Two flood-resistant rice varieties are helping farmers in Africa to improve productivity, with huge potential returns for countries affected by climate change, agricultural food experts say.
According to the researchers, the average grain yield of KKL(R) 2 is 6,850 kg per hectare under normal circumstances and under submerged conditions, it is expected to yield 3,600 kg per hectare, , rice, rice cultivation, floods, KKL(R) 2, Dr. S. Thirumeni, The agriculture institute in Karaikal, Department of Biotechnology
The Agriculture institute in Karaikal, Puducherry has developed a new rice variety that can tolerate floods. The rice variety was developed with the support of the Department of Biotechnology, Central government.The rice variety, KKL(R)2 was .