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The Indian Farmers Battling Climate Change with 10k-Year-Old Emmer Wheat
- alephnerd 2y agoNot going to take off at scale in India (which the article is about). Khapli/Emmer is not included in the MSP schedule - it's Wheat/"Gehoon" that is included [0]. Farmers only grow MSP crops at scale because heritage crops don't command the same prices. But yea, most farmers will grow a mix of traditional crops for personal consumption and MSP crops for money. My grandfather does the same with "Makka" (heritage corn) versus "Makhi" (mass corn) [0] - https://desagri.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/English-notification-for-website-.pdf https://desagri.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/English-no...
- pkphilip 2y agoEmmer Wheat is so much better than regular wheat.. but a lot more expensive. I hope it becomes far more common