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Feasibility of Quinoa Cultivation in Ladakh


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1 High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies of Kashmir, Leh, Ladakh 194 101, India
2 Defence Research and Development Organisation, DIBER, Haldwani 263 139, India
 

Situated at an altitude of about 3000 m amsl, Ladakh, J&K, India is known for its extremely harsh climate for crop growth. Extremely low temperatures, extreme aridity, large diurnal variation and uncertain weather changes are characteristic features of the climate in Ladakh. These coupled with agriculturally marginalized land which is poor in its physical, chemical and biological properties have resulted in an inherently poor agriculture production system.
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Anup Raj
High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies of Kashmir, Leh, Ladakh 194 101, India
Sanjai K. Dwivedi
Defence Research and Development Organisation, DIBER, Haldwani 263 139, India

Abstract


Situated at an altitude of about 3000 m amsl, Ladakh, J&K, India is known for its extremely harsh climate for crop growth. Extremely low temperatures, extreme aridity, large diurnal variation and uncertain weather changes are characteristic features of the climate in Ladakh. These coupled with agriculturally marginalized land which is poor in its physical, chemical and biological properties have resulted in an inherently poor agriculture production system.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi11%2F2062-2064