Now, black rice from Chandauli goes to Oz

Varanasi: After green vegetables from Ghazipur and mango from Varanasi, the black rice of Chandauli will hit the international market.
On Monday, a consignment of 80 metric tonnes of black rice produced by farmers of Chandauli was procured by an exporter for export to Australia. Officials in Chandauli held a flag-off ceremony at Navin Krishi Mandi of the district to mark this achievement of creating demand of black rice outside India.
After flagging off the black rice-laden truck, divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said, “Black rice cultivated in 250 hectare land by the farmers of Chandauli has been purchased in bulk by an export firm Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited, Ghazipur.