Article Thomas Kattakkayam -Rubber farmer shifts his attention to jackfruit to keep illness away

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Thomas Kattakkayam -Rubber farmer shifts his attention to jackfruit to keep illness away - Preserves and popularizes jackfruit, maintains collection of 210 plus varieties

Rubber farmer shifts his attention to jackfruit to keep illness away. Preserves and popularizes jackfruit, maintains collection of 210 plus varieties. Also sells budding seedlings

“In the year 1970 farmers received subsidy of Rs. 3000/acre from Government to grow rubber in their farms therefore we farmers cleared our farmlands to grow rubber. Subsequently we started losing our state’s treasure ‘jackfruit’. After few years, I could reinvent my faith in jackfruit when my blood...

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