date:Sep 27, 2012
ess-tolerant rice varieties through their national partners. New multi-hazard tolerant varieties are being developed to reduce the risk of crop failure by triggering coping response to either the drought or to flood or to both the calamities in the same season. We have also engaged ICARDA another CGIAR institution to promote lentils in the rice fallows to give additional income to rice farmers. We are committed to develop the cropping system of the region with the latest technologies and employi