Man has 2nd largest indigenous paddy seed collection
A man from Karnataka's Mandya district, Syed Ghani Khan, stores indigenous varieties of paddy seeds, making his collection the second largest in India. He started collecting seeds after he chanced upon a rare paddy seed from Mysore, only 40 of whose seeds yielded two bags of rice. Khan also grows 120 varieties of mangoes, some dating back to 250 years.