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More sustainable red rice to make a comeback in Indian rice fields
Farmer's Weekly
|September 01, 2023
Rice farmers in Himachal Pradesh in northern India are going back to their roots and growing red rice. According to the country’s Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, red rice had many beneficial qualities and grew well without fertiliser and other chemicals.
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The area was known to produce red rice, but many farmers opted to change to white rice due to demand for it.
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