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Agrotech, India, Supply Chain

Camel milk will now be available across the country

An MoU was signed between ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner and Pearl Lacto to transfer the innovative Camel Milk Powder Technology (CMP) technology. With the transfer of innovative technology of CMP, camel milk will now be available across the country.

Artabandhu Sahoo, Director, ICAR-NRCC and Mr Aman Dhill, Founder, Pearl Lacto Company signed the MoU on behalf of the respective organisations.

Sahoo exhorted that by using innovative techniques the functional properties present camel milk remains intact to a greater extent. He said ‘Camel Milk’, can be called ‘MEDICINAL-STOREHOUSE’ or SUPER-FOOD due to its therapeutic and nutraceutical properties. Sahoo stressed that the transfer of this non-thermal powder-making technology to Pearl Lacto Company, will expand access to needy consumers across the country. He also urged that camel rearers should fully adopt camel milk entrepreneurship and move forward in this direction so that the camel milk market can be converted into an organised food supply chain.

RK Sawal, Principal Scientist said that the processing methods of cow and buffalo milk cannot be directly used for processing camel milk as camel milk has different characteristics, therefore scientists of the centre are being made efforts to process camel milk by innovative methods and to make various quality products.

During this occasion, Aman Dhill said that the company is at present mainly engaged in the business of cow’s milk, the intention of the company is to bring ‘Camel Milk’ in the market so that the needy and common people can get its benefit. The company will make available the powder and its manufactured products through its parlours located in different cities across the country and through online channels, he added.

Camel milk will now be available across

Agri Genomics, Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, R&D

Technology to contribute significantly towards increasing farmers’ income by reducing the economic/ yield loss caused due to weeds and will also broaden the compatible herbicide spectrum in rice

‘HT trait donor rice genotype technology’, developed by the scientists of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi was transferred to Nuziveedu Seed Ltd., facilitated by Agrinnovate India Ltd. (AgIn).

AK Singh, Director, ICAR-IARI briefed about the development of non-GM herbicide tolerant rice genotype possessing tolerance to Imazethapyr 10 percent SL (100g a.i.), using an Ethyl Methane Sulphonate induced herbicide tolerant ra ice mutant.

The technology will contribute significantly towards increasing farmers’ income by reducing the economic/ yield loss caused due to weeds and will also broaden the compatible herbicide spectrum in rice.

Praveen Malik, CEO, Agrinnovate India Ltd., Viswanathan Chinnusamy, JD(R), ICAR-IARI, and representatives of commercial firms, other officials from ICAR and AgIn were present during the occasion.

Technology to contribute significantly towards increasing farmers’

Agri Genomics, Agro Universities, AgroPolicy, India, Opinions, R&D

ICAR has initiated a network project on All India Coordinated Research Project on Biotech crops which has both research and third-party evaluation components for the targeted traits

Dr Himanshu Pathak, Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR issued a detailed statement on various issues of GM mustard, saying that the recent approval for environmental release of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard DMH 11 and its parental lines by GEAC, has attracted the attention of press and public at large.

There are many myths that are being propagated in relation to DMH 11 approval by the opponents of GM. All the National agencies and public research systems with expertise in the areas of agriculture, health including modern and ayurvedic science, environment & ecology are officially and formally involved in the risk assessment of the product for its being safe to humans, animals and environment.

This Statement is therefore being issued in public interest to clarify that any opinion or article published on the subject by anyone not authorized or former employees of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) different from the stated documentations and decisions made by the regulatory authorities functioning under the EPA (1986) are not endorsed by the Council and are subjectable to any administrative procedures required in public interest.

GM technology is a disruptive technology capable of bringing any targeted change with in the crop variety to overcome a problem that is difficult or impossible to achieve that are also safe to humans, animals and environment. Thus, the GM technology has imminent potential for the much-needed revolution in Indian agriculture. It is important to look at the current scenario particularly in relation to domestic production, requirement and import of edible oils in the country.

