BIOTECH-KISAN

June 23, 2021

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has issued a Special Call for North East Region as a part of its Mission Programme “Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN)”, with the aim to understand the local problems of the NER farmers and provide scientific solutions to those problems.

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  • Biotech-KISAN is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017 for agriculture innovation.

  • Its objective is to connect science laboratories with the farmers to find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.

  • Under this scheme, so far 146 Biotech-KISAN Hubs have been established covering all 15 agroclimatic zones and110 Aspirational Districts in the country.

Source : PIB

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