Weekly news lesson 302: 23rd August 2012: Chilli is hot property for poor farmers

By Karen Richardson

Farmers in the Assam region of India now have a new way to make money. Bhut jolokia, once the world’s hottest chilli, is in demand by the country’s military, which could potentially use it to control crowds and quell riots.

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