Atamnirbharata in edible oil- The need of the hour:

India’s import of edible oils is on continuous rise to meet the domestic demand. During 2021-22, we spent Rs.1,56,800 crore on import of 14.1 million tonnes of edible oils consisting of mainly palm, soybean, sunflower and canola oils, which is equivalent to two-thirds of India’s total edible oil consumption of 21 mt. Therefore, self-sufficiency in edible oil is essentially required to reduce the forex drain on agri-import.

Shortfall in domestic production and challenges:

Productivity of oilseed crops viz., soybean, rapeseed mustard, groundnut, sesame, sunflower, safflower, niger and linseed in India is much lower than the global productivity of these crops. During 2020-21, India had total area of 28.8 million hectares (ha) under oilseed crops with total production of 35.9 million tonnes and productivity of 1254kg/ha, which is way lower than the global average. Edible oil recovery of8 mt from 35.9 mt of total oilseeds hardly meets even 35-40 per cent of the total edible oil requirement pegged at 21 mt per annum (mtpa). The situation will worsen in the future as the demand for cooking oil has been increasing year-on-year, with projected demand at 29.05 mt by 2029-30.

Rapeseed-mustard is an important oilseed crop in India grown on 9.17 million ha with total production of 11.75 million tons (2021-22). However, this crop suffers from low productivity (1281 Kg/ha) compared to global average (2000 kg/ha) Disruptive technological breakthrough is needed for enhancing productivity of oilseed crops in general and Indian mustard in particular in the country.

Bright future Ahead:

ICAR institutions and universities are deeply engaged in development of GM crops for different traits such as biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, yield and quality improvement in 13 crops viz., Cotton, Papaya, Brinjal, Banana, Chickpea, Pigeonpea, Potato, Sorghum, Brassica, Rice, Flax, Wheat and Sugarcane involving 11 Institutions through its “Network Project on Functional Genomics and Genome Modification” since 2006.

Further, to take the leads obtained from earlier project forward, ICAR has initiated a network project on All India Coordinated Research Project on Biotech crops which has both research and third-party evaluation components for the targeted traits as well as biosafety studies of six crops during 2021-26 plan period with a total budget outlay of Rs. 24.75 crores. Therefore, it is high time and purely in public interest for the welfare if farmers and consumers of India that the positivity created in minds of both experienced and young budding scientists about the research in the area of transgenic development by this landmark decision of the Govt, to approve GM mustard is taken to logical conclusion.

ICAR has initiated a network project on

Agro Universities, India, R&D

The quarterly periodical consists of education-centric articles, agri- university profiles, Experiential Learning Programmes (ELP) of Agricultural Universities and student success stories

To give further impetus to the popularisation of agricultural education, the Division of Agricultural Education, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has undertaken a new initiative by publishing a magazine ‘AGRI RISE—Agricultural Education Digest’. The quarterly periodical consists of education-centric articles, Agricultural University profiles, Experiential Learning Programmes (ELP) of Agricultural Universities, student success stories, and information on events organised and forthcoming events related to agricultural education.

The first issue was released by Himanshu Pathak, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) in the presence of Sanjay Garg, Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR); Alka Nangia Arora, Additional Secretary (DARE) & Financial Advisor (ICAR); R C Agrawal, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education) and other senior officials of ICAR at ICAR-IARI grounds today.

Each issue of the magazine would have a broad theme. The inaugural issue focused on ‘New Education Policy 2020’ with regard to Agricultural Education. It contains articles starting from the history of agricultural education to making the agriculture education system in India future ready. Profile of the first Agricultural University in the country, viz. Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUA&T), Pantnagar, and the first Deemed University, viz., Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) is presented. Besides the education-centric articles, the details of the ELPs along with some success stories of student entrepreneurs are also included. It is believed that the magazine will be very useful, informative, and beneficial for students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders.

