Varanasi: The newly inaugurated Breed (Speedbreed) Speed ​​Facility at the IRRI South Asia Regional Center (ISATC), the International Rice Research Center in Varanasi, will accelerate the breeding of new plant varieties, which can help Indian farmers increase their income and less vulnerable.
for climate change effects.
The facility was opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, it could be used to advance 39,200 rice plants at a time for four-five generations in just one-two generations in normal conditions.
Estimates have shown that speed breeding can reduce the development of new varieties of up to two to four years.
During his speech, PM stated that the new speed breeding facility set at IRRI would reduce the time to develop new varieties of rice.
Talking to reporters on Friday, Deputy Director General of the Republic of General DR US is more responsive to the challenges and provides innovation at a faster level “.” In addition to rice, ISAC will collaborate with other institutions to extend the ability of speed breeding facilities to other plants, such as wheat , corn, soybeans, beans, peanuts, and vegetables, “he added.
The director of Isarc Dr.
Sudhanshu Singh said that Speedbreed has been developed in a short two-year-old range since the ISARC formation in 2018.
Speed ​​breeding is a strategy that appears between plant breeders for Speed ​​up the development of varieties through advanced technology and protocol.
This new facility was established with the support of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the welfare of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers (DA & FW), will accelerate the breeding of new plant varieties, which can help Indian farmers increase their income and less susceptible to changing effects n Climate.
This facility can be used to advance 39,200 rice factories for four-five 4-5 generations in a year only at 1-2 generations under normal conditions.
This facility will help ISATC to develop a glycemic index variety that is fortified by bio-fortified, and tough rice at a faster pace.
They said that ISARC also developed rice-based products such as cakes, biscuits, pasta, rice fragments, and enriched ice cream of specialization and traditional rice varieties such as Kalanamak and Black Rice, to help diversify rural and urban consumer diets for better nutrition and To maximize the income of farmers who grow this traditional landraces.
According to them, ISARC formation in Varanasi in 2018 is a very important step forward to strengthen the Irri-India partnership.
In a short time span, ISAC truly becomes a sophisticated center that fosters skills and knowledge to benefit India.
The quality aspects of grain, nutrition (bio-fortification), development of the chain of landraces and traditional varieties, climate resilience, seed systems, and capacity building for various stakeholders, including women and adolescents, is the main priority of this center.