PM Modi to release 109 climate resilient crop seeds: Minister

  • August 11, 2024
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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PM Modi to release 109 climate resilient crop seeds: Minister

Sub: Sci

Sec: Biotech

Context:

  • Union Agriculture Minister said that the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed high-yielding, climate resilient and biofortified varieties of crop seeds, and that PM Modi will release these 109 crops for the farmers.
  • The aim is to ensure that the benefits of science and research directly reach the farmers, says the agriculture minister.

Details:

  • 109 varieties of 61 crops will 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, will be released.
  • Among the horticultural crops, different varieties of fruits, vegetable crops, plantation crops, tuber crops, spices, flowers and medicinal crops will be released,
  • less water-consuming and high-producing seed varieties.
  • It includes a variety of paddy that requires 30% less water than the usual.
Climate resilient agriculture

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), climate resilient agriculture is defined as “the ability of an agricultural system to anticipate and prepare for, as well as adapt to, absorb and recover from the impacts of changes in climate and extreme weather”.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

  • ICAR was established in 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
  • It is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

It is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the

PM Modi to release 109 climate resilient crop seeds: Minister Science and tech