India Hands Over Germplasm from Four Sugarcane Varieties to Nepal
Dragon Media News Desk
India has provided the Nepal Agricultural Research Council with germplasm from four sugarcane varieties to support research and efforts to improve productivity in Nepal.
The germplasm—CoLk 16202, CoLk 16470, CoS 17321 and CoS 18321—was supplied by the Indian Sugarcane Research Institute in Lucknow. Nisha, First Secretary for Development Partnership at the Embassy of India, handed it over to NARC officials at the council’s complex on Monday.
The initiative is intended to support sugarcane research and productivity improvement in Nepal. It is also expected to strengthen agricultural cooperation between the two countries and benefit farmers.
