The Prime Minister released 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient and biofortified varieties of crops in New Delhi.
The 109 varieties of 61 crops released by the Prime Minister includes 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 were released.