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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)has developed resilient varieties in different crops tolerant to climatic stresses to improve food grain production in the face of changing climate, Agriculture Minister Mr Narendra Singh Tomar said. According to him, since 2014, as many as 2122 varieties have been released, out of which 1752 are climate resilient varieties, which include 400 abiotic stress tolerant varieties and 1352 are biotic stress tolerant. ICAR has launched a flagship network project, namely National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), to study the impact of climate change on agriculture, including crops, livestock, horticulture and fisheries and develop and promote climate resilient technologies in agriculture which will address vulnerable areas—regions prone to extreme weather conditions like droughts, floods, frost, heat waves, etc.