Summary
The plant is made from natural seeds, not changed in a lab.
Farmers can grow it on their fields and sell popcorn to many people.
This helps the country use its own seeds instead of buying them from far away.
Key Points
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Vice President launched the first natural popcorn seed in Andhra Pradesh.
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The seed is a hybrid that expands a lot when popped.
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It is not genetically modified, meaning it is natural.
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More than 17,500 farmers across eight states will grow it.
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The project aims to make India more self‑reliant in farming.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsnon‑GMO
not changed in a laboratory
hybrid
a plant made by mixing two kinds to get the best parts
indigenous
made in the country, not from somewhere else
self‑reliance
being able to do things on your own
technology
tools and machines that help us do work
innovation
new ideas that improve things
seed
the small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant
agriculture
growing crops and raising animals for food
foreign exchange
money that a country uses when it buys things from other countries
global markets
places around the world where things are bought and sold
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