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Trouble in the Rice Bowl of Bengal -Gurvinder Singh

-GaonConnection

West Bengal is India's top paddy growing state. Bardhaman region in the state, which is known as the rice bowl of Bengal, has received minus 47% deficient rainfall leading to a drastic reduction in paddy sowing. A Gaon Connection ground report as part of its Paddy Pain series.

Kalyanpur (East Bardhaman), West Bengal: Dinonath Ghosh, a farmer for more than four decades believes that this must be the worst paddy farming season he has experienced. The 62-year-old farmer lives in the remote Kalyanpur village in West Bengal's East Bardhaman district, which is also known as the 'rice bowl of Bengal' due to its high paddy production. But this year, the crop is likely to suffer heavy damages.

"The poor monsoon rainfall during the sowing season of aman paddy has hit us badly," Dinonath told Gaon Connection. The aman paddy variety is sown in June-July and harvested in winter in November-December.

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