Govt releases new rice variety for UP, Bihar & Odisha farmers
Varanasi: The Indian government has released a new high-yielding rice variety, *Malaviya Manila Sinchit Dhan-1*, developed by BHU and IRRI after 18 years of research. Suitable for UP, Bihar, and Odisha, it matures early, yields 55–64 quintals/ha, needs less water, and supports direct seeding. Its quality grain fetches better prices, enabling multi-cropping and boosting farmer incomes.
Varanasi: The govt of India released a new high-yielding, long slender grain rice variety, ‘Malaviya Manila Sinchit Dhan-1′, developed by Banaras Hindu University (BHU) for farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha. The seeds are available at BHU’s Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Barkachha, Mirzapur.Professor Shravan Kumar Singh, HoD of Genetics & Plant Breeding, said this new variety was developed over nearly 18 years of continuous research under the joint collaboration of BHU and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines.”The variety has several features that have the potential to increase farmers’ incomes. Since it matures early (115–120 days by transplanting method), the cultivation cost is reduced. The average yield through transplanting is 55–64 quintals per hectare. It is suitable for direct seeding (DSR) as well. With DSR, the costs go down further, and it matures even earlier (105–110 days),” he added. “It requires less water. If the monsoon is normal, irrigation is barely needed, making it suitable for rainfed areas too.
The rice is slender, long, sweet, and tasty, fetching a better price in the market. Despite being long and slender, when milled in good-quality mills, it breaks less compared to other long-grain varieties,” he HoD said further. He said that due to early maturity, farmers can grow multiple crops in the same field per year, such as paddy–green peas–wheat–mung bean, or paddy–green peas–mustard–mung bean, or paddy–potato–mung bean, significantly boosting their income. Its early harvest allows timely sowing of other crops like wheat, potatoes, mustard, peas, etc., increasing their yields too. This new variety can make a significant contribution in raising the income of farmers in major paddy-growing states of UP, Bihar, and Odisha, he said.
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Source : The Times Of India
