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35 crop varieties with special traits dedicated to the nation...Know all details here!

In an endeavour to create mass awareness for adoption of climate resilient technologies, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicates 35 crop varieties with special traits to the Nation on 28th September at 11 AM via video conferencing, in a pan India programme organised at all ICAR Institutes, State and Central Agricultural Universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs). The crop varieties with special traits have been developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition. Thirty-five such crop varieties with special traits like climate resilience and higher nutrient content have been developed in the year 2021. These include a drought tolerant variety of chickpea, wilt and sterility mosaic resistant pigeonpea, early maturing variety of soybean, disease resistant varieties of rice and biofortified varieties of wheat, pearl millet, maize and chickpea, quinoa, buckwheat, winged bean and faba bean. These special traits crop varieties also include those that address the anti-nutritional factors found in some crops that adversely affect human and animal health. Examples of such varieties include Pusa Double Zero Mustard 33, first Canola quality hybrid RCH 1 with less than 2% erucic acid and less than 30 ppm glucosinolates and a soybean variety free from two anti-nutritional factors namely Kunitz trypsin inhibitor and lipoxygenase. Other varieties with special traits have been developed in soybean, sorghum, and baby corn, among others. Subscribe Now: https://goo.gl/8qsb5E Stay Updated! 🔔 Follow us to stay updated: ► Download the NM App: http://nm4.in/dnldapp ► Like us on Facebook:   / narendramodi   ► Follow us on Twitter:   / narendramodi   ► Follow us on Instagram:   / narendramodi   #ICAR #Agriculture #SwachhBharatMission #Raipur #GreenCampusAward