{"id":4974,"date":"2022-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/22-10-2022\/pokkali-rice\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T00:00:00","slug":"pokkali-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-10-2022\/pokkali-rice","title":{"rendered":"Pokkali Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><strong>About\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Pokkali is an <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>heritage heirloom rice crop<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> cultivated in the coastal regions of Kerala, including Ezhikkara, Ernakulam, and <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>supported by Palliyakal Cooperative Service Bank (PCSB)<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Pokkali is an <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>ancient farming practice<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> where one season of rice farming is alternated with another season of prawn culture.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The prawn seedlings, which swim in from the sea and the backwaters after the rice harvest, feed on the leftovers of the harvested crop.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The rice crop, which gets no other fertiliser or manure, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>draws nutrients from the prawns\u2019 excrement<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> and other remnants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Rice farming and prawn farming are mutually complementary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Pokkali has an excellent gene pool which is very useful for <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>salinity tolerance<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><strong>History\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The story of Pokkali begins with a great flood that washed the seeds of this prolific grain from the Western Ghats to the low lying saline plains.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">There she evolved as a strong contender against the ravages of nature, to nurture the communities that lived harmoniously with the farming of Pokkali.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Pokkali is the oldest variety of rice in Kerala which has a tradition of at least 3000 years in rice cultivation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">It is also among the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>oldest known crops cultivated by organic farming<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> methodologies in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Kochi\/harvest-fest-to-bring-curtain-down-on-pokkali-season-at-nayarambalam\/article66026130.ece\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\">TH<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About\u00a0 Pokkali is an heritage heirloom rice crop cultivated in the coastal regions of Kerala, including Ezhikkara, Ernakulam, and supported by Palliyakal Cooperative Service Bank (PCSB).\u00a0 Pokkali is an ancient farming practice where one season of rice farming is alternated with another season of prawn culture.\u00a0 The prawn seedlings, which swim in from the sea 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