Young girl finds success in Rakthashali farming
The Hindu
Muhamma native to harvest paddy cultivated on 75 cents today
Thirteen-year-old Banupriya M.S. is super-excited that she will be reaping the fruits of her hard work on Saturday.
The young girl, a resident of Kallapuram in Muhamma, will harvest Rakthashali, a nearly extinct variety of rice that she cultivated on 75 cents of karapadam (upland rice field), in the presence of Agriculture Minister P. Prasad and grama panchayat and Agriculture Department officials.
“It is my first shot at paddy farming. I never thought it would be a great success. Everyone says it is going to be a bountiful harvest and I am eagerly looking forward to the end product of four months of hard work,” says Bhanupriya, standing beside the ready-to-harvest paddy crops.
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