Nepal Agricultural Research Council and Big Agro Group Sign Agreement for Commercial Production of New Wheat Variety

Kathmandu. A new variety of wheat researched and discovered in Nepal will be commercially produced and marketed. An agreement has been reached between the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and the private sector's Big Agro Group Limited for this purpose.

NARC has signed an agreement with Big Agro to commercially produce and market the nutritious 'Zinc Wheat-1' variety, developed after long-term scientific research by NARC. NARC's Executive Director Dr. Shreemat Shrestha stated that the concept of 'from research to consumer' has been put into practice. According to this agreement, Big Agro will bring zinc and iron-rich indigenous nutritious flour to the market under the brand name 'Raj Chakki Aata'.