Annual Performance Evaluation Report of RSCs i.e. Institutions for the year 2011-2012
Name of the Division: Department of Agricultural Research and Education
Name of the Institution: Central Tuber Crops Research Institute
RFD Nodal Officer: Dr. V. Ravi, Principal Scientist, Scientist i/c PME Cell
Section 2
Inter se Priorities among Key Objectives, Success Indicators and Targets
Sl.
No.
Objectives
1.Strengthen
ing frontier
research for
enhancing
agriculture
production
and
productivity.
2. Improving
soil health
and
water
use
efficiency,
farm
machinery
and
agricultural
processing
Weig
ht
14
14
Actions
Success
Indicators
Unit
Identification
of
drought
tolerant
genotype in cassava
based
on
physiological
parameters.
Development
of
transgenic
plant
resistant to cassava
mosaic disease
Drought tolerant
lines identified
Numbe
r
5
Excelle
nt
100%
4
Plants
transformed
with gene for
resistance
Numbe
r
4
10
8
7
Molecular dissection
/ breeding for stress
tolerance in sweet
potato,
taro
and
elephant foot yam
Advanced
breeding lines
of sweet potato
for
stress
tolerance
Numbe
r
3
4
3
Identification
of
biotic and abiotic
stress tolerant genes
in cassava using
bioinformatic tools
Genes identified
Numbe
r
2
4
New microbial
isolates as bio
fertilizers to
substitute for
chemical fertilizers in
elephant foot yam
Reduction
in
recommended
dose of NPK
fertilizers
Percent
age
Percent
age
Percent
age
3
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Potassium
Weight
Target/Criteria Value
Very
Good
Fair
Good
80%
70%
90%
3
2
1
Poor
60%
Achievem
ents
Perfdormance
Raw
Weighted
score
score
0
2
80%
4.0
6
5
8
90%
3.6
2
1
0
3
90%
2.7
3
2
1
0
4
100%
2
30
25
20
15
10
25
90%
2.7
3
75
50
40
30
20
50
90%
2.7
3
20
15
10
8
5
20
100%
3.0
3. Enhancing
productivity
of
crops
(support for
quality seed
production)
10
Research on design,
development
and
refinement
of
technologies
in
agriculture
engineering
Technologies
designed/fabrica
ted/tested
Numbe
r
5
4
3
2
1
0
4
100%
5
Production of breeder
seeds and planting
materials
Quality planting
material
produced
Numbe
r
(in
lakhs)
Numbe
r
(inlakh
s)
Tones
Tones
2
2
1.5
1.0
0.75
0.50
1.5
90%
1.8
2
20
15
10
8
5
10
80%
1.6
2
2
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
25
25
90%
90%
1.8
1.8
Tones
Numbe
r
2
5
2
4
1.5
3
1
2
0.75
1
0.50
0
1
5
80%
100%
1.6
5.0
Diagnostic kits
developed
Numbe
r
5
3
2
1
0
0
1
80%
4.0
Value
added
products
developed
No.
of
explorations
made
Numbe
r
4
9
7
5
4
3
5
80%
3.2
Numbe
r
4
4
3
2
1
0
3
90%
3.6
No.
of
germplasm
accessions
added to gene
bank
No. of varieties
developed/pre-
Numbe
r
3
40
30
20
10
5
30
90%
2.7
Numbe
r
3
6
4
3
2
1
6
100%
3
Cassava stems
Sweet
vines
4.
Production
management
and disease
diagnostics/
management
and
value
addition
5.
Conservatio
n of genetic
resources/ge
rmplasm for
sustainable
use
14
10
Development
of
production/protection
technologies of tuber
crops
Development
of
diagnostics
against
tuber crops diseases
Development of tuber
crops based value
added products
Collection
and
conservation
of
genetic resources for
sustainable use
Development
new/improved
of
potato
Yams
Elephant
foot
yam
Taro
Technologies
developed
6.
Commerciali
zation
of
technologies
developed
and
promoting
publicprivate
partnership
7.
