Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday inaugurated the first of its kind “National Speed Breeding Crop Facility” at the premier National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in Mohali. He said that farmers will now get an opportunity to improve their crops qualitatively as well as quantitatively.
He said that “Biotechnology Speedy Seeds facility will cater to the needs of all the states of India but it will be especially useful for North Indian states like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. . He further said, “This facility will enhance transformational changes in crop improvement programs by accelerating the development of improved crop varieties that can sustain themselves during climate change and support food and nutrition of large populations with the implementation of speed breeding crop methods. Can contribute to related demand”.
He said that “DBT Institute of NABI has developed the technology of ‘Climate Resilient Crops’, using these technologies farmers will not be forced to grow crops in a particular season but will be allowed to cultivate crops regardless of climate suitability. There will be freedom to do.
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