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Dr P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, highlighted that empowering farmers is essential for India’s agricultural biodiversity, noting that nearly half of the plant varieties registered with the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority are farmers’ varieties. He also pointed out that India’s National Genebank at ICAR‑NBPGR is the world’s second‑largest repository and that the National Agricultural Research System has developed nearly 3,000 climate‑resilient crop varieties.
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New Delhi: India’s National Genebank at ICAR-NBPGR ranks as the world’s second largest, and nearly 3,000 climate-resilient crop varieties have been developed under the National Agricultural Research System, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P K Mishra said on Thursday. He was addressing the…