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Nagri Dubraj Rice of Chhattisgarh — Dhamtari’s Fragrant Heritage Grain

Formal Geographical Indication recognition in 2023 gave that identity legal protection, linking Nagri Dubraj with the farming communities and landscape that preserved it. The GI also made Nagri Dubraj the second rice from Chhattisgarh to secure geographical protection after Jeeraphool, reinforcing the extraordinary depth of the state’s indigenous rice heritage.