New seed doubles castor output without additional cost or change in farming

This could revolutionise the lives of thousands of farmers across Gujarat, Telangana, Rajasthan and other major growing states

Dilip Kumar Jha
Last Updated at April 26, 2018 02:58 IST

Castor Seeds

An experiment in Gujarat on castorseed has yielded double the output over conventional farming, without significant change in farm practices or additional expense.

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