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Another important feature of the commercial farming is the use of improved/hybrid/high yielding varieties of crops. Our Green Revolution was started with the high yielding varieties of wheat. It further spread to other crops like rice, maize, sorghum, fruit and vegetable crops. Area under high yielding varieties has increased by leaps and bounds. The farmers have become more responsive to the use of HYVs are compared to the past. Now, there has been tremendous increase in the research relating to breeding of new varieties of different crops in Agriculture Universities, Control Institutes as well as the private agencies. As a result, there has been a greater influx of new HYVs in markets and farmers are also adopting the same. The genetic engineering and other breeding techniques have made much headway in recent years and several new varieties of crops having all the good characteristics will be available soon. |
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