Who inaugurated the "National Speed Breeding Crop Facility" at the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NAB

·         Union Minister of Science & Technology , Dr . Jitendra Singh inaugurated the first - of - its - kind " National Speed Breeding Crop Facility " at the premier National Agri - Food Biotechnology Institute ( NABI ) in Mohali .   ·         Biotechnology speedy seeds facility will cater to all the States of India but it will especially be useful for the North Indian States like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and the UT of J&K .    ·         T his facility will augment transformational changes in crop improvement programmes by accelerating the development of advanced crop varieties that could sustain climate change and contribute to the food and nutritional demand of the population with implementation of speed breeding cropping methods .   ·         DBT institute of NABI has developed technology of ‘ Climate - resistant crops ’ , by harnessing these technologies the farmers will not be restrained to cultivate a crop in a particular season rather they will have the liberty to practise farming irrespective of climate conduciveness ”.