Mustard farming becomes popular in Kashmir valley of India
Mustard Seed
India
Published Apr 4, 2023
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Kashmir has quietly undergone a yellow revolution as thousands of hectares of land have been brought under mustard cultivation to double the farmers' income. Earlier, most of the land in Kashmir was used only for growing a single crop -- paddy in most areas -- but now farmers are rotating crops in Kharif and Rabi seasons just like in other parts of the country. "Climatic conditions of J&K UT are diverse.
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Under the Prime Minister's goal of doubling the farmers' income, we undertook an exercise to increase the area under the cultivation of mustard in the Rabi season," Director, Agriculture Kashmir, Chaudhary Mohammad Iqbal told PTI. Also Read | Himachal Pradesh to collaborate with Centre to promote lavender cultivation From just 30,000 hectares in 2020-21, the agriculture department has been able to increase the area under mustard cultivation in the valley by nearly five times. "In 2020-2021, the area under mustard cultivation was just 30,000 hectares. In 2021-2022, we set and achieved a target of bringing 1.01 lakh hectares of land under mustard cultivation...during the current year 2022-2023, we have brought 1.40 lakh hectares of land under mustard cultivation," the official said. Chaudhary said the success of mustard farming can be gauged from the fact that the land under cultivation of oilseed crop was more than the area under rice cultivation. "We have 1.25 lakh hectares of ...
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