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First Biofortified sorghum
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- India’s first biofortified sorghum (Jowar) named Parbhani Shakti containing higher iron and zinc than regular sorghum was formally launched.
- This improved sorghum variety has been developed by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT).
- It was released for cultivation by Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Maharashtra.
- The improved variety ICSR 14001 has been released as ‘Parbhani Shakti’ by VNMKV.
- Parbhani Shakti is cost-effective. It has been introduced as a sustainable solution to rectify micronutrient deficiency.
- Parbhani Shakti was developed by ICRISAT under HarvestPlus, a sorghum biofortification project.
- It was tested as PVK 1009 in Maharashtra and in All India Co-ordinated Sorghum Improvement Project (AICSIP) Trials.
- It was launched as a rainy season variety (Kharif). But it can be grown in post-rainy (Rabi) and summer seasons.
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