The journal is published by ICAR-Directorate of Agricultural Management (DKMA), ICAR and articles can be sent to the editor by email. 

The quarterly periodical consists of education-centric articles,

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Animal Health, Dairy, India, R&D

This is the 2nd commercialisation of OmeB, a phyto – supplement for redesigning cattle milk fat

The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru licensed the ‘OmeB’ technology to M/s Unique Organic Inputs, Bardoli, Gujarat, on a non-exclusive basis through AgrInnovate India.

Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru, and Devendra Malik and Sujeet Nirwal, Directors, M/s Unique Organic Inputs, signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on behalf of their respective organisations.

Jagmohan Sharma, IFS & Director General, Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute, Govt. of Karnataka, and Suresh S. Honnappagol, Former Animal Husbandry Commissioner, Govt. of India, were also present during the signing of MoU.

Devendra Malik stated that the adoption of OmeB through Unique Organic Inputs in the field would be helpful to the dairy farmers by fetching more income via milk fat modulation.

The technology OmeB was developed by the NIANP through comprehensive research and validated for milk fat modulation through field studies in dairy animals. OmeB leads to a significant increase in the mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The product also improves the conjugated linoleic acids and omega fatty acids content of the milk.

The institute filed a patent (No. 202211040737) for the technology and previously commercialised it to M/s Gou Agritech (P) Limited, Bengaluru.

This is the 2nd commercialisation of OmeB,

Acquaculture, India

Stresses on creating a visible impact and forging close collaboration with state counterparts for disseminating farm-worthy technologies to farming community

Jatindra Nath Swain, IAS, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, MoFAHD, Government of India visited ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar and inaugurated the CIFA-GI Scampi hatchery cum nursery complex. He also visited the farm facilities and other infrastructure at the Campus. In his address to scientists and officers of the institute, he stressed creating a visible impact and forging close collaboration with state counterparts for disseminating farm-worthy technologies to the farming community. 

Swain exhorted that the Centre, state, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders need to work cohesively towards sustainable development of aquaculture.

P K Sahoo, Director, ICAR-CIFA & National Professor briefed the progress of various dimensions of Freshwater Aquaculture research being conducted at the Institute.

Stresses on creating a visible impact and

India

Trade opportunities and way forward to upscale the export of GI and traditional bananas from India

ICAR- National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli and Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi jointly organised a two-day consultative workshop on ‘Export of GI and traditional bananas: Present scenario, trade opportunities and way forward’ during 21-22 December, 2022 at Tiruchirappalli to upscale the export of GI and traditional bananas from India.

The Chief Guest, M Angamuthu, IAS, Chairman, APEDA, New Delhi appreciated the efforts of ICAR-NRCB, FPOs, and banana farmers’ efforts to conserve the GI and traditional bananas. He stressed the need to utilise the varietal diversity of bananas by using cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, and precision farming for extending export to more than fifty countries shortly.

The Special Guest, C Samayamoorthy, IAS, Agricultural Production Commissioner praised Tamil Nadu for cultivating diverse, traditional banana cultivars resistant to various biotic and abiotic stresses.  He also assured the support of the Tamil Nadu State Government for promoting exports of bananas.

The Special Guest, Rajalakshmi Devaraj, IDAS, Addl DGFT, Chennai underlined that under the District Export Hub Program, 11 districts from Tamil Nadu were selected in which Tiruchirappalli district was identified for banana export.

V Geethalakshmi, Vice Chancellor, TNAU, Coimbatore stressed the importance of soil management by following strategies such as precision farming, micro-irrigation, and fertigation, etc.

K M Indiresh, Vice-Chancellor, UHS, Bagalkot informed that under One District One Product (ODOP) program, in Karnataka, two regions were identified for promotion of bananas particularly value added products.

V B Patel, ADG (Horticultural Science -II), ICAR, New Delhi urged to enhance the productivity and improve the quality of bananas.

