Farmers in India are earning good income from improved rice varieties developed by IARI
Rice
India
Published Mar 3, 2022
Tridge summary
Both the varieties, developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, Delhi, fetch farmers like Singh financial benefits in the range of Rs.25,000 to Rs.30,000 per acre, after taking into account cost of cultivation as well as lease rental for the land.
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Pritam Singh, who farms on 110 acres, including some leased land, in Haryana's Panipat district, has just sold his harvest of Basmati rice varieties- PB 1121 and PB 1509 at the local mandi for Rs.3800 and Rs.3500 per quintal, respectively. Both the varieties, established by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, Delhi, provide farmers like Singh with financial benefits ranging from Rs.25000 to Rs.30000 per acre, after deducting cultivation costs and leasing rental for the land. "Since the introduction of high-yielding varieties such as PB1121 and PB1509 the production as well as quality in terms of size of the Basmati rice grain increased thus bringing economic benefits to us," Singh stated. Prior to the introduction of these two varieties, Singh stated that conventional varieties had yields ranging from 12 to 13 quintal per acre, whereas the PB1121 and PB1509 varieties have average yields of 24 and 26 quintal per acre, respectively. While the high-yielding and ...
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