficult to carry out agricultural

operations in time because of

narrow window which,

necessitates development of

farmers’ friendly tools and

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and labour wages. Small farm

mechanization is one of the options to

overcome these constraints. The institute

along with its network centres will design

and develop crop and soil specific farm

implements, which will reduce drudgery

and consumption of energy

implements.

14. Efficient crops

and cropping

systems

identified/

developed

Location and crop specific agronomic

practices for different crop and cropping

systems in various agro-ecological regions

in India will be evaluated and developed

which will help in bridging the yield gap

Productive and

profitable crops

and cropping

systems matching

to the soil and

climatic conditions

Number Need to come up with profitable

crops and cropping systems

keeping in view the demand and

supply situations at

local/national/international

levels 15. Number of

systems/

germplasm

identified/develop

ed/ evaluated

Integrated farming systems involving

crops, trees and livestock will be

identified across the country. These

systems will be evaluated keeping in view

the productivity, profitability and

ecosystem services

Harnessing

synergy of

different

components like

crops-trees-

livestock, etc for

risk minimization

Number Systems approach for

maximizing profits and adapting

to changing climatic scenario

13

Section 5 : Specific performance requirements from other departments that are critical for delivering agreed results

Locatio

n Type

Sta

te

Organiz

ation

Type

Organiz

ation

Name

Relevant Success

Indicator

What is your

requirement

from this

organization

Justification for

this

requirement

Please quantify

your

requirement

from this

organization

What happens if

your requirement

is not met

National

/

internati

onal

N

A

CG IAR

Institutes

Internati

onal

Development/ide

ntification of

varieties/ breeds

for climate

resilience in

different locations

Germplasm To have a broad

range of germ-

plasm for

screening

25% We may miss some

adapted sources in

the screening

process

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Section 6 : Outcome/Impact of activities of Department/Ministry

Sl.

No.

Outcome / Impact

Jointly

responsible

for influencing

this outcome /

impact with

the following

department(s)/

ministry(ies)

Success Indicator(s) Unit 2012-

2013

2013-

2014

2014-

2015

2015-

2016

2016-

2017

1. Increased productivity

and livelihoods in

rainfed areas/ dryland

regions

- Increased productivity of

dryland crops in the target

domain/operational area

of the Institute

% 3 2 2 2 2

Increased household

income of dryland

farmers in the target

domain/operational area

of the Institute due to

adoption of improved

technologies

% 5 5 5 6 6

2. Human Resource

Development in the

field of dryland

agriculture and climate

change

Number of programmes No. - 20 25 28 29

Note: Percent increase over base year (2009-10)