Biotech-KISAN is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in which year?
A. 2014
B. 2017
C. 2019
D. 2021
Explanation:
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has issued a Special Call for North East Region as a part of its Mission Programme “Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN)”. It aims to understand the local problems of the NER farmers and provide scientific solutions to those problems. Biotech-KISAN is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017 for agriculture innovation with an objective to connect science laboratories with the farmers to find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.
