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109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified seed varieties
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently released 109 new crop varieties aimed at improving agricultural productivity and resilience. These varieties are designed to be high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified to enhance nutrition and adapt to varying conditions.
About the Varieties:
- These seeds were developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and state agriculture universities.
- The released varieties encompass 61 crops of 109 varities, including 34 field crops and 27 horticultural varieties.
- Field Crops:
- Cereals and Millets: New varieties of rice, barley, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet.
- Pulses: New types of chickpea, pigeon pea, lentils, and mungbean.
- Oilseeds: Varieties include safflower, soybean, groundnut, and sesame.
- Forage Crops: Includes forage pearl millet, berseem, oats, forage maize, and forage sorghum.
- Sugarcane and Fibre Crops: Four sugarcane varieties and six fibre crops, including cotton and jute.
- Potential Crops: Includes buckwheat, amaranth, winged bean, adzuki bean, pillipesara, kalingda, and perilla.
- Horticultural Crops:
- Fruits, Vegetables, Tubers, Spices, and More: Includes 40 new varieties covering a wide range of horticultural products.
- Notable Varieties:
- CR Dhan 416: A rice variety suitable for coastal saline areas with a yield of 48.97 q/ha and resistance to multiple diseases and pests.
- Durum Wheat Variety: Suitable for Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, with a yield of 30.2 q/ha, tolerance to heat, and biofortified with high levels of zinc and iron.
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