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Caught in Covid crisis, Tripura tribals grow Apple Ber, first in NE region
Sun, Jul 11 2021 10:43:41 AM
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala, Jul 11 (IANS): Hit by the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and enthused by a tribal youth, some tribal farmers in Tripura are scripting a new story by cultivating Apple Ber, a variety of horticultural fruit. It is being done for the first time in the entire northeastern region.
Bikramjit Chakma in northern Tripura s Pencharthal encouraged his relatives to cultivate two varieties of Apple Ber Sinduri Apple Ber and Kashmiri Apple Ber on their lands instead of the traditional horticultural crops.