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[[File:PokkaliKkathir.jpg|thumb|Grains of Pokkali Rice on the stalk]]
[[File:Vechoor Pokkali padam,(rice fields)Vaikkom - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Vechoor Pokkali padam,(rice fields)Vaikkom, Kerala, India]]

'''Pokkali''' ({{lang-ml|'''പൊക്കാളി'''}}) is a unique saline tolerant rice variety that is cultivated using extensive aquaculture in an organic way in the water-logged coastal regions, spread in about 5000 hectares area in [[Alappuzha]], [[Thrissur]] and [[Ernakulam]] districts of [[Kerala]] in [[Southern India]].<ref name="Pokkali fields">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shrimp-fish-and-paddy-cultivation-in-same-field-is-lucrative/article4785499.ece |title=Shrimp, fish and paddy cultivation in same field is lucrative|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=2013-06-13 }}</ref> The brand ''Pokkali'' has received a [[GI tag]] from the Geographical Indications Registry Office, Chennai.<ref name="Pokkali rice">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111652020300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130151619/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111652020300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-11-30 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=Pokkali rice is now a brand name |date=2008-11-16 | accessdate=2013-06-13 }}</ref>

Its resistance to salinity is remarkable. The rice is cultivated from June to early November when the salinity level of the water in the fields is low. From mid-November to mid-April, when the salinity is high, [[prawn farming]] takes over.<ref name="Pokkali fields"/> The prawn seedlings, which swim in from the sea and the backwaters after the rice harvest, feed on the leftovers of the harvested crop. [[Sluice gates]] are used to control the water flow to the fields. The rice crop, which get no other fertilizer or manure, draw nutrients from the prawns’ excrement and other remnants.

Since the tidal flows make the fields highly fertile, no manure or fertilizer need to be applied; the seedlings just grow the natural way. In order to survive in the water-logged field, the rice plants grow up to 130-140 cm. But, as they mature, they bend over and collapse with only the [[panicles]] standing upright. Harvesting takes place by end-October. Only the panicles are cut about 30 cm from top and the rest of the stalks are left to decay in the water, which in time become feed for the prawns that start arriving in November–December. Then, the second phase of the Pokkali farming, the prawn filtration, begins.

The organically-grown Pokkali is famed for its peculiar taste and its high protein content. Farmers claim that the rice—its grains are extra large—has several medicinal properties. In the past, Pokkali provided the energy to fishermen to stay at sea all day. Even a DNA library has been developed by the University of Arizona, USA, for the rice.<ref name="Pokkali rice"/>

==See also==
* [[List of rice varieties]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101130151619/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111652020300.htm Pokkali is now a brand name, ''The Hindu'']
*[https://archive.today/20130217231429/http://www.iffco.nic.in/applications%5CKE_Agriinfo_E.nsf/0/91486D7E8B60114865256E3F00228431 Preparation of land for Pokkali cultivation]
{{Varieties of rice}}

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[[Category:Rice varieties]]
[[Category:Rice production in India]]
[[Category:Geographical indications in Kerala]]
[[Category:Culture of Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Culture of Thrissur]]
[[Category:Culture of Alappuzha district]]

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