While presiding the inaugural session R Selvarajan, Director, ICAR-NRCB, mentioned that value of banana exports tripled from Rs 430 crores to 1300 crores during 2018-2022 and there is a great opportunity to export GI tagged and traditional banana cultivars in view of increasing demand for those cultivars. He applauded the Sirumalai and delta region farmers of Tamil Nadu for cultivating and protecting the GI-tagged and traditional cultivars of banana.

On this occasion, six publications were released and three awards were conferred to different stakeholders in banana production system viz., Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Jalgaon, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu Banana Growers Federation, Thottiyam and Tamil Nadu Hill Banana Growers’ Federation.

More than 300 participants attended the export workshop and an exhibition was also organised wherein more than 100 varieties and landraces of bananas were displayed.

Plenary session of the workshop was held on 22 December, 2022. M K Shanmugasundaram, IAS, Development Commissioner, MEPZ,SEZ, Chennai was the Chief Guest and D K Agarwal, Registrar General, PPV &FRA, New Delhi and Alex Paul Menon, IAS, Joint Development Commissioner, MEPZ, SEZ, Chennai were the Guests of Honour.

Trade opportunities and way forward to upscale

AgroPolicy, India, Live Stock, Sustainability

An effort to strengthen ties with international institutes with the common goal of sustainable livestock production

Australia-India Council (AIC) sponsored two-day international workshop on “Sustainable Livestock Production under Impending Climate Change” has been organised at IVRI.

The inaugural session was started with the welcome address by the co-convener of the program Gyanendra Singh. He stressed the effect of heat stress on various aspects of animal health and production and strategies to ameliorate the heat stress in livestock by nutritional supplementation. Further he emphasised the importance of workshop, that it is an effort to strengthen the ties with international institutes with the common goal of sustainable livestock production under the ongoing climate change scenario.

S S Chauhan, Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne in Australia and the project’s principal investigator, stressed the importance of collaborative research in dealing with the effects of climate change on livestock production. He also talked about the necessity for applying genomic tools for identifying thermo-tolerant breeds specific for the localities and developing for sustainable production.

Triveni Dutt, the director of ICAR-IVRI, elaborates extensively on the steps required to ensure food security for the growing population, the involvement of the younger generation in collaborative research opportunities, and the inputs and efforts of ICAR-IVRI in various farmer awareness activities related to climate change. He also pointed out the importance of climate-smart livestock production and mass awareness of the impending climate change. The inauguration event concluded with a vote of thanks.

In the following technical sessions, the eminent speakers from India and Australia shared their knowledge on the impact of heat stress, advanced tools for the detection of heat stress and the ameliorative strategies for maintaining sustainable livestock production. The different approaches for ameliorating heat stress ie., adjusting the microenvironment, nutritional supplements and genetic modification of livestock were discussed.

The key speakers discussed about the development of climate resilient animals need better understanding of physiology of native cattle and buffalo breeds through genetic tools and clear understanding of global gene expression and proteomics profiling of cattle and buffalo in heat stress condition as well in their specific thermal comfort zone can pave the way to increase the production performance.

Further, the remote sensing for animal heat stress surveillance, the carbon foot print and the mineral supplementation for ameliorating heat stress were discussed. Through this workshop, the University of Melbourne in Australia and the ICAR-IVRI will continue to enhance and explore their bilateral research collaboration efforts that will benefit the students and researchers work toward sustainable livestock production.

Hari Abdul Samad, Scientist, P&C Division. More than 300 researchers and students from India and Australia actively participated in this hybrid-mode workshop.

An effort to strengthen ties with international

AgroPolicy, Foodgrains, India

NFSM-Nutri Cereals is being implemented in 212 districts of 14 states.

