GUWAHATI: These are like the choicest nutritional diamonds from the Brahmaputra Valley.
Four native rice varieties, which are nutrient-rich and sumptuous, will be on the platter in Assam from Wednesday when a charitable trust launches them under the brand “Native Basket”.
The “Foundation for Development Integration” will launch 100 quintals each of “Amona Bao”, “Kola Joha”, “Ronga Bao” and “Boga Betguti”. Each variety has high contents of amylose, protein, dietary fibre, and oil as recognised by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India. Amona Bao is also flood-resistant.
The trust, launched as an NGO in 1998, works with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
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SILCHAR: An exploration programme was conducted in Hailakandi where seeds of rajma, paddy, mustard and cucumber were collected for conservation. The programme was undertaken by a team of scientists from ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi.
The team visited all the five developmental blocks of Hailakandi district and other parts of Barak Valley from December 17 to 20 and collected different local types of rajma, paddy and other underutilised crop seeds, like local kalai (urd bean), cucumber and mustard for their conservation in the National Gene Bank located at ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi. Barak Valley is known for cultivation of rajma (locally known as phorse) in Assam. There are more than 15 landraces being grown by the farmers in Barak Valley. Though rice is the main crop in the valley, the farmers make good money from sale of rajmah.