Field Guides to Food

Cash Value of Local Rice versus Hybrid Rice

People keep local rice for daily consumption but hybrid rice is harvested to sell. In terms of the cash value, local rice variety is more expensive than hybrid rice but the hybrid rice gives better yield. Long grain (tends to be slender/thin in shape/size) rice is more expensive than the short grain (tends to be chubby/fat in shape/size) whether its hybrid or local.
Hybrid rice seeds are twice as more expensive than the local seeds.

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