IIHR, Bengaluru, is conserving about 400 varieties of the fruit and collaborating with farmers in different regions

There is a need for farmers to get their unique jackfruit varieties registered with PPVFRA (Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority), according to Sanjay Kumar Singh, Director of the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR).
Speaking to businessline on the sidelines of a jackfruit festival at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, he said the varieties registered under this get royalty on the price at which the plant is sold.
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