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This Maharashtra village is home to 10 aromatic rice varieties

Murukate village in Maharashtra grows 10 traditional varieties of rice, with organic fertiliser and the mountain streams that irrigate the fields lending each of them a unique fragrance.

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Farmers reclaim fallow land to cultivate rice in Kerala

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In a landscape dominated by cash crops, many farmers in Kerala have started growing paddy on land lying fallow for decades after being encouraged by the state government to cultivate on barren fields