You must have cultivated white rice, but now some farmers are earning more profit than white rice by cultivating black rice. This rice proves to be very beneficial for health. Actually, black rice is rich in protein, vitamin B, vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6 and folic acid (B9) which are very essential for the human body. Apart from this, it also contains many minerals like phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, iron and zinc. Due to these qualities of black rice, it gets more price than white rice in the market.

Black rice is mainly cultivated by a large number of farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Let us tell you that you can cultivate black rice in any soil and the summer season is most suitable for its cultivation. The most important thing is that the production of black rice is more than that of white rice. Talking about earnings, its price in the market remains around Rs 400 to 500 per kg. It is sold at Rs 30 to 40 per kg more than white rice.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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