Strengthenin
g
of
extension
system
(TOT)
15
12
varieties/hybrids
Product development
and
commercialization
released ones
Products
developed and
commercialized
Numbe
r
5
5
4
3
2
1
4
90%
4.5
Partnership
development
including licensing of
technologies
Patents and other IPR
titles
Preparation
of
Techno-economic
Feasibility
Reports
(TEFR) of value
added products
Popularization
of
tuber
crops
technologies
Partners
identified
Numbe
r
3
5
4
3
2
1
4
90%
2.7
Patents filed
Numbe
r
Numbe
r
4
5
4
3
2
1
3
80%
3.2
3
5
4
3
2
1
4
90%
2.7
Demonstration
of
improved
varieties
Numbe
r
4
14
12
10
8
6
24
100%
4
Capacity building of
tuber crops clientele
system
Training
programmes
organized
Numbe
r
4
25
20
15
10
5
76
100%
4
Technology
dissemination
through exhibitions
Participation in
Exhibitions
2
1
7
7
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
6
10
95%
100%
1.9
1
1
5
4
3
2
1
4
90%
0.9
June
16,
2011
May 4
2012
June
20,
2011
May 5
2012
Dec. 20
2011
Dec. 24
2011
June
22,
2011
May
6,
2012
Dec.
31,
2011
TEFRs prepared
National level
Regional level
8. Efficient
Functioning
of the RFD
System
11
Numbe
r
Numbe
r
Numbe
r
IT
enabled
technology
development
and
dissemination
Timely submission of
RFD for 2011-12
Modules
developed
On-time
submission
Date
2
June10,
2011
Timely submission of
Results for 2011-12
On-time
submission
Date
1
May 1
2012
June
14,
2011
May 3
2012
Finalize a Strategic
Plan for RC
Finalize the
Strategic Plan
for next 5 years
Date
2
Dec. 10
2011
Dec. 15
2011
June
2011
10,
100%
2
May 1,
2012
100%
1
Dec. 10
2011
100%
2
Identify potential
areas of corruption
related to
organisation activities
and develop an action
plan to mitigate them
Implementation of
Sevottam
Finalize an
action plan to
mitigate
potential areas
of corruption.
Create a
Sevottam
compliant
system to
implement,
monitor and
review Citizen’s
Charter
Create a
Sevottam
Compliant
system to
redress and
monitor public
Grievances
Dec. 10
2011
Dec. 15
2011
Dec. 20
2011
Dec. 24
2011
Dec.
31,
2011
Dec. 10
2011
100%
2
2
Dec. 10
2011
Dec. 15
2011
Dec. 20
2011
Dec. 24
2011
Dec.
31,
2011
Dec. 10
2011
100%
2
2
Dec. 10
2011
Dec. 15
2011
Dec. 20
2011
Dec. 24
2011
Dec.
31,
2011
Dec. 10
2011
100%
2
2
Date
Date
Date
Total composite Score: 91.7
Achievements –Objective- wise (April 2011-March 2012)
Objective 1. Strengthening frontier research for enhancing agriculture production and productivity
1. The 2 drought tolerant genotypes of cassava identified based on physiological parameters include CI-7 and CI-129.
2. Plants transformed with gene for resistance to cassava mosaic disease are 3IRT1, 3IRT2, 6SRT1, 6SRT2, P4IRT9-1, P4IRT9-2,P4IRT7-1, and P5IRT1.
3. The 3 stress tolerant sweet potato genotypes are salt tolerant CIP 440127, PusaSafed and Samrat.
4. The biotic stress tolerant genes identified in cassava using bioinformatic tools are NBS gene Manihot esculenta HNL4 gene and 3 abiotic stress tolerant genes identified
in cassava are LEA gene – glyceraldehyde – 3- phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), WRKY gene Zea mays disease resistance response protein 206 and Dehydrin
gene cassava TY/GYPSY like retransposon.
Objective 2: Improving soil health and water use efficiency, farm machinery and agricultural processing
5. Reduction in recommended dose of NPK fertilizers through new microbial isolates as biofertilizers to substitute for chemical fertilizers inelephant foot yam are N
=25%, P = 50% and K = 20%
6. Four technologies fabricated are 1 Mobile Starch Extraction Plan 2. Cassava Harvester-second order lever type (3) Apparatus and process for extraction of biopesticide from Cassava bio-wastes (4) Motorized Cassava Chipping Machine
Objective 3: Enhancing productivity of crops (support for quality seed production)
7. Produced 1.5 lakhs stems of high yielding cassava varieties, 10 lakhs sweet potato vines, 25 t of yams, 25 t of elephant foot yam and 1 t of taro planting materials and
distributed to departments of Agri./Horti. of various states, KVKs, progressive farmers etc.
