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Progressive Farmer Diversifies From Traditional Crops To Organically Cultivate Purple Yam In Bharatpur
Bhim Singh Rana of Bahenera village is the only person to achieve this feat in Bharatpur district.
Bharatpur: A progressive farmer from Bahenera village has diversified from the traditional cultivation of wheat, mustard and millet to grow purple yams through organic farming.
Bhim Singh Rana refers to the South Indian superfood as the dynamite of food. He is the only farmer in the Bharatpur district to successfully cultivate this nutritious crop in the local soil and hopes to earn a good profit from it.
He related that the idea to grow this crop came to his mind during the COVID pandemic. During his free time in the lockdown period, he started watching v