Along the waterlogged coastal plains of Uttara Kannada, a little-known rice variety has survived where most crops would fail. Known as Kagga rice, this indigenous grain has been cultivated for generations in fields that remain submerged for months during monsoons.
When water levels in fields rise, and conventional paddy varieties struggle to survive, Kagga rice thrives in the Gazni marshlands near the estuaries of Aghanashini, Ganga, and coasta…
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