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Going overseas to be farmers: Preserving grains of Sri Lankan heritage

Farming is a far-fetched notion in land-scarce Singapore, but that has not stopped some entrepreneurial Singaporeans from venturing overseas to pursue their agrarian dreams. Those dreams are driven by a variety of factors, from easing food security concerns to a taste for fresh produce to creating jobs for locals in their host countries. Aw Cheng Wei reports.

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Dec 25, 2018, 05:00 AM

Former journalist Cynthia Wee-Hoefer reckons being a farmer in Sri Lanka is a chance to preserve part of the South Asian country's heritage.

Mrs Wee-Hoefer, 67, is growing heirloom rice, one of the nation's oldest exports, but one that is losing favour with the locals.

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