![]() The sexagenarian tribal farmer, known as a “living paddy gene bank”, is tending to the freshly-planted saplings in his three-acre land that resembles a sprawling green carpet. ![]() “Ramettan is in the farm,” says his wife, who emerges from the 150-year-old thatched house with dark interiors and shows the way to the paddy field through the backyard. The clouds are about to burst again after an early morning rain, and the mud road leading to Cheruvayal Raman’s home is slippery. Meet this tribal farmer who grows and preserves 52 native rice varietiesĬheruvayal Raman with young visitors at his paddy field in Kammana, Kerala
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