Folk Rice Conservation at Pasighat , Arunachal Pradesh

At the house of Obong Yamso of Kelek mirbok village, Mebo, E Siang

Visited Pasighat of Arunachal Pardesh on 16th June, 2014 in search of information on folk rice . Stayed at Pasighat CAU.We visited two Adi farmers house in Mebo of East Siang district which is considered to be one of the rice bowls of AP. They do not add any chemical fertilizers and pesticide.Land is so fertile that it is not needed. Rain fall is adequate. Some own Mithun (cow like wild but docile animal) in the wild by giving a special mark on the ear and its numbers indicate one's social position. Some rice varieties ( wet paddy) can give a yield of 5- ton per ha.Rice bear Apong is popular and it offered to the guests. Most of the houses are made of bamboo, wood and TOKO leaves for thatching.I exchanged some rice varieties. Shillong and Itangar rice are very popular, There is no fascination for fine rice in the villages.

In side the bamboo house, the fire place

This is a fermentation process with charcoal with rice for making the rice bear Apong . It is not black rice

Fermenting material sold in the market

Offering of Apong, a kind of rice bear 

Obong Yamso an Adi farmer is showing the Apong making bamboo made instrument

At the house of Obong Yamso,  with the members of Yamso family, with white T shirt Mr T N Singh , Engineer of local PWD, Mr T Sengupta , with white and green t shirt Banker accompanied me. with light green shirt - Mr Dilip Mete, Engineer of local PWD. Mr Singh and Mr Mete helped me a lot in visiting the villages



Rice sellers at Pasighat market, Shillong and Itangar rice is very popular
4 folk rice in farmer's house, not parboiled rice