The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha shared that the Government has planned to increase millets production and annually fixes target for the millet production. The crop-wise, state-wise and season-wise target of Nutri-Cereals for the year 2022-23 is annexed. For increasing the production of Nutri-Cereals under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) programme, the NFSM-Nutri Cereals is being implemented in 212 districts of 14 states. Under NFSM, assistance is given through state governments to farmers for interventions like cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/hybrids, improved farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools, efficient water application tools, plant protection measures, nutrient management/soil ameliorants, processing & post-harvest equipments, cropping system based trainings to the farmers etc.

The mission also provides support to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) & State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for technology back stopping and transfer of technology to the farmer under supervision of Subject Matter Specialists/Scientists. The research organisations are supported for undertaking research projects that can help enhancing production and productivity of food crops.

The State Governments can also promote cultivation of millets under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture & Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY- RAFTAAR) with the approval of the State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) of the respective states.

NFSM-Nutri Cereals is being implemented in 212

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Allied Industry, India, Start ups

Under ABI project, ICAR- CIPHET Ludhiana is providing incubation facilities for selected technologies.

A MoA for incubation of groundnut processing was signed between ICAR-CIPHET and Samrat R Singh.

Agribusiness, the business sector encompassing farming and farming-related commercial activities which involves all the steps required to send an agricultural good to market: production, processing and distribution. But due to lack of awareness rural youth are not getting any benefit. Keeping in view the above facts, under ABI project, ICAR- CIPHET Ludhiana is providing incubation facilities for selected technologies.

Samrat R Singh from Ludhiana approached CIPHET for incubation facility of groundnut processing, as groundnut-based products are loaded with protein & fibre, antioxidant properties along with aids in preventing cancer, regulate blood sugar and being low fat makes it critically important for individuals on diets or people who have to enhance their overall health.

Nachiket Kotwaliwale assured him that all possible help will be extended for establishment of agribusiness unit and start-up after successful completion of incubation.

Nachiket Kotwaliwale (Director ICAR-CIPHET), with the CIPHET team including Ranjeet Singh (PI ABI), Renu Balakrishnan (I/c ITMU) and Alka Sharma (RA) were present on the occasion.

Under ABI project, ICAR- CIPHET Ludhiana is

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, Live Stock, R&D

Multi-species facility which can be used for small scale slaughter of pigs, sheep and goat

ICAR – National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad develops Portable Meat Production and Retailing Facility – Multispecies (PMART-M). The facility was inaugurated by Dr BN Tripathi, Deputy Director General (AS), ICAR, New Delhi in presence of Dr SB Barbuddhe; Director, ICAR – National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad; Dr VK Gupta, Director, ICAR NRC on Pig, Guwahati; Mihir Sarkar, Director, ICAR – NRC on Yak and Dr Girish Patil, S, Director, ICAR – NRC on Mithun.

The facility is highly useful for small scale meat producers. It is a multispecies facility which can be used for small scale slaughter of pigs, sheep and goat. PMART-M has facilities for restraining the animal, stunning, hoisting, dressing above the ground, cutting, packaging and retailing. Further, solution for hygienic disposal of waste has also been provided. Entire waste can be put into the composters and biomethanation plant provided along with PMART-M. Biogas plant produced methane gas which can be used for singeing of the carcass and burning the gas stove.

The solid and liquid fertiliser provided may be used for soil enrichment. Guidelines of FSSAI and PCB have been factored-in while designing the facility. Patent application has been submitted for the invention.

Multi-species facility which can be used for

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, Live Stock, R&D

MoU will be helpful for improving camel production system through promotion of its utility in biomedical research. 

The ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research & development and exchange of knowledge.  

Artabandhu Sahoo, Director, ICAR-NRCC and Captain Sridhar Warrier, Registrar, IISc signed the MoU on behalf of the respective organisations.

Artabandhu Sahoo briefed about the present association of NRCC, Bikaner and IISc, Bengaluru on research program aimed at safer and more effective anti-snake venom development and emphasised on future collaborative research and development initiatives on “Camel Immunology” and “Climate-Resilient Phenomena” with IISc, Bengaluru. He said the MoU will be helpful for improving camel production system through promotion of its utility in biomedical research. 

