Chatra farmers sow saffron, junk rebel-forced illegal poppy cultivation | Ranchi News
Picture used for representational purpose only CHATRA: Slowly, but steadily, farmers of Chatra, a rebel-hit district and infamous for illegally cultivating poppy, are taking up legal farming through flowers and other pricey things such as saffron. In Kanhachatti block, farmers of seven villages — Amkudar, Gudiya, Pathel, Baniabandh, Pachfedi, Bengokhurd and Saraiya — have cultivated saffron on 12 acre land for better returns. For the farmers here, Pawan Singh of Joldiha village in Huntergunj block was an inspiration. Singh was the first to cultivate saffron on his seven cottah land last...
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