NARI has developed various safflower varieties and hybrids for both high oil content and petals.
[3] The institute has developed high-yield varieties and hybrids of cotton, sunflower, safflower, and sweet sorghum (named Madhura),[4] as well as technology for producing ethanol, jaggery and syrup from sweet sorghum.
NARI also carries out agrochemical testing for various companies and research laboratories in India to the standards of the Central Insecticides Board for the purposes of registration of new agro-chemicals.
Work in this field has been mostly in solar and biomass energy and recently in sustainable and environmental friendly transport systems, ethanol lighting/cooking and handicapped rickshaws.
The research and development has focused mostly on all aspects of sheep and goat production.