Captain Sridhar Warrier stressed upon establishing an Educational Link with NRCC for expanding the scope of collaboration. He reiterated that the research on various aspects of camels by NRCC and at the global level shows the uniqueness of this species. 

MoU will be helpful for improving camel

Agro Universities, India, Sustainability

Himanshu Pathak addresses the workshop and puts emphasis on the need of technology backstopping to attain sustainability in farming

Secretary Himanshu Pathak, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) inaugurated NIRD Cold Room on the occasion of One Day workshop on FPCs/FPOs activities of the district. The workshop was inaugurated by Minister-in-Charge Pradip Mazumdar, Panchayat and Rural Development, Government of West Bengal. Pradip Mazumdar, Minister-in-Charge Panchayat & Rural development of West Bengal appreciated the effort to conduct such workshop for FPCs/FPOs of the district and mentioned that FPCs are the future of farming community. He has also emphasised need of technology backstopping to attain sustainability in farming & schemes like Matir Sristi prokolpo and Krisak Bima Yojana which has played a vital role in development of farming community of the district.

Dr Pathak, while addressing the workshop stated to perceive the fullest potential of the FPCs/FPOs more technical skill-oriented training is needed. He has taken keen interest in convergence of line departments at district and state level and inter-state exposure visit of FPCs to expedite the control over their business. He appreciated the concept of Mrittika’ branding of FPCs/FPOs products by WBCADC-Krishi Vigyan Kendra Bankura.

Radhika Aiyar, District Magistrate Bankura, FH Rahman, Principal Scientist, senior officials of Govt of West Bengal and around 150 FPCs, FPOs, Farmers Group and SHG cluster members were present in the workshop.FH Rahman, Principal Scientist, ICAR-ATARI Kolkata while welcoming the Guests highlighted the need of FPCs/FPOs to attain sustainable livelihood and security at their end. He also explained the need of diversifying product items and creating innovative marketing channel.

Moumita Dey Gupta, Head of CADC-KVK Bankura briefed about the initiatives/activities taken to promote FPCs of the district.

Himanshu Pathak addresses the workshop and puts

Agri Genomics, Agro Universities, India, Pulses, R&D, Seeds

It will enhance productivity in the drought-prone areas of Central Zone consisting of Madhya Pradesh, Bundelkhand Area of UP, Chhattisgarh, Southern Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where terminal drought is a major problem

ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute,  New Delhi in collaboration with its Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya  Jabalpur, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior and ICRISAT, Patancheru Hyderabad developed drought hardy and higher yielding chickpea variety ‘Pusa JG 16’ which will enhance productivity in the drought-prone areas of Central Zone consisting of Madhya  Pradesh, Bundelkhand Area of UP, Chhattisgarh, Southern Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where terminal drought is a major problem and sometimes leads to 50-100 percent loss of yield.

Pusa JG 16 variety was developed by using genomic-assisted breeding techniques that allowed the precision transfer of drought-tolerant genes from ICC 4958 in the parental variety JG 16. The drought tolerance of this variety was affirmed through national-level testing by the All India Coordinated Research Programme of Chickpea.

AK Singh, Director, ICAR-IARI emphasised that the ‘Pusa JG 16’ variety will be a boon for the farmers of drought-prone areas of Central Zone of the country. He congratulated the breeders and all the partners on this outstanding achievement.

ICAR-IARI Chickpea team led by C Bharadwaj, Principle Scientist in collaboration with Rajeev Varshney and Manish Roorkiwal from ICRISAT, Anita Babbar from JNKVV and Indu Swarup from RVSKVV developed the variety.

Bhardwaj emphasised that besides being highly drought tolerant, this variety is resistant to fusarium wilt and stunt diseases, having short duration maturity (110 days) and a yield potential of >2ton/ha under drought stress conditions over the recurrent parent JG 16 (1.3 ton/ha).

It will enhance productivity in the drought-prone