Description:

• Traditional rice variety from Chhattisgarh
• 100% organic and natural
• Ideal for summer consumption
• Loktimachi is a medium-grained fragrant rice cultivated by tribal farmers of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
• The rice is whitish-yellow in colour and has a mild fragrance.
• It resembles a little fly and is apparently how the rice got its name.
• Scented rice like Loktimachi are recommended especially for summer.
• Because it is light to eat, children will love it and the aged who don’t have an appetite will enjoy eating it.
• Loktimachi Rice is easy to cook and can be used as table rice or for making biryanis, pulavs and any kind of rice preparations.
• Chhattisgarh is known as the rice bowl of India where many varieties of rice are grown including Loktimachi and Javaphul.
• Dr. Richharia, a prominent rice scientist who worked in Chhattisgarh, documented over 20000 varieties of rice in Chhattisgarh. 
  
• Bio Basics sources Loktimachi Rice from a small organic farming collective, who encourages tribal farmers to grow their traditional rice.
• This group also helps farmers market their produce. 
  
• To create awareness and promote fragrant kinds of rice from all over India, Bio Basics runs a campaign called ‘Beyond Basmati’.
• We believe it is our responsibility to help preserve and promote these fragrant kinds of rice which may otherwise not survive future generations.
• We call our initiative ‘a gift to the future.
• Easy to digest
• Prevents constipation
• Controls blood sugar

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