Manipur: Senapati village beans in high demand: Know Why

Senapati: The pictorial Tingsong village in Manipur’s Senapati district has the potential of growth in agriculture sector due to the thickly-covered forested areas and its favourable climatic-condition.

This mountainous and remote village lies at a distance of around 90 km from its district headquarters and over 100 km from Imphal along the Mao-Maram tehsil. However, despite its distance from the city, Tingsong village is highly acclaimed for producing the highest number of rice beans, a family of legume, in the state.

Locals claimed that the village could produce 2,000 tins’ of rice beans grown on a high range of hills annually and largely distributed across the state.