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Rice is one of the oldest cultivated crop and staple food for world’s half population. Area under rice crop in Katni district is 172.10 thousand ha which covered about 91.5% of thekharifarea in the district. The crop grown under wide range of climatic condition but non availability of high yielding medium duration rice variety is the main concern among farmers. The continued use of same variety for long period also leads to the low yield. Keeping this in view, KVK Katni made an attempt to substitute existing variety with improved rice variety Swarna Shreya. Afront line demonstration programme was conducted against the local variety to evaluate the production potential and increase the knowledge level of the farmers.

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