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Although farmers in Kerala had preferred more lucrative rice varieties over this traditional rice variety, in recent years
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The organically-grown
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standing upright. Harvesting takes place by end-October. Only the panicles are cut about 30 cm from top and the rest of the stalks are left to decay in the water, which in time become feed for the prawns that start arriving in
November–December. Then, the second phase of the Pokkali farming, the
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Since the tidal flows make the fields highly fertile, no manure or fertilizer need to be applied; the seedlings just grow the natural way. In order to survive in the water-logged field, the rice plants grow up to 130-140 cm. But, as they mature, they bend over and collapse with only the
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