Mangaluru: About eight to 10 acres of land under ‘mattu gulla’ cultivation were damaged when saltwater entered fields at Mattu and Kaipunjal villages in Udupi district on Friday. Water from the Pangala rivulet suddenly entered the fields damaging the standing crop of ‘mattu gulla’. The farmers face this problem every year in this region. The […]

Udupi : The Mattu gulla, a brinjal unique to Mattu and its surrounding villages that enjoys the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, is much sought-after as its taste is different from other brinjals. Nearly 200 farmers grow this brinjal on about 150 acres of land in Mattu, Kopla, Kaipunjal, Uliyargoli and Pangala villages. The Mattu gulla […]