Baby kumari, Former Member of Legislative Assembly, Bihar

Varanasi (UP), June 15 A farmer from Pakistan has sought seeds of newly developed 'Malviya Manila Sinchit Dhan-1' paddy variety for cultivation from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).Claiming to be a "progressive farmer" from Pakistan, one Rizwan contacted Banaras Hindu University (BHU) scientist Prof S.K. Singh on WhatsApp, requesting him to provide the seeds.Prof Singh has asked Rizwan to contact the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) unit in Pakistan."Rizwan was making voice calls, then also sent a voice message. I expressed my inability in fulfilling Rizwan's demand and asked him to contact the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Pakistan to know whether it can be made available to him by the centre," said Prof Singh of genetics and plant breeding department of Institute of Agriculture Science, BHU."The variety of paddy which Rizwan wants, has been developed in a joint venture of IRRI Manila, which has a centre in Varanasi, and BHU," he said.He said, "Unlike other normal paddy varieties' crop cycle of 135-140 days, this MMSD-1 variety of paddy grows in 115-118 days. Using this variety for paddy crops will enable farmers to cultivate four crops in a year and increase earning up to three times."On how Rizwan contacted him, Prof Singh said, "Initially, he was making voice calls through social media platforms on June 6. When I did not attend the calls, he sent a voice message mentioning that he knew about the MMSD-1 variety of paddy through an article after which he searched my number from the BHU website. He then requested to interact with him for a few minutes.""In the first impression, he seemed to be a genuine farmer. In the conversation, he started demanding MMSD-1 seeds. I told him that it could not be provided by me and he would have to consult IRRI's centre if one existed in Pakistan to know how he can procure it," said Prof Singh.The professor said that Rizwan continued requesting for the seeds though it was made clear to him that the MMSD-1 variety has been developed for the cultivation conditions of UP, Bihar and Odisha only.Regarding MMSD-1, Prof Singh said that this variety has been developed in a joint venture of IRRI and BHU.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Baby KumariFOLLOW

Baby kumari, Latest News

Patna (Bihar) [India], June 16 : Ahead of the Opposition meeting that is scheduled to be held on June ... ...

Rourkela (Odisha), June 16 Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Hockey registered wins in their respective pool matches on ... ...

Rourkela (Odisha) [India], June 16 : Action on Day 5 of the 13th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship ... ...

Patna (Bihar) [India], June 16 : Janata Dal (United) MLA Ratnesh Sada was sworn in as the new Minority ... ...

New Delhi [India], June 15 : K Laxman, National President of BJP Other Backward Class (OBC) Morcha on Thursday ... ...

Patna (Bihar) [India], June 15 : Referring to the upcoming visits of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya ... ...

Rourkela (Odisha) [India], June 15 : The action continued in the 13th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2023, ... ...

Varanasi (UP), June 15 A farmer from Pakistan has sought seeds of newly developed 'Malviya Manila Sinchit Dhan-1' ... ...