His one purpose, and what earned him his title, is to collect rare indigenous varieties of tuber crops. “People call me crazy, but it’s for the love of tubers that I do what I do,” says Shaji.

the scientist in charge of the Crop Utilisation Division at CTCRI. Millet-and-tuber-based analogue rice is one product that is high on the CTCRI list. The end product, resembling rice in size and ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Council for Agricultural Research-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) and Indian Society for Root Crops will be jointly organising a two-day ...

In his roughly two acres of land, most space has been dedicated to tuber crops like tapioca, yam and sweet potato. Farmer Shyam Kumar prides himself on his collection of increasingly uncommon ...

The floods that wreaked havoc in large parts of the State last month destroyed more than 2.5 lakh tonnes of various tuber crops worth ₹288 crore, a post-flood field survey carried out by a team ...