Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released 109 high yielding, climate resilient and biofortified varieties of crops at India Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
The 109 varieties of 61 crops released by the Prime Minister included 34 field crops and 27 horticultural crops.
Two cashew hybrids — ‘Netra Jumbo-1’ and ‘Netra Ganga’ — from the Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR), Puttur, were also part of the 109 improved, climate-resilient, nutrient-rich varieties of various annual and horticultural crops.
Netra Jumbo-1
‘Netra Jumbo-1’ hybrid is developed by the DCR Director, Dinakara Adiga, and his team. ‘Netra Jumbo-1’ nut weighs 12 gm.
More than 90 per cent of the nuts are of the same size. About 29-30 kg of kernel is obtained by processing 100 kg of raw cashew nuts.
This hybrid has a higher grade kernel (W130) than the existing export standard grade W180.
Netra Ganga
‘Netra Ganga’ hybrid was developed by the previous director-in-charge, Gangadhara Nayak, and his team.
It has big nuts of 12-13 gm, cluster bearing variety with good yield.
This variety flowers within a couple of years of planting and produces flowers and nuts for a long period (from December to April).
