Pokkali Variety of Rice
- Farmers in West Bengal are betting on the pokkali variety of rice from Kerala to tide over a crisis-like situation created by severe seawater incursion into paddy fields in vast areas of the Sundarbans after the cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal in May, 2020.
- About 80% of the rice paddies in the Sundarbans faced the problem of saltwater incursion and if the pokkali experiment succeeds, it would be a good step to turn around the fortunes of the farmers.
About Pokkali Rice
- Rice produced in the fields of Pokkali tract in Ernakulam, Alappuzha andThrissur districts is called as Pokkali rice.
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