RESEARCH LEADS TO REVIVAL OF RARE RICE VARIETY IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

SRINAGAR: Ten years of hard work by the scientists in Kashmir’s Agricultural University has resulted in the revival of Mushkbudji, an aromatic variety of rice grown only in the Valley. The J&K government is hand-holding the farmers to cultivate the rare variety on a large scale. “The research of scientists led to the production of the pure line of Mushkbudji rice and the cooperation of over 400 farmers resulted in a relatively large scale production last year,” an official of J&K’S Agro Industries Development Corporation, said.