According to a recent study, as many as 12 folk varieties of Indian rice examined by researchers can supplement the nutritional demand of important fatty acids in undernourished mothers.
- These folk rice varieties can further supplement the arachidonic acid (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in neonates through breast-feeding.
- The study titled Rare and neglected rice landraces as a source of fatty acids for undernourished infants was published in the Current Science.
- In India, many folk varieties like Athikaraya, Dudh-sar, Kayame, Neelam samba, Srihati, Maharaji and Bhejri are known in folk medicine to enhance milk production in lactating women.
- Other traditional varieties like Kelas, DudheBolta and Bhutmoori are rich in iron and can be included in diet of mothers to treat anaemia.
- Tilak Chandan is a thick, small-grained rice famous for its fragrance and cultivated in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnore and Rampur.
- Bindli was a once famous rice variety of Uttar Pradesh.
- Kalanamak is another rice variety grown in Uttar Pradesh, is fast going out of cultivation.
- The iron-rich red rice Bao-dhaan is grown in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam.
- Meghalaya lakang, Chingphourel, Manuikhamei, Kemenyakepeyu, Wainem, Thekrulha, and Koyajang are seven rice varieties of North East India with the potential to resist leaf and neck blast disease in rice plants.
(Source: Down To Earth)
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