Indulge in India’s monsoon flavours with delightful dishes like Kerala’s immunity-boosting Karkidaka Kanji, Karnataka’s ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Farmers engaged in the cultivation of "Navara" rice, a unique endemic crop native to Kerala with high medicinal properties, are facing crisis due to lack of marketing network ...

Navara (or njavara, going by the Dravidian name) is among them. Widely grown in the Rice Bowl of Kerala (Palakkad), navara is available in two forms white glumed and black glumed. This is a ...

PALAKKAD: Is organic navara rice an answer to wheat protein gluton allergy? There have been enquiries from around the country by persons suffering from multiple sclerosis. Traditionally ...

The unique aspect of the farm is that it has the largest navara rice growing field (12 acres) in the State. “Navara is a medicinal rice variety and its cultivation is almost extinct. Many ...

The nearly extinct rice variety Navara is in the thick of a controversy with the government opposing attempts of a farmer to gain Intellectual Property (IP) rights over its conservation under the ...

The state government has raised objection to the move of a man in Palakkad to get intellectual property (IP) rights over the Navara variety of rice. The minister pointed out that the rice variety ...

From the ‘Marcha rice of Bihar’, Wada Kolam rice of Maharashtra, to the Navara rice of Kerala. The rice that travels a shorter distance to reach your plate is the best.” Part of a healthy ...

Farmers engaged in the cultivation of “Navara” rice, a unique endemic crop native to Kerala with high medicinal properties, are facing a crisis due to the lack of a marketing network and ...