About The Project
ICAR EFC - Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with Genome Editing Tools.
Genome Editing for Food Security
We are harnessing cutting‑edge genome editing tools like CRISPR‑Cas to develop crops with higher yields, better nutrition, and stronger climate resilience. By 2047, India must produce 520 million tonnes of food grains—our research ensures this challenge is met sustainably.
For globally competitive agriculture deployment of genome editing technologies are essential as improved varieties with yield, nutritional quality and climate resilience with less agrochemical requirements can be developed and deployed in a cost-effective manner. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research proposes a project on “Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with genome editing tools” for fast tracking the development crop varieties with improved yield, nutritional quality andclimate resilience by using Genome Editing.
🔬 Objectives of the Scheme:
Establish precise genome editing methods
Create non‑GM, climate‑resilient crop varieties
Train the next generation of scientists/students(human resources)
Support global competitiveness in agriculture
🌾 Impact:
From drought‑tolerant rice to healthier oils, genome editing is revolutionizing farming. India now exempts non‑GM genome edited crops from strict regulations, paving the way for faster innovation and deployment.
Drought-Resilient Rice
Healthier Oils
Global Success
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