Fifty shades of Bengals paddy
Isn’t it amazing that farmers in many parts of Bengal still cultivate 50 well-known traditional varieties of high-yielding paddy? Bahurupi, Bourani, Kerala-Sundari, Tulsibhog, Asitburma
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