Knocksense Shorts | India's first speed breeding crop facility at Mohali's NABI begins operations

A first-of-its-kind facility in the country, a speed breeding crop facility was inaugurated in Mohali on Monday. This new facility, named the National Speed Breeding Crop Facility, has come up at Mohali's National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) and has already begin operations.

This technological leap will aid in developing new varieties of wheat, pea, tomato, rice, etc. The facility boasts the capability to develop up to four generations of a crop per year with the use of a precisely controlling aspects of the environment such as temperature, light, and humidity.

The focus behind starting such a groundbreaking facility in the country is to not only improve the farmer's produce in terms of quality but to also guarantee a quantitative boost.