{"id":27247,"date":"2026-10-12T19:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27247"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:29:30","slug":"india-hands-over-germplasm-from-four-sugarcane-varieties-to-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27247","title":{"rendered":"<strong>India Hands Over Germplasm from Four Sugarcane Varieties to Nepal<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India has provided the Nepal Agricultural Research Council with germplasm from four sugarcane varieties to support research and efforts to improve productivity in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>The germplasm\u2014CoLk 16202, CoLk 16470, CoS 17321 and CoS 18321\u2014was 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\u2019s complex on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is intended to support sugarcane research and productivity improvement in Nepal. 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