ICAR and Argentina's INTA sign Work Plan 2025–27 for agricultural research
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) exchanged a signed Work Plan 2025–2027 on 17 December 2025.
Summary
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) exchanged a signed Work Plan 2025–2027 on 17 December 2025 to strengthen agricultural research, capacity building and technology exchange. ICAR Director General and DARE Secretary Dr M.L. Jat and Argentina's Ambassador Mariano Agustin Caucino exchanged the Work Plan. The ICAR–INTA Work Plan covers natural resource management, zero tillage, micro-irrigation, crop and animal biotechnology, livestock improvement and digital agriculture, and includes germplasm exchange of soybean, sunflower, maize, blueberry, citrus, guava and other crops.
Key facts
- Date
- 17 December 2025
- Parties
- ICAR (India) and INTA (Argentina)
- Period
- Work Plan 2025–2027
- Exchanged by
- Dr M.L. Jat (DG, ICAR) and Ambassador Mariano Agustin Caucino
- Germplasm
- Soybean, sunflower, maize, blueberry, citrus, guava, wild papaya and vegetables
Practice MCQs 2 questions
INTA, with which ICAR signed a Work Plan 2025–27 on 17 December 2025, is the National Institute of Agricultural Technology of which country?
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Correct answer: D — Argentina
PIB 2205117: ICAR and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Argentina, signed the Work Plan 2025–2027.
Who exchanged the ICAR–INTA Work Plan on behalf of India on 17 December 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Dr M.L. Jat
PIB 2205117: Dr M.L. Jat, Secretary DARE and Director General ICAR, exchanged the Work Plan with Argentina's Ambassador Mariano Agustin Caucino.