It may sound unbelievable, but true. One-third of the rice varieties produced in 2021 in India were from the laboratories of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU). Of the 121 million tonnes of rice produced in 2021 in the country, 39 million tonnes pertain to the rice varieties developed by ANGRAU. In other words, every third morsel eaten in India had its roots in ANGRAU.
Similarly, 95.06% of groundnut area in Andhra Pradesh is filled with varieties released by ANGRAU, with a single variety K-6 occupying 90.15% of the field space. In fact, the revenue from ANGRAU-released groundnut varieties contribute about 0.49% to 1.06% to Agricultural GVA in India during the last 10 years, which is about 18.11% of the state’s total agricultural GVA.
