63-year old Devakanta from Manipur discovers 165 types of wild rice

CHENNAI: Five years ago P Devakanta started growing four varieties of traditional paddy at his home in Imphal. What began as a hobby soon turned into a passion that took the 63-year-old across hills to remote villages of Manipur in search of more traditional varieties. While Devakanta did find about several seeds, he learned that […]

CHENNAI: Five years ago P Devakanta started growing four varieties of traditional paddy at his home in Imphal. What began as a hobby soon turned into a passion that took the 63-year-old across hills to remote villages of Manipur in search of more traditional varieties. While Devakanta did find about several seeds, he learned that […]

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