ALL THAT GLITTERS ARE PADDY

Did you ever think which might be worth more than gold? There may be several answers necessarily dominated by rare or precious materials and elements. But in the food kingdom, Paddy i.e. Rice can be considered as one such valuable item. Very often it has been undervalued may be due to availability or high production rate and it goes on like this. True to the fact, input cost for cultivating paddy is much higher which normally goes unrealized.

How come? The incredible truth lies behind the supply of water. For producing just a kg of rice it is estimated a need of more than 3000 l of pure water and half the capacity of typical oil trucks. In shops mineral water bottle costs roughly around Rs.13. Water is not the only product which adds to the production cost. In addition, manual work, electric power for pumping, fertilizer cost and so on. On counting all these it’s worth touches half the cost of gold.

From these it is evident that each and every grain of Rice matters. So think of this every time before you chew on. Never spill over and waste even the single grain rice. Even fresh look at paddy at the dawn resembles to the glittering effect of gold. Believe the reality by visiting any of the field lands around and realize the amount of work being poured in. I leave it you to decide which of the above justifies the title.