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Locals prefer alcohol made from rice over barley in Manipur
The Hindu | Iboyaima Laithangbam | Imphal, October 27, 2014
Officials estimate that at least one third of rice production in Manipur is diverted for brewing liquor. The low quality rice brought from other parts of the country by the Food Corporation of India has little demand since the quality of liquor produced is low.
Against this backdrop, some officials of the state agriculture department have been extending help to farmers to undertake barley cultivation. It is relatively new in Manipur and is still not found in regular Manipuri households. Many farmers who have taken up barley cultivation supply the crop to villages where most of the houses have home-made distilleries.
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