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

-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