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Agriculture | Western Odisha farmers strike gold with black rice -Mayank Bhusan Pani

Western Odisha farmers strike gold with black rice -Mayank Bhusan Pani

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published Published on Oct 30, 2019   modified Modified on Oct 30, 2019
-The New Indian Express

Sudam Sahu, a progressive farmer from Bargarh who has been growing Kalabati Dhana from 2014, collected two varieties of black rice seeds from Nayagarh which he has preserved till now.

SAMBALPUR:
A group of farmers in Western Odisha is not just reaping the benefit of cultivating black rice but also popularising the crop among paddy growers in the region.

Black rice has a niche market for its nutritional and medicinal benefits, both in Odisha and outside. Known as Kalabati Dhana in local parlance, the indigenous rice variety is being grown by a few farmers in Western Odisha, Bargarh and Sambalpur particularly, as the crop fetches a premium price with little input cost as compared to the normal white rice.

The New Indian Express, 27 October, 2019,  please click here to read the entire success story

The New Indian Express, 27 October, 2019, http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/oct/27/western-odisha-farmers-strike-gold-with-black-rice-2053617.html


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