How Sri Lanka's heirloom rice can preserve Indigenous farming and help manage disease
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Around 2,500 heirloom rice varieties are preserved at Sri Lanka's Plant Genetic Resources Centre; researchers have developed scientific recommendations to help farmers minimize climate risks while cultivating traditional varieties known to possess nutritional and medicinal properties useful in managing non-communicable diseases.
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