PM Modi releases 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, & biofortified crop varieties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified crop varieties at the India Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi.

 The 109 varieties of 61 crops include 34 field crops and 27 horticultural crops.

Among the field crops, seeds of various cereals including millets, forage crops, oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, fibre, and other potential crops were released.

The horticultural crops will cover different varieties of fruits, vegetables, plantation crops, tubers, spices, flowers, and medicinal plants.