Bhagalpur district of Bihar has been a traditional aromatic rice growing area, where the varieties, like Katarni, Tulsi Manjari, Badshahbhog, Br-9 and Br-10 are most common. This variety has been given Geographical Indication (GI) due to its unique and special quality trait which develops only in its GI territory area. Despite its uniqueness katarni rice is facing the threat of extinction, mainly due to declining irrigation facility, adoption of other high yielding rice varieties and adulteration by traders of non- aromatic rice grains with katarni with the profit motto. In the light of above context the present investigation was undertaken to study the constraints in production and marketing of this precious rice variety. | Constraint analysis in production and marketing of Katarni rice in Bihar, India
