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Drought-resistant paddy variety comes in handy -Rajiv Ajjibal

-The Hindu

The variety is locally known as ‘Damberasali’

SIRSI (Karnataka):
Amid reports of paddy crops affected by a deficient monsoon in Malnad this year, a young farmer in Hakkalkeri near Bedasgaon in Mundgod taluk is cultivating a rare variety that is drought resistant.

Maryappa Choudappa Naik, a young farmer of Hakkalkeri brought 25 kg of ‘Raksha 10.5’ variety of paddy seeds from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and noticed during the harvest that one of the sheaves of paddy was violet in colour. He collected the seeds separately out of curiosity.

He prepared a separate bed for these seeds and found that the saplings too were of violet in colour. He planted the saplings on about a gunta. The paddy crop is healthy and nearing harvest. Though Bedasgaon is draught-hit this year, this variety has not been affected.

According to Ramesh Hegde Halekangod, an expert, the variety is locally known as ‘Damberasali’ and has medicinal value in Ayurveda.
 
The Hindu, 26 October, 2015, please click here to access