SpicyIP: What ails the Palakkad Rice Growers?
The Indian Grains seem to have a way of making news!!! If the Basmati saga hogged headlines in the last decade, it is the turn now of the Palakkad Matta and Navara rice from Kerala Two endemic varieties of Palakkad variety, the Matta and the Navara rice that were awarded the G.I tag seem to be drawing media attention, albeit on a note that strikes a different chord. Presenting a counterfactual to the ongoing G.I trend, this case study plays …