A tribal farmer from Vithura in the district has won the 2020-21 Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Recognition award for the conservation of a special variety of pineapple.
The woman farmer, Parappi of Kunnumpurathu House, Padinjattinkara, Manithooki tribal settlement, won the award instituted by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority under the Union Ministry of Agriculture.
She won national recognition fo her efforts to grow and conserve the ‘Makkal Thookki’ variety of pineapple. This variety is also called ‘Koonthani,’ the State Agriculture Department said.
