Padma Shri awardee Cheruvayal Raman, who preserved 45 traditional rice varieties, dies at 74

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Wayanad (Keralam): Cheruvayal Raman, the Padma Shri award-winning tribal farmer who devoted his life to preserving traditional rice varieties in Keralam, died at the age of 74 while undergoing treatment at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on Wednesday, family sources said. A native of Kammanam…