Bayer CropScience awaits nod to launch flood-resistant rice in India

New variety already launched in Bangladesh, company hopes to introduce it in India before onset of monsoon next year

German chemical and seed company Bayer plans to launch a flood-resistant rice variety in India before the onset of the monsoon season next year.

While the new variety has already been launched in neighbouring Bangladesh, the company has applied for the necessary regulatory approval in India.

“The process of getting the required approval is on and we are working closely with the concerned departments under the union agriculture ministry for the same,” Bayer CropScience Limited, Commercial Lead (Central), Ajeet Chahal told Business Standard.

He said three-year field trials for the rice variety had been conducted in West Bengal, Bihar and