Objective 4: Production management and disease diagnostics/management and value addition
8. The 3 production technologies of tuber crops are Site Specific Nutrient Management for cassava, Organic farming technology for elephant foot yam and three K
efficient cassava genotypes Aniyoor-1 (for culinary purpose), 7III, & E3-5 (for industries); the 2 protection technologies include designing and development of pilotplant for the extraction of bio-pesticides from cassava against field pests and biofumigant from cassava against storage pests.
9. The diagnostics against tuber crops diseases include diagnostic tool for a Dasheen Mosaic Virus in elephant yam.
10. The tuber crops based value added products developed are (1) Edible gum fortified sweet potato spaghetti (2) resistant starch fortified cassava pasta (3) cassava leaf
protein concentrate (4) spice fortified extruded snack food and (5) super porous hydrogels from starch.
Objective 5: Conservation of genetic resources/germplasm for sustainable use
11. Three explorations were made are to Jarkhand, West Bengal and Odisha for collection of tuber crops germplasm.
12. The total number of germplasm added to tuber crops collections include cassava 6, sweet potato 15, taro 7 and yams 2.
13. The new improved varieties developed include 3 in cassava (Sree Athulya, Sree poorva, CMR-1), 1 greater yam (Da-11), 1 sweet potato (CO-3), 1 prereleased purpose feshed yam (Da -331).
Objective 6. Commercialization of technologies developed and promoting public-private partnership
14. Four products developed and commercialized are 1. Fried cassava chips (commercialized to Tierra Food, India Pvt. Ltd., Kerala) (2) Extruded cassava –rice snack
foods (commercialized to Kalady Rice Mills consortium Ernakulam, Kerala (3) Value added Fried snack foods and fried chips from Tapioca to Mr. Sayi Kumar
Attingal, (4) Technologies in Orange fleshed Sweet Potato to Prava, Gajapati District, Odisha
15. Four partners identified are entrepreneurs 1. Sai Kumar, Attingal, Kerala 2. James Raj, Neyyattinkara, Kerala (3) National Research Development Corporation
(NRDC) New Delhi-110048 (4) Mr. James Raj, Kakkavila, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala.
16. Three patents filed are (1) technology for the isolation of biofumigant from the leaves and tuber rinds of cassava, (2) apparatus and processing for extraction of biopesticides from cassava bio-wastes and (3) high protein carotein enriched sweet potato pasta.
17. Four TEFR has been prepared (1) pasta preparation from orange fleshed sweet potato tubers (2) industrial adhesives based on cassava starch (3) Revised TEFRs on
cassava flour and fried food products (4) Revised TEFRs on cassava starch, sago and sago
Objective 7. Strengthening of extension system (TOT)
18. The demonstrations laid out during 2011-12 include 13 on improved varieties of cassava, five in Kerala, four in Karnataka, two in Tamil Nadu and one each in Andhra
Pradesh and Maharashtra; six on improved varieties of sweet potato, three in Odisha and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal; four on
improved variety Gajendra in elephant foot yam along with collar rot management practices, one each in Odisha, Jharkhand, Goa and Tripura and one on yam
variety in Odisha.
19. The training programmes organized are two programmes for development department functionaries sponsored by Directorate of Extension, New Delhi and
Department of Horticulture, Uttar Pradesh; one day programme, four for extension personnel, 51 for farmers and 19 for students benefiting a total number of 2710
persons
20. CTCRI put up stalls to highlight the activities and achievements in the national level Exhibitions organized at Dehradun, Uttrakhand, Cochin, Kerala, Thodupuzha,
Kerala, Kottayam, Kerala etc. and also in 10 other regional level exhibitions.
21. Four modules developed are 91) Web based early warning system for mealy bug (2) fuzzy logic model to predict the yield of elephant foot yam (R-code for
implementation of the new RMRCM (3) ARIMA model for cassava price forecasting (4) ARIMA model for sweet potato price forecasting.
Annual Performance Evaluation Report of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute for the year 2011-2012 is hereby recommended by the
RFD Committee of the Institute
(Dr. V. Ravi)
Principal Scientist
Nodal Officer
(P. Sethuraman Sivakumar)
Scientist
(SG)
Member
(Smt. R. Saribai)
Fin & Accounts Officer
Member
(Smt. K.S. Sudhadevi)
Technical Officer (PME CELL)
Member Secretary