Caught in Covid crisis, Tripura tribals grow Apple Ber, first in NE region

Agartala, July 11 Hit by the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and enthused by a tribal youth, some tribal farmers in Tripura are scripting a new story by cultivating Apple Ber, a variety of horticultural fruit. It is being done for the first time in the entire northeastern region.

Bikramjit Chakma in northern Tripura's Pencharthal encouraged his relatives to cultivate two varieties of Apple Ber Sinduri Apple Ber and Kashmiri Apple Ber on their lands instead of the traditional horticultural crops.

"Many tribals in Tripura for the past many years are cultivating rubber while many others are doing unscientific 'jhum' cultivation

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