I have 0.20 acre of medium land where I grow paddy. I also work as an agriculture labourer in other fields to meet my family’s requirements. Sometime in March 2017, staff from M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation under the LANSA project told me about a farmer growing a new paddy variety in Balia village and arranged an exposure visit to his field. I could not go, but in the evening some of my fellow farmers who were part of the group shared information that the paddy variety has high zinc content with growth duration of 110-115 days, and is being cultivated in Odisha for the first time.