The association has taken up diversification in rice by adopting and enlarging area under basmati cultivation to save water and provide diversification. YFA has a tie up and collaboration with the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute. The association’s farm demonstrates the new varieties developed by ICAR-IARI and provides foundation seeds of the successful varieties to farmers. IARI’s scientists regularly visit the Rakhra Campus for monitoring the programmes. The ICAR has set up YFA-IARI –Collaborative Outstation Research Centre at YFA’s Rakhra Campus to conduct the research and develop varieties & technologies suited to Punjab. Farming communities of the state have started drawing immense benefits from this initiative of the ICAR through IARI & YFA. The programme has strengthened the YFA to render more vigorous services to the farmers.
