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The Scent of Rice
The first year I was late for the rice sowing season and had to resort to growing the GR4 variety
that was short term and recommended by the agricultural officers at Kosbad. The next year we
decided that we would start early and try to find some good traditional variety of rice to grow.
We had read about traditional varieties of rice and knew that they did not require very high
inputs of fertilizers. These varieties were also quite strong and resisted pests. We were sure that it
was this type of rice that would grow well in our farm where we did not use any chemicals at all.
Our previous year's experience and low yield had taught us a lesson and we were sure we would
not plant hybrids this year. In April 2005, we started to look for a good variety of traditional rice.
It was one of our neighbours in the village, a businessman from Mumbai who owned land, who
suggested that we plant a local scented variety of rice. Most of the farmers in and around the
village of Peth had switched over to hybrids. The younger generation of farmers thought I was
crazy to ask for the 'desi' variety, as they called it. My regular visits to the villages around
searching for a good traditional variety also did not yield any results and we were almost giving
up hope. I decided to give it one last try and spoke to Baban's father and some other elders. After
many meaningful conversations, they mentioned the name of Kasbai. Kasbai is a traditional
long-grained rice variety which has a distinct aroma, though much milder than Basmati. It's a
long-duration crop and most of the older people remembered growing it years ago. But they all
shook their heads when I asked them about the seeds and told me that it had disappeared'. The
tales of Kasbai made us more determined to get it. We decided that if we did manage to get some
seeds this would be a great rice to grow. I thought the government may know something about it.
A visit to the agricultural officer was enlightening. He had not even heard of this rice variety. He
said the villagers were taking me for a ride and there was no rice by this name. He rattled off the
names of a number of latest hybrids and even offered to give me some of them free of cost for a
trial. Cursing myself for wasting time with him I moved on to the next destination.
Al State whether the following statements are true or false (2)
1. The author wanted to grow the desi variety of rice.
2. The writer was happy after meeting the agricultural officer
A2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the extract (2)
1. The first year, the writer grew the GR4 variety as he was late for the
2. Most farmers had switched to from traditional variety rice.
A3 Give reasons for the following (2)
1. The seeds of Kasbai disappeared because
2. The author decided to do away with the hybrid seeds because​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

the author wanted to grow the desi variety of rice true or false