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what are the agricultural practices adopted for rice crop?
The farmers used traditional varieties of seeds, crop rotation. pokkali fields  seen in the regions of Kuttanad and Ekm districts.

Along with that, they used organic manure prepared from household ingredients like cow dung and urine, lemon juice, banana pulp, milk and curd etc which were all mixed together in specific quantities and kept under a lid in an earthen pot (matka) for about 15 days. Planting less seeds, planting them in rows spaced 10 inches from each other and using organic manure are some of the methods followed now by traditional farmers. This is a report from The  Hindu news paper.


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