 | Black is the new gold: UP’s rice bowl strikes it richAccording to a senior agriculture department official, by sowing 15 kg of black rice with an investment of Rs 42,000, the farmer gets Rs 2,55,500 by selling his crop. |
 | Western Odisha farmers strike gold with black riceSudam Sahu, a progressive farmer from Bargarh who has been growing Kalabati Dhana from 2014, collected two varieties of black rice seeds from Nayagarh which he has preserved till now. |
